Hexagon of Alliances. Around or within the Middle East. May include countries like India, Arab nations, African nations, Mediterranean nations (Greece and Cyprus) and other nations in Asia. Will it be feasible, viable, desirable for India? Whom does it help?
Keralam is the new name of Kerala. Cabinet clears this, based on the resolution of Kerala Assembly. Now, this will go to the President, then to Kerala Assembly again; then to Parliament for formally altering the name in the First Schedule of the Constitution. West Bengal proposed its name be changed to Bangla, but the Government of India seems to have denied the suggestion citing likely confusion with Bangladesh. Suggestion of having three names – Bangla in Bengali, Bengal in English and Bangal in Hindi has also not been considered. Earlier suggestions – Paschim Banga or Paschim Bango were also ignored.
Rashtrapati Bhavan gets C Rajagopalachari, Rajaji’s statue installed. Facing Gandhi’s statue.
Sasikala in Tamil Nadu announces floating a new party, to be driven by the principles of Puratchi Thalaivi Jayalalithaa. Amma. We may note: Sasikala is banned from contesting elections until 2027.
Tata Sons deferred a decision to re-appoint Natarajan Chandrasekaran, 62, for a third term as Chairman. His term is due to end in February 2027. Noel Tata, the chairman of Tata Trusts, seems to have set conditions for reappointment. Tata Trusts owns two-thirds of the Tata Sons. Noel Tata may not like the listing of Tata Sons. According to RBI’s regulations, Tata Sons was given a September 30, 2025, deadline to list. Tatas have applied to surrender its core investment company (CIC) registration to avoid the listing mandate. RBI is yet to take the final decision. Tata Sons’ other shareholder, Shapoorji Pallonji Group, has also been pressing for a listing.
AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi, the biggest AI Summit to date, released a non-binding New Delhi Declaration – Sarvajan Hitaya, Sarvajan Sukhaya – signed by 89 countries. The commitments are voluntary and non-binding. There is no international body or verification mechanism to ensure this Declaration is taken forward. The principles – Democratic Diffusion or Trusted AI, will they be taken forward really? The declaration does not explicitly prohibit high-risk or destructive AI practices. The threat to the IT workforce – specifically entry-level coding and administrative roles – was not discussed. Are we becoming a data colony? Are there any measures against the massive water resource consumption? Are we transcending the rhetoric – people, planet, and progress? Will AI remain human-centric with ethical guardrails? Will AI be sustainable, water-energy sustainable? Will AI be inclusive, equitable? Will we see Trusted AI Commons evolving?
Can we initiate AI literacy early, maybe in secondary school itself? Literacy, multiple languages, read, write, arithmetic; reflection-mediation-yoga; life skills; and digital-AI. On a universal scale. Can we transcend lost jobs to emerging jobs, and get ready for them? Can we invest in our own compute infra, datasets, models, applications et al? Building on the foundational models wherever they are developed. At scale. While we build our AI core capabilities.
Can we tame AI, AI inequity, AI exclusion? Can we be AI ready, to take charge of AI to serve us?
Yes, we can. If we coexist, flowing. AI in sync with N’s intelligence. In N? pragyayoga for 7L.