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

March 30, 2022 19:08 IST
The MQM-P has signed an agreement to back the no-confidence motion against Pakistan PM Imran Khan. Who are the MQM, and why won't it back Imran?
Thu, Mar 31, 2022
March 29, 2022 11:32 IST
Imran Khan has been hoping to hang on through a last-minute deal with coalition partners. Some in his government are urging him to call a snap election, a year ahead from when it is due in 2023, but that would come with its own uncertainties.
Thu, Mar 31, 2022
March 29, 2022 04:20 IST
The Memorandum of Understanding for MRCC is among the host of agreements signed in the Sri Lankan capital Monday during the visit of External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, who met Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa.
Tue, Mar 29, 2022
March 28, 2022 12:24 IST
Imran Khan’s strategy appears to be to buy time, either in the hope of hanging on through a last-minute deal with the Pakistan Army and ISI — only they can bring back the supporters who have deserted him over the last few weeks — or just to postpone the inevitable.
Wed, Mar 30, 2022
March 27, 2022 11:54 IST
The theme of the rally was “India Out”, a slogan coined two years ago by protesters who claimed that the MDP government led by President Ibrahim Solih had “sold out” the Maldives to India.
Wed, Mar 30, 2022
March 27, 2022 04:00 IST
Will sign pacts, inaugurate projects in Maldives; join BIMSTEC in Lanka: MEA
Mon, Mar 28, 2022
March 25, 2022 05:34 IST
Ready to extend CPEC to Afghanistan: China Foreign Minister to Baradar
Fri, Mar 25, 2022
March 24, 2022 10:42 IST
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called for global protests against Russia's invasion of Ukraine. In a new video late on Wednesday, Zelenskyy said Russia's attack on Ukraine was an attack on freedom everywhere.
Thu, Mar 24, 2022
March 23, 2022 11:17 IST
Neither side has officially acknowledged its own battlefield casualty numbers so far, and it could be months before the military casualties in Russia and Ukraine become known.
Wed, Mar 23, 2022
March 22, 2022 11:56 IST
EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Josep Borell said Russia was guilty of a "massive war crime" in Mariupol and is violating "the laws of war".
Tue, Mar 22, 2022
March 22, 2022 04:00 IST
Many in Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) too have turned against him, and his coalition partners appear in two minds about backing him.
Tue, Mar 22, 2022
March 21, 2022 10:40 IST
In its latest update on civilian casualties in Ukraine due to the war, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights says from February 24 to March 19, it has recorded the deaths of 2,361 civilian casualties — 902 killed and 1,459 injured.
Tue, Mar 22, 2022
March 20, 2022 14:47 IST
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett will visit India from April 2 to mark three decades of diplomatic relations. While Prime Minister Modi has invested significant political and strategic capital in the friendship between the two nations, India has not deviated entirely from its historical support for the Palestinians.
Tue, Mar 22, 2022
March 18, 2022 10:47 IST
The United Nations has said that in less than three weeks, the number of those fleeing Ukraine into neighbouring countries has risen from 520,000 to over 3.1 million. Poland has become one of the largest refugee-hosting countries in the world, with close to 2 million refugees from Ukraine.
Sat, Mar 19, 2022
March 17, 2022 22:40 IST
The assistance is to enable Sri Lanka to import food, other essential commodities and medicines from India, and was described by an Indian official as a “humanitarian measure to help the Sri Lankan people during a difficult time”.
Fri, Mar 18, 2022
March 17, 2022 10:43 IST
In the $800 million package of military support assistance that US President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday are 100 “tactical unmanned aerial systems”.
Thu, Mar 17, 2022
March 17, 2022 01:33 IST
Rajapaksa, who arrived in Delhi on Wednesday for a three-day visit, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and is scheduled to meet External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to finalise the credit line.
Thu, Mar 17, 2022
March 16, 2022 10:57 IST
This war is proving to be deadly for the media. After the killing of Ukrainian media person Yevenhii Sakun, and American documentarist Brent Renaud, two more journalists, working for the American TV network Fox News, were killed after they were caught in an artillery barrage outside Kyiv.
Wed, Mar 16, 2022
March 15, 2022 11:19 IST
The United Nations said 636 civilians had died in the war until March 13, but cautioned that the number could be much higher. There is no verified count of the number of combatants killed in the war.
Tue, Mar 15, 2022
March 14, 2022 11:37 IST
The killing of Brent Renaud, a 50-year-old American journalist in Irpin, a suburb of Kyiv, is the second reported death of a journalist in this war, and another tragic reminder of the dangers faced by media professionals covering conflict.
Tue, Mar 15, 2022
March 14, 2022 03:18 IST
Some of India’s neighbours voted against Russia at the UN General Assembly, some abstained. From history to current economics and geopolitics, a look at what is behind their respective positions.
Sat, Mar 19, 2022
March 13, 2022 04:17 IST
Day after Delhi acknowledgement, Pak says Indian probe ‘not sufficient’ as missile landed there
Sun, Mar 13, 2022
March 12, 2022 16:27 IST
Terming it as a “profound level of incompetence”, it called upon New Delhi to explain “if the missile was indeed handled by its armed forces or some rogue elements.”
Sun, Mar 13, 2022
March 11, 2022 12:57 IST
The vote against Russia by South Asia's smaller countries, reflect a different preoccupation, relating to their geographical and economic size and their proximity to powerful neighbours.
Fri, Mar 11, 2022
March 10, 2022 10:47 IST
From the beginning of the Ukraine invasion, the Russian army has denied allegations that conscripts had been deployed for the “special operation” against Ukraine. Just three days ago, President Vladimir Putin had denied the allegations.
Thu, Mar 10, 2022


