Nirupama Subramanian is National Editor (Strategic Affairs). She writes on India’s foreign policy and national security issues.

January 15, 2022 03:49 IST
🔴 To secure India's “vital interests”, officials are of the view that there is “no option but to engage with those in power in Naypidaw”
Sat, Jan 15, 2022
January 09, 2022 04:02 IST
🔴 The resolution provides an exemption from sanctions against Taliban to allow humanitarian aid and saw Russia and China successfully push for liberal terms of engagement with the Kabul regime with practically no conditions.
Mon, Jan 10, 2022
January 03, 2022 04:01 IST
🔴 While the two sides will jointly refurbish 61 of the 99 tanks at the farm, 24 will be developed by CPC and 14 by LIOC. This arrangement is for the next 50 years.
Mon, Jan 03, 2022
December 29, 2021 04:22 IST
Wang Yi’s two-day visit, expected between January 7 and 9, will take place against the backdrop of a spat between the two countries over a contaminated consignment of organic fertiliser that has resulted in unexpected tensions between both countries.
Wed, Dec 29, 2021
December 17, 2021 04:56 IST
China’s Ambassador to Colombo visits Tamil-dominated Northern Province
Fri, Dec 17, 2021
December 14, 2021 06:15 IST
Given the widespread discontent in the country over high prices, and protests by farmers at Rajapaksa’s “organic only” policy — which is threatening to wipe out the paddy and tea crop — the President’s decision to shut Parliament down while he is away gives a clue to the current insecurities of the government.
Tue, Dec 14, 2021
December 11, 2021 02:11 IST
This is not the first time Gwadar is seeing protests, but this one has now run for 26 days. Despite the severe conservatism of Balochistan, women protesters have come out in large numbers.
Sun, Dec 12, 2021
December 07, 2021 04:00 IST
🔴 Nirupama Subramanian writes: PM Modi’s expected participation in the summit will come against a rather bleak backdrop of relativism, misinformation, confusion, obfuscation and polarisation on issues of democracy, civil society and rights.
Wed, Dec 08, 2021
December 04, 2021 18:42 IST
The horrific lynching of a Sri Lankan employee at a Sialkot factory for alleged blasphemy has elicited strong reactions from civil society, Pakistan's political class and even the military, but will this be the last time such an incident takes place?
Sat, Dec 04, 2021
December 03, 2021 03:41 IST
🔴 Sino Soar Hybrid (Beijing) Technology Co. Ltd won the bid for the mini-grid project in August. Maldives environment minister Shauna Aminath and the company’s project manager signed the agreement on Monday.
Fri, Dec 03, 2021
November 19, 2021 04:00 IST
Konchok Stanzin, Chushul councillor in the Leh Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, handed over a three-page list of facilities required for a “smart security policy” in the area when he met Singh in Chushul for the Rezang La anniversary.
Fri, Nov 19, 2021
November 10, 2021 03:37 IST
Every Central Committee, whose membership is approved by the CCP’s National Congress at the time of its five-yearly election, holds seven plenums in its five-year cycle.
Wed, Nov 10, 2021
November 07, 2021 03:52 IST
Poonch and Rajouri, the two districts along the Line of Control (LoC) with Pakistan, have remained on high alert since October 10 when the Army started looking for militants after information from locals about their presence in the Sangiote area in Poonch’s Balakot tehsil.
Sun, Nov 07, 2021
October 31, 2021 15:25 IST
Gen Anjum will take charge in the third week of November, replacing the controversial Lt Gen Faiz Hameed, who will move on to his new posting as the commander of the XI Corps in Peshawar.
Tue, Nov 02, 2021
October 25, 2021 01:55 IST
The Nadimarg massacre shook J&K and the rest of India at a time when the security situation in the erstwhile state was thought to be improving. The incident and the nearly two-decade delay in the trial is cited by Kashmiri Pandit groups as evidence of the denial of justice.
Mon, Oct 25, 2021
October 24, 2021 13:38 IST
Zia Mustafa was arrested in 2003 by J&K Police as the mastermind of the Nadimarg massacre of Kashmiri Pandits in March that year.
Tue, Oct 26, 2021
October 23, 2021 03:19 IST
The long-drawn operation in the Poonch heights at Bhatta Durian completed its twelfth day on Friday without success.
Sun, Oct 24, 2021
October 21, 2021 04:10 IST
Pakistani jihadists had turned village in Surankote tehsil, about 10-12 km inside the LoC, into a militant stronghold that was finally destroyed in Operation Sarp Vinash.
Thu, Oct 21, 2021
October 18, 2021 04:10 IST
The militants, believed to be six to eight in number and heavily armed, engaged security forces in a fierce gunbattle through Saturday night.
Mon, Oct 18, 2021
October 14, 2021 04:00 IST
What is the reason for the long-running tensions between Beijing and Taipei? Where is their relationship headed, and what implications does it have for the Indo-Pacific region and for India?
Thu, Oct 14, 2021
October 10, 2021 17:48 IST
Although Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan is now identified as the man who single-handedly built Pakistan's bomb, the reality is more complex.
Wed, Oct 13, 2021
September 26, 2021 16:51 IST
Opened to the public in October 2018, three years after the BMC began developing it into Mumbai's own Dilli Haat-style space, the idea behind this ambitiously themed park is still to be fully realised.
Sun, Sep 26, 2021
September 19, 2021 15:20 IST
The idea for the garden originated from the residents of the 40 buildings on either side of the flyover.
Mon, Sep 19, 2022
September 12, 2021 12:24 IST
With around 4,500 trees of 67 species, a jogging track, playground and a mini-theatre, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Vanodyan attracts hundreds of visitors everyday.
Sun, Sep 12, 2021
September 08, 2021 23:04 IST
The Haqqani Network takes its name from the leader of the group, Jalaluddin Haqqani, who first fought the Soviet Army in Afghanistan as a loyal ally of the CIA and the ISI, and then fought the US and NATO forces
Thu, Dec 09, 2021



