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: […]
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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 […]
Trade Tiffin
Source: Narendra Modi [@narendramodi] (April 3, 2026). X Welcome to the first edition of Trade Tiffin! This month’s stories are tied together by a single thread: India is simultaneously pulling every lever of economic statecraft by opening doors to investment, arguing for its voice at the World Trade Organization (WTO), exporting its digital stack to […]
Intersect: Africa – April
Intersect: India–Africa Introduction Welcome to this edition of the Intersect: India-Africa newsletter. Against the background of the US-Israel-Iran war, New Delhi is moving full steam ahead on deepening ties with African nations. Last week, EAM Jaishankar, in a consultative meeting in New Delhi, emphasised on New Delhi’s outreach to African countries, in trade and investment, […]
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 to space exploration, not only revolutionise industries but redefine global power and strategic alliances. This edition explores India’s satellite navigation system’s atomic clock setbacks, automation in the shipbuilding industry, […]