FRONT PAGE After aid for defence buys, India gifts plane to Seychelles NATIONAL Russian sanctions to dominate 2+2 talks Emergency talk is to divert attention: Cong. INTERNATIONAL Nikki Haley’s June 26-28 New Delhi visit set to bolster India-U.S. ties OPINION Chronicle of a victory foretold Make or break?: On BJP’s Bihar allies Transplanting best practices Tainted by uranium: On groundwater contamination BJP is helping the churning within the PDP, trying to form government in J&K: Omar Abdullah Saving Delhi’s trees What is enlightened anthropocentrism in philosophy? The IITian who publishes rare books BUSINESS Modi urges AIIB to boost lending 10-fold to $40 bn LIFE Indian actors among Oscar panel members
