Opinion

On social media, the noise against the Rafale never stops. The deal is too costly. India does not get the software codes. The Meteor missile cannot match the range of China’s PL-17. One hundred...

washington and Tel Aviv assumed decapitating Iran's leadership would be a much easier task and it would trigger the same unraveling seen elsewhere, where the US had invaded those sovereign nations. A Misconception Borrowed from...

On the surface, the Union Home Ministry’s plan to build nearly 40 permanent Subsidiary Intelligence Bureau (SIB) campuses across West Bengal’s border districts reads like a procurement note. Some 50 acres of land, 1-1.5...

On August 7, 2026, inside the Al-Safa Palace overlooking Islam's holiest city, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif signed the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, a pact...

The latest protests in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) are more than another episode of regional unrest. They expose a deeper structural problem confronting Pakistan: while Islamabad seeks greater diplomatic influence abroad, it continues to struggle...

On August 7, Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan signed what has been described as the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, committing themselves to the principle that aggression against one would be treated as aggression against...

On August 7, in the holy city of Makkah, three men who lead very different countries stood together and signed a document that many in the region had been quietly expecting, and dreading, for...

Sheikh Hasina's latest press conference was far more than an interaction with the media. It represented a carefully calibrated political intervention intended to reclaim the national narrative after months of intense political upheaval, institutional uncertainty...

Something quietly big has happened in Bengaluru, and it may change the way helicopters fly across India. HAL Airport has become the first airport in the country to start using a special system called...

The global geopolitical architecture is currently undergoing a profound re-alignment, driven by protracted conflicts, maritime vulnerabilities, and shifting economic alliances. In this climate of uncertainty, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's diplomatic engagement with the Nordic...

The proposed United States-Saudi Arabia civilian nuclear agreement has emerged at a particularly sensitive moment in West Asia. Even as Washington continues to press Iran to limit or relinquish its stockpile of enriched uranium...

"It is the dream of 140 crore Indians," Prime Minister Narendra Modi told the International Olympic Committee's 141st session in Mumbai, making official what had long been rumoured in sporting circles, that India would...

One of Trump’s stated objectives in his current conflict with Iran is restoring the Strait of Hormuz to its pre-war condition. Quitting the conflict, while permitting Iran to retain control of the strait, besides...