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Christmas unfolds as a sensory feast of ancient food traditions, making the season unimaginable without its warm, evocative flavors. Amid swirling snowflakes and the sharp chill that bites at rosy cheeks, families huddle by crackling fires, the air heavy with the scent of spiced mulled wine-a Roman remedy from the 2nd century, simmered with cinnamon,…

India’s ambition to become ‘Viksit Bharat’ will depend as much on the strength of its universities as on economic growth or technological capability. As the country positions itself in areas such as climate action, clean energy, digital systems, and advanced manufacturing, higher education must produce graduates who can think across disciplines, adapt to change, and…

In the 1960s, Prof Peter Jost ran a study for the British govt that showed better engine lubricants could save over £500mn each year by cutting friction losses. That’s £8.5bn in today’s money. By the early 2000s, engine design, vehicle aerodynamics and, of course, lube formulation had advanced significantly, yet a 2009 study found cars…

The world’s most famous ship, Titanic, could carry roughly 22,000 tonnes of passengers and cargo. Yet, it couldn’t have carried all the gold owned by Indian households. A recent Morgan Stanley report estimates our private gold hoard at 35,000 tonnes – among the world’s biggest. And it keeps growing. Between 2000 and 2025, India’s net…

Everyone can do with a little menopause now and then. It arrives like a fairy godmother and turns you into a pumpkin. However joyful you may be, your face advertises you as someone who just bit into a lemon. Who’s that gnarly gnome in the shop window? Men stop openly staring – you are slowly…

By Muni Pranamya Sagar The recent operational meltdown in the Indian aviation sector was more than a logistical failure; it was a spiritual opportunity disguised as a crisis. As fog enveloped runways and sleek machinery halted, bustling terminals transformed into unwilling retreat centres. This fiasco was a forced meditation, compelling thousands to stop running, sit…

Which parts of an organisation’s business processes and our day-to-day tasks must see the presence of AI in them? AI is not an industry vertical. It is spread across various functions of an organisation horizontally. AI in marketing First, you can build a marketing campaign recommender to identify which prospects or customer groups are most…

Mahatma Gandhi once offered a talisman for anyone in doubt about a decision:Recall the face of the poorest and weakest person you have seen, and ask whether what you are about to do will help them. If we were to apply this today to public policy, we might update the image slightly: think of an…

There are moments in the life of a nation-state when its institutions, habits, and expectations shift so subtly that the transformation is barely noticed while it is taking place. India is living through such a moment. We describe it in convenient phrases such as digital governance, digital public infrastructure, innovation and reform. Yet, beneath these…

Imagine if you could fix a spelling mistake in a long document with just one click. Now, imagine doing the same with the genetic code of a plant or even a human cell. That’s exactly what CRISPR-Cas genome editing allows scientists to do with remarkable precision. In recent years, CRISPR has become one of the…