India’s Strategic Gamble: Goyal in Brussels as India-EU FTA Enters Final Stretch
When Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal travels to Brussels on 27-28 October 2025, he will carry more than briefcases and spreadsheets. His mission encapsulates India’s ambition to recalibrate its trade architecture, deepen global supply-chain linkages and rewrite t...Read More
Palestinian Factions Say They Will Cede Gaza Administration to Technocratic Interim Body
In a notable turn of events, the main Palestinian factions—including Hamas—have declared that they will hand over the administration of the Gaza Strip to a temporary committee made up of independent technocrats.
During talks held in Cairo, the factions release...Read More
Sanctions on Russian Oil and India’s Tightrope of Energy Security and Diplomacy
The latest wave of sanctions imposed on Russia’s oil sector has cast a spotlight on how deeply interconnected global energy supplies, geopolitics and national strategies are — and how India, a major importer, must navigate a complex path between energy security, economic i...Read More
The United Nations: Celebrating UN Day and Assessing Its Role in Global Peace
October 24 marks United Nations Day, commemorating the entry into force of the UN Charter in 1945. As we observe this day in 2025, it’s an opportune moment to reflect on the organization’s enduring legacy. Founded in the aftermath of World War II’s devastation, the Unite...Read More
Sanae Takaichi: Japan’s “Iron Lady” and the Turning Point in Japanese Politics
In a moment that has reshaped Japan’s political landscape, Sanae Takaichi has made history as the first female Prime Minister of Japan, marking a symbolic breakthrough in a country where politics has long been dominated by men and senior bureaucrats. Known for her conservati...Read More
The Emerging Geopolitical Blocs and India’s Strategic Balancing Act: A Critical Appraisal of Foreign Policy in 2025
The year 2025 marks a defining phase in the transformation of the global geopolitical order. The certainties of the post-Cold War world have given way to fragmentation, fluid alliances, and regional realignments. Power today is distributed, not concentrated. For India—aspiri...Read More
Madagascar: The Gen Z Uprising Against Poverty and Corruption – A Global Concern Past and Present
Madagascar, the island nation off Africa’s southeastern coast, has once again descended into political turmoil. On October 15, President Andry Rajoelina was ousted in a military coup, ending weeks of massive, youth-led demonstrations fueled by anger over poverty, corruption,...Read More
Ceasefire Under Strain: Israel–Hamas Dispute Over Hostage Remains and the Politics of Aid
The fragile ceasefire in Gaza, brokered through intense U.S. diplomacy under President Donald Trump’s mediation, is already showing cracks. Israel’s decision to restrict the flow of humanitarian aid and delay the reopening of the Rafah border crossing has drawn global conc...Read More
Gaza, Israel and Trump in Egypt: a fragile pause, a theatrical summit — and the price of unfinished justice
The past 48 hours have felt like a punctuation mark in a war that has already written too many tragedies. Under a ceasefire hammered out with heavy outside pressure, Hamas has handed over the last living Israeli hostages and Israel has begun releasing large numbers of Palestin...Read More
Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand Arrives in India to Strengthen Trade and Security Ties
New Delhi, October 12, 2025 — In a significant diplomatic development, Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand arrived in New Delhi on Saturday for a two-day official visit aimed at revitalizing India-Canada relations, with a sharp focus on trade diversification, energy partne...Read More
Nobel Prizes: Prestige, Purpose, and Recent Highlights
The Nobel Prizes, established by the will of Swedish inventor and industrialist Alfred Nobel, are among the world’s most prestigious awards. They recognize outstanding contributions in the fields of Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, Peace, and (since 19...Read More
A Fragile Dawn: The Israel–Gaza Ceasefire and the Long Road to Peace
( This article is dedicated to millions of peace loving activists who voiced and protest on streets . I would like a special mention of Professor VK Tripathi from Sadbhav Mission for his campaign all over India popularly know as pamphlet man)
After months of unrelenting ...Read More
Taliban FM Amir Khan Muttaqi’s six-day India visit — what happened, what it means
Afghanistan’s acting foreign minister, Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi, arrived in New Delhi on a six-day visit (9–16 October 2025) — the highest-level Taliban delegation to India since the group returned to power in 2021. The trip was made possible after the UN Security Counc...Read More
Barter Is Back: How Sanctions on Russia Are Rewiring Global Trade
The Russia–Ukraine conflict has not only redrawn political boundaries but also reshaped the map of global trade. With Moscow now one of the most heavily sanctioned nations in the world, the ripple effects of Western restrictions have triggered a quiet but powerful comeback o...Read More
India and China: The Frozen Conflict at the Roof of the World
A Clash Without Closure
Five years after the Galwan Valley clash of June 2020, the India–China border remains tense, militarized, and unresolved. The fighting that night — brutal, close-range combat with primitive weapons — ended decades of uneasy peace along the L...Read More
Ceasefire on the Brink: Gaza Awaits a Fragile Peace”
A U.S.-brokered plan offers hope of silence in the skies — but mistrust and ongoing strikes keep peace on uncertain ground.
What Netanyahu Says He Supports
• Public Endorsement: On September 29, 2025, Israeli Prime Minis...Read More
India — EFTA Trade & Economic Partnership Agreement (TEPA): detailed explanation and analysis
On 10 March 2024 India and the four EFTA States (Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein) signed a comprehensive Trade & Economic Partnership Agreement (TEPA) after long negotiations that began in 2008. The agreement covers goods, services, investment, rules of origin,...Read More
