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.
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.
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.
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.
Data from the recently published National Family Health Survey 6 (NFHS 6) shows that India is moving away from being a young country.
The period between 1850 and 1950 is considered one of the most fertile periods of fundamental science. On the other hand, it was a critical time in the evolution of social consciousness worldwide since it witnessed two World Wars.
Global warming and climate change, the fast moving crisis, are accompanied by the shadows of conflicts and chaos. As many as 18 million out of a population of 45 million are in grave risk of catastrophic famine in Sudan today.
When the mundane becomes extraordinary, a subtle scent in the air conjures up a familiar face, or a trace of cigarette ash and stub narrows down the suspects like a shrinking Venn diagram, you know that in Sherlock Holmes’ foggy Victorian London, the game is decidedly afoot.
With the dust settling on the fifth phase of the general election, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are navigating a complex political landscape.
The untimely death of President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash near the Azerbaijan border marks a significant turning point for Iran, a nation at the crux of some of the most crucial geopolitical tensions in the world.
