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There was a time when an airport lounge did not need to announce itself. It simply existed like a well-read person in a noisy room. You entered, lowered your voice without being told to, and sat in the quiet confidence that the world, for a brief hour, would behave. This past weekend at Indira Gandhi…

Deepening the digital payment ecosystem has been one of the most significant financial sector reforms of the past two decades, according to users. It fast tracked payment and settlement system. Instant payments through digital payment touchpoints have changed the way business is done. It is driven by the adoption of interoperable technology, facilitating anytime/anywhere banking. …

Artificial intelligence is no longer a distant ambition confined to research labs and science fiction. It is here, reshaping the rhythms of everyday life and rewriting the rules of the global economy at a pace very few anticipated. Automated systems are rapidly displacing functions once considered exclusively human, with adoption rates doubling across industries in…

I remember my mother constantly reminding everyone around her about one thing: budget your money. Don’t overspend. Save for the future. Stay disciplined. At the time, it sounded like good advice. But its real weight became clear only when I saw people around us struggle because they ignored it. As my own responsibilities grew, I moved from a…

Almost a month before the grand three-day celebration of Meghalaya’s 36th Seng Khihlang, I received a gracious invitation from Rgh. H. R. Kurbah, president of the organisation, to attend and speak at the conclave. Though I was aware of this unique congregation of the Khasi–Pnar community, nothing truly prepared me for the profound experience that…

Of all the words that I dread, value must be right there at the top along with root canal and paradigm. Words don’t kill people (though a dictionary can, if aimed right), but words can really scare people. It’s not a wonder many people can be found clutching their chests and slumped over their keyboards…

By Swami Sukhabodhananda We know so much today…yet we are more confused than ever. We attend courses, read books, watch videos, collect endless information. Still, when life presents a small challenge, we feel disturbed. If knowledge is increasing, why is clarity not increasing? Shiva Sutras give astartling answer: Gnanam Bandhanam . Knowledge can become bondage….

King Donald-I was a very worried man. His decisions for the day depended on which side of the bed he had got up from, but it was almost noon, his favourite Field Marshal was sweating it out, waiting on the hot Islamabad tarmac, and he just could not remember which.How the hell was he supposed…

It has been called the ‘forbidden experiment’. The kind we could never, ever be justified in purposely initiating. Forty years ago, the worst nuclear disaster in history sent a radioactive cloud billowing from Chernobyl across Europe, emptied entire towns, uprooted 350,000 lives. In an unforeseen twist, it also triggered extraordinary rewilding. In parts of the…

Sunday will go down in history like May 6, 1954, when Roger Bannister broke the 4-minute-mile barrier, or July 13, 1985, when Sergey Bubka pole-vaulted over 6m. It’s one of those rare days when humans have shoved “impossible” so hard, it’s stumbled back. Sunday was the 2-hour-marathon barrier’s turn. Kenyan Sabastian Sawe finished the London…