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INDIA IN THE ROOM | Why Modi Needs an SCO Full of Rivals, Sanctions & Competing Corridors
INDIA IN THE ROOM | Why Modi Needs an SCO Full of Rivals, Sanctions & Competing Corridors
7 min read
In Bishkek, Modi shares a table with Xi, Putin, Shehbaz Sharif and Pezeshkian. The SCO offers India access to Eurasia and a voice in the emerging world order. It also tests how long one organisation c ...
₹22,006-crore Claims, ₹6.25-crore Plan & No Majority: NCLT Stalls Subhash Chandra Deal
5 min read
Subhash Chandra offered creditors roughly 3 paise for every ₹100 claimed under his personal guarantees. After three tribunal members produced three materially different positions, an unprecedented fiv ...
CLAUDE FOUND THE INTERNET | How an AI Safety Test Turned into a Real Cyberattack
9 min read
Claude was told it was inside a simulation. A misconfigured test gave it live internet access instead. One model stole credentials, another uploaded malware downloaded by 15 systems and an older Claud ...
NO REELS BEFORE THE DEITY | Why Tamil Nadu Temples Are Charging ₹5 to Leave the Phone Outside
8 min read
From September 1, devotees visiting 52 major Tamil Nadu temples must deposit their phones before entering. The ban targets selfies, videos and reels, but raises a deeper religious question: can darsha ...
INDIA’S ILLEGAL GOLD RUSH | Why Smugglers Are Back Inside Bodies, Borders & Airport Corridors
8 min read
DRI seized 42 kg in one week, hidden as wax, chains, bars and paste. India had cut import duty to choke smuggling, then restored it to 15 per cent in May. Seizures nearly doubled within weeks. The yel ...
Tim Cook’s Legacy: How He Transformed Apple Beyond Steve Jobs’ Vision and Built a $4.6-Trillion Giant
13 min read
Tim Cook inherited Apple’s most impossible job and turned a $350-billion company into a $4.6-trillion empire. He built watches, earbuds, chips and services, but leaves Apple chasing AI and its next gr ...
Brand Messi: How Lionel Messi Won Argentina’s Heart and Became a Marketing Masterclass in Belonging
8 min read
Lionel Messi conquered Barcelona, football and the commercial world long before he conquered Argentina. He did not manufacture patriotism, imitate Diego Maradona or unveil Messi 2.0. He kept returning ...
Welcome to India’s Startup Graveyard: Here, Even the Good Founders Get Buried
15 min read
Satvacart pursued profitability and became too small to save. PepperTap raised millions and burned itself out. Koo found users but no buyer. Dunzo found Reliance and still ran out of money. From Gurug ...
The IPO India Has Been Waiting For: Why Jio’s Market Debut Could Rewrite Stock Market History
4 min read
SEBI has cleared Jio Platforms for what could become the largest IPO India has ever seen. But this is not just another listing. It is the moment Mukesh Ambani's telecom disruptor, backed by Meta and G ...