The acrid scent of pine smoke hangs heavy in the air, turning the sun into a blood-red ember over the Canadian Rockies. For thousands of British Columbians, this is the terrifying soundtrack of a summer that has become all too familiar. They pack their cars with family photo albums, vital documents, and the frantic hope that their homes will still be standing when they return. Yet, while these evacuees flee the advancing flames, a different kind of predator is moving in the opposite direction. The wildfires that ravage the province are more than just a natural disaster; they have become…

India’s political internet has never lacked for loud voices, but few have left as deep a scar on the country’s digital imagination as Amit Malviya. The Quint’s profile, From Disinformation to Legal Battles: Amit Malviya’s Tenure as BJP IT Cell Head, walks us through the strange, often unsettling career of the man who ran the Bharatiya Janata Party’s information technology war machine. Malviya was never a conventional politician. He did not address vast crowds from a stage, did not build a movement through rallies, and did not speak in the great parliamentary debates that shape public memory. Instead, he sat…