Author: Ritik Raushan

The announcement of the Korea-India Defence Accelerator, known as KIND-X, at the India-South Korea Summit on April 20, 2026, between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, represents a significant evolution in the bilateral defence relationship that has been building since formal diplomatic ties were established in 1973. KIND-X is designed…

India’s economic policy discourse in May 2026 has been marked by a striking contradiction. The Confederation of Indian Industry reported that private sector capital expenditure grew by 67 percent to Rs 7.7 lakh crore in September 2025 compared to the same period in 2024, signalling what CII’s director-general described as the most important indicator yet…

The swearing-in of C. Joseph Vijay as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu on May 10, 2026, following the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam’s historic electoral debut, has reignited one of the most persistent constitutional controversies in Indian federalism: the role of the Governor in government formation after a hung assembly verdict. Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar’s insistence on…

A major scientific survey published in 2026 has revealed an “alarming gap” in biodiversity across India’s Western Ghats, one of the world’s 36 biodiversity hotspots and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Researchers were able to document only approximately 65 percent of the dragonfly and damselfly (collectively: odonata) species historically recorded in the region, suggesting a…

The Delhi government has declared approximately 673.32 hectares of the Central Ridge area as a “reserved forest” under Section 20 of the Indian Forest Act of 1927 — a decision approved by Lieutenant-Governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu and Chief Minister Rekha Gupta. This declaration has been described as completing “an important process that had remained pending…

Two technology stories from May 10, 2026 carry profound national security implications. First, India has successfully tested an advanced Agni missile equipped with Multiple Independently Targeted Re-Entry Vehicle (MIRV) technology from APJ Abdul Kalam Island in Odisha, placing India among a select group of global powers — the United States, Russia, China, France, and the…

The ongoing military standoff between the United States and Iran in and around the Strait of Hormuz has escalated dramatically in May 2026, with U.S. fighter jets firing on and disabling two Iranian-flagged tankers accused of challenging America’s naval blockade of Iran’s ports, followed by Iranian retaliatory strikes. The fragile ceasefire that had briefly held,…

The political drama unfolding in Tamil Nadu following the 2026 Assembly elections has once again brought to the forefront one of India’s most contentious constitutional questions: what exactly are the limits of a Governor’s discretion when no single party commands an outright majority in a state legislature? The Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), led by actor-turned-politician…

A comprehensive decadal analysis of India’s school education system by NITI Aayog, titled “School Education System in India — Temporal Analysis and Policy Roadmap for Quality Enhancement,” has revealed a paradox at the heart of India’s education story: while near-universal access to primary schooling has been achieved, the system fails catastrophically at retaining students through…