Infrastructure that carries a nation’s data, finance and emergency communications is strategic infrastructure. We would not hand over a port, a power grid or a strategic petroleum reserve on the strength of
India’s ambition to become self-reliant in defense technology has faced a significant setback following the second crash of the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas within a single year. The latest incident, which
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On January 25, 2026, Security Forces (SFs) killed three terrorists during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Panjgur District of Balochistan. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), “On January 25 (Sunday), security
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Maldives recorded no terrorism-linked fatality in 2025. The abduction and killing of blogger Yameen Rasheed by a local affiliate of Al-Qaeda on April 23, 2017, was the last terrorism related incident in
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The US is aggressively promoting its new, so far untested, prototype tank, the M1E3. The Army says it is revolutionary, takes advantage of the latest technology, and solves the problems encountered in
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The nation that leads the clean energy economy will be the nation that leads the global economy…Barack Obama The International Day of Clean Energy, observed on 26 January pursuant to General Assembly
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“Why did you keep Shiva Pasupathi in place, Sir? Wasn’t he Sirimavo’s man…?” This was how ministers within J. R. Jayewardene’s Cabinet questioned his decision to retain Shiva Pasupathi as Attorney General—a
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The long-lasting alliance between Pakistan and Turkey has for a long time been acknowledged as one of the purest examples of modern-day international brotherhood in the world. Based on the common past,
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The killing of 15 cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), including ‘Central Committee Member (CCM)’ Patiram Manjhi aka Anal Da, carrying a bounty of INR 10 million, in an intelligence-led operation by
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The January 19, 2026 suicide attack on a Chinese restaurant in Kabul, which killed one Chinese national and six Afghans, and injured at least another five Chinese nationals, was strongly condemned by
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Pakistan made a major diplomatic step early in 2026 when it officially accepted an invitation to become a member of the Board of Peace (BoP), a new international framework as part of
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Western Europe’s complete and voluntary dependence on the US was never really discussed because it was simply assumed. It was called strategic autonomy, but meant close transatlantic relations within an alliance in
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In 1945, two years prior to India’s independence, the current Chief Minister of Kerala, Pinarayi Vijayan, was born into a working-class family in northern Kerala. He was his mother’s fourteenth child; of the
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India’s campaign of state-sponsored persecution against Sikh activists has reached a disturbing new threshold, with a growing international dimension that extends far beyond its borders. What was once an issue confined to
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Global financial markets are proving to be sensitive to political rhetoric and international conflicts once again, in an age where geopolitical processes can rapidly outweigh economic fundamentals. January 20, 2026, was not
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What ever happened to the Epstein scandal? Gone. Out of sight. Hey presto, vanished by the wave of a magic wand. It seems that Master Illusionist Donald Trump has dodged this lethal
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