A pledge for prosperous, developed Maharashtra
The Mahayuti government has presented the budget for 2025-26 based on the four points of agriculture, industry, infrastructure and employment. The Mahayuti government through this budget has taken one...
View ArticleEngineering AI’s future: How the real differentiators are evolving
For those holding onto the belief that Large Language Models (LLMs) are the defining factor in Generative AI—it’s time to rethink that stance. Not long ago, LLMs may have been the cutting edge. But...
View ArticleHow to secure your place as an indispensable AI engineer in 2025
As AI continues to evolve at breakneck speed, the job market for AI engineers is becoming more competitive. With new advancements in technology and the increasing accessibility of tools like Large...
View ArticleIs there a line on your phone?
Lines! Lines! Lines everywhere! Some real, like the lines in a note-book, or the lines on our face. Some man-made, like the line in front of a public loo. Some imaginary, like the lines on...
View ArticleWon’t tolerate harassment of dog feeders: AWBI
Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI), the central government’s nodal body for animal welfare, has warned of stringent action against RWAs and individuals obstructing feeding of stray dogs inside gated...
View ArticleAt DAG’S Benares, James Prinsep towers Indian history
Benares, the word conjures up esoteric evocations.We think of pages from the past cruising through the modern millennium and we gather exotic stories of British and Scottish gentlemen who fell in love...
View ArticleWhen Periyar returns to haunt DMK: Why every party needs a political exorcist
The past has an uncanny knack for ridiculing the present and threatening the future. The dishonest disown the past, the adept reason with it. Amidst its latest war against Hindi imposition, DMK has...
View ArticlePress and release
What tourists in Japan rave about – not its poetry or pottery or cherry blossoms Whatever the Japanese do, they don’t rest till they perfect. Give them a mountain and they will come back with...
View ArticleRaising Aravalis
Green wall projects have a bad rep, Africa to China. India can learn and do the basics better Two years ago this month, GOI launched the Aravali green wall project, to create a 5km tree...
View ArticleFinding the connection
Why Modi’s way of dealing with Trump is smart in diplomacy In a long podcast with MIT scientist Lex Fridman, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi talked about many things, including how countries should...
View ArticleSaving the Aravalis: India’s green wall
Did you know that India is trying to build a wall of trees to stop the desert from spreading? Two years ago, the Indian government started the Aravali Green Wall Project. The goal is to...
View ArticleSamta Yog: Modi’s Love-Attack
Why Modi’s approach to Trump, seen again in a podcast, is diplomatically astute Modi’s three-hour podcast with MIT scientist Lex Fridman ranged over many themes, and had some strong pointers on...
View ArticleHow we can reinvent ourselves every day
Authored by Jug Suraiya The saying that you can never step into the same river twice, as the flowing river is constantly changing, is doubly true. It’s not just the river that has changed; the...
View ArticleHow to see a downturn coming like an expert
It’s official, the economy is facing uncertain headwinds. I can state this with certainty as I saw a smartly dressed newsreader say this in front of the camera in a voice so smooth that she...
View ArticleBanter or disrespect? The thin line we keep crossing
I remember walking through the neighbourhood park one day, just a few months back. A group of young boys, maybe fifteen or sixteen years old, was playing, hurling abuses at each other in the name...
View ArticleBrighter classrooms, darker politics: The battle over PM SHRI
The Pradhan Mantri Schools for Rising India (PM SHRI) scheme is a bold and forward-thinking initiative by the central government to revolutionise education across India. Designed to upgrade over 14,500...
View ArticleDon’t gag free speech
SC bench says right things. But too many courts exercise their power arbitrarily Three pillars of democracy – legislature, executive and judiciary – have codified powers, and police to enforce them....
View ArticleSigning out
Signatures to writing, humans are doing less and less of it by hand. Is resistance possible? Yes Turns out that when Trump suggested that the pardons Biden signed with an autopen were autonull, he was...
View ArticleLimiting democracy
Our political system ought not to become only a game of numbers Winston Churchill, who was far from being a PRO for liberalism, remarked that democracy was the worst form of govt, except for all...
View ArticleDon’t silence free speech
The Supreme Court (SC) said some important things about free speech. But many courts in India still use their power unfairly. In a democracy, three main groups—lawmakers (legislature), the government...
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