Category: International

USCIRF: An Entity of Concern Misleading Congress and the American Public on India

Centre for Integrated and Holistic Studies (CIHS) releases its new brief, "USCIRF: An Entity of Concern – Misleading Congress and the American Public on India". Taking the Commission's 24 September 2026 statement on Jagtar Singh Johal as its case study, the brief shows a body that gets basic facts wrong, erases the prosecution's case, and … Continue reading USCIRF: An Entity of Concern Misleading Congress and the American Public on India →

Is US a Trusted Ally?

Bharat has too much at stake with President Trump signing the Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act. It is bound to impact free trade deal. N. C. Bipindra President Donald Trump signed Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026 into law on September 18, 2026 at a White House ceremony expanding statutory sanctions, … Continue reading Is US a Trusted Ally? →

BRICS: not anti-west Caucus?

BRICS: not anti-west Caucus?

After two-day jamboree at Bharat Mandapam, deliverables to be measured by what’s retained by next two BRICS Presidencies N.C. Bipindra When eleven governments that disagree on almost everything sign the same 140-paragraph document, the achievement is procedural before politics took over. That is the fairest first reading of 18th BRICS Summit held at Bharat Mandapam … Continue reading BRICS: not anti-west Caucus? →

India and the Next BRICS: Turning Diversity into Strategic Influence 

Sankalp Singh Chauhan India’s historic BRICS Presidency comes at a defining moment for the global order. Its challenge is not to build another bloc, but to make a more diverse world capable of working together. What began as BRIC, Brazil, Russia, India and China, formally came together at its first summit in Yekaterinburg in 2009, … Continue reading India and the Next BRICS: Turning Diversity into Strategic Influence  →

Five Years of Taliban

Afghanistan swings between Stability, Repression and Uncertainty; women face brunt of poverty, limited or no access to food & education. Dr Shambhavi Thite The world witnessed the fall of the Afghan republic on 15 August 2021, with a shocking degree of rapidity. With Taliban fighters marching into Kabul, President Ghani fleeing from his post, and … Continue reading Five Years of Taliban →

Explainer: Why India’s FCRA Amendment Is Financial Oversight, Not Religious Persecution

US Congressman Riley Moore says India's FCRA Amendment Bill, 2026 is a takeover of churches and a clear attack on Christians. It is neither. The Bill seizes no church and touches no place of worship; it manages foreign-funded assets only after an organization has already lost its license for misuse, and it names no faith … Continue reading Explainer: Why India’s FCRA Amendment Is Financial Oversight, Not Religious Persecution →

Radical Islamist Rape Gangs Exposed!

Exposing grooming gangs is not an affront against Islam, highlighting crimes against vulnerable children is not a crime either. K.A.Badarinath Radical Islamist Pakistani origin mafia, the ill-famed ‘grooming gangs’ have got thoroughly exposed for their nefarious, rapacious, pervert and abusive sexual acts against vulnerable girls and women of non-muslim origin in United Kingdom, Germany, Sweden, … Continue reading Radical Islamist Rape Gangs Exposed! →

Currency Conundrum

Create dedicated war chest to cushion against conflicts, defer non-priority imports, go big on dollar trades, currency swaps & non-dollar deals. K.A.Badarinath Is Bharatiya Rupee under attack? Will conversion ratio cross the psychological barrier of Rs 100 per one US dollar? Would that mean Bharat’s economy gets more susceptible or vulnerable to external currency market … Continue reading Currency Conundrum →

The Oslo Press Incidents

On 18 May 2026, Norwegian commentator Helle Lyng of Dagsavisen heckled Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a joint press appearance with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre in Oslo. That same morning, Aftenposten, Norway's newspaper of record, had published a curtain-raiser caricature depicting Modi as a snake charmer. This report situates both incidents within four interlocking … Continue reading The Oslo Press Incidents →

Pragmatism Over Ambition

BRICS currency may not be shelved all together. Non-dollar settlements, digital currencies, regional payment gateways to take precedence. N. C. Bipindra A common BRICS currency is an idea that once symbolised the grouping's ambitious challenge to dominance of US Dollar. The common BRICS currency was proposed to reshape the global financial order apart from geo-political … Continue reading Pragmatism Over Ambition →