Opinion

China’s cyber playbook: Growing threat of censorship-as-a-service in India

24 Mar 2025 08:32 AM IST

For years, global markets have questioned the impact of China’s competitive strategies—often aided by state support—across industries ranging from consumer electronics to heavy machinery. Yet, beneath the surface of traditional exports lies an equally formidable engine: a domestic cybersecurity ecosystem with growing regional influence. Nowhere is this more evident than

Two decades of bonds of Bhagat Singh and Sukhdev Thapar

24 Mar 2025 08:25 AM IST

23rd March every year is the most sentimental day especially for we Punjabis and also for whole of our nation when young trio Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru were executed to death by Britishers in Lahore jail this day in the year 1931.They were in their twenties. Nation wept and

The myth of freedom and the general will

22 Mar 2025 00:37 AM IST

Freedom, the sweetest sounding word in the dictionary, stands for man’s free will while undertaking an action. But, there is a great question mark on the idea of free will. Are we really free? Can we exercise our free will? We often say that for man sky is the limit.

Landmark Johannesburg Ruling Calls for Equal Parental Leave: A Lesson for India?

22 Mar 2025 00:35 AM IST

Johannesburg, March 17, 2025 — In a landmark decision, the Johannesburg High Court has ruled in favour of equal parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender or how they become parents. The case, Van Wyk and Others v. Department of Labour, was brought by a group of parents who

The cry of the cuckoo

21 Mar 2025 00:53 AM IST

This year though the Cuckoo arrived in end February in Goa as if to caution us that enough was enough , stop cutting trees as one day I shall not be able to sing my painful song ! Beauty to us it may be , it is cuckoo’s cry ,

Dark Factories: The Future of Manufacturing or a Looming Challenge?

21 Mar 2025 00:52 AM IST

The industrial sector is undergoing an unprecedented metamorphosis, propelled by advancements in artificial intelligence (AI), automation, and the Internet of Things (IoT). Among the most transformative developments in this domain is the advent of dark factories—highly sophisticated, fully autonomous manufacturing facilities that operate devoid of human intervention. These facilities promise

Tulsi speaks on Bangladesh, gives Yunus a reality check

20 Mar 2025 01:05 AM IST

US Director of National Intelligence (DNI), Tulsi Gabbard was categorical about Bangladesh during a media interview she gave while visiting India. She spoke of how the “long-time unfortunate persecution, killing, and abuse of religious minorities like Hindus, Buddhists, Christians, and others has been a major area of concern” for the

Commodifying ranking & accreditation in higher education

20 Mar 2025 01:02 AM IST

Education has always remained the path to evolution and amelioration of society as a whole. In the contemporary competitive Indian job sector, education is what structures a student’s career colossally. Parents nurture the silent desire to send their progeny to the best institutes, colleges and universities, aspiring to secure their

PM Modi’s Statesmanship and Resurgent Bharat

20 Mar 2025 01:01 AM IST

Chanakya Niti says: çtklq[ks lq[ka jkK% çtkuka p fgrs fgre~A ukRefç;a fgra jkK% çtkuka rq fç;a fgre~A meaning that the happiness and welfare of people should be the King’s happiness. It is king’s utmost duty to look after progress and welfare of people of his country. After independence, India was

Takeaways from the Modi-Fridman Podcast

19 Mar 2025 02:54 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s podcast with MIT researcher, geopolitical and tech expert Lex Fridman has gone viral. The podcast lasted three hours and 17 minutes and touched topics as diverse as geopolitical, spiritual, personal and political. Fridman called it ‘one of the most powerful and moving conversations of my life.’

Trump’s Tariff Policy: A New Challenge for India-U.S. Relations

19 Mar 2025 02:50 AM IST

Earlier this month, President Donald Trump of the United States of America accused India, the European Union, Mexico, Brazil, and other countries of having trade practices that are unfair to the United States. He also specified that “reciprocal tariffs” will be enforced beginning on April 2. In his statement, Trump

The rise and fall of a delusional warlord

17 Mar 2025 01:29 AM IST

M.R. Narayan Swamy is no stranger to the Tamil insurgency in Sri Lanka. His earlier work, Inside an Elusive Mind, included in this volume, remains one of the most definitive accounts of Velupillai Prabhakaran, the founder of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). In The Rout of Prabhakaran, he

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