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Signature of the Treaty Creating the Commonwealth of Independent States (Getty Images)

india news

Published on Dec 20, 2025 05:44 am IST

Khrushchev era lessons on ceasing nuclear tests

At a time when both the US and Russia are speaking openly of giving up on all arms control and on CTBT-governed codes on nuclear testing, there can be no greater crown on President Putin’s visit than an announcement from Indian soil by the visiting dignitary that Russia will stay its option of resuming nuclear tests. (AP)

opinion

Updated on Dec 04, 2025 10:28 pm IST

‘Can’t be intercepted’: Putin claims successful test of nuclear-powered Poseidon

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin holds an icon of the Holy Prince Alexander Nevsky during a visit at a military hospital in Moscow on October 29, 2025. (Photo by Vyacheslav Prokofiev / POOL / AFP)(AFP)

world news

Published on Oct 29, 2025 09:35 pm IST

Georgia’s balancing act in Russia’s neighbourhood

The IMF pegged Georgia’s economic growth for the year 2025-26 at 6% — far less than the previous year. (Shutterstock)

opinion

Published on Sept 07, 2025 09:21 pm IST

Bidding goodbye to the last of the MiG-21s

In the 1990s, when the Soviet Union disintegrated, the MiG-21 faced a crisis. The drying up of the supply chain, including spare parts, meant that the plane became a risky entity. (PTI)

editorials

Published on Aug 26, 2025 08:09 pm IST

‘Ship of shame’: Russia’s Soviet-era aircraft carrier may soon be scrapped

A photo taken from a Norwegian surveillance aircraft shows Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov in international waters off the coast of Northern Norway.(REUTERS File)

world news

Updated on Jul 26, 2025 12:47 am IST

Meet Leo Radvinsky: OnlyFans founder who built a billion-dollar adult empire

OnlyFans has successfully reshaped the landscape of online pornography, shifting it from traditional ad-supported adult content to a subscription-based model.(Unsplash/Representational Image)

world news

Updated on Jul 17, 2025 05:08 pm IST

Fear of a Soviet-style collapse keeps Xi Jinping up at night

Chinese President Xi Jinping makes a toast during the National Day reception on the eve of the 75th founding anniversary of the People's Republic of China, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China September 30, 2024. REUTERS/Florence Lo TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY(REUTERS)

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Published on Oct 05, 2024 08:00 am IST

The choice before the world: Development or expansionism

United Nations(AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

opinion

Published on Sept 01, 2024 11:57 pm IST

Why Russia has put Estonia PM, Baltic politicians on wanted list

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Published on Feb 13, 2024 11:38 pm IST

US to launch next Moon mission on Valentine's Day

science

Updated on Feb 08, 2024 10:58 am IST

Japan aims for the world's first ‘pinpoint landing’ on moon today

JAXA spacecraft to attempt landing on Friday.(Representative Image/AP)

technology

Published on Jan 19, 2024 06:48 pm IST

HT This Day: January 9, 1973 -- Another Luna sent moonward

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Updated on Jan 08, 2024 06:57 pm IST

Roshan Kishore picks his favourite reads of 2023

The dialectics of political economy (University of Chicago Press)

books

Updated on Dec 29, 2023 05:37 pm IST

View: Why does ‘turning the other cheek’ not make strategic sense?

File photo of Prime MInister Narendra Modi with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and NSA Ajit Doval.

opinion

Published on Dec 26, 2023 09:44 am IST

India must prepare for a conflict over Taiwan

opinion

Published on Aug 03, 2023 10:53 pm IST

Review: The Soviet Century by Karl Schlögel

Vladimir Lenin, founding head of the government of Soviet Russia from 1917 to 1924. (ismailyildiz/Shutterstock)

books

Updated on Jul 28, 2023 05:43 pm IST

Writers have grappled with Vladimir Putin for two decades

Vladimir Putin gave notice of who he was, and what he was capable of, in “First Person”, a transcript of interviews published in 2000, at the start of his overlong rule.(AP)

world news

Published on Jun 25, 2023 12:03 am IST

HT Picks; New Reads

On the reading list this week is a book on Pasmanda identity, another on the USSR, and one on Indian food today. (HT Team)

books

Updated on Apr 21, 2023 05:42 pm IST

Separated by a wall, raised solely on basis of religion

The ghost of the shadow war Pakistan embraced has now engulfed it. The dream of Quaid-I-Azam MA Jinnah is being destroyed (HT ARCHIVE)

opinion

Updated on Apr 09, 2023 07:50 pm IST

'Did you get your Pizza Hut?' CPM unit lashes out at Gorbachev after his death

Mikhail Gorbachev appeared in a Pizza Hut television commercial.

world news

Updated on Sept 02, 2022 12:17 am IST

Shashi Tharoor recalls his meetings with Gorbachev: ‘My last conversation…'

Shashi Tharoor said he had the privilege of meeting Gorbachev twice, both times in Italy at small conferences.

india news

Published on Aug 31, 2022 08:10 am IST

Impossible to isolate vast country as Russia: Putin warns amid West's sanctions

Russian President Vladimir Putin, his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko and director general of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin visit the construction site of the Amur launch complex for Angara rockets at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Amur Region, Russia April 12, 2022. (Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via REUTERS)

world news

Updated on Apr 12, 2022 06:35 pm IST

‘Kyiv not Kiev’: Zelenskyy plea on ‘outdated Soviet spellings’ of Ukraine cities

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.(AP)

world news

Published on Mar 31, 2022 11:04 pm IST

'Can't get away with making threats': Putin likens US behaviour to Soviet Union

Russian President Vladimir Putin said US' behaviour reminded him of the Soviet Union. (File Photo)

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Published on Jun 05, 2021 06:01 pm IST

George Shultz, who led US Cold-War diplomacy, dies

FILE - In this May 7, 2007 file photo, former Secretary of State George Schultz arrives to watch Queen Elizabeth II take part in arrival ceremonies on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. Shultz, former President Ronald Reagan’s longtime secretary of state, who spent most of the 1980s trying to improve relations with the Soviet Union and forging a course for peace in the Middle East, died Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021. He was 100. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File)(AP)

world news

Updated on Feb 08, 2021 07:04 pm IST

Russia revives Soviet-era lab to test weapons in Arctic climate: All you need to know

File photo of a Russian military base in the Arctic .(Reuters)

world news

Updated on Dec 26, 2020 04:53 pm IST

Le Carré captured the human condition, in the Cold War and beyond

We should rejoice that David Cornwell, a mid-level intelligence officer, decided in 1961 to become a writer and transformed into John Le Carré(Getty Images)

analysis

Published on Dec 17, 2020 09:32 pm IST

China’s space ambitions: Robot on Mars, a human on the moon

FILE - In this Dec. 8, 2018, file photo released by Xinhua News Agency, the Chang'e 4 lunar probe launches from the the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province.(AP)

science

Published on Dec 02, 2020 03:01 pm IST

HTLS 2020: Heralding a new era of Indian assertiveness in global order

For us in India, the past three decades have seen momentous changes.(PTI Photo)

htls

Updated on Nov 19, 2020 05:42 pm IST

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HT Archive: USSR disbands, 11 republics forge a new world order

Khrushchev era lessons on ceasing nuclear tests

‘Can’t be intercepted’: Putin claims successful test of nuclear-powered Poseidon

Georgia’s balancing act in Russia’s neighbourhood

Bidding goodbye to the last of the MiG-21s

‘Ship of shame’: Russia’s Soviet-era aircraft carrier may soon be scrapped

Meet Leo Radvinsky: OnlyFans founder who built a billion-dollar adult empire

Fear of a Soviet-style collapse keeps Xi Jinping up at night

The choice before the world: Development or expansionism

Why Russia has put Estonia PM, Baltic politicians on wanted list

US to launch next Moon mission on Valentine's Day

Japan aims for the world's first ‘pinpoint landing’ on moon today

HT This Day: January 9, 1973 -- Another Luna sent moonward

Roshan Kishore picks his favourite reads of 2023

View: Why does ‘turning the other cheek’ not make strategic sense?

India must prepare for a conflict over Taiwan

Review: The Soviet Century by Karl Schlögel

Writers have grappled with Vladimir Putin for two decades

HT Picks; New Reads

Separated by a wall, raised solely on basis of religion

'Did you get your Pizza Hut?' CPM unit lashes out at Gorbachev after his death

Shashi Tharoor recalls his meetings with Gorbachev: ‘My last conversation…'

Impossible to isolate vast country as Russia: Putin warns amid West's sanctions

‘Kyiv not Kiev’: Zelenskyy plea on ‘outdated Soviet spellings’ of Ukraine cities

'Can't get away with making threats': Putin likens US behaviour to Soviet Union

George Shultz, who led US Cold-War diplomacy, dies

Russia revives Soviet-era lab to test weapons in Arctic climate: All you need to know

Le Carré captured the human condition, in the Cold War and beyond

China’s space ambitions: Robot on Mars, a human on the moon

HTLS 2020: Heralding a new era of Indian assertiveness in global order

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