When A. P. J. Abdul Kalam died in Shillong on 27 July 2015, the whole country stopped. People who had never met him cried as if they had lost a family member. But the most powerful part of his story was not how he died. It was what he left...
The Story Behind the AI Model That Triggered a U.S. National Security Response When Anthropic unveiled Claude Fable 5 in early June 2026, many AI researchers described it as one of the most capable publicly available language models ever released. Within just a few days, however, it disappeared. Many people...
Every Indian has lived this moment. The 10th or 12th result day arrives. A student who studied for two years sits in front of a screen, types the roll number, and waits. The page spins. It times out. It throws an error. The family refreshes for three hours. A railway...
For centuries, nations fought to secure land. In the industrial age, they fought to secure oil. In the digital age, they fought to secure data. In the age of artificial intelligence, nations may soon find themselves fighting to secure something even more fundamental: Intelligence itself. Most people still view AI...
For months, the world watched one of the most dangerous confrontations in modern Middle Eastern history unfold. Many expected Iran to collapse. Others expected the United States and Israel to achieve a decisive victory. Neither happened. Now, as diplomats prepare to finalize a peace framework in Geneva, a surprising reality...
On June 12, 2026, history was made — not at a government summit, not at a UN conference, not by any elected leader. It was made at the Nasdaq in New York, by a single person from South Africa who dropped out of a PhD program to build rockets. Elon...
After 104 days of war, West Asia may finally be moving toward peace. On June 11, President Trump announced that he had cancelled the strikes planned against Iran that evening. His reason: the deal had been “brought to the highest level of Iranian leadership and approved.” He said the signing...
Most Indians have no idea how close we are sitting to a real shock. Since early March, the Strait of Hormuz has been shut for all practical purposes. This is a narrow stretch of sea between Iran and Oman. It is small. But almost half of India’s crude oil, more...
Most Indians may never have heard of China’s remote Hami desert region in Xinjiang. Yet what is being built there could have long-term implications for India’s security and strategic future. At first glance, this is primarily a US-China story. Two global powers are adjusting their nuclear deterrence strategies and preparing...
Somewhere in Rajasthan, a family is looking at a cancelled exam notice for the third year in a row. Somewhere in Maharashtra, a farmer is standing in his orchard watching ruined Alphonso mangoes fall from trees that could not handle the extreme heat. And in a government press briefing, an...
