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Sunday, October 12, 2025
TopicRegional power

Topic: regional power

To expand India’s strategic autonomy, we need to get back to high growth economy fast

India needs to integrate with the global economy. But first, it must become the engine of growth for the entire sub-continent.

Political violence increases when regional party candidate wins election: Study

Researchers from Netherlands and Canada looked at data from 1989 until 2012 to find no increase in violence in constituencies where the assembly seat is reserved for ST populations.

Reports of India’s demise as a regional power are greatly exaggerated

There is a tendency to exaggerate China’s footprint in India’s immediate neighbourhood.

On Camera

Nepali student Bipin Joshi is also Hamas hostage. Friends & family don’t know if he’s alive

When the conflict is narrated, it is the Israelis and Palestinians who fill the frame, while the forgotten foreigners—like Bipin Joshi—are left on the margins.

Niti Aayog recommends fully decriminalising 12 offences under new I-T Act to ‘foster more trust’

Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.

India, UK sign £350 mn deal for Martlet. What are these Lightweight Multirole Missiles

In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.