Politics, Defense & More
7 February 2026
Politics
Historically, India’s Energy Security challenge has continued to afflict the country’s GDP for decades. However, for the first time, this vulnerability of energy demand has transcended beyond a fiscal issue to become a determinant of India’s geopolitical stance. The dynamically and unpredictably varying turbulent geopolitical environment demands India to either take sides or retain its
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It’s about Oil, not Cocaine or so the U.S. President Donald Trump suggests.
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India has officially surpassed Japan to emerge as the world’s 4th-largest economy, with a nominal GDP of $4.18 trillion, according to the Government of India’s year-end economic review. This remarkable achievement positions the South Asian powerhouse just behind the United States, China, and Germany in the global pecking order. With robust growth momentum and favorable
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Delhi–Dhaka ties are facing a litmus test as 2025 ended. The India–Bangladesh tensions in 2025 have become a new ingredient in an already unstable South Asia, following the four‑day India–Pakistan war in May 2025. Once a stable relationship, the engagement between India and Bangladesh has deteriorated rapidly into a quagmire of diplomatic showdowns, mutual accusations,
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Kathmandu has fallen. Nepal is burning amid GenZ Protests and has got into its most serious political crisis of decades. The movement, which began in protest against the government’s ban on 26 social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and X, soon turned into a nationwide rebellion. Mainly under the leadership of GenZ, this protest
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President Donald Trump imposed a 25% tariff on Indian imports on August 1, 2025, and an additional 25% tariff on August 6, 2025, citing India’s continued purchase of Russian oil. This decision was announced amid ongoing Indo-U.S. trade talks, with a U.S. delegation expected to arrive in New Delhi in the coming weeks for trade
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India is mourning the tragic loss of 28 innocent lives to a heinous terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Kashmir. Evidence unmistakably points to cross-border origins, with most perpetrators traced to Pakistan. It would be imprudent, criminal and untimely to assert that terrorism is faceless or stateless. For India, terrorism has a distinct identity and a clear
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On Thursday, Pakistan declared the termination of the 1972 Shimla Agreement, a crucial peace accord established between India and Pakistan following the 1971 India-Pakistan conflict. Earlier, India had kept IWT (Indus waters treaty) in abeyance in the aftermath of terror strike in Pahalgam, Kashmir. The Shimla Agreement, formalized on 2 July 1972, constituted a concord
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In a massive escalation of tensions with Pakistan after Pahalgam terror strike, India has announced the immediate suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) following a deadly terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam on April 22, which claimed 26 lives that included a Lieutenant from Indian Navy. The diplomatic strike back, made by the
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At least 24 people have lost their lives after gunmen opened fire on a group of domestic tourists in Kashmir, India. The incident occurred in Pahalgam, a scenic Himalayan town often referred to as the “Switzerland of India.” Omar Abdullah, the region’s chief minister, described the assault as “far more severe than any civilian-targeted attack
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