DEAFENING music, high-tempo beats, inflammatory lyrics, and crowds swaying to the rhythm are common sights at processions organised by Hindutva groups across the country. People, intoxicated by the arrogance of Hindu supremacy, frequently shout provocative slogans. As the tempo of the music rises, so does the fervor of the crowd; it appears as though the music has completely taken them over. The lyrics accompanying the music begin to dominate both heart and mind.

THERE are moments in history when time scampers. Many Indians who were in a dilemma over the lack of collective rage would now be relieved. With developments over the manner in which the executive, the legislature and eventually even the judiciary appeared to converge, it was almost a replay of the British colonial rule. The freedom struggle, the sacrifices and the democratic secular Constitution, all appeared to be under major strain.

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ON 9 July 2026, researchers from US universities published a paper in the top-rated journal  Science describing a powerful new AI tool for biomedical research. A year earlier, they had made the initial manuscript available as open access to all by publishing it on bioRxiv, an online repository, and making the software available on GitHub, an online platform for researchers to share code.

WHEN US president Donald Trump announced that the ceasefire with Iran was over and ordered a new round of attacks, he attempted to present the resumption of violence as the inevitable consequence of Iranian misconduct. The reality was more complicated. The ceasefire had not been a peace agreement between two reconciled powers, but an armed truce between a United States determined to constrain Iran and an Iranian state determined to preserve its sovereignty, its nuclear energy rights, its missile capability, and its regional influence.