India is world’s largest democracy and the second-most populous country of the world. Every year, Indians celebrates its Republic Day on January 26. It honours the date on which the Constitution of India came into effect in 1950 replacing the Government of…

The besieged Kashmir valley has long been echoing its struggle of self-determination, but all in vain. This ‘paradise on Earth’  has remained an unfinished agenda of the partition  of Sub-Continent where Indians and Pakistanis regard it as their ‘delicate part’ and ‘jugular vein’ respectively. Along…

A lot of haggling can be seen amongst the major players in the Middle East on Joe Biden's glimmering that after the U.S. election he would rejoin the Iranian nuclear deal, called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Undoubtedly, Biden's decision would…

The concept of security has evolved since the Second World War, transcending the traditional or military security to the other aspects vital to nat-ional and regional stability, including economic development, food, energy, communication, human, he-alth, social, cyber and environment security. These aspects…

The old adage by the famed English theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, that "the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, but the illusion of knowledge," fits perfectly into the Trump administration's narratives on various global subjects. Fabrications, fudging facts and controversial statements…

2020 has been a tumultuous year for the entire world, especially the Middle East, with far reaching impact on the region’s politics and economy. COVID-19 has wreaked havoc on the region’s economy, shrinking it on an average by 10 percent. If the…