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Every generation invents its own idea of virtue. Ours wakes up early, announces it loudly, and expects applause before breakfast. Somewhere between the ice bath and the smoothie, discipline stopped being a private arrangement with oneself and became a public spectacle, complete with timestamps, emojis, and the gentle implication that anyone asleep at 6:45 am…

A 78‑year‑old man was tricked in a cyber scam called a “digital arrest scam”. He lost ₹23 crore—a huge amount of money. The police managed to track and freeze ₹12 crore, but the rest is almost impossible to get back. Now the man has gone to the Supreme Court, asking several big banks to return…

A friend of mine called me to ask if I had seen a particular Hindi movie. I asked why. He said that the movie was on experiential education. I had to watch the movie. In the movie, a teacher goes to Germany to see the relevant World War II sites and from there sends video…

The dog takes up a special place in human imagination. It is a pet to be adored as well as a beast to be feared. For dog lovers, the dog gives something that no one else does— unconditional love, no matter who you are or what you do. For others, it is just an animal…

1) The Good & Bad of Artificial Intelligence, Ai: We’ve all realized by now, that all education, religions, and technologies, Ai included, can be used both for good and evil. However, we’ve yet to realize the truth that we do evil, hate, and wrong each other only because we’ve never ever been told that I am NOT…

Lax KYC processes make it almost impossible to recover money lost to cyber frauds. Banks must be made to pay A 78-year-old man who lost ₹23cr in a digital arrest scam has moved Supreme Court to get his money back. While police were able to trace and freeze about ₹12cr, the remaining 48% is lost…

By Narayani Ganesh Borders, visas and passports are necessary evils in a world rife with violence, terrorism and territorial greed. Why do we hire security agencies to guard our homes and workplaces? For safety. Why do we need to draw borders to make a distinction between one country and the next? In order to protect…

The process for electing the National President of the Bharatiya Janata Party was completed recently. The election procedure for the National President began after the selection of presidents at the mandal, district and state levels across the country. Nitin Nabin received the honour of becoming BJP’s National President at the age of 45. After this…

Resources, seemingly in the contemporary context, have become the global bone of contention and geopolitical and geo-economic scuffles. It’s the thesis and the academically ordained differential of the “Core and the Periphery” that decide the larger fate and the geopolitical fortunes of nations all across the international comity. One can fathom a trend wherein the…

On Republic Day, defence minister writes that the strength of a republic is measured by how it treats its weakest citizens, and argues Modi govt has excelled on this front On May 16, 1952, while… Source link