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OpIndia How prepared is India for a looming global food supply crisis?

India accounts for more than 40% of global rice exports, meaning restrictions imposed to protect domestic consumers can create shortages elsewhere. Conversely, maintaining exports during a poor harvest could intensify domestic price pressures.

OpIndia Delhi Police looking into videos of attacks on its personnel during Congress protest; Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Vadra and others caught targeting cops, FIRs filed

The Congress protest, headed by Rahul Gandhi, witnessed several incidents of violence against Delhi Police personnel.

OpIndia Sri Lankan Hindu migrant worker faces death in Saudi Arabia over blasphemy against Prophet Muhammad: No honour of the dead is worth a living man’s life

A 24-year-old Sri Lankan Hindu migrant worker is facing death in Saudi Arabia for an offensive Facebook comment, exposing the deadly consequences of blasphemy laws and the urgent need to abolish them.

OpIndia ‘Avatar of Vishnu’ to ‘Historic Milestone’: World leaders hail Modi’s 25-year political journey

From ‘avatar of Vishnu’ to ‘historic milestone’, global leaders hail PM Modi’s 25-year political journey and enduring impact on India.

OpIndia ‘Hinduism is inclusive, Abrahamic faiths inherently exclusive’: Madras HC rejects Zen Trust’s plea for FCRA registration. Read what the court said

Madras HC has drawn a sharp distinction between Hinduism and Abrahamic faiths, warning against foreign-funded conversion, and upheld FCRA denial to Zen trust.

OpIndia From ‘Modi’s War’ to Modi’s peace plan: India proposes Russia-Ukraine truce as Kyiv calls it ‘Most comprehensive’

India has proposed a 3-part truce between Russia and Ukraine that seeks to stop attacks on energy facilities and other critical infrastructure,.

OpIndia As Sri Lankan migrant worker faces death sentence in Saudi Arabia over alleged blasphemy, read how social media is weaponised by Islamo-leftists to target Hindus in the Gulf

"It was individuals in Sri Lanka who sent emails to the company where he worked," brother of the migrant worker revealed.

OpIndia If Sharjeel Imam wants an open society, he should read the Guru of George Soros

Sharjeel Imam’s arguments on minority rights, political representation and dissent must be tested against evidence, constitutional history and the limits of an open society.

OpIndia Bihar: Man uses SC wife to extort money by filing false cases under the SC/ST Act; read case details and how the law is being weaponised for compensation and vengeance

Ravi Yadav extorts money by filing false cases under the SC/ST Act using his wife, who comes from the SC community.

OpIndia CJP supporters urging protestors to buy police uniforms online to impersonate Delhi Police officials during 10th October Jantar Mantar protest: Here’s how it’s illegal

Ahead of the protest, several CJP supporters online are directly or in veiled fashion urging those planning to join the protest to buy police uniforms online and impersonate police officials.

OpIndia Chhattisgarh: Christian missionary groups cry foul after Hindus invoke SC verdict to block Christian burials at Hindu cremation ground

Christian missionary groups in Chhattisgarh's Sukuma are crying foul after Hindu locals have denied the use of traditional cremation ground for converted Christians.

OpIndia As Congress-led opposition peddles propaganda against Modi govt and CEC Gyanesh Kumar, read how SC voiced satisfaction with Election Commission over SIR process, accepted Form 6

Congress has been relentlessly attacking the Modi govt over the SIR process, particularly following the latest SC statement.

OpIndia Beyond landfill: How strict government policies are finally taming India’s plastic waste crisis

An analytical breakdown of how India is dismantling its plastic waste crisis through strict Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) mandates and heavy engineering.

OpIndia India saves tigers, rhinos and cheetahs, but The Economist can’t look beyond its patronising ‘poor country’ trope

The Economist has praised India’s wildlife conservation achievements while calling the country a “relatively poor country”.

OpIndia Dhruv Rathee amplifies ‘false flag operation by Netanyahu’ narrative on Flydubai plane terror attack: Pulwama, Pahalgam to Tel Aviv, examining the Islamo-leftist pattern of giving Jihadi attacks a political spin

YouTuber-propagandist Dhruv Rathee is receiving flak online for floating the idea that the Flydubai foiled Islamic terror attack was a Israel, particularly, PM Benjamin Netanyahu-orchestrated false flag operation ahead of elections.

OpIndia SC rejects ex parte suspension plea against CEC: How ‘country will burn’ threat was used to pressure top court into suspending Gyanesh Kumar

The Supreme Court refused to give in to the pressure tactics and threats of the petitioner and did not issue an interim order of suspension.

OpIndia Who is Nadeem Ahmad Ameen? 24-year-old arrested over AI poster showing Delhi cop sexually assaulting a woman at CJP’s Jantar Mantar protest

Delhi Police arrested 24-year-old Nadeem Ahmad for weaponising AI to fabricate a fake CCTV video aimed at tarnishing the force’s image and inciting protesters at the CJP rally.

OpIndia US: As Florida defines CAIR as foreign terrorist organisation, read about the wider anti-India, Hinduphobic nexus involving IAMC, HfHR, George Soros and others

Florida Governor stated that "CAIR was an unindicted co-conspirator in the largest terror financing trial in American history."

OpIndia Food security in a volatile world: Why Rabi season is going to be a major challenge for India

The 2026 monsoon was under stress, reservoir levels in parts of northern India were below the previous year's levels. Punjab and Haryana face particularly serious groundwater depletion, most of Punjab's 153 development blocks are classified as over-exploited.

OpIndia India’s youth is not ‘Gen Z’: Why a civilisation cannot be reduced to a generational label

India’s youth cannot be reduced to a borrowed demographic label; its identity lies in balancing modernity with civilisational roots, rights with duty, and ambition with purpose.

OpIndia How India ensured enough fertiliser for farmers amid a global supply crisis

By securing long-term supply pacts with key global producers across Russia, the Middle East, North Africa, and South America, India effectively insulated its domestic agrarian economy from global market turbulence.

OpIndia Ahead of the 2027 Punjab elections, police bust multiple Pakistan-linked terror modules and cross-border drone-arms smuggling in 2026 crackdown: Details

Ahead of the 2027 Punjab elections, police have busted multiple Pakistan-backed terror modules in 2026.

OpIndia From Rohinton Nariman, Ujjal Bhuyan to Madan Lokur: Did Supreme Court judges attempt to influence the CJI Surya Kant-led bench’s decision on SIR and CEC Gyanesh Kumar? The timing and their ideological biases suggest so

Timing suggests that, before the petitioner, an apparent bid to influence the Supreme Court's decision on CEC Gyanesh Kumar and SIR was made by former apex court judge Rohinton Nariman and sitting judge Justice Ujjal Bhuyan at non-judicial forums. In addition to Nariman and Bhuyan, ex-judge Madan Loku joined a private body-constituted inquiry commission on SIR, apparently to run parallel judiciary on ideologically significant issues.

OpIndia Shankarsinh Vaghela’s caste remark ahead of 2027 polls: Is Congress trying to recreate Gujarat’s 2015-17 political playbook?

Vaghela’s remarks have brought caste politics back to the centre of Gujarat’s electoral battle, raising questions over the opposition’s strategy ahead of 2027.

OpIndia Sanjay Dutt blames ‘scripted’ conversation for ‘no peace’ remark: Read how pro-Congress ‘comedian’ Rajeev Nigam is linked to Shekhar Tonite

Sanjay Dutt effectively placed the responsibility on the show's scriptwriter, shifting focus directly behind the scenes.

OpIndia 200 quarantined after a lab worker suspected to have died of pneumonic plague in Siberia: Here is what we know so far about Russia’s plague scare

Pneumonic plague is one of three types of plague caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis.

OpIndia Supreme Court judges Rohinton Nariman and Ujjal Bhuyan amplify alarmist narrative on SIR: Here’s why their ‘arbitrary disenfranchisement’ claims are baseless

Former Supreme Court judge Rohinton Nariman and sitting judge Ujjal Bhuyan have in their separate speeches delivered recently cast aspersions on the integrity of the Election Commission and alleged pro-BJP conspiracy in the SIR exercise, even as facts do not corroborate their claims.

OpIndia As AAP sacks its own MLA for highlighting poor condition of Punjab schools, read about the teachers’ protest that was overshadowed by CJP’s PR campaign

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has suspended its MLA Sukhveer Singh Maiserkhana after he flagged the shortage of teachers in Punjab’s govt schools.

OpIndia India demonstrates first 5.56 km free-space Quantum Key Distribution link: Know what it means

In India, Fibre Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) is already being demonstrated over long terrestrial distances, including a reported 1,000 km quantum-secure network earlier in 2026 under the National Quantum Mission.

OpIndia How political vendetta is driving Kerala’s Congress govt to reopen a 2006 suicide case to hound Gyanesh Kumar

The Congress-led UDF government’s decision comes after senior CPI(M) leader and former Kerala Finance Minister T M Thomas Isaac revived unfounded allegations surrounding Kumar’s tenure as PWD secretary nearly two decades ago. I

OpIndia CJP protests or security concerns: Why Apple removed Jack Dorsey’s offline messaging app Bitchat from the India App Store on MeitY’s order

Apple has removed Jack Dorsey’s offline messaging app, BitChat, from the Indian App Store following a government order. The tool, which uses Bluetooth to bypass internet blocks, gained traction during recent CJP protests, raising serious national security concerns.

OpIndia CJP worker masquerading as ‘independent journalist’ makes sexual assault claims against ACP Vivek Bhagat, who was almost lynched: Loopholes and questions that emerge from her story and footage

Rosy, the CJP supporter posing as an 'independent journalist', claimed in a video recorded outside the police station that she was filming the detention of leftist activist Neha Bora when ACP Vivek Bhagat "groped" her, hit her on the chest and "squeezed her breast" before pushing her.

OpIndia From Justices AK Patnaik and Anjana Prakash to lawyers Kapil Sibal and Prashant Bhushan: Who are the people behind the self-appointed “independent commission” on SIR

Senior lawyers such as Kapil Sibal, Prashant Bhushan and others will assist the “independent commission” on SIR.

OpIndia Meet Madan Lokur, ex-SC judge turned ‘activist’ now eyeing to run parallel judiciary with ‘independent commission’ on SIR

While Justice Lokur has been critical of the government at home, he has had warm and cordial relations with Pakistani judges. In January 2019, the former apex court judge attended the swearing-in ceremony of the former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, Asif Saeed Khosa, who is also said to be his close friend.

OpIndia US: When IAMC, CAIR and other Islamist groups attempted to frame two Hindu students over a false Quran-burning incident, putting their lives and safety at risk

The relentless propaganda by IAMC and CAIR deeply distressed the innocent Hindu students and their families.

OpIndia ‘Machchhar’ means more than a mosquito: The fascinating story behind Captain Smit Machchhar’s Gujarati surname

A surname is more than just a second name; it conveys an untold story of some unknown ancestor. With surnames like 'Mankad' (insect), 'Machchhar' (mosquito), or 'Ghoda' (horse), these untold stories become even more intriguing. This is because the moment such a surname is spoken, one visualizes an insect or an animal rather than a person.

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