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The Delhi result The defeat of the grand old party in the Delhi election should be an eye-opener to the Gandhi siblings. It is going to be a long road for the Gandhi family to get the slow train moving again. Arunkumar Sadanand, Chennai The Indian electorate is, by and large, a moderately tolerant people,…
Engaging and enthusiastic guides leave touristss with lasting impressions and great memories. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The travel bug bit us late in life. We were not tech savvy backpackers ready to do walking tours or bike tours and discover new places on our own. Guides played a major role in our travel. They…
For the first time in nearly five years, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) pivoted on interest rates, unanimously deciding to cut the benchmark repo rate from 6.50% to 6.25%. This move, while maintaining a neutral stance, marks a significant departure from the previous bi-monthly review, where the committee…
In November 2024, a postgraduate student in Michigan, United States, had a disturbing interaction while discussing elderly care solutions with Google’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbot, Gemini. After some hours of discussing problems of old age, the chatbot suddenly snapped, issuing a blunt and alarming message: “This is for you, human….You are a waste of time…
“The media reaches crores of people. By asking ourselves a few questions, we can bring in this human touch” | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Last week the NWMI (Network of Women in Media, India) held its annual meeting, which 189 women from across the country travelled to Guwahati to attend. One of the sessions was on navigating…
When the state of Israel was created in Palestine in 1948, more than 7,00,000 Palestinians, the land’s original inhabitants, were displaced. Palestinians remember this forced mass expulsion as the Nakba (catastrophe). More Palestinians were expelled during the Six-Day War in 1967. Some moved to Gaza, others to the West Bank, while the majority fled to…
Insularity often stems from contempt, and the kind now being exhibited by U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration is no exception. Withdrawing from international commitments has become a defining feature of Mr. Trump’s foreign policy, and the latest decision to freeze foreign assistance adds to the list of drastic moves, following the withdrawal from…
Deportation begins It is clear that U.S. President Donald Trump means business when it comes to the subject of immigration (Page 1, “U.S. deports Indians as Trump tightens immigration rules”, February 5). The ‘bromance’ that India’s leader has tried to portray with the American President and his use of other terms of familiarity such as…
For decades, Punjab has been struggling to tackle drug trafficking. Its proximity to the heroin-producing Golden Crescent — Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran — makes it vulnerable to the problem. This is why the drugs menace is also a national security issue. Last August, as the Punjab Governor Gulab Chand Kataria said, the State, which shares…
It was a great honour for this writer to have accompanied President Prabowo Subianto of Indonesia, who was the chief guest at India’s spectacular 76th Republic Day celebrations. The magnificence of the occasion was not only reflected in the vibrant displays of India’s democracy, diversity and military strength, but was also a timely reminder of…
