“Eppur Si Mouve!” Director of The Takshashila Institution @TakshashilaInst https://teapawt.org/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…
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Beijing calls this object, intercepted in a PRC-linked commercial shipping container by PNG authorities, a "shell-shaped wine bottle". 🤷🏽♂️ abc.net.au/news/2026-11-03/p…
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300+ Indians have spent years of their lives building satellites and critical technology for this country. They deserve better than having their work and patriotism questioned by manufactured controversies.
I owe them a response. Here it is:
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People are so selfish, man, they buy their own computers and phones which use memory chips
Sam Altman says its bad that everyone's personal computers are using the world's limited supply of memory chips.
"It’s quite terrible to have everybody have a bunch of the world’s limited supply of DRAMs sitting in their own computer, and being used 5% of the time. Like, you want maximum utilization."
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Nice photo
JUST IN: The Pentagon has published a remarkable image of China's secretive Shenlong spaceplane in orbit, captured by a Maxar satellite and featured in its newly released 2026 space threat assessment.
The reusable, uncrewed spacecraft launches aboard a rocket and returns to Earth on a runway, similar to the U.S. military's X-37B.
China has conducted four orbital missions since 2020, demonstrating the ability to deploy and maneuver near other objects in space.
The DIA warns that technologies used for satellite inspection and proximity operations could also support anti-satellite capabilities.
China has disclosed few details about the spacecraft's missions or capabilities.
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
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