The statistics released by the government paint a troubling picture. From 2019 to 2023, India arrested 10,440 individuals using its strictest anti-terror law, but only 335 were convicted. This number didn’t come from a human rights organisation; it was shared by the Union Home Ministry itself during a session in Parliament in December 2025. The National Crime Records Bureau put […]

A partnership between India, a country of subcontinental size, and Africa, a continent of fifty-four countries, may seem asymmetric until one notes that both are home to nearly the same number of people—1.4 billion. This essay spells out the existing challenges to the partnership, its optimal potential, and the possible pathways to realize it over the next quarter-century. IntroductionA partnership […]

The U.S.–India semiconductor cooperation story is well-stocked with top-level strategic intent. What remains unresolved, however, are some underlying challenges that will determine whether the cooperation actually functions. Three such friction points stand out. In February 2025, Indian prime minister Narendra Modi and U.S. president Donald Trump launched the Transforming the Relationship Utilizing Strategic Technology (TRUST) initiative, naming semiconductors as a […]

On April 22, India celebrated the anniversary of the terrorist act, one of the bloodiest in the last few years. Its immediate consequence was another Indo-Pakistani armed conflict. About the terrorist attack in Pahalgam The immediate result of the terrorist attack that occurred a year ago near the town of Pahalgam in the Indian part of the former princely state […]

India’s demographic transition is underway, but its economic payoff remains far from guaranteed. IntroductionThe demographic dividend is the potential economic growth a country can enjoy as a result of shifts in its population’s age structure. India often finds itself at the center of discussions about this concept. Much of the contemporary discourse around India’s rise as a major global economic […]

On March 10, 2026, India’s Union Cabinet approved amendments to Press Note 3, a regulation that mandated government approval on all foreign direct investment (FDI) from countries sharing a land border with India. This amendment raises questions primarily about whether its stated benefits will materialize and if the risks have been adequately weighed. This piece will address the same. On […]

The induction of INS Aridhaman, which features several technological enhancements, now gives India the third nuclear ballistic missile submarine to ensure continuous at-sea deterrent. On April 3, 2026, India’s nuclear triad crossed a major milestone with the quiet commissioning of INS Aridhaman—the country’s third nuclear ballistic missile submarine or SSBN (Submersible Ship Ballistic Nuclear)—at the Ship Building Centre in Visakhapatnam […]

Manipur: Renewed Violence Fresh violence has erupted across Manipur, signalling a renewed phase of instability. A series of incidents involving inter-group clashes, targeted attacks on civilians, and the use of heavy weaponry has heightened tensions, particularly in Ukhrul and Bishnupur Districts. The resurgence of violence underscores the persistence of deep ethnic divisions, the active presence of multiple armed formations, and […]

April 16, 2026 – Asia’s rise should not be interpreted as a race between rivals, but as a shared project. Redefining the boundaries of risk In recent years, India has progressively established itself as one of the main alternatives to China in global value chains. This process is taking place within an international context marked by profound transformations: growing geopolitical […]

At the world’s most critical oil chokepoint, tension rises as tankers wait and uncertainty spreads (AI Generated Image) The standoff over the Strait of Hormuz escalated again on Saturday as Iran reversed its reopening of the crucial waterway and fired on ships attempting to pass, in retaliation after the United States pressed ahead with its blockade of Iranian ports. New […]