The World Map Is Being Rethought: Why India Backed the UN’s ‘Correct the Map’ Resolution For generations, millions of schoolchildren have looked at the same familiar world map and assumed that what they saw was an accurate picture of the planet. It was not. On September 4, 2026, the United

Indus Waters Treaty: The Hague Ruling Creates a New Legal and Diplomatic Test for India-Pakistan Water has always been more than a natural resource in South Asia. It is agriculture, electricity, food security and, increasingly, a matter of national strategy. That is why the latest development surrounding the Indus Waters

Rising Seas, Rising Stakes: Why India Cannot Treat Sea-Level Rise as a Distant Problem The sea does not need to arrive as a giant wave to change a city. Sometimes the danger comes gradually—through higher tides, more frequent coastal flooding, saltwater entering freshwater systems and land that is slowly sinking.

India–Bangladesh Relations: A Neighbourhood Story Built on History, Trade and Shared Rivers India and Bangladesh share one of South Asia’s most complicated relationships—and perhaps one of its most consequential. The two countries are neighbours separated by a border, but connected by much more than geography. Their relationship has been shaped

Nepal Floods: Hundreds of Children Still Missing as India Joins the Search for Hope A disaster can destroy a road, a bridge or a building in minutes. But when children disappear in that destruction, the meaning of the disaster becomes much larger. Ten days after the devastating flash floods that

When the Gulf Shakes, India Feels It: The Jobs, Money, Oil and Families Behind India’s Gulf Relationship A conflict thousands of kilometres away can begin with a headline about missiles, oil facilities or shipping routes. In India, its consequences can end somewhere much closer: in a family’s bank account, a

Where Do Indians Live Around the World? The Countries With the Biggest Indian Communities For a country of more than a billion people, India has an interesting paradox. One of the world’s largest populations is also one of the world’s most geographically dispersed communities. From the Gulf to North America,

UPI Is Going Global: What India’s Digital Payment Revolution Means for Indians Abroad For Indians travelling, working or living overseas, one of India’s most familiar digital habits is beginning to cross national borders. UPI is no longer only an Indian payment story. It is becoming part of a wider experiment

How India’s Diaspora Became a Worldwide Network of Capital, Talent and Ideas For decades, the easiest way to describe India’s diaspora was with a number: remittances. An Indian working in Dubai sent money home to Kerala. A software engineer in California helped pay for a family’s house in Hyderabad. A

Germany and India in 2026: Why Nearly 70,000 Indian Students Are Choosing Europe’s Economic Powerhouse With 69,816 Indians enrolled at German universities, a more welcoming skilled-migration framework and new travel facilitation measures, the relationship is becoming a much larger story about education, employment and talent. There was a time when