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In international politics, leadership is measured not only by ambition but also by strategic balance. When a country’s commitments expand faster than its military capacity, questions inevitably arise about sustainability, credibility, and long-term security. Recent developments surrounding the repositioning of the THAAD missile defense system in East Asia and calls for multinational cooperation to secure…

Yes—this is broadly consistent with what has been happening with HAL Tejas Mk2. Even after the project received approval from the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS), several factors pushed the rollout and first-flight timelines beyond the earlier 2025 expectation. Although the CCS approved the program, actual fund disbursement often comes in stages. Budget allocations from…

Humanoid robots look convincing on stage or curated social media forwards. They walk, pick up objects, and in some demonstrations, they even smile and converse. This creates the expectation that machines will soon behave like humans. In practice, however, most humanoid platforms excel at isolated capabilities but struggle in continuous, unscripted social and physical interaction….

This is just an old tale, seasoned with a new spice. The old tale being that the other day, a student of mine had an examination coming up – a phenomenon dating back to the beginning of education. The new spice is that she expected me to pull an all-nighter with her, online. We had…

India should cook on electricity, generated from domestic renewables and coal, not imported hydrocarbons, whether liquid petroleum gas (LPG) or natural gas distributed to consumers as piped natural gas (PNG). Here is how to go about it.In the kitchenWe need to cook on induction cooktops, not the traditional heaters in which a heating coil snakes…

Social media is abuzz with conversations about Javier Bardem’s unequivocal political declarations, at the just-concluded Oscars. “No to war. And Free Palestine,” the globally acclaimed Spanish actor said, while on stage at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, to announce an award. Director Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another, is about the Far Left and…

On the shape of things, and how it shifts “You must get into shape!” Kamala pronounced, as she casually body-shamed my generous proportions. I insisted that round was also a shape, as I quickly wolfed down a triangular samosa, while scrolling to check the goss from all over the globe. Cylinders were being discussed frantically,…

The question of how a society treats life at its most fragile stage has always tested the moral and legal conscience of nations. The recent order of the Supreme Court of India allowing the withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment for a 32-year-old man who had remained in a persistent vegetative state for thirteen years has reignited…

Trump’s rage-posting on US media coverage of war shows why, in democracies, factual conflict reporting is so crucial   While many Americans were watching the Oscars, their president was rage-posting “FIRED”. Not at his FCC chair, Brendan Carr, but those Carr is targeting. He’s threatening to revoke certain broadcasters’ licences, accusing them of “news distortion”. Trump’s…

Human society today is highly evolved. From the age of hunter-gatherers, when people lived and worked in small groups for immediate survival, human beings have gone on to build elaborate institutions, legal systems, states, economies, and technologies capable of addressing extraordinarily complex challenges. In this sense, humanity has demonstrated immense collective intelligence. It has organized…