Opinion

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited’s Dhruv NG, a next-generation civil multi-role helicopter, completed its successful maiden flight in Bengaluru on December 29, 2025, flagged off by Union Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan …

India stands at a critical juncture in its geopolitical journey. As the world’s largest democracy and fifth-largest economy, India is no longer a peripheral player in Indo-Pacific affairs but increasingly …

As of December 2025, the pressure on global tanker traffic had increased significantly due to sanctions on Venezuelan and Russian oil exports, as well as a series of seizures and …

India’s rise as a maritime power is no longer a distant aspiration—it is unfolding in real time along the country’s 7,500-kilometre coastline. Ports that once served as quiet gateways for …

Bangladesh was never meant to be a theocratic experiment. Its founding logic ran in the opposite direction. When the country emerged from the wreckage of Pakistan in 1971, it did …

When the war in Ukraine began in February 2022, I reacted as many did, with shock at what appeared to be a clear and unambiguous act of Russian aggression. The …

The deepening economic partnership between India and Japan represents one of the most consequential developments in contemporary Asian geopolitics, with far-reaching implications for regional stability, supply chain resilience, and the …

PM Narendra Modi’s Guwahati stopover was more than another ribbon-cutting exercise; it is a calibrated political message that infrastructure, nationalism and the Northeast’s long-frayed peripheries now sit at the heart …

The US secret report on the Bangladesh Liberation War prophesied on 6th December 1971, just days before Pakistan surrendered to the Indian Army, that the propensity of extremism, radicalism, and …

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 …