On September 5, 2026, a Special National Investigation Agency (NIA) Court in Jagdalpur, Bastar District, Chhattisgarh, convicted 10 surviving cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), including three women, for their
Across the globe, the tools of conflict are evolving. In South Asia, the erosion of the Indus Waters Treaty is transforming rivers into instruments of strategic leverage between India and Pakistan. Half
More
On March 30, 2026, Andhra Pradesh Director General of Police (DGP) Harish Kumar Gupta declared that the state was free of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), a day before the Centre’s
More
Tripura sustained its status as a “zero-insurgency” State through 2025 and into 2026, with no reported insurgency-related fatalities and no active militant violence. The gains achieved through the September 4, 2024, Memorandum
More
For more than six decades, the Indus Waters Treaty has endured as one of the most improbable success stories in modern diplomacy—an agreement between two adversarial states that managed to outlast wars,
More
by Our Correspondent in New Delhi In a move that is already reverberating across the strategic landscape of the Indian Ocean, Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) has formally acquired a controlling 51
More
The Iran war has granted airports in China and India a rare chance: the opportunity to anchor global travel, as reported by the Financial Times. Before the conflict began in February, one
More
China has overtaken the United States to become India’s largest trading partner in the 2025-26 financial year, according to Beijing’s embassy in India. Bilateral trade between the two Asian giants reached $137
More
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) kept its benchmark repurchase rate unchanged at 5.25% in its first policy decision since the outbreak of the Middle East crisis, signaling a cautious approach amid
More
by Our Correspondent in New Delhi From personal allegations to identity flashpoints and the rise of new political faces, the run-up to the 2026 Assam Assembly elections has been shaped by a
More
In Malda, a man who has voted in every election since 1984—holding a ration card, an Aadhaar number, and a name listed on previous electoral rolls—was this year asked to prove that
More