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Feb 10 is when India’s biggest airline will face a new test, as new pilot duty rules kick in. DGCA better watch out In slapping IndiGo with a ₹22.2cr fine – the steepest ever for an Indian airline – for massive flight disruptions last month, DGCA has sent out the right message. Additionally, IndiGo has…

The new year began with longing for recent past. That’s not a good way to figure out how to negotiate the present   The new year is so young, and already the young are dissing it. ‘2026 is the new 2016’ is what they’re trending across social media. Celebrities have seized the fad. It’s images…

Means I will spam you. Call you? Forget it Ping! Ping! goes the phone. I glance at it lazily and it’s The Lad. Like a dutiful, doting mother, I pick it up to see what is so urgent. It’s an Instagram alert. The Lad has forwarded three reels in quick succession. Since I’m a typical…

Last month, during my visit to Bodhgaya, I happened to see a banner announcing the 2nd Padmasambhava Conference at Odisha, being held from January 11–16, 2026. Excited to attend a conference dedicated to my sat-guru, I immediately registered. On reaching the venue, I was astonished to see nearly 2,000 monks, lamas, khempos, rinpoches, Dharma practitioners,…

Let’s start with an honest truth: stress isn’t going anywhere.  Whether you’re in a high-pressure corporate role or a govt. officer, defence, aviation,  healthcare, hospitality, stress comes with responsibility. Long hours, irregular schedules, disrupted sleep, constant decision-making—it’s all part of the job.  So instead of asking “How do I avoid stress?”, a better question is:…

Resolving the tensions between designing for millions and responding to the needs of individual classrooms can be difficult. Here are lessons that can help. Both of us started our journeys in education at the grassroots around the year 2020. We immersed ourselves in classrooms and communities, listening to children, working with teachers, problem-solving with administrative…

In recent months, South Asia has witnessed a wave of youth-led protests that have toppled governments and shaken the foundations of established political orders. Bangladesh in 2024 saw student protests escalate into a revolution that forced Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to flee, ending her long rule amid accusations of authoritarianism and corruption. Barely a year…

The 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) marks a critical inflection point in Vietnam’s development trajectory. Convened at a time of heightened geopolitical competition, rapid technological disruption, and mounting development constraints, the Congress seeks to consolidate Vietnam’s long-term national vision of becoming a high-income, developed country by mid-century. At its core…

Karnataka’s legal position on regulatory sand-boxing. Karnataka is one of the few Indian states (besides Telangana and Maharashtra) that can legitimately claim to have thought ahead on innovation regulation. In 2020, it enacted the Karnataka Innovation Authority Act, a law that enables the creation of regulatory sandboxes, controlled environments where new technologies and business models…

As Midshipmen on board INS Beas in 1981 we would sail a lot as part of our training and visit various ports . It was during one such visits that we reached the port of Chennai. We had reached a day before and in the evening visited the duty free shops around the port. The…