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From poor air quality (#AQI) to inadequate #sanitation, #Indian cities face pressing issues. Addressing these requires improved efficiency and accountability from #civic agencies: Rumi Aijaz or-f.org/34435

Amid rising #US protectionism, #ASEAN's recent summits aimed to deepen regional integration and diversify #partnerships for stability and sustainable growth: Gurjit Singh or-f.org/34437

#Start-ups hold the key to future #warfare tech. #Defence corridors must attract top talent and #innovators to become true engines of growth: @RahulMazumdar or-f.org/34433

#OperationSindoor underscores that #India's path to #defence self-reliance needs strong political commitment. Prime Ministerial oversight can catalyse major indigenous armament programmes: Laxman Kumar Behera or-f.org/34419

#India faces a strategic dilemma with Jamaat-e-Islami’s (#Jel) resilience across #SouthAsia. It's soft power via welfare and education bypasses conventional counter-#terrorism frameworks: @SoumyaAwasthi17i & Mehraj Bhat or-f.org/34417

Beyond the scoreboard, the #India-#Pakistan sporting contest reveals national ideologies and #economic disparities. This rivalry is a lens into broader international relations: Jitendra Nath Misra or-f.org/34416

#SriLanka’s National People’s Power’s (#NPP) pragmatic foreign policy towards #India is evident, yet fears of Indian dominance and unresolved #fishing disputes continue to cast a shadow over #bilateral relations: Roshni Kapur Shah or-f.org/34415

Advancing ties with #Belarus will require #India to invest more #diplomatic #energy in #Eurasia, as high-level visits and #economic initiatives have been absent this decade: Aleksei Zakharov or-f.org/34403

For the first time, #Russia appears to have brought its #military drills forward by a month to coincide with #NATO’s #BALTOPS naval exercise: Sayantan Haldar & siddharth or-f.org/34401

Seed banks and #farmer-led innovation in #China are helping preserve crop diversity in a changing #climate: Shoba Suri or-f.org/34398

#India's recurring #stampedes expose a dire need for uniform #CrowdManagement protocols. It's time to prioritise #PublicSafety with robust, enforceable guidelines: Dhaval D. Desai or-f.org/34399

Equal representation is not always calculated based on numerical #equality. The #delimitation exercises in #Jammu and #Kashmir and #Assam show us why: Nivedhitha. K or-f.org/34391

#India’s #Shillong–#Silchar corridor marks a strategic shift: reducing reliance on a volatile #Bangladesh and boosting ties with #Myanmar via the #Kaladan project, opening new routes to the #BayofBengal: Sohini Bose & Sreeparna or-f.org/34388

Home to rare species & isolated tribes, great #Nicobar’s forests aren't just land, they are life: Anasua Basu Ray Chaudhury & Sreedipta Roy or-f.org/34387

Flexible structuring of blue bonds is crucial to ensure alignment with long-term ocean projects and evolving climate, social, and economic priorities: Abhishree Pandey or-f.org/34374

#Iran expands its #African reach through #Ethiopia, using #security ties to cement influence and counter Gulf rivals like the #UAE and #SaudiArabia: Africanist Samir 🇮🇳 or-f.org/34373

Lee Jae-myung pledges to restore #democracy, revive livelihoods, and strengthen national #security in #SouthKorea but faces a deeply divided political landscape: अभिषेक, ABHISHEK, 아비섹 or-f.org/34372

#Israel’s repeated use of tear gas, skunk water, and white phosphorus in civilian areas shows how Riot Control Agents(#RCAs) can blur into tools of coercion and #military dominance: Shravishtha Ajaykumar or-f.org/34371

While Debt-for-Climate swaps could help #African countries like Chad & #Guinea-Bissau, they are accompanied by challenges such as long gestation periods, transparency issues, and complex conditionalities: Anika Chhillar or-f.org/34359

#GeM offers a quota for women-led MSEs, yet they remain significantly underrepresented as sellers. Complex compliance procedures are a major barrier, preventing most #women-led enterprises from participating:Dhaval D. Desai & Durga Narayan or-f.org/34356