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To Win in the Kingdom of AI, India Must Stop Celebrating Data Centres
1+ hour, 6+ min ago (516+ words) India's'Information'Technology (IT)'Services industry was a miracle of the 1990s. A fortuitous constellation of new tech and'bold'policies'had'created this wonder.'The invention of the desktop internet was at the epicentre'of this revolution. Shiny new private telecoms were laying cables and locking in…...
'One Night After Another', 'Sinners': BAFTA Awards 2026 Complete Winners List
1+ hour, 10+ min ago (366+ words) As reported by The Indian Express, Jessie Buckley won Leading Actress for Hamnet, while Robert Aramayo took Leading Actor for I Swear. The Best Film Not in the English Language award went to Sentimental Value. The EE Rising Star Award,…...
Manipuri Film 'Boong' Makes History With BAFTA Win For Indian Cinema
1+ hour, 26+ min ago (385+ words) According to Hindustan Times, Farhan Akhtar, who attended the event with co-producers and director Lakshmipriya Devi, described his decision to back Boong as stemming from a long-standing professional relationship and a belief in the film's story. As reported by The…...
Mukul Roy, Former Railway Minister And TMC Leader, Dies At 71
1+ hour, 48+ min ago (404+ words) Mukul Roy, former Railway Minister of India and a senior leader of the Trinamool Congress (TMC), passed away at the age of 71 in Kolkata. He died of cardiac arrest at a private hospital in Salt Lake, as confirmed by his…...
Sunday View: The Best Weekend Opinion Reads, Curated Just for You
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (394+ words) In his column for The Indian Express, Congress leader P Chidambaram argues that while Artificial Intelligence (AI) promises huge gains in productivity and opportunity, it also poses serious risks, especially to employment in India's already fragile labour market, where many…...
US Supreme Court Brings a Breather from Tariffs, but Trump Remains at Large
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (591+ words) On 20 February, the United States Supreme Court ruled on the issue of whether the American President had the power to impose tariffs on foreign goods under the country's International Emergency Economic Powers (IEEPA) Act of 1977. Unlike his predecessors, President Donald…...
Fact-Check: AI-Manipulated Video Viral as China Prepping Robots to Fight Wars
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (166+ words) A video purpotedly showing robots is being shared on social media with the claim that China was 'prepping' them to fight wars in the future. Is the claim true?: No, the claim is false as this video is manipulated using…...
Food Jihad: AP Muslim Vendor's Harassment by YouTubers Tests TDP's Secular Cred
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (595+ words) Andhra Pradesh's ruling party, the Telugu Desam Party's (TDP) secular credentials have faced a battering in the recent past with Chandrababu Naidu's over-enthusiastic embrace of Hindutva political narratives. What is the Issue? A Muslim vendor, Shaikh Shavali from Andhra Pradesh,…...
'Gurugram's 32nd Avenue Gave Us No Choice, Forcing Us to Resign Without Pay"
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (363+ words) For the past year and a half, I worked as a graphic designer at 32nd Avenue, Gurugram's landmark commercial hub. It was my first job, and so, the way the company has unravelled in recent months has left me deeply shocked....
A 'Pink' Rebel in a Sea of Saffron: The Quiet Cheek of Taapsee Pannu
2+ day, 47+ min ago (427+ words) The clip surfaced while Pannu was promoting her latest film, Anubhav Sinha's Assi, a courtroom drama on the worryingly rising cases of rape and sexual assault incidents in India. The film, also starring Mohd Zeeshan Ayyub and Kani Kusruti, deals…...