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Why Reports of India Seeking Smartphone Source Code Have Triggered Alarm

Reports that the Indian government is exploring rules that could require smartphone makers to disclose their source code — and seek official clearance before pushing major software updates...

January 15, 2026

AI’s Hidden Carbon Cost: Why the Environmental Impact of Algorithms Needs Policy Attention

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is widely discussed as a transformative tool — from improving health diagnostics to boosting agricultural productivity. Far less attention, however, is paid to the environmental...

January 15, 2026

Iran’s Unrest Beyond the Headlines: Economic Anger, Regime Tactics, and What It Means for India

The latest wave of civic unrest in Iran has unfolded amid heavy information fog and sharply polarised narratives. Yet reducing it to binaries — regime versus people, foreign...

January 15, 2026

Havana Syndrome Is Back in the Spotlight: Is It Linked to a Secret Pentagon Device?

Nearly a decade after US diplomats first reported baffling neurological symptoms in Cuba, Havana Syndrome has returned to the centre of global attention. Fresh disclosures suggest the US...

January 14, 2026

West Bengal Nipah Scare Explained: How the Virus Spreads, Why It Rarely Turns Pandemic, and Why It Is So Deadly

A Nipah virus alert in West Bengal has once again pushed public health authorities into high-alert mode. Unlike Covid-19, Nipah does not spread easily through communities — but...

January 14, 2026

How the Fall of Iran Could Reshape the World — And Why India Has a Lot at Stake

Powerful protests across Iran have raised the most serious question in decades: what if the Islamic Republic collapses? As demonstrators openly call for the removal of Supreme Leader...

January 14, 2026

What the US Operation in Venezuela Reveals About Power, Oil and the Breakdown of Global Order

The dramatic US military operation in Venezuela — culminating in the capture of President “Nicolás Maduro” — was not merely a show of force against a weaker adversary....

January 14, 2026

Why India Must Act Fast to Control the Midstream of Critical Minerals

The global scramble for critical minerals is no longer a distant risk — it is a live geopolitical and economic contest. As countries race to secure supply chains...

January 14, 2026

Why Stablecoins Are Not ‘Stable Money’ — And Why Central Banks Remain Indispensable

At first glance, stablecoins appear deceptively simple. Imagine an exchange-traded fund (ETF) where an investor buys gold — say 10 or 100 grams — and the fund issues...

January 14, 2026

Why India’s Coal Power Fell in 2025 — And What It Signals for the Energy Transition

For the first time in nearly five decades, coal-fired electricity generation in India declined year-on-year in 2025. The shift, documented by the “Centre for Research on Energy and...

January 14, 2026

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