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I am angry. I’ve been relentlessly scrolling through social media and sundry reports tracking Marco Rubio’s statements throughout the day at various forums during his visit of India. It is Sunday, Day 2 of his four-day sojourn, and he has already kicked up quite a storm, telling the audience at an event in US embassy in New Delhi to mark America’s 250th Independence Day celebrations that “one of those relationships”… he is “so excited about going in to the 21st century, given the challenges and the opportunities of this new era, is India… one of those countries that I know...

India says it has carried out air strikes against militants following a suicide bomb attack earlier this month. Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale said the strikes targeted Balakot, but it is not clear that if that is in Pakistan or Pakistani-administered Kashmir. He said several militants were killed. Pakistan said it scrambled fighter planes in response. The move represents an escalation of hostilities between the two nuclear-armed neighbors. Mr. Gokhale told a news conference that the strikes had targeted the militant group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM)…..