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Topic: Ants

Ants hold solutions to human problems – wise farming practices to efficient navigation

Scott Solomon -
Much like human farmers, each species of fungus-growing ant is very particular about the type of crops they cultivate.

Indian jumping ants shrink their brains trying to become queen

Mohana Basu -
ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

Ants may just save the world from antibiotic resistance

Charlie Durant -
Not only do ants produce their own antimicrobial agents, but they can also encourage other beneficial microbes to grow.

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Opinion

To trade coders for Legos, India needs a better deal

Andy Mukherjee -
Since politicians are actively promoting AI tokens over human intelligence, they must open other pathways for students. Let today’s 6 million code-writing jobs shrink.

Joining Pax Silica is not all positives for India. We must guard strategic autonomy

Beijing’s losing patience with Pakistan. Attacks on Chinese nationals raising CPEC stakes

Economy

US sets initial duties on Indian solar imports at 126%

Mark Chediak -
These levies would be different from Trump’s sweeping global tariffs, which US Supreme Court struck down last week.

Defence

India asks Dassault to submit bid for 114 Rafale fighter jets by April-end

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Analysis of IAF proposal shows that the true Make in India component is much lesser than expected, therefore negotiations will focus on increasing that component.

National Interest

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

Shekhar Gupta -
India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.

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