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New Arsenal

Wars have often accelerated technological change. The machine gun altered infantry tactics, the tank transformed mobility, and air power redefined strategic reach.

Tariff Reboot

President Donald Trump’s trade policy has acquired a second life. After the US Supreme Court curtailed key elements of the architecture that defined much of his economic agenda, the White House has returned with a familiar instrument wrapped in a different justification.

Cattle Shed Answer

On 28 February 2026, the war that diplomats had spent two years rehearsing began. American and Israeli aircraft struck Iranian nuclear and missile installations; Iran’s Supreme Leader was killed, and by 2 March the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps had formally closed the Strait of Hormuz to merchant traffic, laying mines and warning off shipping.

Vanishing Queens

In an era when gender identity is debated in courts, campuses, and cultural spaces across India, it is easy to assume that fluid expressions of gender are a recent arrival.

Corporate (Mis)governance

Resignation of the non-executive, independent Chairman of HDFC Bank Ltd. sent its share prices in a tailspin ~ declining by 5 per cent immediately, and reaching a sixteen year low within a fortnight.

Edge of escalation

When a downed fighter pilot is recovered from hostile terrain, it is tempting to see only a story of military competence and individual survival.