Tech Tactics
Agnikul’s Agnibaan rocket As nations vie for supremacy in critical and emerging technologies, geopolitics and high-tech innovations intersect to shape global dynamics. Technological advances, from artificial intelligence (AI) to space exploration, not only revolutionise industries but redefine global power and strategic alliances as well. This edition explores how India’s private space companies need to master […]
Ananta Insights | Makkah Joint Defence Agreement | August 2026
The Makkah Joint Defence Agreement was signed among Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan on August 7, less than a year after Saudi Arabia and Pakistan entered into a similar agreement. The Backdrop The agreement is said to have been under consideration for almost a year. Israel’s aggressive display of its military power since October 2023, […]
Ananta’s Latin America Newsletter | June–July 2026 Edition
Conservative Candidate Keiko Fujimori wins the Peruvian Election Image Source: Bloomberg “It is very crucial to see that we already have a trade of US$ 50 billion that will be US$ 100 billion in the year 2030.” Alberto Antonio Guani Amarilla, Uruguay’s Ambassador to India and Coordinator of GRULAC, at the LAC FIRST conference in […]
Ananta Insights | Islamabad MOU and Pakistan: An Analysis | August 2026
Background The Memorandum of Understanding (called “Islamabad MOU” text at Annex 1) between Iran and the United States, signed on June 17, this week completes 45 days of its stipulated 60-day period. Apart from formalising the ceasefire, it laid down mutually agreed-upon conditions for de-escalation through a pathway for negotiations on more contentious issues to […]
Tech Tactics
16th Japan-India Annual Summit Source: Prime Minister’s Office of Japan As nations vie for supremacy in critical and emerging technologies, geopolitics and high-tech innovations intersect to shape global dynamics. Technological advances, from artificial intelligence (AI) to space exploration, not only revolutionise industries but also redefine global power and strategic alliances. This edition explores the new […]
Ananta Insights | Civil Unrest in Pakistan Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (POJK) | July 2026
The chickens of Pakistan’s hypocrisy and opportunistic policy on Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) are coming home to roost. POJK has increasingly been the scene of serious civil unrest against Pakistan’s misgovernance, exploitation and violation of human rights. Ruled as a fiefdom Pakistan has constituted the areas of J&K illegally occupied by it into two units: […]
Tech Tactics
India’s Union Minister of Commerce & Industry at the launch of UPI in Nice Source: X handle of Union Minister Piyush Goyal As nations vie for supremacy in critical and emerging technologies, geopolitics and high-tech innovations intersect to shape global dynamics. Technological advances, from artificial intelligence (AI) to space exploration, not only revolutionise industries but […]
Ananta Insights | A Year of Operation Sindoor by Ambassador Sharat Sabharwal | May 2026
Operation Sindoor, launched by India in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack and subsequently paused but not called off, has completed a year. It is, therefore, time to appraise its impact on the ground, the lessons learnt by India and the current state of play. Impact on the ground and lessons learnt Pakistan […]
Southern Currents
Southern Currents Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Sunday described India as a “democratic brother of the Global South” and set an ambitious target of raising bilateral trade to $30 billion Introduction Welcome to the first edition of Southern Currents, Ananta’s newsletter on the India-Latin America relationship. The months covered in this edition […]
Tech Tactics
Tech Tactics As nations vie for supremacy in critical and emerging technologies, geopolitics and high-tech innovations intersect to shape global dynamics. Technological advances, from artificial intelligence (AI) to space exploration, not only revolutionise industries but also redefine global power and strategic alliances. This edition explores how Indian earth observation startups are positioned, the global hunt […]