June 23, 2026

Kautilya

Defense

India-Israel Radar Manufacturing Push in Tamil Nadu Marks a New Step in Defence Electronics Self-Reliance

The new plant is expected to serve as a specialised centre for the manufacture, integration and testing of advanced radar systems. Its focus will include high-end radar technologies for airborne and ground-based applications, supporting both Indian defence requirements and potential international demand. Construction is expected to be completed by April 2027, with production planned to begin soon after.

By Kautilya / May 22, 2026
Heritage Vidya

Before Nash: How Kautilya’s Arthashastra Anticipated the Logic of Game Theory

That is why the modern comparison between Kautilya and Nash is so fascinating. John Nash’s contribution to game theory was mathematical and formal. A Nash equilibrium describes a situation where no player can improve their outcome by changing strategy alone, assuming the other players keep their strategies unchanged. Stanford’s philosophy entry explains Nash equilibrium as a set of strategies where each player has no incentive to change given what the others are doing.

By Kautilya / May 22, 2026
Health

India Plans National Registry for Implantable Medical Devices to Strengthen Patient Safety and Accountability

According to reports, the registry is being considered at a high level and is expected to create a centralised mechanism for collecting data from hospitals, manufacturers, suppliers and healthcare providers. In the first phase, the focus is likely to be on cardiac and orthopaedic implants, before gradually expanding to other categories of medical devices. This phased approach is practical because cardiac stents, pacemakers, joint replacements and spinal implants are among the most commonly used high-risk devices in Indian hospitals.

By Kautilya / May 22, 2026
Economy

UPI Handles 85.5% of India’s Digital Payment Transactions in H2 2025, Showing the Scale of India’s Cashless Economy

The numbers clearly show that UPI is now the backbone of India’s mass retail digital payments system. While UPI dominated transaction volume, other systems continued to serve their own specialised roles. NEFT and Prepaid Payment Instruments each accounted for 3.6% of transaction volume, while RTGS contributed only 0.1% of transaction volume because it is mainly used for large-value settlements.

By Kautilya / May 22, 2026
Research

Indian Study Opens New Window Into the Sun’s Corona Heating Mystery

The Sun’s corona is a strange and extreme region. Although it lies above the visible surface, it reaches very high temperatures and remains one of the most difficult parts of the Sun to understand. NASA also notes that the corona is extremely hot but very dim because it is far less dense than the Sun’s surface. This basic contradiction — a hotter outer atmosphere above a comparatively cooler surface — is known as the coronal heating problem, and scientists have studied it for decades.

By Kautilya / May 22, 2026
Defense

NIBE’s SURYASTRA Test Marks a Major Private-Sector Step in India’s Long-Range Rocket Artillery Push

The most eye-catching part of the announcement is the claimed accuracy. NIBE stated that the rockets achieved a Circular Error Probable of 1.5 metres at 150 km and 2 metres at 300 km. In simple terms, CEP is a standard measure used to describe weapon accuracy: the smaller the figure, the tighter the expected impact grouping around the target point. If these figures are sustained across operational conditions, they would place SURYASTRA in the category of precision rocket artillery rather than traditional area-saturation rocket fire.

By Kautilya / May 22, 2026
Economy

India’s TEAM Initiative Opens Digital Commerce Doors for Small Businesses Across Bharat

For many artisans, home-based businesses, farmer producer organisations, small manufacturers and local retailers, the challenge has never been only production. It has often been market access. A walnut grower in a hill district, a food processor in the North-East or a small household enterprise may have a good product, but limited reach, weak buyer connectivity, poor digital visibility, high platform costs and logistical hurdles can prevent them from scaling. TEAM is aimed at solving precisely this gap by helping such enterprises with onboarding, cataloguing, packaging, logistics and customer management.

By Kautilya / May 22, 2026
Heritage Temples and Places

Thakazhi Sree Dharmasastha Temple: The Sacred Sastha Shrine Near Ambalappuzha

The temple stands in Thakazhi, a name that immediately evokes two different worlds of Kerala memory. One is the sacred world of Sastha worship, temple lamps, oil offerings, festival drums and ritual floor drawings. The other is the literary world of Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai, the great Malayalam novelist who gave Kuttanad’s farmers, labourers, fishermen and ordinary families a permanent place in modern Indian literature.

By Kautilya / May 22, 2026