From academic debate to institutional scrutiny: Inside IIT Delhi’s caste conference fallout

IIT Delhi has recently been embroiled in a controversy over a conference on caste and race, prompting the institute to constitute a fact-finding committee. Image source: ANI Indian Institute of Technology Delhi has set up a fact-finding committee and sought explanations from faculty organisers after an academic conference on caste and race drew sustained criticism…

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Orry breaks silence on fallout with Sara Ali Khan and Ibrahim Ali Khan, says only Amrita Singh’s apology can fix it | Hindi Movie News

Orhan Awatramani, popularly known as Orry, has been dominating showbiz conversations lately for his unfiltered social media posts and open digs at former friends Sara Ali Khan and Ibrahim Ali Khan. The influencer has made little effort to hide the growing tension, and now, in a recent interaction, he has addressed the feud head-on.Orry says…

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Ayodhya GST officer quits, cites ‘moral duty’ after remarks by Shankaracharya Swami Avimukteshwaranand against PM Narendra Modi and UP CM Yogi Adityanath | Lucknow News

Uttar Pradesh GST Deputy Commissioner in Ayodhya, Prashant Kumar Singh, has resigned citing moral reasons and support for CM Yogi Adityanath AYODHYA: Prashant Kumar Singh, deputy commissioner of the Uttar Pradesh GST department posted in Ayodhya, has resigned from service, citing moral reasons and expressing support for chief minister Yogi Adityanath and Prime Minister Narendra…

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‘My partner is half Indian, son’s middle name is Sekhar’: Elon Musk claps back at Vinod Khosla over ‘White people’ row

Elon Musk has hit back at billionaire investor Vinod Khosla after a social media exchange about race. The row began when Musk said that the population of White people on earth is reducing.In a post on X, Musk said: “White people are a rapidly diminishing minority of global population.”Khosla replied and said Musk doesn’t want…

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Not just ‘mother of all deals’: FTA with EU and 7 other trade pacts signed by India since 2021

Antonio Costa, Narendra Modi, and Ursula von der Leyen NEW DELHI: The India–European Union (EU) Free Trade Agreement (FTA), announced on Tuesday, is the country’s eighth such pact since 2021. Famously called the “mother of all deals” by European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen days before she arrived in Delhi with European Council President…

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Khosla raids Elon’s ghosla: Calls on tech workers to quit Musk’s Tesla and SpaceX

The TOI correspondent from Washington: Among Silicon Valley elites where tech titans have largely aligned with President Donald Trump’s purportedly race-driven MAGA vision, Indian-American venture capitalist Vinod Khosla has been an outlier. Exceptional as his opposition to Trump has been, the billionaire tech savant has set off a political and cultural firestorm this week with…

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