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How is 2026 likely to pan out for the consumer? Any conversation about the future must begin with AI, cutting edge of tech. Almost in step is the growing popularity of mysticism and All Things God. Getting physical is back and growing – footfalls in malls are rising and people are cranking up on increasing…

More often than not, we tend to associate autocratic regimes with a cult of personalities. Think Hitler, Stalin, Idi Amin. However, no autocrat rules alone. They are all supported by an elite that actually props up the regimes. Twilight Of Democracy: The Failure Of Politics And The Parting Of Friends by Anne Applebaum explores how this class of elite…

Why BJP should respond strongly to Xmas attacks  Christmas was marred by the shocking and shameful conduct, from mobs declaring allegiance to Bajrang Dal, VHP and fringe outfits. They ransacked Christmas decorations, disrupted and harassed carol singers and Christmas gatherings, stormed schools and churches, heckled even poor vendors selling Santa caps – incidents captured on…

Envy, cynicism, nostalgia drive the privileged to demagogues More often than not, we tend to associate autocratic regimes with a cult of personalities. Think Hitler, Stalin, Idi Amin. However, no autocrat rules alone. They are all supported by an elite that actually props up the regimes. Twilight Of Democracy: The Failure Of Politics And The…

Why BJP should respond strongly to Xmas attacks  Christmas was marred by the shocking and shameful conduct, from mobs declaring allegiance to Bajrang Dal, VHP and fringe outfits. They ransacked Christmas decorations, disrupted and harassed carol singers and Christmas gatherings, stormed schools and churches, heckled even poor vendors selling Santa caps – incidents captured on…

December always arrives, lingers, and finally leaves with a soft hush. Fairy lights appear on windowsills. The air cools slightly. People start smiling at strangers. And suddenly, the world feels kinder than it did in November. It is Christmas month. A month when everything feels possible. Even love. I recently read a girl’s post online….

Meta’s most popular LLM series is Llama. Llama stands for Large Language Model Meta AI. They are open-source models. Llama 3 was trained with fifteen trillion tokens. It has a context window size of 8000 tokens. There are 8- and 70-billion-parameter models. Both are pre-trained and instruction-tuned. The 8-billion-parameter model has a knowledge cut-off of…

The latest draft electoral rolls have produced numbers that have sharpened an ongoing political debate. Nearly 97.3 lakh names have been deleted in Tamil Nadu and 73.7 lakh in Gujarat during the ongoing revision exercise, according to Election Commission data cited in recent reports. For the Opposition, these figures have become the basis for allegations…

The genesis of Vietnam’s multilateral diplomacy can be traced back to the era of Ho Chi Minh, who viewed multilateral institutions as critical assets for amplifying Vietnam’s voice and mobilising international support to advance national interests. In the post–Cold War period, and particularly since the 13th National Party Congress, Hanoi has pursued this approach with…

Over the past few decades, India’s healthcare industry has undergone a remarkable transformation. The country has made significant strides in building better infrastructure, expanding access to essential medical services and strengthening public health policies. All these have laid the foundation for a more inclusive health system. However, this progress faces a formidable challenge with the…