The Indian government is in touch with Oman after reports of the Gulf nation hosting the controversial “fugitive” preacher Zakir Naik, an external affairs ministry spokesperson said on Friday. “Zakir Naik is an accused in numerous cases in India. He’s a fugitive from justice. We have taken up the matter with the Government of Oman, with Oman authorities and we […]

On February 25, 2023, a National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) cadre, identified as Bidhu Debbarma, was handed over to the Tripura Police through Assam’s Sutarkandi Border Observation Post (BOP), by the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB). On January 4, 2023, the cadres of the All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF) shot dead a local tribal leader of the Communist Party of […]

On March 15, 2023, a group of four Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres reached Arimala Colony in Tondarnad Grama Panchayat (village level local self-government institution) in the Wayanad District of Kerala and distributed pamphlets propagating their ideology. Of the four, three members of the Maoist group were suspected to be Unnimaya, Chandru, and Sundari. The identity of the fourth […]

India and Iran both states have historical political, economic and strategic relations. Iran is India’s one of largest suppliers of oil in recent decades. Despite global pressure and sanctions on Iran, India continues to buy oil products from Tehran, which suits New Delhi’s economic environment as it is cheaper compare to other oil producing countries. Reflecting the current geopolitical realities, […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina are scheduled to inaugurate the India-Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline on 18 March via video-conference. This is the first cross-border energy pipeline between India and Bangladesh, built at an estimated cost of INR 377 crore, of which the Bangladesh portion of the pipeline built at a cost of approximately INR 285 […]

Media is considered the fourth pillar of any state. Political as well as social narratives are built through media. Elite of any country uses it to shape the pictures in our mind. Different theoretical perspectives including the Agenda Setting theory, Kite model, Gerbner’s model and other as well explains that how media shapes the reality and promulgate the sponsored agenda […]

It is no secret that India’s relationship with Germany has traditionally lagged behind its relations with its other European partners such as France. Benign mutual neglect coupled with Germany’s primary focus on China are factors, but this appears to be changing rapidly. Chancellor Scholz’s two-day visit to India, that began on February 25, 2023, significantly coincided with the first anniversary […]

On March 3, 2023, two Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) Pamed Dalam (armed squad) members, identified as Sodi Kame and Sodi Bandu, and a sympathiser, Sodi Chanti, were arrested by the Police from the Paidigudem Forest area on the Telangana-Chhattisgarh border in the Bhadradri Kothagudem District. Vineeth G., Superintendent of Police (SP), disclosed that the arrested Maoists had come to […]

The results of Assembly Elections of three northeastern states – Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura – declared on March 2, 2023, provides the ruling party at the Centre, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), another opportunity to resolve the issues that have the potential to resurrect insurgencies in these three states in particular, and the region at large. However, the experiences of […]

The term ‘Asian century’ is a synecdoche of the ascendancy of China, India, and other countries of the region in political and economic affairs of the international system. India constitutes a predominant facet of this neologism. The greatness of Indian economy was reflected in 2022 by the Bloomberg index which established that India has surpassed Britain to become fifth biggest […]