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.
India’s Minister of External Affairs, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, held his first high-level conversation with Afghanistan’s Taliban-led government on Thursday. The call with acting Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi marked a rare engagement
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In the deep folds of South Asian geopolitics lies a fragile corridor, a lifeline for the Indian Union – the Siliguri Corridor, infamously termed the “Chicken’s Neck”. This slender, vulnerable strip of
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In the aftermath of the brutal, horrific, and religiously motivated murders of 26 defenceless civilians in Pahalgam by The Resistance Front (TRF), a division of the Pakistan-based Laskar-e-Taiba (LeT), a UN-designated terrorist
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by Our Defence Affairs Correspondent Asia’s skies are entering a new era of military competition, as recent events spanning South Asia to the Indo-Pacific underscore the escalating pace of aerial warfare technology
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The long nights of ‘vengeance’ are over. It is time to ask, what has been achieved? Frenetic campaigns of falsehoods have enabled both sides to claim that they have engineered a notable
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has claimed India “proved its superiority” over Pakistan during last week’s cross-border military clashes, hailing the brief but intense conflict as a strategic victory while warning that New
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When twenty-six innocent tourists were killed by terrorists in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir—after the perpetrators identified the victims as followers of the Hindu religion—the whole of India felt deep sorrow. The one
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One of the saddest things about India’s lurch toward transforming as a national security state through the past decade since our late ‘peacenik prime minister’ Manmohan Singh handed over power has been
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Pakistan has initiated a major military counteroffensive, officially titled Operation Bunyan-un-Marsoos, in response to what it describes as unprovoked Indian aggression. The operation, launched in the early hours of Saturday, has already
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The intensifying military conflict between India and Pakistan has sent ripples through global aviation, forcing hundreds of flight cancellations and major airspace diversions that are impacting international travel across Europe, Asia, and
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Chinese-made Pakistani fighter jets shot down at least two Indian military aircraft in an escalating aerial conflict this week, according to U.S. officials cited by Reuters, marking a significant moment for Beijing’s
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We, Sri Lanka Guardian, a small yet independent media entity with a publishing history spanning nearly two decades, vehemently oppose wars and violence that have shaped the destinies of South Asia for
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The terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu & Kashmir, India, which killed 26 innocent tourists of the Hindu religion, sent shockwaves around the world. India has accused Pakistan of sending trained terrorists to
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India has lost its top fighter jet, the Rafale EH. Three Rafale jets were shot down plus at least one Sukhoi and one MIG plus a large Israel reconnaissance drone were destroyed
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Indian defence companies have added more than $5 billion to their market value following a sharp rise in geopolitical tensions with neighbouring Pakistan, Bloomberg has reported. The surge comes as New Delhi
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