The United Nations has been doing its two-penny bit on regulating the use and abuse of outer space ever since man-made objects started operating there. Unlike airspace, where the nations below exercis ...
Read moreThe 18th BRICS Summit, held in New Delhi on 12–13 September 2026, reflected the gradual restructuring of global power. Convened amid wars, sanctions, trade disputes and mounting uncertainty, it demo ...
Read moreThe 18th BRICS summit concluded in New Delhi on Sunday on a high note. India, as the host nation, deserves credit for gathering a galaxy of leaders from the Global South and hammering out a declaratio ...
Read moreAs Prime Minister Narendra Modi turns 76, India is approaching another significant milestone. On 7 October 2026, he will complete 25 uninterrupted years in public office - first as Chief Minister of G ...
Read moreIndian public order has no ordinary instrument that separates the individual offender from the crowd he stood in. Until it does, the force meant for one falls on all, and the courts acquit both. Neede ...
Read moreFor decades, politicians, soldiers, ulema, poets, and activists have tried to answer a question that refuses to go away: Is Bangladesh, at its core, a Bengali nation that happens to be Muslim, or a Mu ...
Read moreIt was a simple request that turned into an unforgettable lesson in the future.An Indian businessman visiting Shanghai recently checked into a five-star hotel after a long day of meetings. Settling in ...
Read moreChandigarh was conceived as a statement of confidence in a newly independent India. After Partition created the need for a new capital for East Punjab, the city was planned first by Albert Mayer and M ...
Read moreBefore 1945, declarations were an established way to mark the transition from peace to war. The 1907 Hague Convention III required that hostilities should not begin without prior and unequivocal warni ...
Read moreThe first glimpse of the Kashmir Valley from the road has always been almost overwhelming—the snow-draped mountains standing like silent sentinels, the green slopes rolling into the distance, the co ...
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