Spotlight

A nine-month intelligence operation that culminated in a multi-state crackdown last month exposed how an ISI-linked Pakistani gangster used social media and organised crime to build a low-cost terror network... Read More

The ancient Dharmashastra, repeatedly caricatured and selectively invoked, has become a permanent fixture of modern India’s political and ideological battles. AI generated image Many people who might have seen Rakshith... Read More

As the Indus Waters Treaty collapses under the weight of arbitral boycotts and upstream infrastructure competition, South Asia’s river basins are fast becoming the region’s defining geopolitical flashpoint. For over... Read More

From Teutonic fortresses to modern missile garrisons, the contested geography of the Baltic has made Königsberg, now Kaliningrad, a recurring European flashpoint. Russian naval and missile forces make Kaliningrad a... Read More

India’s battle against Naxalism is fast moving beyond the gun to the more shadowy battlefield of ideas. The tendency of some educated people who describe themselves as intellectuals to provide... Read More

For India’s film stars, the leap from screen fame to political power has been a journey of triumphs, reversals and occasional second acts. From Thalapathy on screen, Vijay has taken... Read More

The Goods and Services Tax (GST) has moved beyond tax reform to become the economic engine of India’s ambition to become a developed nation. AI generated image Nine years ago,... Read More

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi A nation that has built formidable capabilities in space exploration, infrastructure, defence and technology has long possessed the raw ingredients to become a sporting powerhouse. Yet, beyond cricket,... Read More

FIFA 2026 has shown that the World Cup has transformed into a contest between footballing philosophies. Football has always preferred the mythology of individuals. Every World Cup is remembered through... Read More

From Britain to Nepal, economic discontent is rewriting the rules of democratic politics. Although the United Kingdom and Nepal occupy opposite ends of the global economic spectrum, they offer a... Read More