Tata Consultancy Services will be the first Indian IT firm to report earnings after President Trump’s move to raise H-1B visa fees to $100,000. The hike threatens sector-wide profit margins, with TCS shares tumbling and layoffs underway. Analysts warn of talent shortages, rising wages, and weakened revenue growth across the industry. Read More…
India’s MeitY has unveiled draft rules under the PROG Act, 2025, banning real money online gaming. The proposed framework establishes the Online Gaming Authority of India to regulate, register, and penalize games and platforms. Esports and social games will be promoted separately. Public feedback is invited until October 31 Read More…
Zoho-backed Arattai has seen downloads soar to 3.5 lakh in three days, riding India’s digital swadeshi wave. With multilingual support and encrypted calls, it aims to be a trusted homegrown alternative. Yet, retention, network effects, and missing chat encryption remain hurdles as it seeks to challenge global messaging giants. Read More…
At the Valdai forum in Sochi, President Putin directed his government to address the trade imbalance caused by India’s heavy crude imports. Moscow plans to increase purchases of Indian agricultural goods, medicines, and other products to level bilateral trade. He also described ties with New Delhi as “special.” Read More…
Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw inaugurated the NIELIT Digital University platform to democratize access to high-quality digital education in AI, cybersecurity, semiconductors, and more. Simultaneously, five new NIELIT centres in Muzaffarpur, Balasore, Tirupati, Lunglei and Daman were formally launched. Read More…
The India-European Free Trade Association Trade & Economic Partnership Agreement (TEPA) goes live on 1 October 2025. The pact includes a binding $100 billion investment commitment and aims to generate 1 million jobs over 15 years. It opens markets in goods, services, IPR, and professional mobility. Read More…
Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh hailed Operation Sindoor as a model of tri-services integration, where IAF’s IACCS, Army’s Akashteer, and Navy’s Trigun worked in tandem to deliver unified real-time command, enhance situational awareness, and reduce fratricide risk. He called jointness indispensable in evolving warfare. Read More…
Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh announced that India’s pharma exports, currently at $27.8 billion, are expected to surpass $30 billion by year-end. The domestic market, valued at $60 billion today, is projected to reach $130 billion by 2030. A new MoU with Uttar Pradesh will spur biopharma innovation. Read More…
The Dynamics of Peace and War in Kāmandakīya Nītisāra Anushka Verma Abstract: Nītisāra by Kāmandakī is based on Kautilya’s Arthaśāstra. Both the texts share vast similarities but where Nītisāra focuses on courage and the military qualities of the king, Arthaśāstra is dependent on deliverance of kingly duties. This paper explores the strategic and philosophical interplay…
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