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Rup Narayan Das

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Defence Is Key To India US Relationship
Rediff.com12 Feb 2025

The China threat continues to resonate in the strategic partnership between India and...

Pravasi Bharatiya Divas: Engaging The Indian Diaspora Is A Must
Rediff.com8 Jan 2025

The Indian Diaspora has been able to carve a niche in their adopted countries as a...

Is Nuclear Deal PM Singh's Biggest Achievement?
Rediff.com30 Dec 2024

The India-US nuclear deal was aimed at ending India's nuclear isolation and nuclear...

Did You Know About Tatas' China Link?
Rediff.com17 Oct 2024

The Tata Group is one of the very few Indian MNCs which has carved out a niche in...

What Will Modi Discuss At Quad Meeting?
Rediff.com20 Sep 2024

Saturday's Quad meeting in Delaware is taking place against the backdrop of China's...

India The Diplomatic Ambassador In Global Crises
Rediff.com16 Sep 2024

Times have changed, situations have changed, but the basic nature of superpower...

When Muhammad Yunus Spoke To India's Parliament
Rediff.com24 Aug 2024

Muhammad Yunus proved that he was neither an armchair economist nor a slogan mongering...

The Importance Of Russia And US For India
Rediff.com8 Jul 2024

New Delhi has reached out to Moscow while waiting for a new president in Washington....

Why The Speaker's Job Is Important
Rediff.com26 Jun 2024

The Speaker is the final authority to take a call on cases of defection. Although this...

Remembering Sushmaji's Twitter Diplomacy
Rediff.com24 Jun 2024

Ms Swaraj was a conscientious woman who understood suffering and pathos and attempted...

Neighbourhood First At Modi's Swearing-In
Rediff.com9 Jun 2024

Engagement with neighbours is a strategic imperative, and not an option, asserts Rup...

India's Nuclear Churning: From Idealism To Realism
Rediff.com11 May 2024

Although the credit for acquiring the technological skill must be given to India's...

BJD-BJP Alliance: Wishful Thinking
Rediff.com23 Mar 2024

Although the BJP has never been ballistic about the BJD and Narendra Modi has avoided...

Russia's Unease Over India-US Proximity
Rediff.com5 Mar 2024

The scaling up of the India-US strategic partnership to the level of non-NATO ally with...

India-France Strategic Partnership To Bloom
Rediff.com25 Jan 2024

India-France synergy is poised to open vistas of collaboration between the two...

Taiwan: A Thorn In China-US Relations
Rediff.com12 Jan 2024

Any miscalculation and miscommunication are fraught with the risk of a major...

Weathering Foreign Policy Storms In 2023
Rediff.com2 Jan 2024

Foreign policy is always a work in progress and ups and downs are built into foreign...

What Ails India's Civil Service
Rediff.com3 Oct 2023

'A large portion of youngsters who aspire to join the civil services are not motivated...

Why China Issued Stapled Visas To Arunachal Athletes
Rediff.com26 Sep 2023

The Chinese inference is that if the Chinese visa is embossed on an Indian passport,...

Memories Of Parliament House As It Passes Into History
Rediff.com18 Sep 2023

At this poignant historic moment one can only wish that institutions are not built by...