Many Maldivians have families, homes, businesses and jobs in neighbouring Sri Lanka, and they were closely watching the economic melt-down in that country, circa 2022. They are now unsure what all these new agreements with China mean for them,...
N Sathiya Moorthy
If only you had thought ahead, you would have stocked snacks and biscuits, bread and cake, and vegetables suited for amma or pondatti to make your favourite bajji and pakoda, observes N Sathiya Moorthy
Now that the rains and resultant flooding have subsided, you can expect...
N Sathiya Moorthy 20 December 2023
Maybe, the need for secrecy may have tied the government's hand from sharing details in Parliament. Still, it should consider the need of sharing the utmost within any consultative committee, so that relative secrecy is...
N Sathiya Moorthy
22 December 2023
Stalin has a procedural problem, too. Nominating new ministers would entail his having to seek formal permission from Governor R N Ravi. Stalin does not want to interact with this governor as far as possible,...
By P.K Balachandran
Chinese Ambassador in Sri Lanka, Qi Zhenhong, made a high profile visit to the Tamil-majority Northern Province on December 15 and 16 exhibiting China’s new-found interest in that province.
Observers see the visit as a thinly-veiled challenge to...
During EAM S Jaishankar’s visit, the two sides are expected to identify specific projects where Russia can invest those funds parked in India
N Sathiya Moorthy
Uncharitable and heartless, it may sound. But the Ukraine War has not stopped...
It is not known if the Yemen-based Houthi militants with known linkages to Iran had prior knowledge about the Indian interests in the matter
The Houthis’ seizure of an India-bound ship in November, followed by one-way drone attacks on...
N Sathiya Moorthy
3 January 2024
The Houthis’ seizure of an India-bound ship in November, followed by one-way drone attacks on two other ships with a total of 46 Indian crew members on board in the past weeks, has taken India...
Lok Sabha Result In 2024?
By N Sathiya Moorthy
5 January 2024
In what should pass for irony of the coming Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched what passed for his ruling BJP-NDA's campaign in the company of ideological rival, Tamil Nadu...
