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Poonam Sharma The recent judgment of the Delhi High Court in X vs State (2025), dismissing a rape case against a married pilot, has again created a renewed controversy over where personal freedom stops and society's common moral fabric…

Poonam Sharma Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s upcoming tour of Manipur could not have been timed better. For months, Manipur has been grappling with ethnic unrest, cross-border tensions, and political agitation. As allegations of foreign…

Poonam Sharma The British government has suddenly sacked its ambassador to the United States, Peter Mandelson, following a batch of emails and handwritten messages that exposed the veteran Labour politician's deeper-than-admitted connection…

Poonam Sharma Nepal, a nation usually trapped between its democratic inclinations and long-standing institutional vulnerabilities, seems to be moving into a new and unfamiliar phase. Reports have it that the Nepal Army has approached…

Poonam Sharma The targeted Israeli attack on Hamas commanders in Doha, Qatar, has opened a perilous new front in the protracted Middle Eastern conflict, with potential implications that go far beyond the Gaza strip or Israel's boundaries.…

Poonam Sharma The political unrest in Nepal has again highlighted the way in which the global powers, Western institutions, and international social media platforms are influencing South Asian politics. Following the dramatic demonstrations…

Standfirst In a flurry of remarks, President Donald Trump and his aides portrayed U.S.–India trade as a “one-sided disaster” and labeled India a “laundromat for the Kremlin.” The rhetoric is punchy—but much of it leaves out context on how…

Poonam Sharma The Indian Ocean and its surrounding Southeast Asian region have long been the battleground for competing global powers. Today, this contest is growing more intense as the United States and China extend their influence deeper…

Poonam Sharma The Odisha government has embarked on one of the largest religious land recovery campaigns in modern India, seeking to reclaim nearly 58,000 acres of land belonging to Lord Jagannath that had, over the centuries, slipped into…

Harshita Rai A wave of anti-US sentiment has erupted across India after US President Donald Trump slapped an unprecedented 50 per cent tariff on Indian goods, citing New Delhi’s continued purchase of Russian crude oil. The penalty — among…