Fishy geopolitics

London chippy is perfect example of how to run a tricky biz In London, which I’m visiting, I witness a demonstration of how to conduct geopolitics.  Geopolitics happens when geography comes into collision with politics, and politics gets into a head-butting contest with geography.  Geopolitics can indeed be a fishy business. And the geopolitics I…

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‘Restore water supply immediately’: CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke appeals as protesters spend second night at Jantar Mantar | India News

Cockroach Janta Party’s protest on NEET UG fiasco NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke on Monday called for the immediate restoration of water supply at the protest site at New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar. The newly formed pressure group has been staging a sit-in there over the NEET-UG paper leak issue.As the protest entered…

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China retaliates against US blacklist, targets defence and rare earth firms with export controls

REpresentative image (File photo) NEW DELHI: China on Monday imposed export controls on 10 US companies involved in defence and rare earths mining, while also banning government procurement agencies from purchasing products made by dozens of American firms, escalating tensions between the world’s two largest economies.The measures were announced weeks after the United States expanded…

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Mallikarjun Kharge: ‘Useless fellows’: Kharge loses cool over DK Shivakumar slogans, warns party workers of action | Bengaluru News

BENGALURU: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge pulled up party workers during the ‘Sankalpa Samavesha’ programme in Bengaluru after a section of the crowd disrupted the event by raising slogans in support of Karnataka chief minister DK Shivakumar.Visibly annoyed by the chants of “DK, DK”, the veteran Congress leader scolded the workers, calling them “useless fellows”, and…

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Reprimanded after century in vain: Why Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi was punished by ICC after the third ODI vs India | Cricket News

Afghanistan’s skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi has been handed an official reprimand by the ICC for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct during the third ODI against India at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.The left-handed batter was found guilty of violating Article 2.10.10 of the…

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