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There is a need for Sri Lanka and Sri Lankans to acknowledge that the Indian vote in Geneva owed mainly to the un-kept promises from the war years, and less to do with the 'Tamil Nadu factor'.
History is all set to repeat itself in the subcontinent. As usual, the search for a permanent thaw in the India-Pakistan relationship seems to be hitting a big bump in the days ahead that might possibly derail the bilateral negotiation process initiated during the Islamabad SAARC Summit in January this year.
Caught in the crosshairs, India is finding it difficult to go with US diktats.
Even if India is unable to respond to the Uri attack, there is still time for the Modi government to recover.
With the death of Ayman al-Zawahiri, the primary question that looms over Al Qaeda is who will replace him as the next chief.
The IFS is criticised in some western circles because it resists efforts to incorporate India into the West's sphere of political and intellectual influence. Some who are attacking the MEA today want this resistance to end.
Can Panchayats truly be considered “self-governing institutions”? Has the spirit of decentralisation taken a deep root in the democratic spaces of
A policy response can be developed to counter the Khalistani threat to India and Western countries’ internal security and India’s relations with t
In an attempt to balance between India and China, Sri Lanka has imposed a one-year ban on all foreign research vessels
Examining the legal implications of the new domicile laws and what that may mean for the people of Jammu and Kashmir seems to indicate that negative p
The opacity in the Rafale deal only raises doubts, with its fallout on national security and the 'Make in India' programme.
Monday's terrorist attack on Dinanagar police station in Gurdaspur district, the first major terror attack in Punjab since 2002, and that took the lives of 11 persons, is a puzzle. This could be a routine warning from the LeT to both the Indian and Pakistani governments against getting too close to each other.
Experts from India and Germany, including academics, practitioners and policymakers, took part in a day-long seminar titled "Deconstructing the Economic Crisis" organised jointly by Observer Research Foundation (ORF) and the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung (RLS), Berlin.
By encouraging deep sea fishing in the Rameswaram area, authorities in India hope to reduce the pressure on the Indian and Sri Lankan seas.
For both Myanmar and India, Suu Kyi's visit needs to be viewed as yet another important step towards strengthening relationship between the two neighbours. It will serve nobody's interest if the visit were to be seen as a political gain for a party at the cost of others in Myanmar.
For India’s defence services, there is no escaping the budgetary ‘chakravyuh’
The Budget continues to emphasise indigenisation, but the defence allocation is but a small increase from the previous fiscal
India’s armed forces must be prepared to secure India with the resources available, as well as to prioritise local defence acquisitions over their c
The emergence of Bangladesh as the new hub of international Islamist terrorism, insurgency in Nepal and Maoist militancy across several states, add new challenges to national security threats that India traditionally tackles. Despite these, India's defence expenditure continues to decrease in real terms and as a percentage of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) every year.
Allocations made for capital expenditure must increase if India is to keep pace with China's rising military might
New Delhi realises it must be self-reliant in all significant areas relating to the military. Accordingly, it is working overtime to build its defence-industrial capacity, but it will not yield significant results for another two decades.
The long-term challenge for India is in ensuring deep and sustained investments in defence R&D and a defence industrial ecosystem that can, if not comprehensively, but for the most part, service the requirements of the Indian military.
At a time when advances in technology are revolutionising warfare, India is still debating the need to move towards leaner force structures. India needs to cut the flab on an urgent basis.
Resources are constraining the modernisation drives of India's three services. The government has not been able to check the growth of manpower in the Army and paramilitary forces. This has a direct repercussion on the modernisation plans of the military.
Modi Govt's defence budget will only sharpen the divide between an increasingly assertive China and the Indian security establishment trying hard to cope up with the Chinese military modernisation programme. China's 2014 military budget is of $132 billion while Indian budget is of approximately US $ 37 bn only.
With the Delhi Durbar at its weakest in decades and the national parties in a funk, India's ability to deal with externally induced challenges in the run-up to the elections and after is being undermined by an irresponsible domestic discourse.
While many will be content to lay the blame only on China, questions also need to be asked about the systemic shortcomings in strategic analysis and intelligence.
President Wickremesinghe seems to have succeeded in conveying Sri Lanka's best intentions for India during his visit.
As New Delhi intensifies the effort to bring many others home after the successful evacuation of Kerala nurses, Prime Minister Narendra Modi must create a strong institutional framework to cope effectively with the recurrent crises involving Indian citizens abroad.
India is ranked third only to Bangladesh and Pakistan for worst air quality. PM 2.5 concentration in India is 5.2 times above the WHO annual air quality guideline.
2011 के दिल्ली नगर निगम (संशोधन) अधिनियम ने एमसीडी को उत्तरी �
The relative degree of success of President Barack Obama's visit to India will depend on the extent to which the tough US demands on defence trade be eased to accommodate India's strategic needs without compromising national interests from both sides.
During the recent "5th India-Bangladesh Dialogue" organised in Delhi, there was consensus among all participants on the need for strengthening further cooperation on border management and counter terrorism in order of tackle threats which are common to both the countries.
Abdullah’s visit to India this week saw him underscoring the growing potency of India-Afghanistan ties in his meetings with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.
As dependable allies, the India-France partnership is a force for global good in a volatile world engulfed in multiple crises
The idea of partnering with China, which would like to see a stable and economically⎯viable Afghanistan, is attractive for India.
As India reels from the economic fallout of Covid-19 despite the announcement of a relief package, calls for a more refined and demand-inducing stimulus have emerged. However, the bleak state of the government’s coffers has left limited fiscal space to act. This brief explains the plausibility of financing a demand-inducing stimulus using debt monetisation as a one-time policy measure. Outlining the criticisms against such proposals and how the
Indo-Pak rapprochement has been stuck in a rut for some time with Pakistan insisting on tangible progress on Kashmir and India reiterating that it is necessary to first build confidence by resolving relatively less intractable problems.
The Indian leadership has been able to earn a lot of goodwill by sheltering the Dalai Lama and his people, but after his life, the 90,000-strong community will become a political and economic burden.
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Digital public goods can be developed for rapid pandemic assessment and response. India’s experience with COVID-19 must be recorded and analysed, an
Decentralising the internet has always been about letting users have more power. India must align its regulations with global efforts that govern citi
The megacities of India have multiplied their populations way beyond the projections arrived at by population studies undertaken by demographic expert
Even as the adverse impact of demonetisation is now fading, a new potential shock to the economy is raising its head — the implementation of the Goo
Demonetisation is still hurting India's monetary stability, and govt/RBI have been unusually poor stewards of the macro-economy
