India already has the world's most affordable cancer care. And, It's about to get cheaper. 🇮🇳 From 9 Nov, NPPA caps trade margins on 137 cancer drugs. 📉 Prices fall by up to 70% Monthly out-of-pocket cost of cancer treatment: 🇮🇳 India: $150 🇯🇵 Japan: $450 🇬🇧 UK: $950 🇺🇸 US: $3,500

India already has the world's most affordable cancer care. And, It's about to get cheaper. 🇮🇳 From 9 Nov, NPPA caps trade margins on 137 cancer drugs. 📉 Prices fall by up to 70% Monthly out-of-pocket cost of cancer treatment: 🇮🇳 India: $150 🇯🇵 Japan: $450 🇬🇧 UK: $950 🇺🇸 US: $3,500

With recent execution of Bangladeshi nationals in Saudi Arabia, we look at which nationality the Saudis, who have a history of handing out capital punishment for minor offences, are executing the most. Pakistan comes out at top, by a massive margin. It is diabolical that Pakistani nationals top the list of foreigners executed in Saudi Arabia, with at least 161 executions recorded in the past decade, almost 2.5 times the next nationality. Yet Pakistani leaders continue to lend unconditional support to Saudi Arabia via their involvement in Mecca Alliance. The Elites in Islamabad and Rawalpindi are clearly benefiting from this relation but at what cost to ordinary Pakistanis?

With recent execution of Bangladeshi nationals in Saudi Arabia, we look at which nationality the Saudis, who have a history of handing out capital punishment for minor offences, are executing the most. Pakistan comes out at top, by a massive margin. It is diabolical that Pakistani nationals top the list of foreigners executed in Saudi Arabia, with at least 161 executions recorded in the past decade, almost 2.5 times the next nationality. Yet Pakistani leaders continue to lend unconditional support to Saudi Arabia via their involvement in Mecca Alliance. The Elites in Islamabad and Rawalpindi are clearly benefiting from this relation but at what cost to ordinary Pakistanis?

Actor Imran Khan, who is a US citizen but holds an Overseas Citizen of India was just served a "Leave India Notice" after joining a Mumbai protest. While the law on Foreign Nationals protesting Many are asking: Can an OCI cardholder be kicked out just for protesting? Here is what Indian law actually says and why OCI holders have zero legal right to protest. 🧵👇

Actor Imran Khan, who is a US citizen but holds an Overseas Citizen of India was just served a "Leave India Notice" after joining a Mumbai protest. While the law on Foreign Nationals protesting Many are asking: Can an OCI cardholder be kicked out just for protesting? Here is what Indian law actually says and why OCI holders have zero legal right to protest. 🧵👇

Impact of the "peace bonds". Kashmir’s stone-pelting incidents: 2010: 2,654 2015: 730 2020: 255 2025: 0 2026*: 0 Article 370 was abrogated on 5 August 2019. Seven years later, the reported count of stone pelting incidents stands at Zero from 2,654 in 2010.

Ideas. Institutions. Impact. WIF and ISSF have joined hands to advance India-rooted research, deepen public discourse, and shape ideas across governance, strategic affairs, geopolitics, culture and public policy.

Two new-age think tanks, one shared mission 🇮🇳 ISSF and @WIFtweets have signed an MoU to work together on research, reports, indices, and dialogues that take India's voice to the world. Exciting things ahead. Watch this space. Read more:

Two new-age think tanks, one shared mission 🇮🇳 ISSF and @WIFtweets have signed an MoU to work together on research, reports, indices, and dialogues that take India's voice to the world. Exciting things ahead. Watch this space. Read more:

India’s mobile manufacturing story has changed dramatically. 📱 Production value rose from roughly $80 million in 2005 to about $101.1 billion in 2026. This constitutes a 1,254 times increase over 2 decades. The sharpest acceleration has come in the last decade, reflecting the rapid expansion of India’s electronics manufacturing ecosystem and domestic mobile-phone production capacity. 2005: ~$80M 2010: ~$1.3B 2015: ~$3.0B 2020: ~$34.5B 2026: ~$101.1B Sources: ICEA; MeitY; Lok Sabha Parliamentary Replies.

From ~$3.36 billion in 1990 to over $716 billion in 2026! 🇮🇳📈 India’s forex reserves show a phenomenal journey of economic resilience and growth. Take a look at the massive transformation over the years 👇

₹90 crore meant for hospitals and schools : Spent on luxury cars and property. ₹6.52 crore declared for agriculture: Spent campaigning against India's energy projects. This is why the FCRA Amendment Bill, 2026 exists. A thread on what investigators actually found. 🧵

A website called the “Solidarity Kit” was circulating among CJP protesters in Delhi. Its design - and features - closely matches the operational packages used for regime change protests in Belarus (2020), Myanmar (after 2021) and Hong Kong (2019). A Thread 🧵 on how the tools deployed in global regime change operations found its way in India.

ISSF has received a copy of the programme of events of PM Modi for tomorrow 11th July in New Zealand. The Prime Minister is engaged in continuous interactions from morning till evening with no scope of rest in between. This fake news of PM's team requesting time for "nap" was first reported in a lesser known New Zealand gossip magazine which itself quoted "some sources". The Turkish State handle "Clash Report" seem to have accepted it as truth, considering their own President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have been caught napping multiple times while executing official engagement.

India elevates ties with Indonesia with series of strategic MoUs 🇮🇳🇮🇩 including 🗳️ Democracy: Partnering on EVMs & electoral practices. India remains the global model for democratic elections. 🚀 Defence: Supplying BrahMos & Astra missiles - cementing India's rise as a major defence exporter. 🛕 Heritage: Restoring the iconic Prambanan Temple. India proudly preserves Sanatan cultural heritage globally, not just at home. 🔗 Supply Chains: Critical pact on rare earth elements & steel to secure our economic future.

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Despite looming threat of US sanctions, India's appetite for Russian crude remained stable. Data from Kpler commodities tells us that when US sanctions did hit in December 2025-January 2026 , Russian crude imports to India didn't stop - they simply shifted to a "shadow fleet." India quietly maintaining a steady baseline of over 1 million barell per day under the radar, which has now skyrocketed to over 2 million barell per day. Energy security always dictates the math for India. 🇮🇳🛢️

In 1951, Hindus made up 22.05% of Bangladesh (East Pakistan) population. By 2026, that number has plummeted to just ~7.95%. Decades of targeted persecution, forced migration, and systematic erasure by extremists have driven millions of Bengali Hindus out of their ancestral homeland.