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To Lam’s China visit from 14th to 17th April holds far-reaching strategic significance. The trip is not a routine diplomatic visit undertaken to indicate the long-standing fraternal ties between two parties or two governments: it underlines the two countries’ determination to upgrade the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership (CSP) between the two countries, needed in the current…

By Pulkit Sharma Many of us have mixed memories of our childhood: a good portion of joyful moments, a certain number of painful memories, a few lifechanging experiences, and many routine recollections. These memories exist in a cohesive narrative that continues to give us a unique sense of who we are, what we want, and…

Imagine there’s a super-smart computer brain called “Mythos” that is so powerful it can find secret weaknesses in apps and websites—like spotting hidden cracks in a wall that no one else can see. The company Anthropic says it’s so strong that they’re not even letting people use it, because it could be misused. Now, some…

Inbuilt obsolescence makes us buy newer & newer things The other week, my cell phone began to act up, refusing to download an app I needed, and generally being moody and cantankerous. I took it to a phone shop where an assistant, after a brief examination of the device, diagnosed EOL. What’s EOL? I asked….

A minor girl, almost 15, was raped by a neighbourhood ‘bhaiya’ who was 22 years old. When her parents got to know what the child went through, they rushed to the police station in a fit of anger. They filed a complaint and an FIR was lodged against the youth. By the time the case…

By the time India marks 100 years of independence in 2047, taxation will no longer function as a classical instrument of sovereignty—it will operate as a strategic interface. Not between citizen and state, but between capital and jurisdiction. The transition is already underway. What was once a system of extraction is being re-engineered into a…

As South Korean President Lee Jae-myung prepares to visit India, the moment carries significance far beyond ceremonial diplomacy. The international order is passing through one of its most unsettled phases in decades. Great-power rivalry is intensifying, protectionism is returning, technological competition is accelerating, and military conflicts in one region are producing economic shocks in another. The war involving Iran has…

What do markets know that we don’t? Ever since Trump announced a two-week ceasefire on April 8, they’ve been inching up. Sensex has reclaimed half of the ground it lost during 40 days of fighting. US indices, meanwhile, have touched record highs. What explains their euphoria? Is the war well and truly over, despite occasional…

BJP national president and Rajya Sabha member argues why all parties must rise above partisanship, and forge a consensus on the three bills being debated in Parliament The three-day special session is a historic occasion – Parliament deliberates on transformative bills that will prove to be a milestone in realising the dream of a developed…

The modern scientific world prides itself on precision, empirical rigour, and the pursuit of measurable truth. Yet, some of its most revolutionary discoveries—particularly in quantum physics—have begun to echo ideas articulated thousands of years ago in the philosophical traditions of India. Two such principles stand out: the role of the observer in shaping physical reality,…