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Can Australia overcome ASEAN divide to promote a common Indo-Pacific security vision?

New Delhi, March 13 -- Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese issued an emphatic commitment to Southeast Asia at the Australia-ASEAN Summit. This sends the strongest intent yet of Australia and t... Read More


Unraveling "Gandi Baat": Popular Bollywood culture needs to embrace responsible storytelling, eschew misogyny

Music as a weapon, March 13 -- The intersection of music, particularly Bollywood songs, and culture, forms a dynamic and influential nexus that shapes and reflects societal values, norms, and identiti... Read More


What the Jamnagar 'pre-wedding' gala tells us about Indian society

New Delhi, March 13 -- It was only last year that Parliament discussed a private member's bill to limit "wasteful expenditure" at weddings and special occasions. Congress MP Jasbir Singh Gill wrote in... Read More


Bangladesh's recurrent fire tragedies: Will we ever learn our lessons?

New Delhi, March 12 -- The tragic fire incident at the multi-storied Green Cozy Cottage building on Bailey Road in the capital Dhaka casts a somber shadow over Bangladesh's current modernisatiion driv... Read More


India assails 'disguised veto' at UNSC anti-terrorism panel protecting Pakistan-based terrorists

New Delhi, March 12 -- India has assailed the secretive "subterranean" working of the UN Security Council sanctions committee on terrorism accusing it of allowing a system of "disguised veto" in block... Read More


Nepal's political instability impacts India ties

New Delhi, March 11 -- The latest turn of events in Nepal carries significant old and new pointers. One: like in Pakistan where last month's election yielded a 'hung' House, parties coming second and ... Read More


Promotion of faith-based knowledge is undermining scientific temper in India

New Delhi, March 9 -- With the Hindu nationalist BJP in the saddle of power for the last decade, there has been a deliberate promotion of a pattern of policy-making in education, which is based more o... Read More


Why America and the West remain critical for Indo -Pacific security

New Delhi, March 9 -- Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim spoke up in defence of ties with China and denounced the "China-phobia" sentiment among the West and the pressure to take sides in recent ... Read More


Acknowledging a 45-year-old 'injustice': The Bhutto hanging and Pakistan's 'doctrine of necessity'

New Delhi, March 8 -- The top judiciary having catharsis is not rare in any society supposedly run by the rule of law and the Constitution. The Supreme Court of Pakistan has regretted a verdict it del... Read More


Empowering women in India's MSME sector: Access to information and resources imperative

New Delhi, March 8 -- The Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) sector plays a vital role in the socio-economic development of India. It contributes significantly to the country's GDP, economic... Read More