Mumbai Countdown by Vijay Martis “What if you had just 53 minutes to save the city from catastrophe?” In the heart of Mumbai, a city pulsating with life and energy, Abhinav Rao, a brilliant yet reclusive white-hat hacker, finds himself ensnared in a digital conspiracy that threatens to bring the city to its knees. Hired by a prestigious bank to test their security systems, Abhinav stumbles upon a breach of unprecedented scale—a sophisticated cyberattack targeting not just one bank but an entire network of critical infrastructures. As he delves deeper, Abhinav realizes the attack is not the work of an ordinary hacker but a coordinated offensive with the potential to control Mumbai's very lifeline. With time running out and millions of lives hanging in the balance, Abhinav must navigate a web of deception and betrayal to uncover the truth behind this insidious plot. Joining forces with Pragya Gupta, an unmatched cybersecurity expert with whom he shares a complicated past, and Mahima Singh, a determined detective who will stop at nothing to protect her city, Abhinav races against time to thwart the plans of a shadowy group intent on unleashing chaos. As the clock ticks down and the stakes reach unimaginable heights, Mumbai Countdown takes readers on a thrilling ride through the dark underbelly of cyber warfare. In a world where technology reigns supreme and trust is a rare commodity, can Abhinav and his allies outsmart their adversaries before it's too late? Mumbai Countdown is a gripping thriller that explores the intersection of technology and humanity, where every keystroke could mean salvation or destruction. Dive into this high-stakes battle for control in a city that never sleeps, where the lines between friend and foe blur and nothing is as it seems.

A powerful investigation into the chances for humanity's future from the author of the bestseller The World Without Us. In his bestselling book The World Without Us, Alan Weisman considered how the Earth could heal and even refill empty niches if relieved of humanity's constant pressures. Behind that groundbreaking thought experiment was his hope that we would be inspired to find a way to add humans back to this vision of a restored, healthy planet-only in harmony, not mortal combat, with the rest of nature. But with a million more of us every 4 1/2 days on a planet that's not getting any bigger, and with our exhaust overheating the atmosphere and altering the chemistry of the oceans, prospects for a sustainable human future seem ever more in doubt. For this long awaited follow-up book, Weisman traveled to more than 20 countries to ask what experts agreed were probably the most important questions on Earth -- and also the hardest: How many humans can the planet hold without capsizing? How robust must the Earth's ecosystem be to assure our continued existence? Can we know which other species are essential to our survival? And, how might we actually arrive at a stable, optimum population, and design an economy to allow genuine prosperity without endless growth? Weisman visits an extraordinary range of the world's cultures, religions, nationalities, tribes, and political systems to learn what in their beliefs, histories, liturgies, or current circumstances might suggest that sometimes it's in their own best interest to limit their growth. The result is a landmark work of reporting: devastating, urgent, and, ultimately, deeply hopeful. By vividly detailing the burgeoning effects of our cumulative presence, Countdown reveals what may be the fastest, most acceptable, practical, and affordable way of returning our planet and our presence on it to balance. Weisman again shows that he is one of the most provocative journalists at work today, with a book whose message is so compelling that it will change how we see our lives and our destiny.

The unprecedented calamity of the COVID-19 pandemic, especially a harsh lockdown, battered the Indian economy at a time when it was already grappling with a deep structural slowdown. Almost a year on, when the first signs of a tentative recovery were just visible, India was hit by a devastating second wave of the pandemic. Countdown tries to make economic sense of this disaster. As millions lost their jobs and walked back hundreds of kilometres or looked in vain for a hospital bed or oxygen, billionaires made more money than ever before and the stock markets climbed to new highs. This crisis laid bare India's extreme economic disparities. Even during the best growth years, India failed to create enough jobs or invest substantially in human development. The country's toughest economic challenge since 1947 comes at a time when her main resource, her demographic strength, is about to run out too. Countdown presents a road map for sustainable reforms that could create millions of jobs, boost demand from below and reboot the economy in time to reap the benefit of India's demographic dividend.

The story concludes with a legacy of courage and sacrifice, leaving Mumbai and the world forever changed.

A medical thriller in the tradition of Michael Crichton, Robin Cook, and Michael Palmer, this work tells the story of Jack Cann, a world-renown virologist, tired of navigating the arcane politics of a highbrow Ivy League school, who returns to his Midwestern Kansas roots to lead the quiet life of a university professor. His plan is interrupted when an African village in the Olduvai region of Africa is consumed by death in a few hours; this isolated incident in a remote region devolves into worldwide chaos as death sweeps across Africa. Jack and his Asian-American wife, anthropologist Marla Qui, lead a team from the CDC trying to identify the malady and find a cure before it decimates the Western Hemisphere. What they discover is more terrifying than any known virus. They now must race against the clock to save their own lives, as well as others'.

Atomic Mumbai offers an insightful historical and ethnographic account of how nuclear issues are represented in popular culture, print media, films, documentaries, advertising and superhero comics, driven by perceptions of those based in the city of Mumbai, a prime site of nuclear establishments in India since the mid-1940s. Based on long-term fieldwork, and including rare photographs, narratives and extensive interviews, the volume documents urban nuclear imaginaries, along with their terrifying association with genetic mutation and death.

“Tantalizing, true stories of Indian women aviators who broke the glass ceiling and paved the way for future generations. ‘From Sarees to Stripes’ is a compelling read which establishes that it is no more a man’s world up there in the sky.” – Gunjan Saxena, former IAF officer and first female Indian combat pilot to serve in a war zone Straighten your seat, fasten your seatbelts, keep the tray table upright, and enjoy your flight! As you hear this announcement inside an aeroplane, how do you respond when it turns out that the captain/commander is a woman? Are you surprised, concerned or perhaps impressed? Women pilots have overcome extraordinary challenges to be where they are and their stories need to be told. ‘From Sarees to Stripes’ stems from experiences – both personal as well as those that numerous other women had, the challenges faced by them, and how they broke the glass ceiling every time. The stories of these women pilots weave together a narrative full of India’s aviation history, behind-the-scenes drama and the determination with which they fought all odds to realise their dreams. Starting from the mid-1930s to the millennials, the book covers the pioneers in this field. These women boast several firsts in the industry, one of which is being hired as pilots to fly for Indian Airlines, the airline that was the first to induct women as pilots as early as 1966, paving the way for many more.