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Supercomputer Simulations Resolve Mpemba Effect in Water

Scientists have achieved a major breakthrough in resolving the long-standing Mpemba effect, the counterintuitive phenomenon where hotter water freezes faster than colder water. Using advanced supercomputer-powered simulations, researchers...

January 8, 2026

Private Plantations In Forests Spark Fresh Conservation Debate

The Union government has amended forest conservation rules to exempt private and government plantations in forest areas from key environmental levies, reviving a long-standing debate over the role...

January 7, 2026

The ‘Donroe Doctrine’, Resource Power, and Why India Must Speak for the Global South

For five centuries, the modern world order has been shaped by conquest and extraction. From silver and gold to oil and rare earths, the wealth of the Global...

January 7, 2026

Why India Must Reimagine the Indian Forest Service for the 21st Century

For decades, the Indian Forest Service (IFS) has remained the least discussed of India’s three All-India Services. While the “Indian Administrative Service” dominates governance and the “Indian Police...

January 7, 2026

Why Bangladeshi Migrant Workers in the Middle East Have Largely Stayed Away from Jihadist Groups — and Why That May Be Changing

Despite being one of the largest expatriate communities in the Middle East, Bangladeshi migrant workers have historically shown remarkably low participation in transnational jihadist movements. This anomaly has...

January 7, 2026

Why Criticism of India’s GDP Data Needs More Care — and Less Noise

As India prepares for another round of base-year revision and methodological updates in its national accounts, debate over the credibility of official data has resurfaced. Such scrutiny is...

January 7, 2026

Why Trump’s Greenland Remarks Have Triggered a Diplomatic Crisis with Denmark

The sharp rebuttal by Denmark and Greenland to US President Donald Trump’s latest remarks on “needing” Greenland for American defence has revived a long-simmering geopolitical controversy. What might...

January 7, 2026

Why Trump Is Rattling Colombia, Mexico and Cuba After the Maduro Capture

A fresh diplomatic storm has erupted between the United States, Denmark and Greenland after US President Donald Trump reiterated that Washington “absolutely needs” Greenland for defence. The remarks,...

January 7, 2026

MGNREGA’s Promise, Its Fault Lines — and Why the Transition to VB-G RAM G Raises Hard Questions

The impulse that gave birth to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) was rooted in an expansive idea of inclusive development: that the State must...

January 7, 2026

How Satellites ‘See’ the Earth — And Find Water, Forests and Minerals Without Touching the Ground

Imagine searching for buried treasure on a deserted island without a map. You could dig randomly and hope for luck — or you could rise above the island...

January 7, 2026

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