National Day parade in Beijing,

DF‑61 and Recasting of the Global Strategic Calculus

The technical context is essential to understanding this transformation. The DF‑61 is believed to feature solid-fuel propulsion, marking a departure from the cumbersome, vulnerable liquid-fuel predecessors. Solid-fuel rockets permit rapid launch readiness, reducing pre-strike vulnerability windows. Oct 8, 2025
Global Fintech Fest: FM Sitharaman unveils foreign currency settlement system in GIFT City

Fintech as New Engine of National Power: India's Strategic Ascent from Global Fintech Fest 2025

India's UPI corridors to Singapore, France, UAE, and Sri Lanka, and the planned linkages with Africa and Latin America, are quietly rewriting the geography of financial influence. "When nations adopt another nation's payment rails, they adopt part of its economic rhythm," noted a senior economist at the fest a profound reminder that digital interdependence is the new form of financial alignment. Oct 8, 2025
The Global Climate Imperative: Escalating Risks and the Urgent Call for Net-Zero Action

Global climate imperative: Escalating risks and urgent call for net-zero action

In 2025, the global community confronts a climate crisis of unparalleled scale and speed. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) warns that limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels requires greenhouse gas emissions to peak before 2025 and decline by 43% by 2030. Failure risks crossing "tipping points" with catastrophic consequences. Oct 8, 2025
Ride-sharing platforms' entry in food delivery poses early jitters to Zomato, Swiggy

Reviving India's Economic Soul: Empowering Small Businesses to Triumph Over Conglomerates

Platforms like Zomato, Swiggy, and Ola, compounded by systemic barriers like corruption, complex taxation, and judicial inefficiencies. This onslaught has driven small business owners into poverty, despair, and even suicide, while gig work traps millions in undignified, precarious jobs. By prioritizing systemic reform, small business protection, human dignity, and gig economy regulation, this calls for presenting a compelling, data-driven vision to empower the unorganized sector, enhance mass earnings, and fuel inclusive GDP growth by curbing conglomerate dominance. Oct 8, 2025
Former PM Deve Gowda admitted to hospital in Bengaluru

Former PM Deve Gowda admitted to hospital in Bengaluru

The health statement by the Manipal Hospital said, "Prime Minister Deve Gowda was hospitalised with an infection. He is currently undergoing medical management for the same and his progress being monitored by a team of medical experts." Oct 7, 2025