Binance 2.0 and the Risks Behind Its New Lending Product

By Dr Shreekant Prasad* Recently Binance revamped its platform, dubbing it the version 2.0, with it they have also launched a few new products in a bid to diversify their business and increase user retention. One such newly introduced product is its subscription-based lending product called Binance Lending. This is launched in conjunction with Binance’s […]

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The Hen That Trusted Tomorrow: Russell’s Warning for an Age of Capitalism

By Kuruvilla Pandikattu SJ In a small courtyard, a hen arrives wary and alert. The owner’s footsteps feel like threat. She flinches at shadows, keeps distance, and treats every human approach as danger.Then a different pattern begins. The owner feeds her—once, then again, then daily. Grain appears with clockwork reliability. Water is placed within reach. […]

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Two Animals. Two Months. One Generation Stirred Awake.

By P. Shravan Kumar January gave us an unforgettable image: a lone penguin walking across the frozen vastness of Antarctica — not lost, not broken, not afraid — simply moving forward in a direction no one else could fully understand.February offered another quiet yet powerful mirror: a baby macaque named Punch, clinging to comfort that […]

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People Don’t Buy Homes. They Buy a Lifestyle

By Jas Singh Sandhu Real estate has never been merely about land, bricks, or structures. At its core, it has always been about something far deeper—identity, aspiration, security, and the life one chooses to live. Over decades in the real estate industry, I have observed one fundamental truth: people do not buy property based on […]

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The Grandeur and the Grind: A Decade of ‘Make in India’

By Rajiv Tyagi, Former “Indian Air Force (Fighter Pilot)”* A Reality Check on Manufacturing, Micro-Frictions, and the Road Ahead New Delhi | 21 February 2026 :: More than a decade after its launch in September 2014, the Government of India’s flagship ‘Make in India’ initiative stands as a study in contrasts—marked by high-visibility successes in […]

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चेतना समिति, पटना द्वारा “चेतना संगीत संध्या” का भव्य आयोजन

पटना | दिनांक: 21 फरवरी 2026 :: चेतना समिति, पटना के तत्वावधान में “चेतना संगीत संध्या” का भव्य एवं भावपूर्ण आयोजन किया गया। यह कार्यक्रम मैथिली लोक-संस्कृति, भक्ति संगीत एवं शास्त्रीय भावधारा को समर्पित रहा, जिसमें श्रोताओं को आध्यात्मिक और सांस्कृतिक आनंद की अनुभूति हुई।संगीत संध्या का शुभारंभ गणपति वंदना से हुआ, जिसे श्री अजय […]

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Need for EU to act like World power: French President

By Dr Tamanna Khosla The French president urged EU leaders to confront competition from the US and China and back a “Made in Europe” strategy. No passivity of Europe in world affairs French President Emmanuel Macron delivered a forceful message to Europe’s leaders and publics that the continent can no longer afford to rely passively […]

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Why Is Abundance Not Happiness?

By Dr. Sethi K.C. This is one of the most puzzling contradictions of our modern human existence: abundance does not guarantee peace. Human beings surrounded by comfort, success, relationships, recognition, and security often experience an inexplicable inner unrest. This paradox challenges the traditional reasoning that possession naturally leads to happiness. Sethian Philosophy, a doctrine articulated […]

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Love as the Last Politics: From Plato to Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam

Dr. Kuruvilla Pandikattu SJ We just celebrated Valentine’s Day! During this celebration, we tend to reduce love to spectacle—roses, proposals, declarations. Yet, as a recent reflection in Outlook India insists, love is not a decorative emotion but a political force that shapes belonging, exclusion, solidarity, and power (Outlook News Desk, 2026). If fear can be […]

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