The Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) sector is often referred to as the backbone of the Indian economy, contributing significantly to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), industrial production, and employment generation. However, MSMEs have historically struggled with inadequate infrastructure, limited access to finance, and a lack of technological expertise.
On October 17, 2025, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) expelled nine of its most senior military leaders, including members of the Central Military Commission (CMC), former defence ministers, and theatre commanders, from party membership. While the expulsions were not unexpected, given that most had been detained in recent months, the sheer scale of this purge, surpassing even those under Mao Zedong, startled China watchers.
It is an opportunity for both India and Canada to make gains from the crisis that the world is going through by reaffirming trust in each other
In international relations, pauses have a value of their own. Be it misunderstanding, estrangement, skirmish or even a war, a temporary freeze can allow the much-needed legroom for countries to step back and reset. As Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand arrived in New Delhi for a three-day visit, it is precisely such a moment for India-Canada relations.
Beijing’s new export curbs on rare earths and other tech materials mark a new phase in its bid to weaponize its supply dominance. As Xi tightens control over inputs critical to the US and Trump threatens China with a 100% extra tariff, who will blink first?
Beijing is tightening its clamps on components that are integral to technology supply chains. Lithium batteries and related material, artificial diamonds that have industrial uses and rare earths like holmium, erbium, thulium, europium and ytterbium have been put on China’s export-control list.
The story of urbanisation in the Global South – and particularly in India – is not one of industrial expansion or prosperity. It is a story of pauperisation. Cities today are swelling not because factories are hiring, but because the countryside is expelling. This new urbanisation is driven by desperation rather than development – by the push of agrarian collapse, not the pull of industrial promise.
When one wears the lens of feminism there is no going back , only a urge to break the centuries old structures that once seemed ordinary
Misogynistic means beliefs , behaviour , law , tradition etc which treats women as LESS important, LESS intelligent, LESS worthy and objects to control at large
When we think about the oceans, we usually imagine things we’ve grown up seeing —
navy ships moving across the water, borders drawn on maps, and countries protecting
their territory at sea.