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Politics | Is it status quo in Israel?

If the second election in five months to the Knesset does not deliver a decisive mandate, Israel faces the prospect of a long period of political haggling once again.

India, Turkey to make S-400 with Russia; move could annoy US

The development could antagonise the US that has threatened strong sanctions on countries that buys such weapons from Russia

Plastic Ban | Biggest challenge will be to counter the convenience factor

A single-stroke ban on plastic will not be effective. It needs the inculcation of a new culture and a change to our practices and routines. Awareness and commitment are the key.

Iran sees Kashmir as key to its ambition of leading Muslim world

The most defining pan-Islamic rivalry has been that between the Persian power Iran and the Arabs mainly led by Sunni-majority Saudi Arabia

JP Morgan's "Volfefe Index" to track impact of Donald Trump's tweets on markets

Trump has tweeted over 10,000 times since taking charge in 2016.

Afghanistan endgame | Options before India after Trump cancels talks

New Delhi has the political, economic and soft power heft to engage the Taliban. Doing so can help it socialise the Taliban, wean it away from Pakistan and get a foot in the door of the Afghan peace process. This will also enable India to balance the expanding role of China in the region’s dynamics.

G7 Summit | Modi and Trump meet in the shadow of subcontinent’s changing geopolitics

Donald Trump’s engagement with the Kashmir issue has a lot to do with his need to secure Pakistan’s backing for his Afghanistan policy.

US-China Trade War | The global economic environment is at an inflection point

The escalating US-China crisis is more than a mere bilateral dispute between two major powers. It underscores the unravelling of the post-Cold War consensus on global economics and politics.

Trump and WTO | India must be prepared by reshaping its strategy

Going by his previous actions where he has gone back on many multi-lateral agreements, the world cannot ignore Donald Trump’s threat to pull out of the WTO as just another political rhetoric.

Kashmir | India has prepared well, but Pakistan is unlikely to remain quiet

For now India seems to have taken all the right precautionary steps, but, in case of India’s reaction to impending agitations in Kashmir going awry, pressures on Pakistan’s army from its terror proxies would be considerable.

Donald Trump gets letter from Kim Jong-un, says more talks likely

Trump described the letter as "great" and said it was hand-delivered to him on August 8.

Oil slumps to seven-month low on trade tensions, surprise US stock build

Brent has plunged more than 12 percent after U.S. President Donald Trump said last week that he would slap a 10 percent tariff on a further $300 billion in Chinese imports from September 1, sending global equity markets into a tailspin.

Politics | The Af-Pak shadow on Centre’s Kashmir gambit

The immediate impact of J&K becoming a Union Territory with a legislature like Delhi or Puducherry will be that the security and intelligence networks should improve, now that these will be directly under the Centre.

Politics | What a slowdown in China means for the world and India

The expected transition in the Chinese economy provides many new opportunities for India in the areas of manufacturing, infrastructure building as well as new linkages with the world’s second-largest economy.

Politics | Pakistan and the curious case of Hafiz Saeed

How Pakistan deals with Kulbhushan Jadhav’s case after the ICJ verdict and to what extent it makes serious attempts at convicting Hafiz Saeed will be test cases for Islamabad’s commitment to seeking normalisation of ties with New Delhi.

‘Kidney has a special place in heart’: Twitter in splits over Trump’s comment

It is assumed that the president’s statement was just him trying to impress upon Americans how important kidney health is.

Donald Trump refers to daughter Ivanka and Mike Pompeo as “Beauty and the Beast”

This is not the first time Trump has indulged in no-holds-barred praise of Ivanka’s appearance.

Osaka G20 | India’s tactical non-alignment at display

From its inception, the main agenda of any G20 meeting has been to discuss global economic governance. So the outcome of G20 has to be judged purely from its impact on contemporary global economic issues.

Osaka G20 | All issues in India-US ties are solvable

The biggest problem is a lack of transmission of institutional knowledge and a severe capacity deficit on the Indian side, which is sought to be masked by over-the-top petulance and jargon like ‘strategic autonomy’

India-US ties | Mike Pompeo’s visit comes at an important time

A strong relationship with the US is the most potent way to ward off the China challenge in the short to medium term. In the long term, this will allow India to develop its comprehensive national power.

Telangana farmer installs Trump’s life-size statue; worships it everyday

The farmer reportedly shelled out Rs 1.3 lakh from his own pocket to fund the statue.

Editor's Pick: Viral Acharya resigns; BSNL in ICU, needs lifelines; Erdogan, Johnson, Trump and all their headlines

The biggest stories of the day summarised by Rakesh Sharma.

3-Point Analysis | No plan to cap H-1B visas: US

Moneycontrol's Sakshi Batra does a 3-Point Analysis of what the latest statement means for Indian IT professionals and the industry overall.