Opinion

The Union Budget for the financial year 2025-26 (FY’26), presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on 1 February 2025, provides an outlay of ₹6,81,210.27 crore for the Ministry of Defence (MoD). This represents an...

On February 1, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman delivered her eighth consecutive budget speech for the Financial Year (FY) 2025-26, which allocated Rs 6.81 lakh crore for the Ministry of Defence (MoD). This fiscal year's...

Using Chinese-made components in Indian drones supplied by the private sector to the army has raised critical national security concerns. The recent hacking incidents at the Line of Control (LoC) and the Line of...

Armenia, located at the crossroads of West Asia and Eurasia, is one of the strategically most important countries in the Eurasian region. The geopolitics of Eurasia, still shaped to a certain extent by the...

Last week, before Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto undertook a four-day visit to India to be the Chief Guest at the country’s 76th Republic Day function, New Delhi had thrown a red-carpet welcome for Tharman...

The Union Budget for FY2025-26 has allocated Rs 6.8 lakh crore for India’s defence sector, marking a 9% increase from the previous year’s budget of Rs 6.22 lakh crore. Despite the substantial allocation, Finance...

The Union Budget is always anticipated with a great deal of enthusiasm and interest by the nation. The most important areas of the budget relate to taxes, both direct and indirect as it impacts...

The dream of a Viksit Bharat of the future, lies in the reality of a Surakshit Bharat, today. The Defence Budget 2025 has cast more clouds, particularly in the capital outlay than sunshine in...

Indian Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman in the Budget for the financial year 2024-25, has allocated Rs 6.21 lakh crore to the Ministry of Defence (MoD). The allocation is higher by approximately 4.79% percent or...

Every year, the nation eagerly awaits the presentation of the central financial budget by the finance minister in the Parliament. One of the key elements of the budget is the allocation for Defence Ministry...

Liberalism, one of the most enduring and influential political ideologies, has profoundly shaped global norms in governance, diplomacy, and societal structures. It has served as the cornerstone of the liberal international order, a framework...

The ceasefire in Gaza came into effect on January 19 after months of contested negotiations and delays. Facing death and destruction from continuing strikes from the Israeli forces as well as from increasing starvation...

President Vladimir Putin and President Masoud Pezeshkian, representing two of the world’s most sanctioned nations, signed a twenty-year Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Agreement in Moscow during Pezeshkian’s official visit to Russia last week. This landmark...