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Scientists from IIT-Delhi and the DRDO recently demonstrated a key advance in quantum cybersecurity that stands to revolutionise how the world will communicate in the future. The world’s secrets are currently stored and communicated via channels that are protected by difficult mathematical problems. Over the years, an increasing amount of computing power available to certain … Read more
On June 16, the Registrar General of India under the Union Ministry of Home Affairs issued a notification that India’s population will be counted in 2027. Following demands by the Opposition parties, among other reasons, the government has also announced the inclusion of caste enumeration in the Census for the first time in independent India. … Read more
“The real stories in the aviation sector come from whistle blowers, who can be corporate employees, airline crew, air traffic controllers, aircraft maintenance engineers, or passengers” | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Though I began covering aviation in 2014, I used to write about the sector alongside issues of women and child rights. It was … Read more
Nearly four months into her tenure as Chief Minister of the National Capital Territory (NCT), Rekha Gupta seems to have more agency and resources to address Delhi’s infrastructure issues and economic woes. The governance deficit seen during the previous government led by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) due to political differences with the Bharatiya Janata … Read more
Trump’s claims United States President Donald Trump’s repeated claims over Operation Sindoor are a clear indication that Mr. Trump is unsure of himself (Page 1, “India will never accept a mediation: PM to Trump”, June 29). The American President’s claims are only a ploy to assume importance and proclaim that he is very influential in … Read more
Less than a week after South Africa emerged triumphant in the ICC World Test Championship (WTC), a new cycle has begun. Bangladesh is already in Sri Lanka, busy playing a Test, while a more high-profile series will commence once India takes on England at Headingley in Leeds from Friday. A new-look Indian squad under the … Read more
History and literature are replete with references to not ‘shooting the messenger’ for bringing bad news. In Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra, the Egyptian queen assaults a messenger and threatens to have him “whipped with wire and stewed in brine, smarting in ling’ring pickle”, for bringing her the news that the Roman General Mark Antony has … Read more
Refugees from Sri Lanka, at Rameswaram, in August 2006 | Photo Credit: THE HINDU/S. JAMES Two recent unrelated developments, one in India and another in Sri Lanka, have brought into focus the issues of repatriation and the local integration of Sri Lankan refugees who have been living in Tamil Nadu for over 30 years. First, … Read more
Visitors browse books at a stand of the Biennial International Book Fair at the Riocentro Convention Centre in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on June 18, 2025. | Photo Credit: MAURO PIMENTEL Nabokov used the word ‘mauve’ at least once in all of his books. From this, many assume that was his favourite word. Jane Austen … Read more
Visitors browse books at a stand of the Biennial International Book Fair at the Riocentro Convention Centre in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on June 18, 2025. | Photo Credit: MAURO PIMENTEL Nabokov used the word ‘mauve’ at least once in all of his books. From this, many assume that was his favourite word. Jane Austen … Read more