by admin_ NCSCIAS | May 9, 2026 | Courses
The Elephant in the Data Room, Why India’s Fragmented Information System Is Costing Billions As another session of Parliament has ended, a familiar pattern was visible on the floor of the House. Members of Parliament who rose to ask questions were performing one...
by admin_ NCSCIAS | May 9, 2026 | Courses
When Materials Learn, How a Robotic Metamaterial Is Redefining Adaptation When you exercise, your muscles become stronger. When you sow a plant, its stem bends so that its leaves get more sunlight. Both these changes are examples of adaptation — when a biological...
by admin_ NCSCIAS | May 9, 2026 | Courses
Drishti, How a Bengaluru Startup Is Giving India Its Own All-Seeing Eye in the Sky Bengaluru-based space startup GalaxEye’s Mission Drishti demonstrates new capabilities being developed by India’s nascent aerospace sector. The 190-kg earth-observation...
by admin_ NCSCIAS | May 9, 2026 | Courses
The Frigate Paradox, Why India’s Naval Expansion May Be Out of Step with Its Threats The Indian Navy’s Project 17A is a ₹45,000-crore programme to build seven ‘Nilgiri’-class frigates, with anti-air, anti-surface, and anti-submarine...
by admin_ NCSCIAS | May 9, 2026 | Courses
Operation Sindoor and the Doctrine of Consequence, How India Rewrote the Rules of Cross-Border Terrorism For years, India was asked to turn grief into restraint. After Pahalgam, it turned grief into consequence. Families had been shattered before. The nation had...
by admin_ NCSCIAS | May 9, 2026 | Courses
Cleaning Industrial Heat, How Heat Pumps Could Transform India’s Manufacturing Economy Industry accounted for nearly half of India’s final energy consumption in 2025, much of it still tied to fossil fuels. The story becomes even sharper when we look at...
by admin_ NCSCIAS | May 9, 2026 | Courses
The Slow Erosion of Rule of Law in Tech Geopolitics, When Strategic Imperatives Trump Legal Frameworks An attempt by Meta Platforms to acquire Manus, an artificial intelligence start-up, and its subsequent blocking by Chinese authorities, marks more than a routine...
by admin_ NCSCIAS | May 9, 2026 | Courses
The Iran Conflict and the Future of Shia Identity, Between Fragmentation and Radicalisation The Iran war is not merely a geopolitical conflict. It is a crucible for the future of Shia identity. For nearly half a century, Shiism has been shaped by the Iranian...
by admin_ NCSCIAS | May 9, 2026 | Courses
The Grand Bargain India Needs, Fixing a Dysfunctional Labour Regime to Boost Job Growth A series of worker protests in North India amid the rollout of the new labour codes has drawn attention to India’s lopsided labour regime once again. India’s labour...
by admin_ NCSCIAS | May 9, 2026 | Courses
Renewable Energy Meets Global Demand for the First Time, But Geopolitical Shocks Expose India’s Persistent Fossil Fuel Dependency In 2025, global electricity generation increased by roughly 850 terawatt-hours (TWh), according to data from the Ember Energy...
