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India’s Record Grain Output, Punjab’s Deepening Farm Crisis

India overtaking China as the world’s largest rice producer and the expansion of wheat acreage to a record high in the current rabi season are being showcased as...

January 17, 2026

India, Germany and the EU: Why a Trade Breakthrough May Finally Be in Sight

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s kite-flying diplomacy with Prime Minister Narendra Modi — accompanied by announcements on cooperative defence production and visa-free transit for Indian travellers — has injected...

January 17, 2026

Viksit Bharat Rozgar Act vs MGNREGA: Why Rural Women May Lose the Most

The proposed Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act (VB-G RAM G) promises an expanded welfare net by increasing guaranteed employment from 100 to 125...

January 17, 2026

India’s Next Election Season: How Fake News, Influencers and Deepfakes Are Rewriting Campaign Playbooks

In about ten weeks, four states and one Union Territory will head to the polls, ushering in yet another phase of India’s increasingly complex election choreography. If the...

January 17, 2026

India–US Relations Under Trump 2.0: Why the 25-Year Upward Curve Is Showing Signs of Strain

The exuberant arrival of Ambassador-designate Sergio Gor at the American embassy in New Delhi on January 12 and his optimistic remarks briefly revived hopes of restoring the momentum...

January 17, 2026

Carving Connectivity: How India’s Tunnel Boom Is Rewriting Geography, Security and Growth

From the snowbound Himalayas to crowded megacities, India is cutting through some of its toughest terrain to stitch together a more connected, resilient nation. Landmark projects such as...

January 16, 2026

Iran on Edge, US Options on the Table: What Escalation Could Mean for India

As protests rage across Iran and US President Donald Trump declares that “help is on its way”, the possibility of escalation is no longer hypothetical. With over 2,500...

January 16, 2026

Merz in New Delhi: How India–Germany Ties Are Being Recast for a Fractured World

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s first official visit to India may have been brief, but it carried strong strategic intent. Coming amid global instability, supply-chain disruptions, and geopolitical polarisation,...

January 16, 2026

India’s Next Biotech Frontier: Why the Deep Ocean and Outer Space Matter

From the depths of the ocean to the vacuum of space, some of the most extreme environments known to science are emerging as the next frontiers of biotechnology....

January 16, 2026

Kerala’s Malayalam Language Bill, 2025: What It Says, Why Karnataka Is Objecting, and the Constitutional Questions Ahead

The Malayalam Language Bill, 2025, passed by the Kerala Legislative Assembly in early October, is being framed by the State government as a long-overdue assertion of linguistic self-governance....

January 16, 2026

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