In a significant strategic development, India, and Iran inked the Chabhar Port deal in May this year. Th deal which allows New Delhi to operate the strategically important port in Tehran holds great strategic importance for India, as it will provide Indian goods with a gateway to reach landlocked Afghanistan…
Thousands of people were driven out of their homeland once and for all; many of them killed, raped, tortured and displaced from their families. Many of them saw their families perishing right in front of their eyes, others never got to know what happened to them. A new set of…
11 years, and 5 days since we won the last ICC Trophy in 2013; 16 years, 9 months, and 5 days since we won the inaugural T20 World Cup in 2007 and after failing short of the finish line multiple times in the last decade or so; Rohit Sharma and…
One should never take the electorate for granted, irrespective of how much muscle and money power one accumulates, it takes the power of one finger to put a stop to any force. This is exactly what happened on June 4, when the whole country was taken aback to see the…
Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India since 2014, will be seeking a record third straight term in power as the Lok Sabha elections have got underway. The last 10 years will go down as one of the most momentous periods for the country, in both positive and negative terms,…
As voting has commenced to elect the representatives for the 18th Lok Sabha, it is the right time to discuss and compare the manifesto presented by the two main parties — the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Indian National Congress. While the BJP has continued with its ‘Viksit Bharat’ push…
Who is India’s biggest ‘enemy’? Well, I know most of you would answer Pakistan or its iron brother China. But, if you have been following geopolitical developments lately, the newest entrant on the list is Maldives. Yes, a country which is one-tenth of the size of Goa and is not…
How India pulled off diplomatic triumph with Qatar
February 25, 2024
Image source: Satyaagrah The Narendra Modi-led government is known for having one of the most robust foreign policies in India’s history. Another feather was added to its cap when India pulled off something that seemed impossible. Eight Indian Navy personnel, who were detained and sentenced to death by Qatari…
India’s neighbouring country, Pakistan went to polls on February 8. Although, the elections in Pakistan hold not much relevance as the public is deemed to elect the leader ‘selected’ by the “establishment” which actually refers to the military. But, this time, the Pakistani ‘awaam’ had other plans. Imran Khan, a…
The Narendra Modi government presented the last budget of its second term on February 1. The sixth budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was one of the most bland and ‘dull’ budgets in a long long time. It also being Sitharaman’s shortest (58 minutes) further underscores this point. It…
