Bharat Innovates 2026: Can India Turn Deep Research Into Global Technology? The harder problem has often been what happens after the invention. Bharat Innovates 2026 is attempting to tackle precisely that gap—taking research-born technologies out of laboratories and connecting them with investors, industry and international markets. For decades, India’s technology

When AI Gets a Wallet: Is India Ready to Let Agents Shop, Book and Pay? The next big step in artificial intelligence may not be another chatbot. It may be an AI that actually does things for you—including spending your money. Imagine telling an AI assistant: “Find me the cheapest

Indians in Australia 2026: A Growing Community Living Between Opportunity and Reality Good universities. A strong economy. Professional opportunities. A multicultural society. A large Indian community. And, for many migrants, the possibility of building a long-term life in a country very different from India. But the Australia of 2026 is

Indian Culture in America: How a Community Is Preserving Its Roots While Shaping American Life Walk through parts of New Jersey, Texas, California, Illinois or New York and it is possible to encounter an India that exists thousands of kilometres from the subcontinent. There may be an Indian grocery store,

How Indian-Origin Leaders Reached the Top of Global Business A boy growing up in Chennai becomes the head of one of the world’s most influential technology companies. An engineer from Hyderabad rises to lead Microsoft. A woman from Kolhapur reaches the top of Chanel. A Kanpur-born engineer helps shape the

Depiction of Arunachal Pradesh and Aksai Chin A map normally sits quietly on a wall, in a textbook or inside a geography application. But sometimes a map becomes foreign policy. That is exactly what has happened after India raised concerns over the way Arunachal Pradesh and Aksai Chin appear on

Global South Ambition and Practical Cooperation On September 12 and 13, New Delhi will become one of the most closely watched diplomatic addresses in the world. The occasion is the 18th BRICS Summit, hosted by India at Bharat Mandapam during its 2026 BRICS chairship. But this is not simply another

The Countries Giving India Its Strongest Global Ratings India’s global image is often discussed through the language of diplomacy: strategic partnerships, trade agreements, defence cooperation, technology, the Global South and geopolitical influence. But there is another, quieter measure of India’s place in the world. What do ordinary people in other

West, the Global South and a Battle of Narratives The geopolitical map is becoming increasingly complicated—and India appears determined not to read it like a school timetable. One day, New Delhi is deepening strategic cooperation with the United States and its partners. On another, India sits at the same table

Why Lawrence Wong’s Message Matters Beyond Social Media A few ugly social-media posts can sometimes reveal something much larger than the people who wrote them intended. Singapore is discovering that again. Prime Minister Lawrence Wong has publicly condemned racist and xenophobic online remarks targeting the Indian community, warning that prejudice

El Niño Is Strengthening: What the Pacific Warming Means for India and the World There is a vast stretch of ocean thousands of kilometres away from India that can influence weather patterns across the planet. That ocean is the tropical Pacific. And right now, scientists are watching it particularly closely.

The World Map Is Being Rethought: Why India Backed the UN’s ‘Correct the Map’ Resolution For generations, millions of schoolchildren have looked at the same familiar world map and assumed that what they saw was an accurate picture of the planet. It was not. On September 4, 2026, the United