Global Markets Review: The Pivot to Value and the AI Reality Check (Week Ending December 12, 2025)

Watercolour painting, often perceived as a delicate and whimsical medium, is fundamentally an exercise in fluid dynamics and particulate physics. Unlike the relatively static nature of acrylics or the viscous controllability of oils, watercolour relies on the unpredictable agency of water. It is a medium where the artist acts not…

Ram Setu represents one of the most profound intersections of geological reality and civilizational memory in the Indian subcontinent. Stretching approximately 48 kilometres across the Palk Strait, this chain of limestone shoals connects the southeastern tip of Pamban Island in Tamil Nadu, India, to the northwestern coast of Mannar Island…

The Ancient Rhizome in the Modern LaboratoryThe history of medicine is, in many ways, the history of botany. Long before the synthesis of aspirin or the discovery of antibiotics, humanity relied on the complex chemical factories found in nature. Among these botanical allies, few have commanded as much reverence across…

The week ending December 5, 2025, marked a “Great Pivot.” Google’s Gemini 3 and AWS’s agentic tools challenged OpenAI, prompting a “Code Red”. Yet, innovation clashed with fragility as the “React2Shell” vulnerability and Salesforce breaches exposed critical risks. Meanwhile, Meta secured a historic antitrust victory, reshaping the regulatory landscape.