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Introduction The fragmented global landscape is visibly pressuring official development assistance (ODA) and existing partnership frameworks. Security compulsions and consequent aid cuts have upended the development landscape.

सोचिए, किसी कंपनी का सिस्टम हैक हो और काम हफ्तों ठप रहे तो सिर्फ कंपनी नहीं, उससे जुड़े हजारों कारोबार भी प्रभावित हो सकते हैं. JLR का मामला दिखाता है कि साइबर हमला अब सिर्फ डेटा नहीं, कारोबार और पैसे का भी संकट है. भारत को इसलिए हमले रोकने के साथ बड़े नुकसान से उबरने की तैयारी भी करनी होगी और इसमें साइबर बीमा अहम कड़ी बन सकता है.

Indian philosophical traditions have long warned against excess without rejecting prosperity. 'Aparigraha', restraint in possession, does not demand denial but calls for mindful use. Reimagined for a modern energy economy, it offers a strategic insight: efficiency is not austerity but disciplined abundance.

India is moving away from an industrial model in which the State was simultaneously the principal developer, customer and manufacturer. India’s decision to open the conventional missile sector to private industry marks an important inflection point in the evolution of the country’s defence-industrial strategy.

Indian philosophical traditions have long warned against excess without rejecting prosperity. 'Aparigraha', restraint in possession, does not demand denial but calls for mindful use. Reimagined for a modern energy economy, it offers a strategic insight: efficiency is not austerity but disciplined abundance.

The BRICS Summit in September will mark the culmination of India’s year-long presidency of the grouping, bringing together the priorities and deliberations that have shaped its agenda over the past year. The moment also offers an opportunity to assess how BRICS has evolved since India last chaired the grouping in 2021, when it marked its 15th anniversary virtually, amid the COVID-19 pandemic and growing concerns over vulnerabilities in health, economic activity and global supply chains.

Agentic Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems with growing capabilities have emerged as a major threat to global cybersecurity, and cyber diplomacy has not kept pace. For instance, there is hardly any mention of international governance in the Trump administration’s cybersecurity policy. Additionally, the Diplo Foundation and the law and policy journal Just Security note that the word "norms" appears only once, and that use is tied to technology, not diplomacy.

Image Source: Pexels India's nutrition challenge is changing. Undernutrition and micronutrient deficiencies continue to affect millions, but children and adolescents are also increasingly exposed to overweight, obesity and diet-related non-communicable diseases (NCDs). This emerging "double burden" is shaped not only by what families know or choose to eat, but also by the environments in which food choices are made.

दवा बनाने की दुनिया में बड़ा बदलाव आ रहा है- अब वैज्ञानिक जानवरों पर प्रयोग करने के बजाय इंसानी शरीर जैसे छोटे ऑर्गन, चिप और कंप्यूटर मॉडल में दवाओं को परखने की कोशिश कर रहे हैं. भारत ने इस नए तरीके को हरी झंडी तो दे दी है लेकिन क्या सिर्फ मंजूरी से दवा परीक्षण बदल जाएगा या इसके लिए लैब, पैसा और साफ नियम भी चाहिए? Image Source: gemini दवा खोज और सुरक्षा परीक्षण का वैश्विक परिदृश्य तेजी से बदल रहा है.

THE BRICS CHILD FUTURES FORUM convened in Lucknow, India, comes at a time of great uncertainty, increasing climate anxiety, rapid technological development, escalating geopolitical conflict and a slowing down of human and social development progress. In this reality, the Forum brought together policymakers, BRICS Academic Forum delegates, experts, partners, and youth representatives to advance a shared agenda for children.