Project Brahmank is a strategic Border Roads Organisation (BRO) initiative aimed at rapidly developing high-altitude, all-weather road infrastructure in Arunachal Pradesh. It counters adversary incursions, enhances military mobilization, and boosts the socio-economic integration of remote frontier communities.
Click to View MoreDigital sovereignty empowers India to control its data, critical technologies, and cyber infrastructure. By reducing reliance on foreign digital platforms through domestic semiconductor manufacturing and sovereign AI initiatives, India aggressively secures its economic autonomy and national security against geopolitical disruptions.
Click to View MoreThe FCRA Amendment Bill 2026 enables the government to seize and manage assets of NGOs whose licenses have lapsed or been cancelled, transitioning India's foreign funding framework from simple regulation to a state-controlled vesting and disposal system.
Click to View MoreThe Ministry of Home Affairs formed a high-level committee chaired by Justice P.P. Naolekar to study unnatural demographic changes and illegal immigration in India. The panel will recommend structural and legal solutions for identifying, detaining, and deporting infiltrators.
Click to View MoreIndia is revolutionizing its national security by integrating Artificial Intelligence across its armed forces. Through initiatives like the ADITI scheme, ETAI framework, and M.A.N.A.V. vision, India aims to build indigenous, trustworthy, and human-centric military AI capabilities for strategic sovereignty.
Click to View MoreThe Great Nicobar Island project involves a new airport, transshipment port, township, and power plant. While strategically and economically vital for India's maritime security, it faces severe criticism for threatening the indigenous Shompen tribe, endangered marine wildlife, and primary rainforests.
Click to View MoreThe global order is shifting from US unipolarity to a fluid multipolar system shaped by US–China rivalry. The United States refocuses strategy, China expands influence, and Russia plays a revisionist swing role. For India, multi-alignment remains essential to preserve strategic autonomy.
Click to View MoreThe Health Security se National Security cess seeks to tax machines used in pan masala and tobacco production to generate revenue and discourage consumption. While this approach simplifies administration in a fragmented industry, it raises concerns about evasion, informalisation, and weak linkage to public health outcomes. Without strong enforcement and complementary measures, the cess risks functioning more as a fiscal tool than an effective tobacco control or health policy instrument.
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The Supreme Court ordered a nationwide CBI probe into the ₹3,000 crore “digital arrest” scams targeting seniors. It allowed investigation without state consent, directed action against fraudsters and mule-account bankers, and pushed coordination with Interpol and AI-based tracking, tightening accountability for telecom and online intermediaries.
Click to View MoreThe MEA has launched Passport Seva Programme V2.0, a modernised passport system built using AI, cloud architecture, and microservices. It introduces ICAO-compliant ePassports with biometric chips to boost security, reduce fraud, support Digital India, and deliver faster, more efficient citizen services.
Click to View MoreMajor powers like Russia, China, and the US are reconsidering their own nuclear testing, which puts pressure on India's voluntary nuclear testing moratorium. This global security shift requires India to re-evaluate its position to maintain a "Credible Minimum Deterrence" against new threats.
Click to View MoreIndia and the U.S. strengthened their strategic ties with the 10-year “Framework for the U.S.-India Major Defence Partnership” signed in October 2025. The pact enhances cooperation in technology transfer, intelligence sharing, joint exercises, and defence production, reinforcing regional stability and a free, open Indo-Pacific.
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