From ambitious histories to a fine spy novel, these are the best books that help explain the cold war economist.com/culture/2026/0…

Recent advances in #AgenticAI have increased the likelihood of #cyberattacks cascading into systemic risk. Unlike earlier generations of software systems, Agentic AI systems can autonomously identify and exploit vulnerabilities that defenders may not even suspect exist dvararesearch.com/mitigating…

25-year-old Anurag Rawat just ran 10 km through the unforgiving trails of Niti Valley. High altitude, thin air, rocky terrain. 1 hour 45 minutes. With cerebral palsy. At the Niti Extreme Ultra Run (May 31 to June 2), held in one of India’s most remote border valleys in Chamoli district, over 1,200 runners from 27 states showed up to push their limits. Anurag showed everyone what limits really look like. “Boundaries only exist in the mind. If the resolve is strong, the body will find a way.”

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An important read for those in microfinance and policy-related journalism.

@MSEDCL @CMDMSEDCL We are experiencing frequent power outages in Vashi, Navi Mumbai past few days. This was never the case earlier, what is happening? @CMOMaharashtra @Dev_Fadnavis Before approving large scale data centers, pls look into power issues for locals which seems to be happening across Mumbai & Navi Mumbai. Hope we don't suffer in coming years due to improper planning on electricity & water with GCCs & data centres requiring humongous supply.

Adani Group has received Stage-I approval for mining in 1726 hectares of the ecologically critical Hasdeo Forest of Chhattisgarh, despite massive opposition from Adivasi communities and civil society groups. If Stage-II is cleared, nearly 4.48 LAKH trees could be cut down. 4.48 lakh living beings erased in the name of “development”. Hasdeo, often called the “Lungs of India,” is not just a forest, it is the lifeline of tribal communities, biodiversity, rivers, and climate balance. History will remember who stood with the forest and who signed its destruction.

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Renowned Director Ken Loach Delivers Powerful Words at Cannes on Israel's Genocide in Gaza "The worst thing is not the violence of the bad, it is the silence of the good.

Vedant Srivastava - 17 yrs old Took to social media and exposed discrepancies in CBSE's OSM marking system. Nisarga Adhikary- 19 yrs old Hacked CBSE website and informed them (and us) that it is vulnerable and can be hacked. Sarthak Sidhant- 17 yrs old Exposed how CBSE bent rules to award the OSM tender to COEMPT. These 3 kids need to be lauded. They have given us a glimmer of hope. They have shown us, not all is lost. We still have a future to salvage.

Cities that changed their names and what they are called now: 1. Byzantium → Istanbul, Turkey 2. Bombay → Mumbai, India 3. Edo → Tokyo, Japan 4. Saigon → Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 5. Peking → Beijing, China 6. Leopoldville → Kinshasa, DR Congo 7. Christiania → Oslo, Norway 8. Pressburg → Bratislava, Slovakia 9. Salisbury → Harare, Zimbabwe 10. Madras → Chennai, India 11. Stalingrad → Volgograd, Russia 12. Calcutta → Kolkata, India 13. Rangoon → Yangon, Myanmar 14. New Amsterdam → New York, USA 15. Formosa → Taiwan 16. Gold Coast → Ghana 17. Northern Rhodesia → Zambia 18. Batavia → Jakarta, Indonesia 19. Königsberg → Kaliningrad, Russia 20. Danzig → Gdańsk, Poland 21. Leningrad → St. Petersburg, Russia 22. Elizabethville → Lubumbashi, DR Congo 23. Stanleyville → Kisangani, DR Congo 24. Lourenço Marques → Maputo, Mozambique

In Pune, activists say decades of infrastructure-led concretisation have devastated #treecover even as the city records rising temperatures and more trees face the axe. Citizens continue to resist projects that threaten the city’s already fragile #ecology. questionofcities.org/do-not-…

Neurological disorders are the leading cause of disability worldwide. But neurology is transforming. “Neurology is entering a biologically informed era with unprecedented potential to prevent or delay disease onset and reduce disability”, states our latest Editorial. Read more: spkl.io/601176UIT

آج ہماری زبان اردو تھوڑی اور غریب ہو گئی ۔ بشیر بدر ایک انتہائی خوشگو شاعر ہمیشہُ کے لیے محفلُ سے اٹھ گیا ۔ یہُ شاعر اور اس کی شاعری ہماری یادوں میںُ ہمیشہُ زندہُ رہیںُ گے

Here’s a link for those who wish to read my latest column 👇 bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…

The latest AI-fiction scandal is different from the rest—and it may mark a new phase in the struggle to keep literature human, @vauhinivara argues: theatlantic.com/books/2026/0…

I unpack the ‘mystery’ behind Bengal’s electoral ‘miracle’. Here’s the link: frontline.thehindu.com/polit…