Governance and Political Studies
Assessing Recent India-Pakistan Military Conflict and Options for India

The latest India-Pakistan military conflict has given a reality check to the religiously inclined ideologue Army Chief/Field Marshal of Pakistan, General Syed Asim Munir, that his “hardline” approach and continued use of ‘non-state actors’ to....

Op Sindoor: Time to Hit the Refresh Button

While the military aspects of Op Sindoor have been discussed, the examination of the diplomatic fallout of Op Sindoor is just beginning. There were unintended consequences of Op Sindoor. In an unprecedented diplomatic move, India sent seven high-....

The Great Conciliator: Lal Bahadur Shastri and the Transformation of India; Author: Sanjeev Chopra; Bloomsbury India, Rs 899/-

Understanding one of India’s Finest Prime Ministers
There are few biographies, at least in the English language, that do justice to the tall stature of independent India’s second Prime Minister, Lal Bahadur Shastri. Historians and oth....

Op Sindoor: Is India Moving Towards Unified Theatre Command

Paradigm Shift in India’s Approach to National Security
The gruesome targeted killing of Hindus in Pahalgam on 22 April 25, outraged a nation habitual of hearing of terrorists’ brutality over three and a half decades. Targeted and lar....

Pakistan’s Nuclear Bluff and West’s Double Standards

Operation Sindoor has been analysed by experts and many Indians are consequently more informed than before on our excellent defence capabilities, both in terms of manpower and machinery. Alongside, there has been a concerted and focussed diplomatic p....

Operation Sindoor: Story, success, takeaways

The Pakistani site went on to say, “The concept has recently gained currency with the Indian strategic community.” India’s stunning military project, Operation Sindoor, to punish the terrorist Pakistan was planned and executed with admirabl....

Operation Sindoor: Paradigm shift from candle lights to BrahMos

Within 15 days of the Pahalgam slaughter, Team Modi accomplished the explicitly declared mission by hitting nine terror bases in Pakistan and killed over 100 jihadis. Operation Sindoor against Pahalgam attack achieves military, political, psycholo....

Bharatiya Laws Against Deepfake Cybercrime Opportunities and Challenges

Deepfakes are digitally manipulated synthetic media content (e.g., videos, images, sound clips) in which people are shown to do or say something that never existed or happened in the real world. April 28, 2025 National Security and Strategic Studies , Governance and Political Studies , Article , artificial intelligence , Cybercrime , AI , Legal , Judiciary , Privacy , Crime , Deepfake , BNS 2023 , IPC , DPDP Act 2023 , Legal Reforms

Why does India still need coal? Putting India’s use of coal in the right context

Vivekananda International Foundation brings out a Policy Brief titled Why does India still need coal? Rich countries vilify coal with India as a specific target, while expanding on their own oil and gas resources. Nations like the UK, the USA,....

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