On Gandhi Jayanti, we remember the man who taught India that freedom could begin with something as simple as a thread. Today, October 2, we remember Mahatma Gandhi as the leader of India’s freedom struggle, the man of non-violence and Satyagraha. But there is another Gandhi we should remember. The...
Ask a 17-year-old in India about Gandhi. You will probably get three things: a face on a currency note, a clip about the Salt March, and a meme about him. This is how Gen Z and Gen Alpha meet him. He arrives in pieces, between reels and exam notes. Do...
On September 29, 2026, Donald Trump signed an order called “Inaugurating the Era of Super Intelligence.” It tells the executive branch to use “Super Intelligence” and “SI” instead of “Artificial Intelligence” and “AI.” Agencies were also told to stop acknowledging the old terms. What does it mean? Legally, very little...
Imagine a car maker printing this in its sales brochure: “Our car may cause catastrophic harm.” You would stop and read it twice. That is what happened this week. Anthropic plans to warn investors in its IPO that advanced AI could pose “catastrophic or existential risks to humanity.” This is...
For an office built on being boring, neutral, and procedural, India’s Election Commission has rarely made this much noise. Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar is facing a nationwide demand for his resignation, an opposition move to impeach him, and a family controversy that has spilled into the Supreme Court. Whatever...
No soldiers cross the border. No tanks arrive at the capital. No warning sirens sound. Instead, something much quieter happens. A phone arrives from another country. Then a television. Then medicines. Then machinery. Then batteries, solar panels, computer chips, fertilizers, toys, clothing and thousands of everyday products. They are cheaper....
There was a time when putting your salary into a bank account felt like the end of the story. Now it sometimes feels like the beginning of the billing process. Banking charges. ATM charges. Taxes on investments. Capital-gains taxes. Charges on financial services. And now, a major debate over whether...
Remember when we used to stand in ATM queues to withdraw cash? Today, you can buy a ₹20 tea, pay an auto driver ₹150, send ₹5,000 to a friend or pay a ₹50,000 bill without carrying a single rupee note. Just scan a QR code. UPI quietly changed the way...
America didn’t conquer the world. It didn’t send tanks into every country. It didn’t occupy Europe, India, Japan or the Middle East. Instead, something far more powerful happened. The world built a global system — trade, finance, security and technology — in which America became the central player. And now,...
Nvidia is already around 10% below its peak. Google, Meta and Tesla are all under heavy pressure, with some sessions seeing declines of more than 2%. The S&P 500 is also feeling the impact. The bigger story is what is happening to the AI trade — the enormous amount of...
