Eleventh Column

The Biden administration recently slapped a new set of sanctions on Moscow. But their scope and strength indicate the US' quest for normalcy in the relationship.

Aided by historical and structural factors, Beijing and Paris have only grown more intimate in the past decade, with Mauritius as the third wheel.

Assam's largest city, that otherwise sees annual flooding and lies along the banks of the Brahmaputra, is facing an acute shortage of potable water.