From Neutrality to Complicity? India’s Arms Exports to Israel and the Moral Test of International Law
Vol. LXIV No. 20
Date: August 16, 2026
Is India Entering Danger Zone?
Donation scandal and corruption at Ram Mandir is yet another factor that has punctured the balloon of BJP’s claims of Love for Ram and Hindutva. People are conscious about the…
Taslima Nasreen on Madrasas
If Taslima Nasreen has ever seen a madrasa radicalising its students, she should kindly point it out with adequate proofs. The Muslim society will surely ban it. Acquisition of knowledge…
Diversity of Tongues and Colours
Every creation of God is unique in its own right. God’s inexhaustible inventiveness accounts for the production of ever new models.
Let’s Give up Evil Traits
Cruelty and injustice towards fellow beings and God’s other creations are despised and analogised as darkness on the Day of Judgement.
From Neutrality to Complicity? India’s Arms Exports to Israel and
If the promise of international law is to mean anything, it must protect all human beings equally. Otherwise, the gravest casualty of the Gaza war will not be a city…
Amnesty’s Gaza Report Could Be First Step Toward ICC Scrutiny
Dr. Khan’s broader argument is that if international criminal scrutiny were ever held about states supplying weapons to Israel, the primary focus would be first on Israel itself, then on…
₹668 Crore in CSR Funds: ONGC’s Sangh-Linked Beneficiaries Raise Questions
For a public-sector company, the question is not simply how much money was spent, but how beneficiaries were selected and whether comparable organisations from across India’s diverse social landscape received…
The Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Act: Implications and Challenges
It is difficult to say today where the truth lies between the two extreme standpoints of the government’s claims and the critics’ fears. The true test of this law will…
Opposition Protests Inside, Outside Parliament over Amit Shah, J&K Statehood
With protests continuing inside the Houses and demonstrations being held outside Parliament, the session has become a sustained political confrontation over the alleged police action against students, ministerial accountability, Ram…
Even Seven Years After Abrogation of Article 370, Situation in
It is essential that Article 370 be restored to the Constitution of India. The restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir will be truly meaningful only after the reinstatement of…
FCRA Amendment Bill, 2026: Strengthening Accountability or Restricting Civil Society?
The success of the proposed amendments will depend not merely on the powers conferred by the legislation but on how those powers are exercised in practice. A regulatory framework that…
The ISRO Talent Exodus
Quitting jobs that are directly in the field of the nation maintaining strategic and tactical supremacy in the field of space, defence and armaments – definitely raises the question about…
An Unusual Attempt on Seerat-e-Nabwi
The revisited version of Qazi Iyad’s book is a properly organisedvolume for the convenience of ordinary readers. In all, it has fourparts with each part subdivided into divisions and each…
Rhetoric against Madrasas is Harmful to the Country’s Unity: Hakim
They said attempts are being made in the country to mislead people, particularly the younger generation, through the politics of hatred. According to them, creating divisions between Hindus and Muslims…
Prophet Muhammad Was a Liberator of Women: B.T. Lalitha Nayak
During the interaction, Lalitha Nayak said, “The work Prophet Muhammad ﷺ did for the rights and upliftment of women was truly historic. He was a liberator of women. We should…
Tribal Christian Families Banished from Chhattisgarh Village as Panchayat Issues
The harassment began in March 2026, when a mob attacked around ten Christian families during a ‘gharwapsi’ campaign aimed at reconverting them to Hinduism. Two people required hospitalisation following the…
Allahabad HC Orders Release of 2 Women Confined for 5
At a hearing on July 31, the court had ordered the production of both women, stating that voluntary conversion to Islam and marriage by adult women are protected by constitutional…
Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkiye Sign Historic Makkah Joint Defence
The agreement, named the ‘Mecca Joint Defence Agreement’, was signed by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. A joint…
Over 470 Former Heads of State, Scholars, and Human Rights
“This is a global chorus of former presidents, scholars, and human rights defenders – people who do not agree on much else – saying with one voice that an 85-year-old…
Malaysia Seizes Container Suspected of Carrying Merchandise Bound for Israel
“Based on preliminary checks, the shipment is suspected of not complying with Item No 15, Second Schedule, Customs (Prohibition on Export) Order 2023, which provides for the prohibition of direct…
SeniorAdviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Says Foreign Forces Must Leave
“The US and Zionist regime’s defeat reinforced the belief that foreign forces, the main cause of insecurity, must leave the region,” he added.Velayati also said that “growing cooperation among regional…
Makkah Declaration:The Hieroglyphics of Egypt’s Absence
What, then, explains Egypt’s absence from the joint defence agreement recently concluded in Makkah between Türkiye, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia? That is the first question – one that is not,…
