Opinion

‘gar firdaus bar-rū-e-zamīñ asthamīñ ast o hamīñ ast o hamīñ ast Whoever first uttered these words was surely envisioning the Jammu and Kashmir of today. A land where the world’s …

2026 opened with US muscle-power exercises, intended to revive the Monroe Doctrine and reinforce its security dominance, which had been under scrutiny since Israel’s strikes on Qatar escalated tensions in …

India’s economy continues to recover steadily from the pandemic, standing out as one of the most dynamic among major global economies. After weathering the downturn caused by COVID-19, New Delhi …

Critical minerals, such as lithium, cobalt, nickel, graphite, rare earth elements (REEs), and others, are indispensable for electric vehicles (EVs), renewable energy technologies, batteries, electronics, and defense systems. Global demand …

The Budget 2026-27, presented in Parliament by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday, has placed tourism among the top-priority sectors to boost economic activity in the hill states and …

The most consequential shifts in global politics rarely announce themselves with a single dramatic moment. More often, they emerge through quiet realignments, incremental decisions, and partnerships forged out of necessity …

The Arctic is no longer the frozen periphery of global politics. It is rapidly becoming a corridor, a storehouse, and a proving ground for how power is exercised in spaces …

The 16th India-EU Summit, held in New Delhi on January 27, 2026, and co-chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, and European Council President …

On 19 January 2026 in New Delhi, India’s External Affairs Minister, Dr. Ss Jaishankar, delivered a pointed critique of what New Delhi perceives as politically driven economic pressure from the …

The op-ed article titled It Is Over, authored by U.S based Pakistani PhD scholar Zorain Nizamani, published on 1st January this year but removed within hours of its publication in Express …

When Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney took the stage at Davos this week, his message was not dressed up in the language of optimism that usually accompanies global economic forums. …

The 18th Japan-India Foreign Ministers’ Strategic Dialogue, convened on January 16, 2026, in New Delhi, exemplifies the maturing “Special Strategic and Global Partnership” between two Indo-Pacific heavyweights navigating geopolitical flux. …

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s address at the World Economic Forum in Davos, delivered on 20 January 2026, marked a rare moment of intellectual clarity in contemporary international politics. Rejecting …

Pakistan’s deep state has turned terrorism into a deliberate instrument of state policy, commissioning rather than condemning it. This calculated strategy is playing with fire, demonstrated by a troubling consolidation …

The narrative in some circles in India that we misjudged Trump, believed wrongly that we could manage him in his second term as we did in his first term, that …

Already grappling with warming winters, failed snowfall, and missing rains, all signs of a big climate shift, the apple growers in Himachal Pradesh, a state producing rich, crisp, and royally …

Japan’s Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi’s visit to India from January 15 to 17, 2026, underscores the deepening strategic partnership between the two nations amid evolving Indo-Pacific dynamics. This three-day engagement, …

Last week, state-owned Engineers India Limited pulled off what many in the global energy industry thought bordered on the impossible: a 4,058-meter horizontal directional drill beneath one of the world’s …

On January 16, 2016, India launched the Startup India initiative, a bold policy framework aimed at transforming India into a nation of job creators rather than job seekers. A decade …

In the heart of New Delhi, amid the echoes of ancient wisdom and modern ambition, India is currently hosting the 28th Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of the Commonwealth …

By unveiling the logo and website for BRICS 2026 this week, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar did more than mark the start of India’s chairship preparations. He offered a carefully …