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FCRA Amendments: Bharat Strengthens Its Shield Against Opaque Foreign Funding
The Government of Bharat has significantly strengthened the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) framework through a fresh set of amendments aimed at enhancing transparency, accountability and oversight of foreign...
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Two Standards, One Region: Saudi Enrichment, Iran and Israel’s Nuclear Dilemma
On 19 February 2026, the Trump administration formally notified the U.S. Congress of its intention to pursue a...
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From Odesa to Oman: The Lethal Cost to Neutral Merchant Mariners
The Anatomy of a High-Seas TragedyThe lethal targeting of the bulk carrier MV Golden Leo off Odesa, by...
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Delhi’s New Police Chief: Reading the Strategic Signals in an Age of Hybrid Warfare
Appointments at the highest levels of the national security architecture are rarely routine administrative exercises. More often than...
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Beyond ISRO: An Analysis of India’s First Private Orbital Satellite Launch
The Strategic Arrival
The successful orbital insertion of the Vikram-1 rocket under Mission Aagaman yesterday (18 July 2026),...
Modi Stole Our Hearts
It all started with a phone call.The second last day of a wet July month brought much cheer. Someone very senior at the PMO...
THE AF-PAK-USA Triango
Afghanistan is in a mess. So-called peace talks have collapsed in Doha (a dialogue of the deaf). America and its allies spent more on...
Modi’s Big fat Cabinet
Narendra Modi has just carried out perhaps what is the largest cabinet reshuffle in India’s history. More than a reshuffle, it was a massive...
Modi’s Reshuffle: an RT-PCR test
In the first week of July 2021, Prime Minister Narendra Modi carried out perhaps what was the largest cabinet reshuffle in India’s history. He...
Will Modi’s 45% Expansion Deliver?
As of July 5, excluding Narendra Modi himself, the second Modi ministry (“Modi 2.0”) comprised 53 ministers, including 21 cabinet ministers, nine ministers of...
Modi Checkmates Underperformers
The idiom “BETTER LATE THAN NEVER” is 635 years old. It has taken Prime Minister Narendra Modi 770 days into his second term (“Modi...





