In May 2026, three United Nations Special Rapporteurs issued a warning to the Indian Government, stating that the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls might endanger democratic participation.
Editorial Today, on India’s 77th Republic Day, the nation stands taller in global rankings than ever before — yet the Republic’s original promise remains incomplete, and its darker compromises are still being
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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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Shares of India’s Adani Group suffered a sharp sell-off on Friday, wiping out approximately $12.5 billion in market capitalization, after fresh developments in a U.S. fraud case rattled investor confidence. The decline
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Pollution is emerging as one of the most serious threats to India’s economic trajectory, potentially outweighing the damage caused by global trade tensions and tariffs. Speaking at a World Economic Forum session
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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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The Indus Waters Treaty did not create peace — it merely postponed confrontation. In his latest work, Trial by Water: Indus Basin and India-Pakistan Relations, Uttam Kumar Sinha argues that the celebrated
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Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) has awarded one-year contracts for Iraq’s Basrah Medium and Omani crude to global trader Trafigura, while also seeking spot cargoes of UAE’s Murban crude. The shift is
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India continued to lead the world in mobile app downloads in 2025, according to a new report from market intelligence firm Sensor Tower, but the country remains absent from the top 20
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India is planning a major expansion of its space-based surveillance capabilities, including the launch of more than 50 spy satellites and the addition of night-time imaging, according to people familiar with the
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The Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF)’s belated official recognition by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Veterans Day, January 14, is welcome. He scored a political point without naming the Congress government which
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A day after the UN freshly repeated the allegation this week that sexual violence had been “part of a deliberate, widespread, and systemic pattern of violations” by the Sri Lankan military and
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Nagaland continued to experience a markedly subdued insurgency landscape through 2025, a trend that has extended into the opening weeks of 2026, with militant activity remaining sporadic, fragmented, and largely non-kinetic. The
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Operation Sindoor last year drew a new strategic picture between India and Pakistan. The most important aspect of this redrawn strategic picture was setting a new normal and attempting to achieve a
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Despite official data showing India’s economy expanding at 7.4% in the year ending March, Prime Minister Narendra Modi faces a high-stakes decision that could determine whether the country’s growth story continues or
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