In the rugged, craggy passes of the Caucasus Mountains, where the rocky terrain of Russia yields to the sprawling valleys of Georgia, lies the Verkhny Lars checkpoint. It is more than just a border crossing; it is a literal and metaphorical chokepoint of geopolitics, a place where the rhythms of everyday life are often disrupted by the seismic shifts of history. Recently, that quiet frontier boom was shattered by a startling claim that rippled through news agencies and social media feeds: that 20,000 Russian citizens had poured across this mountainous border in a single, frantic day. The image it conjured…

On a sweltering Tuesday in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly, Education, IT and Electronics Minister Nara Lokesh made one thing unmistakably clear: the data centres coming up in Visakhapatnam are not a corporate giveaway, nor a threat to the city’s residents, but a vital piece of India’s digital future. Responding to a pointed question from Nellimarla MLA Lokam Madhavi, Lokesh hit out at what he called a deliberate campaign of misinformation, saying some groups were stoking fear and confusion around the projects purely for political gains. He appealed directly to the people of Visakhapatnam, urging them not to fall for “fake…