Celebrating bonds: President Subianto as Republic Day chief guest joins PM...
India and Indonesia’s deepening partnership takes centre stage as the two nations commemorate a historic bond amidst evolving challenges in the Indo-Pacific region. President Prabowo Subianto’s...
View ArticleIs the world ready for a silver economy?
The world is greying—rapidly. By 2050, 22% of the global population will be aged 60 or above, up from just 12% in 2015. This demographic shift isn’t a societal challenge; it’s a colossal economic...
View ArticleDeepSeek’s disruption and India’s AI opportunity
The meteoric rise of DeepSeek, a Chinese AI startup originally spun off from a hedge fund, has upended the global tech arena long dominated by American powerhouses like OpenAI, Google, and Meta....
View ArticleBalancing act: Navigating data privacy in the age of AI
28th January is marked as Data Privacy Day with the purpose of raising awareness and promoting privacy and data protection best practices. As AI adoption surges across industries in India, the risk of...
View ArticleMotu’s MRP
Magical new delivery apps threaten to put paid to traditional kirana shops across the country Poor Motu’s days seem to be numbered. Motu is the name ascribed to the two proprietors of the kirana shop...
View ArticleAround the wicket
As the third season of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) gets closer, the growth of women’s cricket is clear, even though the journey hasn’t always been perfect. Team India has done great in women’s...
View ArticleA long yatra
Thaw in India-China ties can’t mask fundamental issues. New Delhi must work to reduce power gap India and China have agreed to resume the Kailash Mansarovar yatra this year, and consented in principle...
View ArticleAround the wicket
Ahead of WPL 3, women’s cricket report card is complex, but its forward direction is clear Team India won the inaugural ICC U-19 Women’s T20 World Cup and is smashing it at the second one...
View ArticleA long yatra
India and China have agreed to restart the Kailash Mansarovar yatra this year, and they’re also planning to bring back direct flights between the two countries. While this sounds like a positive step,...
View ArticleMetamorphoses through Nietzsche’s lens
Kishore Asthana Explaining spiritual advancement, in Thus Spake Zarathustra, Nietzsche says, “Three metamorphoses of the spirit I designate to you: how the spirit becomes a camel, the camel a lion, and...
View ArticleWhy India’s gun laws don’t reduce gun ownership
Last Sunday residents of Roorkee in Uttarakhand witnessed a scene straight out of Sholay. A former MLA led a raid on the home-cum-office of his rival. Reports say they fired around 100 shots, and 70...
View ArticleBudget: Letter to FM
Dear finance minister, You must be flooded with advice on what to do in the Budget. I am wary of adding to your burden but unable to resist. So, here are three suggestions at a...
View ArticleAs self we’re all one, there’s no other, so we must learn ‘to be’ and ‘to do’...
As a society, academia, leadership and governance we must learn, awaken and spread the idea, ideal, and the wisdom that identified as Self within, we’re all one. However, without learning this basic,...
View ArticleThe Weekly Vine Edition 28: Why there’s no point worrying about DeepSeek
In this week’s edition, we talk about DeepSeek, Trump bullying Colombia, Vivek’s post-DOGE innings, Jasprit Bumrah becoming the Test Cricketer of the Year, and our word of the week: FAFO.Hello there...
View ArticleAdvantage Assam 2.0 to steer growth of northeast region
The frenetic activity at Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport is impossible to miss these days. As you step outside, the chaos of civil works, the brisk pace of construction, and the occasional...
View ArticleHow AI Will Shape Startup Growth in 2025
Ever wondered if the email you just received was drafted by a person—or by AI? Artificial Intelligence is quietly but powerfully becoming a co-pilot in our daily tasks, reshaping how we communicate,...
View ArticleTragedy & context
When we mourn deaths in big, newsy events like Kumbh, we must also look for the right perspective Yesterday, around 100mn Kumbh devotees had been expected to take a holy dip. Overall, 450mn devotees...
View ArticleBlack horse, white knight
Kala Ghoda fest gallops to rescue heritage For 89 years, King Edward VII’s bronze horse polished to black finish gave its colloquial name to a crescent-shaped layout bordering the business district...
View ArticleAI’s secret edge
Lots of data and powerful chips are important, but the real key to success might be the freedom to share ideas China wants to be the world leader in AI by 2030. Last weekend, its...
View ArticleAI’s X factor
Mountains of data and cutting-edge chips are essential ingredients, but freedom of expression is the secret sauce China aims to be world’s AI superpower by 2030, so when its homemade DeepSeek model...
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