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Opinion | Hambantota And Gwadar: Dhaka Snubbed PM Modi On Mongla But Will Eventually Pay For It

Opinion | Hambantota And Gwadar: Dhaka Snubbed PM Modi On Mongla But Will Eventually Pay For It

A Chinese state contractor will build & operate industrial infrastructure a day's drive from West Bengal, in a delta that Indian admirals have always...

18.07.2026 20

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Opinion: PM Modi Is Building A Future-Ready New India

Opinion: PM Modi Is Building A Future-Ready New India

Most economies facing the AI transition are now assembling their equivalent under pressure, while India is in a position to use what it already has

15.07.2026 20

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Opinion | PM Modi’s New Zealand Visit: India’s Middle-Power Playbook Reaches The Pacific

PM Modi’s answer has been consistent: build bilateral depth with the wary partner, convert it into concrete economicfootholds, and let each foothold...

10.07.2026 20

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Opinion | Nickel, Not Just Missiles: The Critical Minerals Story Behind PM Modi’s Indonesia Visit

Indonesia holds the world’s largest nickel reserves and supplies more than half of global output, making it an obvious partner. The timing is what...

07.07.2026 30

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Opinion | Modi And Takaichi And The Playbook For Asia’s Middle Powers

India and Japan's summit signals a deeper strategic partnership, with defence, AI, critical minerals and energy cooperation taking centre stage amid...

03.07.2026 30

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Opinion | PM Modi In Seychelles: Honouring 50 Years Of The Indian Ocean Bond

Modi’s presence in Victoria this week is, at one level, about the $175 million package. At another, it is the latest instalment in a bond that began...

29.06.2026 20

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Opinion | The Yoga Day Warships: Modi’s Message Of Peace And Power

The message to the Indian Ocean, and to those who are increasingly trying to reshape it, is simple: India is here, building fast, and will not be...

21.06.2026 30

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Opinion | PM Modi's Évian Play: What Will It Take To Seal The Deal With Trump?

The deaths of the three seafarers cannot be dissolved into the arithmetic of a trade negotiation. They are a separate moral account, and India has...

13.06.2026 30

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Opinion | Modi@12: Only PM Could Navigate This World In Flux

What distinguishes these record-breaking 12 years under Modi is the density of the crises India faced with him at the helm and emerged on the other...

09.06.2026 30

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Hormuz Crisis Has Made Modi’s 2030 Green Targets A Security Imperative

Before the crisis hit, India had already crossed a threshold that drew far less attention than it deserved.

05.06.2026 30

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Opinion | Twelve Years, Twelve Decisions: How PM Narendra Modi Remade India

After the most significant recalibration of Indian statecraft since Independence, India no longer asks for a seat at the table. It sets the agenda

26.05.2026 40

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Opinion | Quad Meets In Delhi, But Trump's China Visit Casts A Shadow

The Quad's purpose has not disappeared. But a ministers’ meeting in New Delhi, however sincerely convened, will not be enough to prove it

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Opinion | How PM Modi Changed The Definition Of Social Security In India

The definition of who deserves social security in India has been permanently redrawn and includes everyone, bringing to life Modi’s political slogan...

09.05.2026 50

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Opinion | A Decade Of Ujjwala: The Scheme That Changed Rural Women’s Lives

The flame Ujjwala lit a decade ago still burns in over ten crore kitchens.

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Opinion | Tariffs, Truth Social And Total War: The Three T’s Of A Trumpian World

15 months into his second term, Trump is fighting a war in Iran, a global trade battle, & his poll numbers. He promised to win everything at once, but...

18.04.2026 50

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Opinion: How Modi's Expressway Revolution Is Quietly Rewiring The Indian Economy

The Delhi-Dehradun Expressway, which opened today, is one of dozens of corridors now under construction or in planning

14.04.2026 50

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Opinion | How Ayushman Bharat Changed What It Means To Be Poor And Sick In India

Coverage runs to Rs 5 lakh per family per year, absorbing the cost of more than 1,393 treatments and diagnostics

07.04.2026 30

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Opinion | End Of Naxalism: How Amit Shah Dismantled China’s Ideological Export

What India has accomplished is not simply the suppression of a domestic insurgency. It is the refutation of a model

31.03.2026 50

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Six Runways, Two Airports, One City: Can Delhi-NCR Make It Work?

Whether Delhi-NCR becomes a dual-hub market or a city with competing airports will depend on connectivity, demand and sustained policy support.

28.03.2026 60

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India's Grey Counter: How New Delhi Is Fighting China's Invisible War In The Indian Ocean

Data shows Chinese vessel conducting repeated survey missions between 2024 and 2025 across strategic waters near Taiwan, Guam, and, critically,...

26.03.2026 60

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Opinion | For Modi, Pakistan Is A Problem Best Weakened, Not Broken

Pakistan is under pressure from three directions: western frontier, its south-western province, and its own balance sheet. New Delhi should resist the...

25.03.2026 50

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Opinion | Trump Broke The Old World Order, So Carney Flies To PM Modi

When a Canadian prime minister boards a plane to New Delhi, the most important question is not what he is flying towards. It is what he is flying away...

01.03.2026 40

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Vayushakti-26 Is Modi's Aatmanirbhar Bharat Moment

Today, above Pokhran, India's homegrown defence ecosystem must prove it has substance behind the slogan.

27.02.2026 40

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Modi’s Macron-Lula Double Play: India’s Strategic Reset In A Fragmenting World

New Delhi intends not simply to balance between camps but to help design new platforms for cooperation that reflect developing countries’ interests.

18.02.2026 70

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Opinion | Code, Power And Politics: Why Modi Sees AI As The New Frontier Of Geopolitics

PM Modi bets that AI, chips and cognitive sovereignty now sit alongside defence and trade as core determinants of national power

17.02.2026 70

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Opinion | The Method Behind India’s Middle-Power Moment

While it’s true that nations remember the past's injustices, anything short of an all-out war across the globe will only result in geopolitical...

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Opinion | Can India Use Kuala Lumpur To Rewrite Its ASEAN Trade Deal?

The joint statement from the visit describes India as a “vital global economic partner” and puts trade, investment and technology at the core of...

10.02.2026 50

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Opinion | The Strategic Calculus Behind PM Modi’s Malaysia Gambit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Malaysia on 7 February 2026 is poised to become a pivotal chapter in India's semiconductor story.

08.02.2026 40

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Modi's Foreign Policy Stress-Test: Ukraine To Gaza To Minerals Meet

The Pax Silica initiative, in Jaishankar's formulation of India's foreign policy, requires navigating the tension between...

04.02.2026 40

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India Moves Ahead With New FTAs As Washington Dabbles In Age-Old Tariffs

These agreements are a recognition of a new and durable reality and India’s adaptability.

28.01.2026 30

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The New Non-Alignment: How Modi's India Leads Without Choosing Sides

Over the past decade, the govt has invested heavily in infrastructure and manufacturing, treating these not as ends in themselves but as prerequisites...

27.01.2026 50

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Opinion | Tourism As Statecraft: How PM Modi Turned India's Cultural Wealth Into Global Soft Power

PM Narendra Modi transformed tourism into a deliberate instrument through which India could project power, attract capital, deepen relationships with...

26.01.2026 70

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From Red Fort To The Classroom: Why PM Modi Made The Girl Child A National Cause

Over the past decade, Modi returned to the Red Fort ramparts eleven times on Independence Day to centre the girl child as emblematic of national...

24.01.2026 50

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Opinion | Unprecedented Push To India-Africa Relations Under PM Modi

Africa is home to 1.2 billion people, with massive natural resources, growing markets, and a continent increasingly courted by every major power

18.12.2025 40

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Opinion | From Liberation To Oppression: The Plight Of Minorities In Bangladesh

The situation of minorities in Bangladesh has entered a new phase characterised by organised, communal, and institutionalised oppression

17.12.2025 40

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Opinion | Modi-Putin Arctic Pact Reflects Depth Of Collaboration With Moscow

Whether through joint shipbuilding, seafarer training, energy commerce, both leaders have signalled the Arctic won't be left to chance or to...

11.12.2025 70

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Opinion | Where Can Putin Go? PM Modi Is Key For Russian President's Global Comeback

For Russian President Vladimir Putin, PM Narendra Modi's personal reception achieves what BRICS summits and other forums cannot

07.12.2025 40

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Opinion | India As A Blue Superpower: Why Naval Dominance Is Essential

The projection of power and the guarantee of security across geographies are the primary means of cementing global leadership, and both demand naval...

06.12.2025 50

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Opinion | 5 Big Reforms By PM Narendra Modi That Strengthened The Constitution

On the occasion of India’s Constitution Day, the five most significant reforms that strengthened constitutional principles

27.11.2025 40

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Opinion | INS Mahe And India's Maritime Security

INS Mahe packs a lethal capability: advanced sonar systems, anti-submarine rockets, torpedoes, and a 30 mm naval gun.

25.11.2025 40

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Opinion | PM Modi's Africa Strategy: A Different Model Amid Great Power Competition

Relations with Africa have been built incrementally over the years and represent a distinctive approach to south-south cooperation

23.11.2025 50

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Opinion | Housing Plus: Modi Govt's Integrated Approach—Homes With Water, Electricity, Toilets, And Clean Cooking

The vision of PM Modi’s policies has provided homes that have become gateways to modern living, economic opportunity, and human dignity

22.11.2025 50

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Opinion | The Jamaat Problem: Inside Jamaat-e-Islami Kashmir’s White-Collar Terror Machine

The story is one of a methodical, generational projects that culminates in the ideological justification for men and women willing to build bombs and...

15.11.2025 40

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Opinion | Chinese Pressure, Rock Solid Trust: Why Bhutan Stands With India

Bhutan understood something that Colombo, Islamabad, and Dhaka learned too late: partnership is not measured in loan disbursements, but in trust built...

12.11.2025 40

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Opinion | Modi’s UDAY 2.0: The Next Five Years of Smarter, Cheaper & Cleaner Power

What began as a financial bailout has matured into a comprehensive framework for making power supply more reliable, affordable, and digitally enabled...

06.11.2025 50

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Why India, Not The P5, Upholds The True Spirit Of A Rules-Based Order

Iraq War, invasion of Ukraine, and territorial aggression in South China Sea by the US, UK, Russia, and China are flagrant violations of UN...

25.10.2025 50

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Opinion | Modi’s Path To Viksit Bharat Goes Through Its Schools

Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership, the government has undertaken the most comprehensive overhaul of India's education system since...

16.10.2025 40

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Opinion | PM Modi’s Swachh Bharat @11: A Masterclass In Sustainable Development

The 11-year journey is a clear example of how forward vision, on ground implementation, and adaptive management can transform sustainable development...

03.10.2025 60

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Amit Shah And His 'No Rest' Approach Is Rewriting India's Fight Against Red Terror

Amit Shah’s approach to countering Naxalism has evolved from defensive containment to offensive elimination.

25.09.2025 60

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Opinion: Modi’s India Is Europe’s Preferred Partner In Turbulent Times

As the Modi government and EU officials accelerate negotiations for a €135-billion free trade agreement, New Delhi's approach is proving...

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