Political Issues

Chinese companies banned under Sec 69A of the IT Act of India, are quietly making a backdoor comeback through what could be largely termed as a “Benami” route. The menace needs to be aggressively tracked and stopped. lmost fifteen years ago, when I and others with exposure to the great Chinese digital game used to…

Instead of supporting Indian companies for promoting the Atmanirbhar program, on the ground, state governments actively discriminate against Indian companies. This needs to be rectified urgently. Atmanirbhar is a government program for creating the required goods and services within the country, rather than getting them from other economies. This is to be done through addressing…

Robotics is an exploding market, with new players jumping in, India has a nucleus of a very successful robotics private sector, albeit still in early stages. India must focus on growing this industry to be able to serve unique Indian requirements as well as for exports. It is but obvious that robots are playing an…

Quantum Supremacy is not a term describing hegemony in the field of quantum physics. Quantum Supremacy stands for the theoretical case where quantum computers are believed to be able to quickly solve certain problems that no classical computer could solve in any feasible amount of time. It does sound very interesting, but the question that races to…

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) of the United Nations has come out with its latest report which has dire warnings for the world. The report says that this is perhaps the last year when humanity can pull back from a devastating climate change process that will be irreversible unless we critically cut back…

Domestic industries still do not have a level playing field in government procurement. Hence the Atmanirbhar campaign needs to have an Atmanirbhar policy to accelerate self-reliance in India. The Atmanirbhar campaign is a key spearhead of the Centre to propel India to increasing prosperity, by increasingly manufacturing the required goods and services within the country,…

India is missing out completely on the next generation of passenger aircraft, which is the supersonic passenger aircraft. Such aircraft will transform aviation and India can ill-afford to sit on the side-stands while others take the lead. India has been famously missing out on “catching the bus” when it comes to industrial technologies. Either we…

Embraer is a once in a century opportunity for India to leapfrog in the aerospace industry, and India should not be caught up in economic philosophies of how to acquire it. If India aspires to be a major economy, that is in alignment with its promise to make its people more prosperous, then India needs…

The nuclear bomb was first used for one of the biggest terrorist actions in the history of humankind. As per the definition given by the UN panel, on March 17, 2005, terrorism is as any act "intended to cause death or serious bodily harm to civilians or non-combatants to intimidate a population or compel a…

Digital Utilities are powerful change agents that have changed the context of current regulations, thereby urgently requiring a new set of regulations for protecting our way of life and personal safety. Almost two decades ago, as the co-author of the first book on e-governance that was released by the then President of India, Dr. Abdul…