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Opinion | Race For Deploying Humanoid Soldiers Has Begun

Opinion | Race For Deploying Humanoid Soldiers Has Begun

The next soldier will not bleed, will not tire, and will not hesitate. It is already being built, and the race to send it to war is underway.

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Opinion | Inside Iran's Military Mosaic

Opinion | Inside Iran's Military Mosaic

Iran always knew this day would come. For two decades it built a warfare architecture that could not be centred, could not be decapitated, could not...

09.03.2026 10

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Opinion | Iran’s War Aim Is Not Israel Or US, But The Global Economy

Opinion | Iran’s War Aim Is Not Israel Or US, But The Global Economy

Gulf countries understand the game Iran is playing. The question is whether they can hold their nerve, sustain their defences, and resist being drawn...

05.03.2026 10

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Opinion | US Tech Stack That Took Out Khamenei And Why It Matters To India

The joint US-Israeli strike of February 28, 2026, that killed Khamenei was full-spectrum corporate warfighting. India watched. It must now evolve

03.03.2026 10

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Opinion | Pakistan’s War Of Its Own Making: The Durand Line, Pashtun Identity & Terrorist Blowback

How a colonial boundary drawn in 1893 planted the seeds of war that now threatens to engulf the entire region and why Pakistan is its own worst enemy

27.02.2026 10

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Opinion | Great Nicobar And India's Indo-Pacific Maritime Geometry

For Southeast Asia, the signal is clear: India is serious about its eastern maritime frontier, where China's influence intersects with ASEAN's...

17.02.2026 10

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Opinion | Agni-Prime: India's Futuristic Rail Based Strike Advantage

There is an India-vision lesson beyond missiles. Great powers don't just buy deterrence, they industrialise it, converting national scale into...

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Opinion | The Baloch Question In Pakistan's Army State

Balochistan remains a place where the promises of 1947 are still argued, remembered and resisted

04.02.2026 10

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Opinion | Between Washington And Beijing, India Is Quietly Rewriting The Space Race

In an era increasingly defined by a US–China contest for orbit, India’s space wave is emerging as the third force — not just competitive, but trusted.

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Opinion | Bangladesh: A Nobel Halo, An Islamist State, Terror Networks & Radicalisation As State Policy

Global jihadists see an opening: a chance to reconnect their Pakistani networks with Bangladeshi extremists, reversing years of counterterrorism and...

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Opinion | Bondi Terror Massacre And States That Enable Jihad

Sydney's Bondi Beach terror attack comes amid a disturbing surge of antisemitic violence and Islamist radicalism across the West

16.12.2025 10

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Opinion | India Stopped An ISIS-K Bio-Terror Plot The World Needs To Talk About

An ISIS-K bio-terror attack that could have killed over a hundred thousand people was just stopped in India. Why isn't the world talking about...

13.11.2025 10

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Opinion: Kashmir To Kyrenia, PM Modi Resets Eurasian Chessboard

Modi’s choice of gift, a Kashmiri silk carpet, was a firm reminder that J&K is India's sovereign terrain, just as a reunited Cyprus remains...

21.06.2025 10

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Opinion | Radicalised Khalistanis, A Canadian Problem

For years, Canada’s mainstream parties have courted Sikh immigrants to win votes. Now, they pander to Khalistani extremists for political gains

20.06.2025 10

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Opinion | Packets To The Party: How DeepSeek Funnels Data To Beijing

For American fund managers and Indian startups alike, using the chatbot could be tantamount to CC‑ing a rival on every brainstorming session

21.04.2025 20

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Opinion | PM Modi And Trump Forge A New Dawn in India-US Relations

PM Modi's US visit not only deepened the strategic alliance between the two nations but also set in motion a cascade of initiatives that promises...

19.02.2025 20

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