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Since its constitution in April 1993 to exercise legislative oversight of the Ministry of Defence (MoD), parliament’s Standing Committee on Defence (SCoD) has examined and reported on such diverse issues as stress management in...

Both intellectuals and lay persons say that war is, without an iota of doubt, associated with violence. War, since times immemorial, has been fought for a multitude of reasons. Over the course of time,...

Around the same time as President Trump was sworn-in in January 2025, our company achieved a milestone that would have been unimaginable just seven years ago. Big Bang Boom Solutions became India’s first iDEX...

Defence and security have emerged as a consequential and increasingly visible domain of India’s engagement with West Asia. Once confined largely to energy security, migrant mobility, and remittances, India’s relations with the region have...

Modern warfare has progressively shifted from an attrition-based contest of platforms to a competition defined by information superiority, speed of decision-making, and system resilience. The Indian Army’s selection of “Year of Networking and Data...

AYear of Awakening: In 2025, India’s security establishment confronted a stark reality: the strategic environment is no longer cyclical. It is continuously contested. The old pattern of provocation followed by pause has broken down....

From India’s vantage point, the prevailing international order is deeply imbalanced and insufficiently representative of present-day power realities. While it is often described as a rules-based system, the formulation, interpretation, and enforcement of these...

As  this January-March 2026 issue goes to print, the experiences of 2025 are still fresh — and highly instructive. The past year was not simply a period of execution and delivery; it was a...

In recent times, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as an important component of India’s science and foreign policy initiatives. There is a growing and thoughtful emphasis on integrating AI into India’s bilateral arrangements with...

As the United Nations declared 2025 the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology, India faces a critical choice: chase the mirage of quantum computing supremacy or secure the nation’s digital infrastructure today. Whilst...

For decades, India was defined by the paradox of being a top-tier global power with a bottom-tier reliance on foreign weaponry. However, the year 2025 has officially been declared the “Year of Reforms” by...

Air travel in India is more frequent than ever, and airports are having to adapt quickly. With more people moving through terminals each day, even small delays can turn into long queues if systems...

Critical minerals such as lithium, cobalt, graphite, rare earth elements (REEs), and silicon are the lifeblood of modern economies, powering everything from electric vehicles (EVs) and renewable energy systems to semiconductors and defence technologies....