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Baluch Conundrum

As we enter Pakistan, we cannot undermine its critical role not only in the South Asian theatre but also as a gateway to West Asia and the Central Asian arc. The country’s landscape stretches from the towering Karakoram Pass in the northeast to vital naval routes through the Arabian Sea.

Red Sea Escalation

The latest wave of US air strikes on Houthi positions in Yemen marks a dangerous escalation in a regional conflict that is fast becoming a global concern.

Balancing the Union

India's impending delimitation exercise presents a complex and deeply emotive challenge. At its heart lies the old North-South divide ~ an issue that has simmered quietly for decades but now threatens to reshape the political future of the world’s largest democracy.

Nations must regroup as Trump abandons them

President Donald Trump’s intentions to strike a peace deal in Ukraine without security guarantees for Kyiv and his possible relinquishing of America’s role as supreme allied commander of NATO have sparked concern among allies.

Back Home

The recent return of astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams from an unexpectedly prolonged mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS) marks yet another milestone in humanity’s evolving relationship with space.

Fragile Pause

The latest development in the Trump-Putin talks over Ukraine reveals just how tenuous and conditional any path toward peace remains.

Sectarian Inevitability

While Muslims describe themselves as the followers of Prophet Muhammad, the holy Quran describes a Muslim as someone who submits themselves to the will of the one Lord who created the heavens and earth and is the master of the day of the judgement.

Assault on our ears must be combated

It was the Nobel Prize-winning scientist Robert Koch who, as early as 1910, foresaw that 'One day man will have to fight noise as fiercely as cholera and pest'.

Pragmatic shift

Kerala’s Left government appears to be standing at an ideological crossroads. After decades of championing the public sector and resisting privatisation, it is now cautiously opening the door to private investment in state-run enterprises.

Postal reforms

Perhaps no other sector in the world was affected so adversely after the communication revolution in the last three decades as the postal sector.