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Why Wall Street Looks Fragile

In a recent campaign-style speech, Donald Trump pointed to soaring stock prices and rising 401(k) values as proof of economic strength. He is not wrong on the surface:...

 January 8, 2026

India’s Rail Electrification Milestone

By November 2025, Indian Railways had electrified about 99.2% of its broad-gauge network, placing it among the most extensively electrified rail systems in the world. What appears today...

 January 8, 2026

Prediction Markets, Power and Profits

The capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro by U.S. forces has triggered not only geopolitical shockwaves but also a financial controversy. An anonymous trader reportedly earned over $436,000...

 January 8, 2026

The Donroe Doctrine and Its Meaning

Venezuela today is no longer only a Latin American crisis. It has become a theatre in which a new, more explicit expression of American power is taking shape....

 January 8, 2026

CBAM and India’s Export Challenge

The year has begun on a worrying note for Indian exporters with the European Union extending its Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) to imports. From 2026, Indian exports...

 January 8, 2026

Doctors and India’s Health Crisis

India’s healthcare system is once again under scrutiny — for fake medicines, unnecessary procedures, unethical trials, and the steady normalisation of preventable suffering. At the same time, disease...

 January 8, 2026

Why Skilling Still Struggles in India

Over the last decade, India has created one of the world’s largest skilling architectures. Flagship programmes such as Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) have trained and certified...

 January 8, 2026

Limits of Force in International Law

The reported use of force by the United States against Venezuela, culminating in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, has triggered serious questions about the durability of...

 January 8, 2026

Three New Katydid Species Found in Kashmir

Researchers have identified three previously unknown species of the genus Conocephalus in Jammu and Kashmir, adding to the known diversity of meadow katydids in the Western Himalayas. The...

 January 8, 2026

W Ursae Majoris Contact Binaries Studied

A new study of W Ursae Majoris-type contact binaries has provided deeper insight into the evolution and fate of close binary stars. These systems are short-period stellar pairs...

 January 8, 2026

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