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Ocean will make this India’s maritime century

The 21st century is increasingly b eing described as the Indian Ocean Century. As the global economic centre of gravity shifts from the Atlantic to Asia, the vast maritime region stretching from the eastern coast of Africa to the western Pacific has emerged as the world's busiest and most strategically important sea space.

The Four-Pillar Warning

When Home Minister Amit Shah directed the commission formed on “Demographic Change” to study the phenomenon in India’s borderlands, he did not speak in the cautious language of policy briefs.

Strait Lessons

The reopening of shipping lanes through the Strait of Hormuz may have calmed oil markets, but it would be a mistake to confuse the return of traffic with the return of certainty.

Honey On The Tongue

A file sits on a clerk’s desk. It is complete, stamped, in order ~ and it will not move. The applicant, a farmer or a small contractor or a widow chasing a pension, learns the unwritten tariff: a little cash to the right hand, and the file walks.

Punjab’s Battle

The single phase election for Punjab’s 13 Lok Sabha seats on June 1 promises to be a watershed moment in the state’s political landscape.

Agniveer factor

As Himachal Pradesh votes in the last phase of the Lok Sabha elections today, a potent issue has emerged among its youth: resentment against the Agniveer scheme.

Great Tradition

Ours is a moment of doomsday prophets. Ideas are no longer getting importance in our civilization today; we believe in action which would bring direct advantage to our day-to-day lives.

Stress of waiting for poll results

Sweeny examined a new, relevant group of voters of 446 people in 2020 who cast ballots in the presidential election; 242 of them supported Democrat Joe Biden, 182 supported the incumbent President Donald Trump, and 22 supported a third party.

Weather crisis

As New Delhi recorded an unprecedented temperature of 52.9 degrees Celsius, it is evident that northern India is grappling with an extreme heat crisis.