From Panini to the AI Stack: Delhi’s AI Moment and the Logic of National Capability, writes  Hardeep S Puri

From Panini to the AI Stack: Delhi’s AI Moment and the Logic of National Capability, writes  Hardeep S Puri

25-02-2026 

When Panini reduced the chaos of spoken language into a compact, computable grammar, he proved something that still holds: intelligence is most powerful when it is expressed as structure. Nalanda took that instinct into institutions, building methods…

Jharkhand air ambulance crash: ‘Unused’ plane lacked cockpit voice recorders

Jharkhand air ambulance crash: ‘Unused’ plane lacked cockpit voice recorders

25-02-2026 

Investigation revealed that the aircraft that crashed in Chatra, Jharkhand, on Monday night, killing all seven people on board, had not been unused between once between 2018 and 2022.

It had no black box, officials familiar with the matter…

PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojna registered a record by lighting up houses of 30 lakh families in India

PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojna registered a record by lighting up houses of 30 lakh families in India

25-02-2026 

India heads ahead with the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s flag ship scheme- PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojna with thirty lakh house holds lit up across the country.

The scheme launched in 2024, entails applying for rooftop solar system…

MoUs Inked for implementation for Dust-free Delhi-NCR

MoUs Inked for implementation for Dust-free Delhi-NCR

25-02-2026 

In a significant step towards abatement of road dust pollution in the National Capital Region (NCR), four Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) were signed today among the Public Works Department (PWD)/Urban Development Departments of NCR States (Delhi,…

SC stayed criminal proceedings against Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren in ED’s summon case

SC stayed criminal proceedings against Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren in ED’s summon case

25-02-2026 

The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed criminal proceedings initiated by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren over alleged wilful disobedience of summons issued under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act…

Why private Air Ambulance crashed, resulting in death of seven people in Jharkhand?

Why private Air Ambulance crashed, resulting in death of seven people in Jharkhand?

24-02-2026 

All seven people aboard an air ambulance lost their lives when the aircraft crashed near Simaria in Jharkhand’s Chatra district on Monday evening while traveling from Ranchi to Delhi.

Though the actual reason is a subject of investigation,…

Family of patient killed in Ambulance Crash in Chatra took Rs 8 lakh loan for treatment in Delhi

Family of patient killed in Ambulance Crash in Chatra took Rs 8 lakh loan for treatment in Delhi

24-02-2026 

It’s a heart breaking tragedy for a family. First, 41- year old Sanjay Kumar suffered from electrocution triggering fire at his modest hotel in Chandwa of Latehar district in Jharkhand. He was hospitalised on February 16.

With his…

NHRC takes suo motu cognizance of a report that six persons from Odisha held captive in Thailand

NHRC takes suo motu cognizance of a report that six persons from Odisha held captive in Thailand

24-02-2026 

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report that at least six persons from Kendrapara district of Odisha have been held captive by their employer for the last six months in an area near Bangkok…

Breaking News-Building Highways Using Mobile Quality Control Van to monitor construction quality

Breaking News-Building Highways Using Mobile Quality Control Van to monitor construction quality

24-02-2026 

What if the country’s highways could speak, not in words but through data, diagnostics and decisive action? 

As the nation builds roads at an unprecedented scale, the focus is now shifting from just expanding networks to ensuring…

NUSRL Ranchi & IIM Ranchi took part in a grand joint event - Policy Triathlon 2026

NUSRL Ranchi & IIM Ranchi took part in a grand joint event - Policy Triathlon 2026

24-02-2026 

The second edition of Vidhan: The Policy Triathlon, a national-level policy–making competition, was successfully conducted on February 22, 2026, at IIM Ranchi.

Vidhan is an interdisciplinary and collaborative initiative jointly…