Most Muslims today assume that the Arabian Peninsula has always been called Saudi Arabia, but the name is less than a century old and is…
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Press Freedom, Optics and the Norway Moment
By – Divya Pandey The recent exchange involving Norwegian journalists and Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Oslo was not merely an awkward…
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Strategic Leverage: India’s Next Big Challenge
Dr Jitender Bhandari, Associate Professor, Economics, School of Social Science, CHRIST University Delhi NCR Campus In a world where Pakistan is cast as a mediator…
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Will The Ceasefire Continue Beyond 2 Weeks?
By Justice Markandey Katju– (Justice Markandey Katju is a former Judge, Supreme Court of India, and former Chairman of the Press Council of India. The…
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The Illusion of Victory- War, Survival, and the Strategic Reset in the Middle East
By Dr. Nishakant Ojha Wars in the modern era rarely end with clarity. They do not conclude with decisive battlefield triumphs or universally accepted outcomes.…
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AICU Demands Complete Withdrawal of FCRA Amendment Bill 2026, Flags Threat to Religious Freedom
Panaji/New Delhi, April 3, 2026:The All India Catholic Union (AICU), the country’s largest confederation of Catholic laity, has strongly called for the complete withdrawal of…
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Iran Claims Downing of U.S. F-35 Over Central Iran, Washington Denies Loss
Iranian media outlets, affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, have claimed that the country’s air defense systems successfully struck a U.S. F-35 stealth fighter…
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Red Fade: India Closes the Chapter on the World’s Longest Maoist Insurgency
(Kanchan Lakshman ) With March 31, 2026 marking the end of Home Minister Amit Shah’s deadline for ending the Maoist insurgency, India stands at a…
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How China rose, why the US won’t let India rise like that, and what India should do
By : Hindol Sengupta US Deputy Secretary Christopher Landau’s recent statement at the Raisina Dialogue in Delhi —“We won’t repeat the China mistake with India”—signals…
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Uzbekistan’s Quiet Islamic Renaissance Offers a Lesson for the Muslim World
(Dr. Shujaat Ali Quadri) In a time when debates around identity, faith, and modernity are intensifying across the Muslim world, Uzbekistan has chosen a path…
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