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Saturday, March 14, 2026
TopicNational Security Advisor

Topic: National Security Advisor

‘Borders have been quiet, hope for more momentum in ties’—NSA Doval to China’s Wang Yi

The Chinese foreign minister, currently in India, said that setbacks in New Delhi-Beijing ties over past few years 'were not in interest of people of our two countries'.

Jonathan Powell appointed UK PM’s National Security Advisor

Powell, a former diplomat and Good Friday Agreement negotiator will succeed Tom Barrow.

‘Mentally disturbed’ man detained for trying to enter NSA Doval’s house, said he’s ‘wearing chip’

Karnataka man tried to crash gate of NSA’s residence with hired SUV. Delhi Police special cell is probing the matter.

India wants to be a big player in Afghanistan, so why isn’t it giving visas to Afghans?

By getting the Russian, Iranian and five Central Asian NSAs to Delhi for a conference, India shows it can expand the Afghanistan game.

Off The Cuff with Shivshankar Menon

India should not risk leaning too much on one side of global politics, even as the centre of gravity shifts towards New Delhi. Ultimately,...

On Camera

Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.