Geopolitics in the age of scrolling
There was a time when geopolitics moved through formal rooms. A state issued a statement. A spokesperson read from a prepared text.
There was a time when geopolitics moved through formal rooms. A state issued a statement. A spokesperson read from a prepared text.
There Are moments in history when a nation’s progress stops being incremental and becomes directional.
The announcement of a framework agreement between the United States and Iran has understandably been greeted with relief.
Modern society has an unhealthy relationship with medical progress. We crave miracles, celebrate breakthroughs and search for definitive cures.
Light follows darkness. After the 15-year long TMC era ~ most certainly a dark period in the socio-economic and political history of Bengal, people are now hoping for rejuvenation of a state that has fallen beyond the depth of anarchy and despair.
The shocking crash of Air India’s London-bound Dreamliner continues to stir the public conscience, but amid the tragedy’s overwhelming grief, one extraordinary human story stands out ~ the miraculous survival of a lone passenger who walked out of the rubble.
Canada’s recent federal election has altered not only its domestic political landscape but also the broader contours of its foreign policy ~ particularly its strained ties with India.
The IMF projection of India’s nominal GDP for 2025-26 of $4,187.017 billion, against Japan’s $4,186.431 billion, ($586 million or Rs.5,011 crore more), is going to make India the fourth largest economy in the world, pushing Japan to fifth position.
Paradoxically, India’s government housing projects struggle with a significant deficit among the economically weaker sections, whose needs remain largely unmet despite a substantial amount being spent on multiple housing projects promoted by state or central Governments.
As India and the United States inch closer to a possible trade agreement before the July 9 deadline, the stakes for both nations ~ and indeed the global economic order ~ are unmistakably high.
