12+ hour, 3+ min ago   (113+ words) View all posts by Lucky Sharma → Lucky Sharma is Resource Person at Azim Premji Foundation, Surguja, Chhattisgarh. Key Takeaways: From Traditional Notability to the Territorial Production of Electoral Power Introduction: When Parties Seek Candidates Who Can Win Excellent, superior reporting:…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (1199+ words) By Bikash Narayan Mishra As the historic 18th BRICS Summit gets underway in New Delhi, it is worth pausing to ask a fundamental question: how far has BRICS travelled since its inception, what has it achieved, and what can it realistically…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (1327+ words) The United Nations was born 80 years ago from the ashes of the Second World War with a historic promise: that sovereign nations could come together to prevent another global catastrophe and build a rules-based international order. Eight decades later, however,…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (287+ words) By Satyam Sarkar, Abdul Wasi Popalzay and Dr. Bawa Singh The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 (MMDR Act) has served as the principal statutory framework governing mineral exploration, prospecting and mining in India (Sahoo, 2026). In its earlier form,…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (461+ words) Malign information campaigns by foreign actors are emerging as one of the Indo-Pacific’s most pressing security challenges. Intelligence agencies, defense ministries and multilateral coalitions across the region are countering such information warfare with increased urgency. Authoritarian regimes are “actively weaponizing…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (552+ words) “Europe has to grow out of the mindset that Europe’s problems are the world’s problems, but the world’s problems are not Europe’s problems,” India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar remarked in 2022, at the GLOBSEC Bratislava Forum. However, the central question…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (1123+ words) By P. K. Balachandran For small countries, being part of international forums or organisations provides visibility, access to institutions in other countries, and a sense of security, even if the forum is not defence-oriented. BRICS is an organisation that is attracting membership…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (582+ words) Toromocho accounts for approximately 10 percent of Peru’s copper production and has incorporated autonomous drilling and fleet management technologies developed in partnership with Huawei. The integration of Chinese digital technologies into one of Peru’s largest mining operations adds another dimension to…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (516+ words) Joint India-Japan Veer Guardian 2023 exercise conducted from the Hyakuri Air Base in Japan. Credit: Indian Ministry of Defence/Press Information Bureau/Government of India By Indo-Pacific Defense Forum India and Japan will expand maritime security cooperation, including in mine countermeasures,…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (777+ words) Credit: Citizen News Service In a landmark public health achievement, Lakshadweep became the first among Indian states and union territories to reach TB elimination levels. Lakshadweep is a sterling example that if we prevent-find-treat ALL TB in a person-centred and…...