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07/14/2026

The Last Days of Bashar Al Asaad | Syrian Civil War

07/11/2026

Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's attack on Mughal Subedar Shaista Khan

07/06/2026

07/04/2026

On July 2, 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosted Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in New Delhi for the 16th India-Japan Annual Summit. This was Takaichi’s first official visit to India as Prime Minister, marking a significant step in strengthening the Special Strategic and Global Partnership between the two nations.
The summit focused on key areas including Artificial Intelligence, defence cooperation, semiconductors, clean energy, critical minerals, and next-generation technologies. Both leaders emphasised a free, open, and rules-based Indo-Pacific region. During the visit, Indian and Japanese companies signed over 129 MoUs, with Japanese firms pledging substantial investments (around $13 billion) in semiconductors, infrastructure, and green technology.
The discussions also covered resilient supply chains, economic security, and maritime cooperation. Modi and Takaichi reviewed progress under the Joint Vision for the Next Decade and reaffirmed their commitment to counter economic coercion while promoting stability in the region.
This high-level engagement highlights India’s growing role as a global technology and strategic partner. The visit is expected to give fresh momentum to bilateral trade, investment, and people-to-people ties, further solidifying the India-Japan friendship in an evolving geopolitical landscape.

07/04/2026

Beijing’s sweeping claims over the South China Sea are a hostile, lawless grab disguised as historical entitlement. The fabricated "Nine-Dash Line" is a geopolitical fiction, completely dismantled by the 2016 Hague ruling. Yet, China ruthlessly ignores international law, deploying predatory maritime militias and weaponizing artificial reefs to bully sovereign neighbors. This is brute-force expansionism, plain and simple.
The division of these waters is not up for Beijing’s interpretation—it is strictly codified by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). China is legally entitled only to a narrow strip extending from its southern mainland, its actual Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). The rest is stolen space.
The vast majority of the South China Sea legitimately belongs to the sovereign EEZs of Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei, and Indonesia. Critical features like the Spratly Islands and Scarborough Shoal fall squarely within Southeast Asian jurisdictions, far beyond China’s imperial reach.
It is time to stop entertaining this theft as a mere "dispute." The South China Sea must be divided based purely on coastal geography and international law, firmly locking Beijing back within its real borders and dismantling its maritime hegemony.

07/03/2026

Geographically, India already encircles Bangladesh on three sides along a shared 4,156-kilometer border. In a hypothetical military scenario, India’s geographic positioning allows simultaneous pressure from multiple fronts.

To cut off northern regions like Dinajpur and Rangpur, Indian forces could leverage rapid deployments from neighboring West Bengal and Assam, quickly severing local transport and supply lines. Meanwhile, isolating the vital southeastern port city of Chittagong could be achieved by executing a naval blockade in the Bay of Bengal alongside an eastward ground push from Tripura.

07/02/2026

Indus Water Treaty