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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.

Trump’s new trade gambit

The latest round of tariff threats issued by Donald Trump once again illustrates how central protectionist trade policies have become to his economic and political strategy.

Time to junk the UPSC route

The recent declaration of the UPSC Civil Services Examination (CSE) 2025 final results on 6 March has once again triggered a nationwide media frenzy over the “toppers’ journeys”.

ICU Traps

Shortly after midnight in the city of Cuttack, flames reportedly spread through a trauma intensive care unit at SCB Medical College and Hospital, killing 12 patients who could neither run nor resist the smoke filling their ward.