“Eppur Si Mouve!” Director of The Takshashila Institution @TakshashilaInst https://xitter.cf/t.co/bWbaasEgoq Fediverse: @nitin@mastodon.social
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I am an Indian nationalist.
There are the tenets of my position github.com/nitinpai007/india…
How can there be a wedding without the groom?
Saudi statement on Mecca Agreement members meeting Iran yesterday. It was not foreign ministers, but defence and intelligence representatives which led this exchange. Saudi statement backs Qatari and Pakistani mediation efforts. Interestingly, Qatar had a delegation in Tehran few hours prior to this, but Doha also maintaining a distance from Mecca Agreement construct.
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Pretty certain Indian authorities figured this one out many years ago
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Ancient Indian intellectual traditions thought heavily about Artha (economy, governance & wealth) and Niti (strategy, ethics & polity).
Our self-paced online course distills the teachings of 60+ primary texts in a series of 24 lectures and accompanying reading material.
Many tech companies have declared that they are instruments of policy of their home country governments. This is the other side of the coin.
For the first time this year, data centers have become targets for bombardment in global conflicts.
Our analysis shows at least 27 such attacks in 2026.
Experts worry the targeting of data centers opens a Pandora's box that cannot be closed.
nbcnews.com/tech/security/da…
This column arose out of a discussion with @samirsaran in Leh, Ladakh earlier this month.
#Opinion | For something to be called a race, it must fulfil three conditions, which the competitive pursuit of AI does not. India should resist this idea before it distorts resource allocation— and focus instead on deploying AI to its advantage.
✍️ @acorn
livemint.com/opinion/online-…
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It's hard to talk about econ, policy, philosophy etc in our languages—but the nation needs it!
@pranaykotas, @saurabhchandra & @thescribblebee join me in ep 455 of The Seen and the Unseen to share their learnings from the iconic Hindi podcast Puliyabaazi: seenunseen.in/episodes/2026/…
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#Opinion | For something to be called a race, it must fulfil three conditions, which the competitive pursuit of AI does not. India should resist this idea before it distorts resource allocation— and focus instead on deploying AI to its advantage.
✍️ @acorn
livemint.com/opinion/online-…
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It was a pleasure to address the inaugural ASEAN-India Defence Think Tank forum hosted by @IDSAIndia
The opening speech by @rajnathsingh was very useful in setting the tone and path ahead for sustainable defence cooperation between India and Southeast Asian states.
I also learned a lot from the insights kindly shared by everyone and it’s always a pleasure to reconnect with old friends and make new ones.
Thank you @IDSAIndia for the kind invitation and hospitality 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Dr @EvanLaksmana , Shangri-La Dialogue Senior Fellow for Southeast Asian Security and Defence, @IISS_org , believes that India must stop treating ASEAN as a single entity: collaboration is bilateral, with each state differing in capabilities, needs and commitments. Every engagement must therefore be bespoke to individual partner state within ASEAN and underpinned by agreed metrics of success.
#ASEANIndiaDTTF #IndiaASEAN #DefencePartnership
@ASEAN @SGinIndia
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Let’s act ↘️
Hey, @elonmusk, big man, are you playing politics with your products again?
As your European customers, we are watching you.
FT: "Ukrainian troops have been caught off guard by restrictions on Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet systems that disrupted frontline operations...Starlink terminals used by Ukrainian drone units began experiencing signal failures at speeds above 160kph, disrupting several missions early on Wednesday morning..."
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Kishore Kumar had 30 dogs of all pedigrees. ‘Trained to bite only Income Tax officials’
On his death anniversary, read #ThePrintProfile by Parthiv Dhar and Anirudha Bhattacharjee
theprint.in/theprint-profile…
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“The guardrails necessary to ensure that AI systems do not act in harmful or destructive ways are not the equivalent of human moral norms. Rather, they are imposed to constrain the actions of a machine that cannot be moral.” My @ObserverUK column: observer.co.uk/news/columnis…
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How does a young officer’s “why not” become a more senior officer’s “better not”!
In this conversation with @prof_nithiya on @TakshashilaInst #AllThingsPolicy, I discuss what I call the ‘Inverse Law of Innovation’.
open.spotify.com/episode/4Nv…
(The concise infographic is👇🏻& full detailed article linked in my current pinned post)
@acorn @prakashmenon51 @sudhirpillai__
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The GOI has $14 billion sitting in the USO (Universal Service Obligation) fund courtesy @acorn) This should now be utilised to help Indian telecom network providers like @airtelindia and @reliancejio to urgently put up their satellite networks to compete with @elonmusk Starlink. A genuine public- private partnership can surely generate the required momentum for India to launch its own communication satellite network. India can and should challenge Musk’s monopoly in space based communications. @NamoApp @narendramodi @AshwiniVaishnaw @shwwetapunj @PTI_News @ShereenBhan
If you are interested in the space strategy & astropolitics, follow my colleagues @ashwinprasadrao and @adityascripts
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I was on @CNNnews18 to discuss Starlink and its risks and opportunity.
#ElonMusk | Elon Musk alleges that powerful business interests are blocking Starlink in India to protect their monopoly, while the government cites security clearance concerns.
Is this about protecting competition or safeguarding national security?
India should not consider a blanket ban on foreign satellite mega-constellations like Starlink or rely exclusively on domestic satellite internet providers: @ashwinprasadrao, Staff Research Analyst, Advanced Military Technology and Outer Space Programme
#Starlink #TheHardFacts | @RShivshankar