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Imagine waking up one morning and finding that the price of the cooking gas in your kitchen has doubled overnight. Imagine fuel queues stretching for kilometres. Imagine nine million of your fellow citizens stranded in a war zone, sending home money that feeds forty to fifty million families. This is not a hypothetical scenario. This

A coordinated military campaign began on 28 February 2026 when the United States and Israel launched strikes under operations dubbed ‘Epic Fury’ (US) and ‘Roaring Lion’ (Israel). These strikes targeted Iranian leadership, military infrastructure, nuclear facilities, ballistic missile sites, air defenses, naval assets, and command centers. The primary objectives appear to be regime change, the

The situation on the ground, Tehran’s options, and the risks of escalation. Joint U.S.–Israel Offensive: A coordinated military campaign began on 28 February 2026 with intensive air and missile strikes against Iranian strategic and military targets including defense sites, missile infrastructure and command facilities. Iran’s Strategic Options: 1. Continue conventional retaliation — sustain missile/drone strikes

The ongoing conflict between a US-Israel coalition and Iran escalated dramatically on February 28, 2026. Casualty figures are preliminary and vary by source. Iran has suffered significant military losses including senior leadership. The IRGC remains operational despite leadership degradation. Proxy attacks through Hezbollah, Iraqi militias, and Houthis continue to widen the conflict. The conflict has

A significant ruling by a two-judge bench of the Delhi High Court has addressed questions around property rights, religious institution management, and land ownership disputes that have been characterised by some commentators as ‘land jihad’. The court’s ruling clarifies the legal framework around property acquisition by religious institutions and individual rights versus institutional claims. This

The biggest crisis within BJP today is internal — the centralisation of power around one leader and the gradual marginalisation of RSS influence in party decision-making. Historically, BJP functioned as a party with distributed power — the RSS provided ideological grounding, senior leaders brought regional expertise, and the parliamentary wing maintained checks on executive authority.

The Indian political party Bharatiya Janata Party has appointed a new national president — a selection that reflects the current power dynamics within the party and signals strategic priorities for the coming electoral cycle. The appointment bypasses several senior leaders who had independent political bases, continuing a pattern of preferring loyalty and manageability over political

India’s defence modernisation programme faces a complex intersection of fiscal constraints, technological dependencies, and evolving threat environments on two active fronts — the Line of Actual Control with China and the Line of Control with Pakistan. Key priorities for 2026: Air Power: The IAF’s squadron strength remains below authorised levels. The Rafale induction has progressed

The disengagement process along the Line of Actual Control following the 2020 Galwan clash has progressed at certain friction points, but the fundamental strategic competition between India and China continues to intensify. China’s infrastructure buildup in Tibet — roads, rail, villages, military installations — has permanently altered the strategic geography. India’s response through its own