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One button that promises to save us from snake oils My favourite word these days is not love or joy or those other euphemisms for sloshing about in the milk of human kindness. It is Skip, the destroyer of mobile phone ad attacks, awaited with touching anticipation. I wait for it like warriors once waited…

Trump probably wants Venezuelan oil. He may also target Cuba next. But US interference in Lat Am can get messy   Maduro knew that something had to give. For months Trump administration had ramped up pressure against his Venezuelan regime, amassed a huge military force in the Caribbean, and attacked boats coming out of Venezuela. Washington’s…

Big Tech must be held accountable when its tools incite sexual harassment of women and minors Grok’s been answering specific prompts by ‘undressing’ and ‘nudifying’ women and minors. Actual women and minors. This has understandably drawn outrage and alarm. GOI has also asked X to act against its AI services being used to generate ‘obscene’…

The international law considers intervention by considering less the labels and more behavior: what was undertaken, where, how often with the degree of coercion and what purported legal authority. The legal analysis thus varies on whether the action is armed action, assistance to non-state relationships, recognition and invitation or even the economic step like sanctions….

The early hours of January 3, 2026, marked not just another military intervention, but a stark reminder of a uncomfortable truth: as long as the world runs on oil, military might will shadow energy security. The US invasion of Venezuela, the kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, and President Trump’s blunt…

Every time we drive from Mumbai to Goa, there is one place that unfailingly calls us to pause, breathe, and soak in its magic — Ganpatipule. What began as a convenient halt has, over the years, become a cherished ritual. We now ensure that we spend at least a night or two here before continuing…

1) Gaia is the ancient Greek word for Earth; some refer to her as the ancestral mother and claim that she gave birth to all of the elements of the world. Gaia is the personification of Earth, Ma-Ka or Ma-Go, both of which mean Mother Gaia. The modern onslaught of ‘divisive preaching’ and academic focus only on…

Asset quality in the banking system has improved, with gross non-performing assets reaching a historic low of 2.2 percent in September 2025. While several factors have contributed to this improvement, the role of the ‘Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016 (IBC16)’ cannot be undermined.   Among the various debt resolution mechanisms introduced in the post-reform banking system,…

Somewhere in the mid-eighties of the last century when I was a young Lieutenant  in the executive branch of Indian Navy I could sense that among officers there was this feeling of ‘self doubt’. Some introspection was going on regarding the contribution of the ‘Services’ toward the Nation/National cause. The private sector/corporate  was being perceived…

There is a wonder in reading in Braille that the sighted will never know: to touch words and to have them touch you back.– Jim Fiebig Most of us take the ability to read for granted. But for those without sight, it is not. Braille, a tactile writing system, enables the visually impaired to read….