by Mahendra Ved | Oct 13, 2026 | Defence & Foreign Policy
Of ‘Valandas’, Past and Present Advocates of India-United States relations will silently wince. But they will agree that the latest US move to suspend tech firms from a key programme that lets them sponsor skilled foreign workers for permanent residency is...
by Mahendra Ved | Oct 5, 2026 | Blogs
HOW TO SOLVE A PROBLEM LIKE HASINA? Indian High Commissioner Dinesh Trivedi has conveyed a few home truths to his host country, Bangladesh. They seem to have been forgotten while demanding that ousted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina be returned: on August 5, 2024,...
by Mahendra Ved | Sep 28, 2026 | Blogs
AS GULF’S PEACE PROSPECTS PETER OUT….. The window for peace in the Gulf opened briefly, but has shut abruptly, triggering prospects of unending violence and destruction. United States President Donald Trump rejected Iran’s 7-Day plan for cessation of...
by Mahendra Ved | Sep 21, 2026 | Blogs
TARIFFS: TRY BULLYING BEIJING, MR. TRUMP? A key takeaway from last week’s New Delhi BRICS Summit was the long-delayed, but warranted, call to protect critical energy and civilian infrastructure threatened by a Gulf War that is lengthening and escalating each day. It...
by Mahendra Ved | Sep 14, 2026 | Blogs
WHEN EURASIANS HOLD HANDS Proving the doubters wrong, the BRICS nations have urged ‘restraint’ in the Gulf War and a smooth flow of global trade. The joint declaration at the two-day summit has also expressed ‘firm opposition’ to the forced displacement of...
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