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India and Quad: Belling the Cat Without Alarming It

During the just-concluded visit of Vietnam’s Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh to India, the two countries called for strengthening the comprehensive strategic partnership between New Delhi and Hanoi, while affirming the importance of maintaining peace,...

Emerging Scenario of a Middle East War

The killing of Hamas Politbureau Head Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on July 31, apparently by a covert IED hidden two months ago and remotely detonated, does not portend well for peace in the region...

Bangladesh in Turmoil: Indian Diplomacy Under Test

Bangladesh’s erstwhile Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who served as Bangladesh’s PM consecutively since January 2009 and is the world's longest-serving Muslim woman leader, saw her tenure come to an end amid the current turmoil,...

Pandemonium in the Middle East

On July 31, Ismail Haniyeh, the chief of Hamas or Islamic Resistance Movement - the terrorist group responsible for carrying out the gruesome and egregious October 7, 2023, attack on Southern Israel, was assassinated...

Is Manipur Headed for More Carnage?

On the opening day of the ongoing Manipur Legislative Assembly Session scheduled from July 31 to August 12, Chief Minister Biren Singh informed the house of the gory achievements of his administration since violence...

Türkiye-Somalia Ties: Beyond Naval Cooperation

Türkiye is set to send naval support to Somalia following the agreement between the two countries to explore oil and gas in Somali waters. ​In July, Türkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan introduced a motion...

US-Japan Ups the Ante in the Pacific

The United States has announced that it will overhaul its military forces in Japan as the two countries move to deepen defence cooperation, Washington and Tokyo said Sunday, 28 July 2024. The announcement comes...

US Presidential Election: Does It Matter for India?

When incumbent President of the US, Joe Biden on July 13 announced his decision to quit the race for the presidential election, due on November 5, he was the first head of government in...

LIC: Jihad Full Throttle

  The US has asked its citizens in India to exercise extreme caution in India due to crime and terrorism and issued a travel advisory on July 23, 2024, advising them not to travel to:...

MBT Future Market and Projects

Future Market Trend: As per the Global "Armoured Vehicles Market" Report for 2024, the global armoured vehicles market is expected to expand from US$29.9 billion in 2023 to US$36.9 billion in 2028 at a CAGR...

Defence Budget: Lingering Shortfall

In the Union Budget for the financial year 2024-25, presented on July 23, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has maintained the defence outlay nearly in line with the interim budget announced in February 2024, with...

India-Bangladesh Water Diplomacy on the Teesta River Project

The Teesta River, originating from the eastern Himalayas, flows through the Indian states of Sikkim and West Bengal before entering Bangladesh, where it eventually merges with the Brahmaputra River. Spanning approximately 414 kilometres, the...

Securing the Seas

The influence and contribution of the seas on world history are vital and have been a fascinating journey, as described in historian Paul Kennedy’s book, The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic...
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