India-Russia: The Enduring Partnership Tested by War and Realignment

PM Fasal Bima Yojana: The Claims That Never Reached Farmers

Investigation into delayed and unpaid crop insurance claims across six states.

15 min97%

Who Funded India's Democracy? Inside the Electoral Bond Data

From 2018 to 2024, India's electoral bonds scheme enabled ₹12,155 crore in anonymous political donations — 97% from corporations. When the Supreme Court struck down the scheme and ordered data disclosure, the revealed donor lists exposed a web of corporate-political relationships, shell companies, and contributions by firms under investigation.

18 min95%

Who Really Gets the EWS Quota? An Investigation into UPSC's 104 Selections

An investigation into all 104 candidates selected under the 10% EWS quota in Civil Services 2025 finds IIT graduates, private school alumni, and business family children — raising fundamental questions about targeting and due diligence.

12 min94%

economy

Income Inequality in India: The Top 1% Now Owns 40% of the Wealth

India's income inequality has reached levels not seen since the colonial era — the top 1% holds 40% of national wealth while the bottom 50% holds just 13%. An examination of the structural drivers behind India's Gini coefficient trajectory.

15 min94%

technology

81.5 Crore Aadhaar Records Exposed: Inside India's Biggest Data Breach

In October 2023, a threat actor put 815 million Indian citizen records — names, Aadhaar numbers, passport details — up for sale at $80,000. The breach, believed to originate from ICMR's COVID-19 testing database, became India's largest data leak, testing the country's new data protection regime.

14 min94%

India-China: Two Asian Giants in an Era of Mistrust and Strategic Rivalry

From the Galwan Valley clash to a widening trade deficit and competition across the Indian Ocean, the India-China relationship has reached its most volatile point since the 1962 war.

17 min93%

India's Education Paradox: Rising Enrolment, Falling Learning — What Went Wrong?

While near-universal enrolment has been achieved at the primary level, India's education system faces a crisis of quality — half of Class 5 students cannot read a Class 2 textbook. An investigation into the systemic failures behind the learning poverty trap.

16 min93%

politics

Mission 360: Inside BJP's Push for a Two-Thirds Majority and the Battle Over India's Constitutional Future

After the shock defeat of the delimitation-cum-women's reservation bill on April 17, 2026, the BJP launched a high-stakes strategy to secure 360+ Lok Sabha seats — enough for a two-thirds majority — by engineering defections, targeting regional parties, and leveraging its historic Bengal win. The outcome will determine whether the government can reshape India's electoral map through constitutional reform.

16 min93%

Editorial

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India-UK Relations: Beyond Colonial History to a Modern Strategic Partnership

The India-UK relationship has reinvented itself through a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, FTA negotiations, and robust diaspora links — but difficult conversations on historical reparations, migration, and trade-offs persist.

8613 min23 Aug 2026

India and Europe: A Strategic Partnership Searching for Substance

As the EU seeks to diversify away from China and India looks West for technology and investment, the India-EU strategic partnership is gaining momentum — but trade negotiations, carbon policy, and differing worldviews on Russia remain obstacles.

8814 min22 Aug 2026

India-China: Two Asian Giants in an Era of Mistrust and Strategic Rivalry

From the Galwan Valley clash to a widening trade deficit and competition across the Indian Ocean, the India-China relationship has reached its most volatile point since the 1962 war.

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