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Those Little Specks

When Modi visited the island nation of Seychelles, it reminded the world that islands are becomi…

Cup of Life

The 2026 World Cup shows why football is full of joy, sadness and drama Football is more than ju…

The F’s after failing

Is failing easy? Even a toddler cries when she drops her toy she was happily playing with! Think…

Ashura: Remembrance of a choice

By Abdul Majid Hakeem Ilahi More than thirteen centuries have passed since the tragedy of Karbal…

Sound Sense of Silence

How much hearing loss will it take for India to wake up to its noise problem? A town crier? In 2…

Unlock Safety

Electronic door locks can become dangerous during fires. We need a solution A fire in a commerci…

The Brexit Carousel

A decade after “taking back control”, Britain is instead defined by how often it replaces its PM…

Fishy geopolitics

London chippy is perfect example of how to run a tricky biz In London, which I’m visiting, I wit…

Borrowed Britain

Everything in the country has been taken from somewhere else On the day I arrived in London in t…

Lonely Hearts ‘Cub’

Simi Aunty is Simian Uncle in Delhi zoo The capital is always a hunting ground for ‘poli-trimoni…

Behind party lines

Making of an eight-ISH-year-old’s birthday bash Declassified minutes of final meeting for Donald…

Mein Chai Kampf

How even Hitler can get lost in translation Shock and horror crossed my face, paused briefly for…

Give Data, Take AI

India needs cutting-edge AI. It should use data as bargaining chip for unrestricted access to US…

Catch Them Young

IIT Kanpur makes a smart choice Nisarga Adhikary, a 19-year-old who became famous last month for…

A Tangled Problem at Sea

The Indian government needs to do more to help sailors stuck near the Strait of Hormuz and work …

Control, Shift

AI is not destroying the job market, but changing it. There will be jobs aplenty if you update y…

Big Salary Hikes? Yup

In bad times, some jobs/businesses thrive: lawyers, arms-makers. Chaos dividend is real  This is…

The Stayatollahs

100 days of the Iran war show many US mistakes. Trump should fire some advisers This is a war al…

Overqualified & Out

There’s no such thing as being too educated for a job, if you want /need that job & do it co…

Shot In The Arm

Zaynich is proof that Indian pharma wants to move up the value chain. Govt can help with laws an…

Adults In The Room

SC did well to liberate voluntary adult sex workers. They’re neither victim nor offender In an e…

Glitch. Retest. Repeat 

NTA and CBSE have a lot to answer for. Their test systems have evidently failed, risking Indian …

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