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The government’s move to build a domestic processing value chain for critical minerals comes at a decisive moment. India is rapidly expanding its electric vehicle ecosystem, scaling up renewable energy, and pushing for high-tech manufacturing. Yet beneath this ambition lies a structural weakness that has gone largely unnoticed in public discourse. India is importing the
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The Nashik BPO case has moved far beyond the boundaries of a routine workplace harassment complaint. What began as a single allegation has now expanded into nine FIRs, multiple arrests, and a widening investigation that includes serious accusations of sexual exploitation, coercion, and institutional failure. At this stage, treating it as isolated misconduct by a […]
Op-Eds Opinion
India’s recent achievement of building a 1000 km quantum-secure communication network has understandably been framed as a technological milestone. But the real story lies elsewhere. This is not just about quantum physics or advanced encryption. It is about reliability. It is about ensuring that in the most critical moments, India’s defence systems receive information that