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The absence of a coherent national security strategy has contributed to a procurement system in which decisions are postponed until the capability gap...
To transform citizens into subjects, you have to attack the very idea of citizenship, stability and secure belonging that people need in their daily...
China processes over two-thirds of global lithium. Until Indian firms begin investing in lithium refineries, the raw material will continue to be...
The Delhi Gymkhana Club may symbolise old Lutyens privilege, but the Modi government’s real legacy is unprecedented concentration of wealth, crony...
Those raging at the Congress for ‘opposing’ national security should realise that Congress governments built much of the defence infrastructure in...
You might think it obvious that larger states should get more seats under the principle of “one person, one vote” — but it risks sharpening...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's poorly timed tilt to Israel on the eve of the war had already damaged Iranian trust in India.
Three avoidable blunders in PM Modi's handling of the US-Israel attack on Iran have laid bare the hollowness of his claims to global leadership.
General MM Naravane’s memoir—Four Stars of Destiny—reveals that he was left hanging by political leadership for more than two hours as Chinese...
India is making its decisions on the basis of a third party's interests, for all the election-time braggadocio of the Prime Minister. 'Desh nahi...
It’s the same old pattern: sensational leaks fuel frenzied coverage, the cases collapse in court, while the accused are already convicted in the...
‘Reform to deform' is a better description of the Modi government’s approach to election procedures. This is not hyperbole. Consider the record.
Greens have a sizeable support in the Western countries with clean air and blue skies, but not in India, where poisonous air, water and soil kill...
Opposition parties are doing the best they can, have gathered open-and-shut evidence only to be met with silence and deflection.
The INDIA bloc’s plan for Bihar is detailed and specific, unlike the Jan Suraaj Party’s vague proposals and vacuous slogans of the NDA.
The 'ghuspaithiya' narrative is being whipped up precisely when illegal immigration has actually diminished. Like most BJP-RSS ideas, it’s just an...
India was fighting both China and Pakistan during Operation Sindoor. In such a situation, it is utter folly to alienate key border regions like Ladakh...
If Indira Gandhi had based her foreign policy on “good vibes” with world leaders, Bangladesh would still be East Pakistan.
Sabotage set India's chip journey back by a decade. But don't expect Modi to tell you that.
An attack on the integrity of the roll is an attack on the Constitution and the people. The EC is duty-bound to cooperate with the Opposition and the...
The Modi govt first put all its eggs into the US basket when the unipolar moment was clearly over. It subsequently overcorrected, accommodating an...
Aadhaar, ration card, voter ID, and MGNREGA job card—the IDs poor voters actually hold are excluded from ECI's list of documents to prove identity...
Modi govt needs to focus on building domestic capabilities and reducing internal polarisation. India’s foreign policy should not be shaped by...
It is now clearer that India will bear significant costs for any future military operation, especially given the Chinese support to Pakistan.
Modi went all-in on the US with Trump brokering a ceasefire when Pakistan was on the back foot. Now India will pay the price of it.
As former US Secretary of Defence James Mattis put it somewhat bluntly: 'If you cut back on soft power, you’re going to have to buy me more bullets.'