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India's Net-Zero Commitment and Energy Transition: Need to Avoid Disruptions in Job Security and Livelihood Opportunities

New Delhi, June 26 -- Over 150 administrative districts across India remain significantly dependent on fossil fuel supply chains, directly or indirectly sustaining livelihoods for nearly one-third of ... Read More


China's Nuclear Disarmament Diplomacy and its Expanding Strategic Arsenal

New Delhi, June 26 -- Beijing has consistently framed its nuclear posture as uniquely self-defensive and oriented toward the eventual abolition of nuclear weapons. Its April 2026 Nuclear Non Prolifera... Read More


A Gulf Truce with Global Consequences: Will it Bring Durable Peace?

New Delhi, June 25 -- The world's most vital energy artery has reopened. The Strait of Hormuz-through which nearly one-fifth of global oil and gas supplies pass-has become the clearest sign that Washi... Read More


The South Asian Immunity Myth: Why Misinformation Costs Lives and What Needs to be Done

New Delhi, June 25 -- In the spring of 2021, as India's second COVID-19 wave overwhelmed hospitals from Delhi to Chennai, a quietly dangerous idea was still circulating in the public conversation: tha... Read More


AI's Hidden Appetite: Power, Cooling and the New Geography of Infrastructure

New Delhi, June 24 -- There is an old saying that necessity is the mother of invention. When the phrase was coined, concepts such as artificial intelligence, hyperscale computing, and floating data ce... Read More


Foreign Funds, Civil Society Freedoms, National Security and India-US Friction

New Delhi, June 23 -- Two months ago I wrote an article, Regulating Foreign Funds: A Necessary Tightrope Walk, about the proposed Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026. I argued that ... Read More


Bangladesh's Lord Ram Statue Controversy fuels Renewed Debate over Religious Freedom and Social Cohesion

New Delhi, June 23 -- The suspension of construction work on what was planned to be Bangladesh's tallest statue of Lord Ram has sparked a nationwide debate about religious freedom, minority rights, co... Read More


Electoral Revision and the Crisis of Citizenship in India: Democracy is Measured by its Protection of the Vulnerable, not by Exclusion

New Delhi, June 23 -- Modern democracies rarely deteriorate through abrupt constitutional collapse. More often, democratic erosion proceeds through administrative procedures that appear neutral, techn... Read More


Is South Asia the Next Front in the U.S.-China Rivalry?

New Delhi, June 23 -- South Asia has long been viewed through a narrow lens of poverty, political instability and the ongoing rivalry of India and Pakistan. That perception is quickly changing today. ... Read More


India's Push-In Policy on Suspected Illegal Immigrants: Need to Mitigate Human Suffering

New Delhi, June 22 -- Humanitarian concerns do not always align neatly with legal and political boundaries. However, recent developments along the India-Bangladesh border have raised serious humanitar... Read More