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Deterrence Revisited

For more than two decades, India’s nuclear doctrine has been treated as a settled matter.

Counting Care

For generations, Indian society has perfected a contradiction.

The Fifth Stream ~ II

The question remains even today: on what legal basis can the Jana Sangh or the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh conclusively be called fascist? They were accused of being anti-democratic and anti-constitutional, but these accusations were never decisively established in legal terms.

H-1B ruling offers respite to Indians

On 8 June, a US federal judge in Boston struck down the Trump administration's $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas, ruling it an unlawful tax that Congress never authorized.

Fragile Dawn

The announcement of a phased peace plan between Israel and Hamas marks a moment of both relief and uncertainty for a region long accustomed to despair.

The Talent Hunt

Matt Deitke, a 24-year-old AI prodigy, was recently hired at a record US$250 million (roughly Rs.2250 crores), payable over four years, by Meta Platforms Inc. Deitke had turned down Meta’s initial offer of US$125 million (roughly Rs. 1125 crores); Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg had to personally persuade Deitke, and double his offer, before Deitke agreed to join.

US funding cuts will impair research

Massive financial aid cuts threatened by the Trump Administration to many Ivy League American universities and renowned research institutions will paralyze significant path-breaking scientific research projects and its unique global scientific leadership.

Friends with benefits

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s visit to India marks a turning point in the evolving equation between the two nations ~ one that celebrates commerce and creativity but carefully avoids the political quicksand of migration.