Opinion

If 2025 has tested India’s bilateral skill, it has also highlighted the maturing of its role in multilateral and plurilateral arenas. Institutions that once appeared unchangeable now face pressure from …

India’s SHANTI Bill represents the most significant modernisation of the country’s nuclear framework since Independence, aligning energy policy with the scale of India’s climate, development and industrial ambitions. By consolidating …

The ascendancy of Sanae Takaichi to the Japanese premiership in October 2025 represents a seminal inflection point in the post-war security architecture of East Asia. For New Delhi, the inauguration …

The celebrated Chinese Belt and Road Initiative is bringing more shame than success to the home government. Nepal’s anti-corruption body has recently filed criminal charges against a Chinese State-owned construction …

India-China bilateral relations have undergone substantial recalibration throughout late 2025, demonstrating both nations’ commitment to managing strategic competition through institutional mechanisms while preserving core national interests. The period from September …

Part 1 of a Two-part series. The second part will be published on Monday, December 22, 2025. 2025 has tested the resilience of Indian diplomacy like never before. In a …

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) conducted a naval-drone strike on the crude-oil tanker Dashan on 10 December 2025, an action that has raised fresh concerns about the safety of …

In the 1900s or a little before, Kullu’s Manikaran valley and Malana—an ancient, landlocked, high-altitude village—found a naturally growing Himalayan plant, cannabis, as the most viable and easy source to …

When India and Brazil signed a new Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on the maintenance of Scorpene-class submarines and other naval platforms, the announcement drew modest headlines. But the implications …

As the US cultivates the Pakistani hybrid regime and General Munir consolidates power inside the Pakistani polity, India needs to change tack quickly to highlight the ever-growing democratic deficit inside …

The 23rd Annual bilateral summit between India and Russia was marked by a two-day visit by President Vladimir Putin to India on 04-05 December 2025. The visit also marked 25 …

When Prime Minister Narendra Modi broke established protocol on the evening of December 4, 2025 to personally receive Russian President Vladimir Putin on the tarmac of Palam airbase, the gesture …

During his 3-5 December 2025 visit to New Delhi, Vladimir Putin reaffirmed that energy cooperation with India remains a top priority. Standing beside Indian officials, he said Russia is ready …

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to New Delhi underscored that, in a fractured global order, the India–Russia axis is not relic but instrument: for New Delhi, a hedge on energy …

For decades, the map of India’s internal conflict has had a deep red stain over the forests of Chhattisgarh. In districts like Bastar, Sukma, and Bijapur, the Maoist insurgency has …

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s state visit to India is essential for many reasons. At the bilateral level, it reiterates the importance both sides attach to their mutual ties. For India, …

In the global imagination of revolution, Che Guevara stands as a conflicted, often distorted, symbol: a guerrilla who later governed, a militant who became a minister, a man who picked …

India’s logistics sector is undergoing a quiet but powerful revolution—one that is reshaping how goods move across the country and how Indian industry connects with global markets. Drawing on the …

The devastation wrought by Cyclone Ditwah on Sri Lanka in late November 2025 was sudden and brutal. Floodwaters surged, landslides buried homes, and countless lives were upended in moments. In …

India’s economy grew by 8.2 per cent in the July-September quarter, the fastest in six quarters, even as Donald Trump’s tariffs battered its exports. This is no mere statistic. It …

East Asia stands at a critical inflection point. While Japan and China engage in their sharpest diplomatic confrontation in years over Taiwan, India and China are quietly normalizing relations after …