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TopicStrategic autonomy

Topic: strategic autonomy

India needs to learn from US-Iran conflict, just like Tehran took lessons from Iraq war

India did not choose to move away from Iran for oil; it was forced to. The fact that India managed the costs of this transition efficiently does not convert them into gains.

Modi’s three Iran blunders lead to one question—where’s strategic autonomy?

Three avoidable blunders in PM Modi's handling of the US-Israel attack on Iran have laid bare the hollowness of his claims to global leadership.

Joining Pax Silica is not all positives for India. We must guard strategic autonomy

India’s participation in Pax Silica is integral to preventing the alliance from looking like an elite group.

India can’t achieve strategic autonomy by chasing GDP stats. Break away from Western influence

GDP measures only the size of an economy. India’s economy must have more depth, more domestic industries, and faster income growth at the bottom, as China has achieved.

On Camera

After 17 yrs of struggle, court battles, CAPF officers still fighting for their rightful dues

The IPS lobby has so far been successful in thwarting the aspirations of CAPF officers. The question that crosses one’s mind is whether the events in the SC are the result of machinations by the IPS lobby.

Global oil stockpiles ‘scarily thin’, markets at risk of worsening, says Aramco CEO

Even after the vital shipping chokepoint at Hormuz reopens, it may take as long as two years for energy-consuming countries to replenish their stockpiles, CEO Amin Nasser said.

Twist in Vizag spy racket case: Pakistani women operatives, social media avatars, honey-trapped navymen

Busting espionage ring targeting Eastern Naval Command leads investigators into honeytrap web across social media platforms; Navy personnel snared by Pakistani woman operatives.

India has always been a hard state under Gandhian cover. Nehru to Modi, leaders have reinforced it

Modern India might have been conjured up in the image of Gandhi. But India was never a Gandhian state. Founders of the Republic, be it Nehru or Patel, nursed zero such notions.