Don rose as capitalism broke
Having turned the vote his way in just about every corner of the 50 states in America, Donald Trump’s victory in the race for the White House appears to reflect a sweeping turn to the...
View ArticleAbove all else: Here’s the X factor Americans look for in Potus
Perhaps the White House has high shelves or hard-to-reach corners. How else can one explain its obsession with the height of those who come to camp there? Both the outgoing president and his...
View ArticleLeveraging unpaved airstrips for high-value crop transport: A transformative...
India, one of the largest producers of agricultural goods globally, faces persistent challenges in ensuring that farm produce reaches markets efficiently. Post-harvest losses, particularly for...
View ArticleSouth China Sea under Trump’s Presidency 2.0: Need for a multi-dimensional...
The South China Sea (SCS) presents a more complex task for Trump than Ukraine or the West Asian conflicts, where none has a decisive upper hand, and the fatigue factor is palpable. In the SCS,...
View ArticleWhy Stalin-Edappadi war is bad for actor Vijay
James Bond’s creator Ian Fleming said: Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action. Chief minister M K Stalin struck three times at AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K...
View ArticleWill Artificial Intelligence have to evolve ‘death’ to survive our...
For anyone interested in evolution, i.e., a system that is at loggerheads with the universe, Artificial Intelligence is a new animal around the corner throwing up interesting possibilities to speculate...
View ArticleTeachers, teach yourselves: How AI is changing the classroom
What happens when a super-smart tool like AI meets the way we’ve always taught and learned? Well, some problems pop up. At a university in India, a student was accused of cheating because his work...
View ArticleCross-border smogism
Thanks to its ISI, Pakistan’s smoking can be made injurious to India’s health Islamabad has yet to address New Delhi’s concerns about cross-border terrorism emanating from its domain. But the chief...
View ArticleTeachers, teach thyselves
Meet AI’s challenges to traditional education by dropping bits of that tradition What happens when a powerful tool like AI meets the traditional teaching model? Anxiety, friction and litigation. An...
View ArticleLost in Mumbai: A city that’s forgetting to care
Mumbai, India’s financial capital, is a city of dreams, where people come to make it big. It’s home to billionaires, Bollywood, and endless opportunities. But beneath the glitter, Mumbai is struggling....
View ArticleLost in Mumbai
Mumbaikars lament the decay of their beloved metro yet don’t care if that’s not a poll issue The Mumbai voter’s distress, all that hand-wringing, is rather well captured in Maratha quotaman Jarange...
View ArticleAQI 1000: What does air pollution tell us about justice, dignity, & democracy?
1071. 837. 811. 736. These are not lottery figures but the Air Quality Index (AQI) recorded in and around Delhi on Wednesday. The AQI has remained in severe or severe+ category in Delhi-NCR for over...
View ArticleThe Weekly Vine Edition 18: I can’t breathe, Trump outdoing the Devil, and...
Hello and welcome to another edition of the Weekly Vine. This week, we are discussing the perennial winter plight of residents of Delhi-NCR, who are living in a toxic gas chamber; Trump outdoing the...
View ArticleLet it be noted
Imagine this: a politician gets caught with a bag of money, and people say it’s for bribing voters. Sounds like a movie scene, right? But it’s real! In Maharashtra, BJP leader Vinod Tawde and a...
View ArticleNeta Neti, Neti, Neti
Grim thoughts after polling day Yesterday was for electile functioning. Today, I should have been happily pregnant with anticipation. Instead I’ve woken up with morning sickness. Which alliance will...
View ArticleThe man, not meme
Those focused on Musk’s bromance with Trump are forgetting what makes the former tick – a fine mind The world’s richest man endorsing a presidential candidate was always going to get some snark from...
View ArticleLet it be noted
Two netas booked in a cash-for-voters case. But funny money in polls is a far bigger story BJP gen sec Vinod Tawde and a BJP Maharashtra poll candidate, Rajan Naik, have been booked by cops...
View ArticleThe man, not meme
Elon Musk is a name you’ve probably heard – he’s the guy behind Tesla cars, rockets that go to space with SpaceX, and even plans to make living on Mars possible. But recently, people have...
View ArticleStates & Sanskar: Debt is the new D(anger) word
Indian states must urgently cultivate and adhere to fundamental principles—or what we may call ‘Sanskars’—of fiscal discipline and responsibility. These include integrity, accountability, frugality,...
View ArticleAI under attack: why red teaming is the ultimate defence & investment for...
As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes integral to business operations and governmental functions, ensuring the security and resilience of these systems is paramount. The increasing sophistication of...
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