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USAID row: BJP narrative to divert attention from own sins, says Congress

Amid the ongoing controversy over the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funding of $21 million for increasing ‘voter turnout’ in India, Congress said on Friday that the “funds narrative” was perpetrated by the BJP-led government to divert attention from its own sins of using foreign funds to destabilise the previous Congress governments.

Tough bargains ahead in ties with America

It’s really difficult to describe the recently concluded compact between the two democracies with a suitable acronym although in practical ways the meeting between Donald Trump and Narendra Modi marked a new chapter in their relationship.

Fascism arrives as your friend

US vice president, JD Vance (he of the “childless cat ladies” fame, a remark that drew an instant rebuke from Jennifer Anniston), delivered a blistering speech at the Munich Security Conference, eviscerating the Europeans for not listening to their voters and for being afraid of them.