India is building data centres at record speed. Harder question is who owns the intelligence inside these centres. Dr Nitin Sharma The first-quarter GDP numbers for FY 2026-27 have done more than just beat expectations. They have restored a certain confidence. The economy grew 7.8 per cent. That was much more than Reserve Bank’s forecast. … Continue reading Windowless Buildings Holding Up Viksit Bharat
After two-day jamboree at Bharat Mandapam, deliverables to be measured by what’s retained by next two BRICS Presidencies N.C. Bipindra When eleven governments that disagree on almost everything sign the same 140-paragraph document, the achievement is procedural before politics took over. That is the fairest first reading of 18th BRICS Summit held at Bharat Mandapam … Continue reading BRICS: not anti-west Caucus?
Afghanistan swings between Stability, Repression and Uncertainty; women face brunt of poverty, limited or no access to food & education. Dr Shambhavi Thite The world witnessed the fall of the Afghan republic on 15 August 2021, with a shocking degree of rapidity. With Taliban fighters marching into Kabul, President Ghani fleeing from his post, and … Continue reading Five Years of Taliban
Bharat and Indonesia’s relationship is defined beyond BrahMos, Astra missiles and port development deals. It’s a defining moment. Dr Gautam Kumar Jha Prime Minister Narendra Modi's state visit to Indonesia last week marks a defining moment in evolution of Indo – Indonesian relations. More than another successful diplomatic engagement under Bharat's Act East Policy, the … Continue reading Civilizational Continuum to Strategic Delivery
GAGAN marks a decisive stride to aviation sovereignty strengthening safety, efficiency and global leadership in space enabled navigation. Vivek Raina Bharat's journey towards self-reliance or Aatma nirbharta is increasingly being defined by its ability to develop and deploy world-class technologies in strategically critical sectors. From space exploration and digital infrastructure to defence and aviation, indigenous … Continue reading Desi Gagan to Power Bharat’s Aviation
‘Swa’ and Bharat’s self-reliance in advanced technology areas is a reality, domestic nuclear power campaign to fuel energy security. Dr Upender Krishen Saroop Swadeshi way of life carries a very deep and broader meaning. One must first understand Self (Swa) inherent in the word “Swadeshi.” ‘Swa’ has three foundational dimensions that have given Bharat a … Continue reading Swadeshi Goes Hi-Tech!
When Washington pulled a frontier model offline for foreign nationals, it did more than enforce an export control. It began the territorialization of artificial intelligence, drawing national borders around a technology the internet age assumed would have none.Rahul PAWA | X- @imrahulpawaThe early internet was sold as a challenge to sovereignty. Information would route around … Continue reading Westphalianization of AI
Siddharth Sehgal In Mahabharata, Eklavya, if explained in modern terms, was an archery aspirant from a disenfranchised section of society at the time; he wanted to study under Dronacharya, who only taught the princes from the royal household. So he took it upon himself to master the art under the symbolic tutelage of Dronacharya’s statue … Continue reading Artificial Intelligence: Dronacharya of Our Time
No foreign blueprints. No borrowed reactor. No licensed hull. India built its third nuclear-powered submarine from scratch.Rahul PAWA | X - @imrahulpawa The commissioning of INS Aridhaman on 3 April 2026 completes a threshold that India's strategic community has been working toward for the better part of three decades. With three nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines … Continue reading INS Aridaman: Designed, Built and Armed at Home
India's Defence Forces Vision 2047 signals something rarer than modernisation, a change in how the military thinks about war itself.Rahul PAWA | X- @imrahulpawa Something shifted when India released Defence Forces Vision 2047. Not the release itself. Long-range planning documents are neither rare nor automatically consequential. What shifted was the register. This is not a … Continue reading India’s Futuristic Defence Forces Vision for 2047
