The Government of India’s sudden and stunning announcement of a schedule for conducting the much-delayed national census along with a recently cleared proposal for caste-enumeration baffled the opposition.
Bharat is entering the global information war not as a disruptor or dominator, but as a thoughtful and ethical participant, transforming technology from a tool into a democratic stakeholder.
The creation of an 'Espionage Law for Dealing with Citizens' and the Intelligence Ministry’s ‘intelligence jihad’ indicates institutionalization of surveillance and repression.
With Russia and China’s heads of state possibly absent, the Summit nonetheless underscores BRICS+ as a growing alternative to the Bretton Woods system, especially in trade and finance.
