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Op Sindoor: Is India Moving Towards Unified Theatre Command
May 28 , 2025 Brig (Dr) Ashok Pathak (Retd.)
Article Views: 344
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 large killings of majority community in India have been going on since late 1989. It was the response post 22 April 25 that was unique.

National Security and Strategic Studies, Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Air defence , Akashteer , Pahalgam , Sindoor , Theatre command

Maoists in a Quagmire: After Nambala Kesava Rao
May 27 , 2025 Dr P V Ramana
Commentary Views: 405
In a fierce encounter in Narayanpur district, Chhattisgarh, 27 rebels of the outlawed Communist Party of India (Maoist) were neutralised, on May 21, 2025. The most important among them was Nambala Kesav...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Leftwing Extremism

Tags : Communist Party , Maoist Communist Centre , Maoists , Nambala Kesava Rao

Trust Over Transactions: India–Sri Lanka Ties in a New Security Era
May 26 , 2025 PM Heblikar
Commentary Views: 447
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Sri Lanka in April 2025 was much more than a ceremonial trip or a photo-op. It bore the unmistakable stamp of his strategic clarity, personal warmth, and a quiet ...

Sri Lanka, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : India , MAHASAGAR , Maritime , Non-Traditional Security , SAGAR , Sri Lanka

Pakistan’s Nuclear Bluff and West’s Double Standards
May 23 , 2025 Rajesh Singh
Commentary Views: 422
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, ther...

Pakistan, Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Asim Munir , Fat Man , Little Boy , Napalm , NPT , Pahalgam , PTBT , Zia-ul-Haq

Can Our Food System Withstand the Realities of Climate Change?
May 22 , 2025 PK Khup Hangzo
Article Views: 413
The global food system is under growing threat from climate change and few crops embody this vulnerability more starkly than the banana. As the world’s most consumed fruit and the fourth most important ...

Climate Change

Tags : Climate Change , Global food system , Green Revolution , sustainable food future , traditional and indigenous crops

Xi’s 'Dual Circulation' Amid Trump Storm
May 21 , 2025 Esha Banerji, Research Assistant, VIF
Article Views: 541
(The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organized a Roundtable on “Xi’s 'Dual Circulation' Amid Trump Storm” on 1 May 2025. The panel included Ambassador Ashok Kantha, Manoj Kewalramani, and San...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Dual Circulation , Economic Rebalancing , Geoeconomics , trade war

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