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File photo showing Indian and Chinese troops during an “Exercise Hand in Hand” interaction in Chengdu, China.As the prime minister, Narendra Modi, prepares for his first visit t…
India Sentinels illustration. © India Sentinels 2025–2026A recent research compels us to question whether rationality is always beneficial. Much like knowledge, rationality is of…
New Delhi: A diplomatic letter from the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, to the president, Droupadi Murmu, has sparked competing interpretations about the nature of India-China rapprochement,…
The breakdown in US-India trade talks reveals fundamental philosophical differences about economic sovereignty.New Delhi: The punitive 50% tariffs imposed by the United States presiden…
Sergio Gor.The appointment of 38-year-old Sergio Gor as both US ambassador to India and special envoy for South and Central Asian affairs marks a watershed moment in India-US relations &nda…
A political poster of Narendra Modi in an IAF flying overall.As a veteran military officer who has witnessed three consecutive generations of military tradition, I write with profound conce…
Narendra Modi (L) with Xi Jinping during the October 2024 meeting in Kazan, Russia. (File photo)The arrival of China’s foreign minister, Wang Yi, in New Delhi on August 18 for the 24t…
The UN has warned that Gaza is now the hungriest place on earth with widespread famine killing Palestinians due to Israel’s blockade of food in the enclave. (Photo via X)New Delhi: In…
S-400 representative photo. (India Sentinels)The thunderous applause that greeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Independence Day announcement still echoes across the ramparts of the …
India Sentinels illustration for representation. Even after almost five years since its launch, the System for Pension Administration (Raksha) or SPARSH – the government’s …
Fresh BSF officers at their passing-out parade at the BSF Academy, Tekanpur (Gwalior), in December 2024. (Photo: BSF)In my previous analysis of India’s central armed police forces (CA…
Map showing India’s east and northeast with neighbouring countries’ locations for perspective. (Map not to scale)In the annals of military strategy, there exists a fundamental p…
