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Taiwan is preparing for an invasion by China, as China becomes more vocal about its entitlement to the former. Chinese Premier Xi Jingping has said that he will go to war if necessary to bring Taiwan under his control. In the first week of October, China sent 19 aircraft including nuclear-capable bombers, into Taiwan’s “airContinue reading “China, not beyond war to stem internal turmoil”

The agreement by G-20 (the 20 most developed countries in the world) leaders, at the extraordinary meeting on Afghanistan early this week, that they have no option but to involve the Taliban in dispensing aid to Afghanistan to avert a humanitarian crisis in that country, indicates that the world will be increasingly hard-pressed to engageContinue reading “US, China, Russia eye Pakistan’s Afghanistan”

The full circle of the course of the sun’s precession takes 25,920 years, when the sun takes a backward route from one zodiacal constellation to the other, and comes back to the point it started at. It spends 2,160 years in each constellation, where it manifests the cycle of the dawn and the demise ofContinue reading “The secrets behind the astrological precession of the sun”

Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby’s telling off Pakistan for harbouring terrorist havens along the line with Afghanistan is a rather tepid way of putting Pakistan’s villainous role in the protraction of the conflict in Afghanistan. Early this month, Kirby told a press conference “We’ve been very honest about our concerns with Pakistan for a longContinue reading “India expects the US to take a stand on Pakistan”

The everyday humorist may have a couple to tell you about the local MP. But it always happens that the mundane politician ends up at the finishing line with the last guffaw, for all your funny ride of snides. Like they say, a politician wins by hook, by fluke `and mostly by crook‘. But thisContinue reading “Jokes aside, politicians have the last guffaw”

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is not reflective of the changing times, and is heavily inclined towards dependence on the global dynamics of the immediate post World War II era, when more than half of the world was still ruled by imperial powers. The fact is, it is about time the composition of theContinue reading “The UNSC should be expanded to include India”

It’s the bitter pill that treats the ill, any doctor should reckon. But if you’re keen on temperatures, particularly of the body kind, you might go ecstatic at the sight of a doctor. Some people love being in a bad way, and relish complaining about it too. But this patient was candid enough to confess:Continue reading “A laugh a day…”

The White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki’s ruling out any further inclusions to the AUKUS (Australia, UK and US) partnership, is an indication of the US’ short-sightedness in dealing with the imperatives of the power struggle in the Indo-Pacific region, and efforts to contain China’s burgeoning and aggressive rise. On September 22, White House PressContinue reading “Quad will be toothless without the transfer of vital military technology”

You wouldn’t toss a coin over your boss being cross if you landed up late for work. It’s about time you cut those morning winks, wound the clock and chalked up a proper day’s schedule. If not, you’re in for fire. Bosses have a characteristic obsession with time: “You’re not on time”…”It’s about time youContinue reading “Just for laughs”

China’s swift response to the Aukus deal is just another instance of the nation’s intolerance towards any alliances that it believes are actuated to counter its growing stature on the world stage. A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said the three countries forming Aukus – the US, the UK and Australia – were in the gripContinue reading “More alliances like Aukus needed to counter China”