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Engaging With The Taliban: India's Soft Power Offers An Alternative Template For Cooperation

New Delhi, Oct. 15 -- It was a scene few could have imagined just a few years ago. Afghan Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi arrived in New Delhi for a week-long visit - the highest-level Tali... Read More


India's Taliban Gamble: Why Keeping Americans out of Bagram Is Critical For Regional Stability

New Delhi, Oct. 15 -- When Afghanistan's Foreign Minister from the Taliban government, Amir Khan Muttaqi, landed in New Delhi, the visit drew global attention. Yet behind the quiet diplomacy and polit... Read More


Theatreisation Of Military In India: No Need To Copy Foreign Models

New Delhi, Oct. 15 -- Interestingly, though the theme for the just concluded Combined Commanders' Conference was "Year of Reforms - Transforming for the Future", in the Indian Ministry of Defence pres... Read More


Sri Lanka gets two-year respite at UNHRC; Colombo calls resolution intrusive, damaging to South Asia

New Delhi, Oct. 13 -- Western powers tightened their hold over Sri Lanka at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva by passing a resolution with the backing of 22 countries. The posi... Read More


Should India be seen deferring to the Taliban?

New Delhi, Oct. 12 -- The US handed back Afghanistan to the Taliban on a platter after 20 years on August 26, 2021 when the last US troops left Afghanistan, suffering 19 killed while exiting. In these... Read More


A Reset in the Making? Modi, Trump Reboot India-US Trade Ties

New Delhi, Oct. 10 -- When Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted about his "good progress achieved in trade negotiations" after a call with President Donald Trump, it was more than diplomatic choreogra... Read More


India's AI Journey: Transforming Fiscal Management For A Developed India

New Delhi, Oct. 10 -- India's rapid adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer confined to technology labs or industry pilots. It is becoming a core enabler of governance, particularly in i... Read More


Post-Hasina Bangladesh : Perils and Promise of a Crossroads Nation

New Delhi, Oct. 9 -- Bangladesh, a nation of 170 million. finds itself in a position that could alter regional dynamics in South Asia and beyond. The country is no longer just a peripheral state wedge... Read More


Trump's Tariff Gambit: Will It Make Global South Emerge Stronger?

New Delhi, Oct. 9 -- The world is witnessing a seismic shift in trade and geopolitics. What began years ago as a skirmish between Washington and Beijing has now expanded into a full-scale tariff war r... Read More


Can India Defend Its Vast Maritime and Underwater Domain Against Regional Rivals?

New Delhi, Oct. 9 -- The Indian Navy commissioned INS Androth, its second Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW-SWC), on October 6, 2025, at the Naval Dockyard, Visakhapatnam. The ceremony w... Read More