The ethnic violence in Manipur, a northeastern state of India, has killed more than 150 people with over 300 injured and displaced more than 40,000 people, mostly from the Christian Kuki tribe, since May 2023. The violence was triggered by a demand from the Hindu Meitei community, the majority group in the state, for a special status that would give […]

India, the world’s largest democracy and a rising global power, has often been viewed as a natural ally of the US and the EU in countering China’s influence and promoting a rules-based international order. However, its responses during the 2022 war between Russia and Ukraine have shed light on the intricacies and contradictions of India’s alignment with the West. This […]

The situation regarding the appointment of the Chief Envoy of Afghanistan in New Delhi has raised intriguing questions about India’s approach to recognizing the Taliban government. This academic analysis delves into the complexities surrounding India’s stance on the matter, beginning with the communication from the Taliban Ministry of Foreign Affairs appointing Mr. Qadir Shah as the Chief Envoy. Despite this […]

IntroductionKhalistani separatist activities in Western countries have been on the rise. On 2 July 2023, the Indian Consulate in San Francisco was set on fire (causing minor damage) by a group of pro-Khalistani separatists. In another incident, ‘Sikhs for Justice’, a separatist organisation, put out posters instigating the radical elements to kill Indian top diplomats in Canada, the United States, […]

When ruling dispensations run out of viable ideas on political playoffs, they almost always resort to the politics of compulsion. By contrast, responsible governments which are committed to social progress use politics as an instrument to advance development, via progressive political agendas. They recognise that programs of public benefit veer towards enhancing social-economic-cultural-welfare value. Politics where schemes are ideologically self-centred […]

The NIA has busted a Kerala-based Islamic State module that was allegedly planning terror attacks at different places of worship as well as on leaders of certain communities in the state. The module had been conducting reconnaissance missions at potential targets, it said. In another operation, the NIA also arrested an Aligarh Muslim University student hailing from Lohardagga, Jharkhand for […]

The Narendra Modi government’s policy of letting Manipur burn without taking political steps to douse the fires, is going hand in hand with its policy of strengthening military relations with the junta ruling Myanmar. Indian arms supplies to Myanmar are being used to suppress rebel tribal communities that live on the Myanmar-Manipur border, according to the pressure group “Justice for […]

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s state visit to the USA at the end of June provided an opportunity for the two countries to strengthen their relations at a time of growing geopolitical tensions. On the one hand, there are the usual US tensions with Russia and China over the Ukraine crisis, the Taiwan issue and the US-China trade war. On […]

With millions more internally displaced as well as an estimated 2.3 million residing in neighboring Pakistan and Iran, Afghan refugees are among the biggest and longest-lasting refugee communities in the world. After the Soviet invasion in 1979, the civil war in the 1990s, and the invasion of Afghanistan by the United States in 2001, the bulk of Afghan refugees left […]

In a major development, India is planning to buy 26 Rafale fighter aircraft and three Scorpene class conventional submarines from France. The proposals have been placed before the Defence Ministry. As per the proposal, the Indian Navy will get 22 single-seated Rafale Marine aircraft along with four trainer aircraft. The Navy had been pressing for acquiring these fighter aircraft and […]