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The borderline between truth and propaganda gets blurred during war. That is only natural since two warring groups or countries are supposedly propelled by the sole aim of defeating the enemy by hook or by crook. Pure propaganda, half-truth or even falsehood is a potent...

Recent remarks by India’s two top military leaders, in the wake of the four-day military conflict with Pakistan, have underscored the complex nature of modern day warfare. In a significant revelation, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan, on 31 May, confirmed that the...

On 9 February 2022, the government was asked in the Rajya Sabha the following question: “Will the Minister of Home Affairs be pleased to state whether it is a fact that India ratified the Genocide Convention (1948) passed by the UN General Assembly (UNGA); (b)...

Following the Pahalgam terror attack and the armed hostilities with Pakistan, India’s foreign policy messaging hasn’t exactly been ringing out with clarity. The External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, usually a sharp and assertive voice, has been strangely muted, especially in the government-mounted global outreach aimed...

The way things are moving in Bangladesh, especially during the past few days after a closed-door meeting between the country’s interim leader and Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus and the chiefs of the country’s three armed forces on 20 May, indicate a fierce power struggle has...

As the saying goes, “better late than never.” It is good that US President Donald Trump has realised, though late, yet not too late, that his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin cannot be blindly trusted, as he has so far been doing, for ending Russia’s war...

In a disconcerting development that could pose a serious threat to India’s strategic interests, Afghanistan has decided to join the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project. The foreign ministers of China, Pakistan and Afghanistan announced this at Beijing last week as part of broader efforts to...

The project of democracy is essentially about the liberty of the individual. Adherence to social mores and cultural values can be appealed to under any form of government. Democracy, the culture of it, the practice of it, the spirit of it, must lift a nation...

With just days to go before acting DGP Prashant Kumar hangs up his boots on May 31, the race to lead Uttar Pradesh’s police force is heating up—but so far, all smoke, no fire. The state government hasn’t yet sent a shortlist to the UPSC,...

It is not without reason that Sunday, 18 May, was regarded as an electoral “Super Sunday” when millions of voters across three European countries - Romania, Poland and Portugal decided the fortunes of candidates belonging to liberal, pro-European Union on the one hand and Far-Right,...