Artificial Intelligence is reshaping the digital economy, but at a steep cost: electricity. A Goldman Sachs report warns that data centres could drive a 165% surge in global power demand by 2030, challenging India’s energy security and climate ambitions.
Read MoreWhen Peter Navarro dismisses the Modi–Putin–Xi engagement at the SCO as “troublesome,” he betrays less an analysis of geopolitics and more a symptom of Washington’s unease at losing its monopoly on shaping global alignments.
Read MoreEvery decade tests India’s ability to balance between power blocs. From Nehru’s Bandung Conference to Indira’s Brezhnev axis, from Vajpayee’s Washington–Moscow manoeuvres to today’s Modi–Putin–Xi engagements, the story is one of continuity: India refusing to be dictated, preferring to script its own terms of engagement.
Read MoreIn Tianjin, as Modi, Putin, and Xi share a rare triangular stage, the encounter transcends summit optics. It echoes Bandung’s diplomacy, Indira–Brezhnev’s axis, and Vajpayee’s balancing act, marking another historical turn in India’s search for strategic autonomy amid shifting global currents.
Read MoreIndia’s energy diplomacy with Russia has shifted from Cold War solidarity to refinery-led opportunism. As discounted oil keeps the economy afloat, questions loom—are we building resilience or courting overdependence? A deeper look at history, strategy, and future risks.
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