Opinion

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 …

The recent G20 Summit in Johannesburg, hosted by South Africa from November 22 to 23, marked a pivotal moment in global diplomacy, especially as it was the first time the …

India’s relations with Southeast Asia have evolved with time, from economic collaboration under the Look East Policy of the 1990s to strategic and security cooperation at the turn of the …

The promotion of General Asim Munir to the newly established role of Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) and the concurrent awarding of the honorary title of Field Marshal signify a …

For the first time in its quarter-century existence, the G20 convened on African soil, a fact that in another era might have felt like a footnote and now reads more …

In the northeastern corner of India, where the Brahmaputra slows and spreads before it begins its long descent to the delta, there is a museum that few outside the region …

Two developments this week have offered a revealing window into the strategic shifts taking place across the Indo-Pacific. In Washington, a bipartisan resolution titled ‘Recognizing the Strategic Value of the …

Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar’s recent visit to Qatar in November 2025 represents a significant milestone in the deepening of bilateral relations between the two nations, building on …

On November 11, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a two-day visit to Thimphu, the capital city of the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan. Prime Minister Modi joined the people of …

India stands at a critical juncture in its maritime strategy, facing the dual imperatives of leveraging collective partnerships to counter China’s expanding infrastructure footprint while preserving the strategic autonomy that …

When External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar arrived in Ontario for the G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, it was not another ritual of global diplomacy. His presence carried the quiet weight …

The civil war ravaging Myanmar, which is pushing refugees across the border to India, is also entrapping the Indian citizens in its den of cybercrime. The recent reports of 500 …