by admin_ NCSCIAS | Feb 13, 2026 | Courses
The Watch on the Table, André Bêteille, the Questioner’s Craft, and the Unbroken Discipline of Thinking for Oneself He would walk into the classroom, remove his leather-strapped wristwatch, and place it on the table. Then, with a deliberation that was itself a...
by admin_ NCSCIAS | Feb 13, 2026 | Courses
The Laundry List and the Popular Will, Bangladesh’s Referendum Gamble and the Troubled Romance with Direct Democracy On February 12, 2026, the people of Bangladesh are called upon to perform an act of democratic citizenship that is, by global standards, deeply...
by admin_ NCSCIAS | Feb 13, 2026 | Courses
The Ore and the Order, India, the EU, and the Quest for Critical Minerals Autonomy in China’s Shadow The green transition is, at its core, a minerals transition. The solar panels, wind turbines, electric vehicles, and battery storage systems that constitute the...
by admin_ NCSCIAS | Feb 13, 2026 | Courses
The Claude Shock, AI Disruption, Market Overreaction, and the Search for Winners on the Other Side of the Selloff On a seemingly ordinary trading day last week, a technological release from a San Francisco-based artificial intelligence firm triggered a sudden and...
by admin_ NCSCIAS | Feb 13, 2026 | Courses
The ₹30,000 Crore Question, EV Subsidies, Regressive Transfers, and the Supreme Court’s Demand for Evidence-Based Environmental Policy On a recent morning in Delhi-NCR, as the Supreme Court heard a long-running matter concerning the region’s lethal air...
by admin_ NCSCIAS | Feb 13, 2026 | Courses
The Two-Hour Deadline and the Billion Dollar Blind Spot, India’s AI Labelling Rules, Procedural Overreach, and the Unseen Costs of Regulatory Speed On one hand, the rule is a model of calibrated, restrained, and technologically informed governance. It requires...
by admin_ NCSCIAS | Feb 13, 2026 | Courses
The Rs 52,000 Crore Silence, Digital Arrests, Regulatory Indifference, and the Supreme Court’s Lonely War Against Systemic Neglect On a seemingly ordinary day, a retired schoolteacher receives a phone call. The voice on the other end identifies itself as a...
by admin_ NCSCIAS | Feb 13, 2026 | Courses
The Epstein Contagion, How Three Million Pages Became a Global Reckoning for the Privileged and the Powerful They collected powerful men the way other collectors acquire art or vintage wine. Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted sex offender and financier, and his accomplice...
by admin_ NCSCIAS | Feb 13, 2026 | Courses
The Admiral’s Uniform and the Admiral’s Dilemma, Muscat, Military Signals, and the Maelstrom of US-Iran Nuclear Diplomacy On the surface, the venue was promising. Muscat, the Omani capital, has a well-earned reputation as a discreet and effective...
by admin_ NCSCIAS | Feb 13, 2026 | Courses
The Invisible Cultivators, Land, Credit, and the Struggle to Recognise India’s Women Farmers in the International Year of the Woman Farmer She rises before dawn, walks kilometres to fetch water, spends the day bending over rice paddies or cotton fields, and...
