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Sanghnomics: The border conflict with Pakistan highlights the need for Swadeshi Economics as India’s indigenous economic model. India must build a self-reliant framework amidst global instability and conflict
J&K has always been cut up about IWT as the UT has not been to exploit the full potential of its natural resource. In addition, it is believed that the limited use of the UT’s water resources has helped India’s lower riparian states at its own expense. There’s now hope that the situation will change with the Treaty being held in abeyance
For Moneycontrol Pro Panorama's May 16 edition: Trump’s ‘Zero Tariff’ claim boosts Indian stocks, understanding the fine line between speculating and investing, the growing uncertainty around India’s capex, India’s space sector set to soar, and more
RSSFACTS: India’s Swadeshi Jagaran Manch (SJM) has launched a nationwide boycott of Turkish goods and tourism in response to Turkey’s support for Pakistan. The campaign includes protests, economic sanctions, and calls to suspend aviation links, impacting trade and tourism
A countrywide blackout in Spain in April is a wakeup call for India’s power regulators on the downside of inadequate capacity in times of stress. It can be offset by a launch of short term standardized capacity contracts on exchanges and enforcing the resource adequacy obligations on utilities
In Moneycontrol Pro Panorama's May 15 edition: India’s growing concert economy needs guardrails, a seasonally slow month for life insurance, growth outlook dims for AC makers, a diplomatic outreach that matches India's aspirations, and more
Taken together, the Vikram Misri-Himanshi Narwal episodes reflect a grave moral decline. The cruelty of the trolling - laden with misogyny, moral judgment, and character assassination - reveals a frightening erosion of basic humanity. Civilized societies adhere to certain norms of behaviour, even in times of conflict
Lt. Gen. R.K. Nanavatty’s military leadership, detailed in Shooting Straight, highlights India's strategic responses to Pakistan-backed terrorism, including plans like Operation Kabaddi, while exposing political indecision during key moments like Operation Parakram
Pakistan hosts numerous terrorist groups with diverse funding sources including extortion, smuggling, Zakat collections, and foreign aid misuse. Despite international scrutiny, these networks thrive through state support, charity fronts, and a weak digital financial system
Drones are crucial in both civilian and military usage. They are vulnerable to jamming, spoofing and hacking. To safeguard drones in India against these threats, it’s essential to source drone components from countries which are trusted partners
The primary message is that there is no safe location in Pakistan. The International Border can no longer be used as a shield for terror infrastructure.
The Kaleshwaram Project was envisaged as a multi-purpose and multi-stage project to lift water from the Godavari River and take it across 13 districts in Telangana. It was to symbolize the state’s ability to harness engineering potential by lifting water from a height of 100 meters above sea level to 618 meters at the highest elevation point. Today, the project is in a mess, with Telangana racking up a huge debt on its account and a political slugfest underway. The takeaway: Don’t let politicians play the role of engineers
US involvement in Ukraine’s critical mineral sector may not have a compelling economic rationale, but it justifies further US involvement in Ukraine and the post-war reconstruction of the country
A mature state is not defined by how much it regulates, but by how wisely it chooses when to regulate—and when to step back. India’s next leap in governance requires regulatory vigilance, institutional humility, and the courage to retire what no longer serves, the authors observe in this article
Dreamt of from the days of the Travancore kingdom, the port which is a mere 10 nautical miles away from the shipping route linking Europe to the Far East, got serious political backing after 1991. An unlikely cast of characters from the Congress and Left Front, along with the Adani group, transformed the dream into reality. That said, its potential remains limited in absence of supporting infrastructure
Musk could have used the first hundred days to get his team to ask, absorb, assess and analyze information from various sources and only then decide how to cut spending. Instead, reckless and heartless reductions of spending, to rectify policies that started over close to a hundred years ago, have been very damaging
This narrow corridor connects India’s northeast to the rest of the country. Increasingly hostile statements about India’s territorial integrity from members of Bangladesh’s government indicate that India cannot for a moment lower its guard. The eastern front is no less important than the western front
RSSFACTS: Swami Vigyananand’s ‘The Hindu Manifesto’ outlines eight civilisational pillars for a Hindu renaissance, challenges colonial and Western misconceptions about caste, and promotes a non-discriminatory, culturally rooted vision of Hindu society and national identity
The size of this massive freshwater lake needs to be increased from 29 to 100 square kilometres. Dredging’s in line with the even the treaty provisions and something Pakistan has tried to prevent through a terror strike. Dredging will allow to India to reduce the flow of Jhelum into Pakistan
India should pursue direct thorium utilisation in parallel to the three-stage nuclear power programme as it’s only the first stage which has been mastered so far. Also, there’s a need to diversify reactor designs to complement the current set of pressurised heavy water reactors
Murshidabad’s violent protests and annullment of over 25,000 teacher appointments linked to the SSC scam intensified scrutiny of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's governance, with the BJP accusing her administration of corruption and appeasement politics. Despite challenges, Mamata maintains strong support among Muslim and women voters
When the US hastily withdrew from Afghanistan in August 2021, it left behind an arsenal estimated to be worth $7 billion in military hardware. The spillover effects are visible in Pakistan and, to a certain extent, in Jammu and Kashmir. Between 2022 and 2024, a series of recoveries, particularly across Jammu’s Doda-Kishtwar-Kathua-Udhampur belt, some featuring night-vision devices, suggests a potential cross-border influx of advanced gear
The Kargil War led to increased defence spending, tax reform, and military modernisation in India. It also exemplified the 'war puzzle', where anticipated conflict boosts markets, while surprise wars trigger negative investor reactions
China and Pakistan are aiming to move closer with Bangladesh with diplomatic and economic efforts. What India needs to do to protect its own interests
Underlying pattern of terror strikes in J&K have been visible for a while; target based on religion to widen sectarian fault lines. India’s military options this time are constrained by the China factor. Not only is the Indian army required to safeguard the Ladakh frontier, stretching its resources, it also has to account for active Chinese support to Pakistan through intelligence sharing
