India’s Ministry of Home Affairs has issued a significant directive to all state chief secretaries and Union Territory administrators, asking them to invoke emergency powers under the Civil Defence Rules, 1968. This move comes in the wake of intensifying hostilities with Pakistan following the

Introduction On the early morning of May 7, 2025, India launched Operation Sindoor, a swift and meticulously planned military offensive targeting terrorist camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). The operation was India’s direct and forceful response to the gruesome Pahalgam terror attack that shook the nation just two weeks prior. Unlike previous strategic

I. Introduction: The Sea as the Next Front The brutal Pahalgam attack on April 22, 2025, which claimed the lives of 26 innocent civilians, has left India seething. As public anger mounts and political pressure builds, the question confronting the Indian leadership is not whether to respond—but how. While surgical strikes, air raids, and covert […]

Sponsored by Statscope India Research Introduction The frequency and audacity of cross-border terrorist attacks on Indian soil have forced the country to confront a difficult truth — the traditional tools of retaliation are no longer enough. Despite multiple military responses, international appeals, and diplomatic warnings, Pakistan continues to shelter, support, and

The massacre at Pahalgam wasn’t just an act of terror — it was an exposure of rot. Twenty-six Hindu civilians were butchered in cold blood, singled out by religious profiling, in a place marketed as “heaven on earth.” The Valley bled, and India scrambled. In the days that followed, deportation drives were launched, border security […]

When terrorists struck in Pahalgam on April 22, killing civilians and tourists alike, the nation expected its political leaders to speak with one voice — resolute, compassionate, and unwavering in their condemnation of terror. Instead, what followed from the Congress Party was a familiar and disturbing display of verbal acrobatics, tone-deaf remarks, and desperate

The global war on terror isn’t failing due to lack of weapons or intelligence—it’s failing because some nations wear suits in Geneva while fueling jihad with vetoes in New York. Chief among them is China. With each blocked UN resolution, each “technical hold” on global terror designations, China ensures Pakistan’s state-sponsored terror apparatus

In a country constantly under threat from cross-border terrorism and internal sabotage, one would expect national security tools to be strengthened, not challenged. Yet in a bizarre twist that only India’s activist-judicial complex could produce, a bunch of journalists, activists, and political operatives approached the Supreme Court not to demand better protection from

The Unified Payments Interface (UPI) has transformed how India pays. With just a mobile number or a simple scan, millions of Indians transfer money instantly — and at zero cost to themselves. But while users celebrate the seamlessness and the “free” nature of UPI, the question few ask is: who’s really footing the bill? Behind […]

In a world where manufacturing giants are scrambling to diversify beyond China, the unexpected victor of the first wave isn’t India — it’s Vietnam. A nation smaller in size and GDP than many Indian states has, in the span of just two decades, emerged as a global darling for export manufacturing. Whether it’s electronics, apparel, […]