Russia, West Asia energy sites hit, India has a new problem: Sulphur

India has staved off a potential food crisis by importing enough urea and liquefied natural gas to enable domestic production of high-nitrogen fertiliser.

But there is another critical commodity, sulphur, whose soaring prices - again, linked to the escalating West Asia and Russia-Ukraine conflicts - is -impacting the availability of diammonium phosphate (DAP),

single super phosphate (SSP) and other major complex fertilisers.

Six high-tech Army labs to weed out foreign bugs from drones, cameras

The Indian Army will soon be operating six AASHVAST labs across the country, where all its drones-and eventually CCTV cameras too-will undergo mandatory inspections to identify and eliminate firmware-level vulnerabilities. This will ensure that these do not fail during operations in contested zones and can perform their tasks effectively.

Jaishankar to attend UNGA, may raise Russia sanctions Bill with US

Days After President Donald Trump signed the Russia sanctions Bill-allowing the United States to impose penalties on Russia's energy trading partners, including India - External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is set to travel to the US, offering a window for the two sides to have a discussion on the issue.

India will de-risk, not decouple, from US and China

In the foreseeable future, India will have to deal with the twin challenge of managing one major power in decline and another major power on the rise. Few countries have been in this situation before.

India's BRICS diplomacy is more than one summit's result

Despite the diplomatic dividends for India at the summit, there are limits to what this means. A summit declaration does not make India a direct mediator in West Asia.

India's top nuclear scientist calls for early thorium shift in PHWRS

India's Top nuclear scientist Anil Kakodkar has advocated the early introduction of thorium-based fuel into the indigenous pressurised heavy water reactor (PHWR) fleet, while continuing in parallel with the three-stage nuclear programme, to speed up the utilisation of the country's abundant thorium reserves.

How agentic AI could transform the way we make digital payments

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the hot topic right now, with industries such as IT already seeing a structural change with the adoption of new technologies. The payments industry is also integrating Al into its services, particularly agentic AL.