The former Bangladesh military intelligence chief’s recent 12-day visit to China has raised alarm bells in New Delhi. Major-General (retired) Rezzakul Haider Chowdhury, who departed for China on June 6, returned to Dhaka on June 18. According to a Bangladeshi intelligence report this week, “His recent travel to China and return may warrant observation due…
Beijing recently declined to comment on the performance of Chinese missiles used by Pakistan in the recent conflict with India. This may seem like a routine diplomatic brush-off, but the silence speaks volumes. According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), China is the world’s fourth-largest arms exporter, and publicly acknowledging the substandard performance…
NEW DELHI: The all-party delegation, led by Shashi Tharoor, is scheduled to be in Washington, DC, on Wednesday—coinciding, perhaps not so coincidentally, with the visit of a Pakistani delegation headed by Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari. While the Congress MP-led delegation is confident about getting India’s message across, a Tharoor vs Bhutto might be on the cards.Talking about…