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Assam recently became the third state to pass a Uniform Civil Code, a common law for people of all faiths, and for long, a BJP election promise. BJP says UCC will bring a uniform law for every citizen. Yet, uniformity in UCC, in all three states, isn’t even. Read full story on TOI+ Facebook Twitter…

In the days after the 9/11 attacks, a T-shirt with a reassuring message became increasingly visible on the London Underground. “Don’t freak, I’m a Sikh.” It was a reference to the hostility directed at turban-wearing men in US, because some Americans mistakenly believed their facial hair and headgear revealed them as members of Osama bin…

I recently met a remarkable, ambitious, 28-year-old through a consulting project. During the course of us working together, the conversation turned to AI, the 2026 equivalent of talking about the weather. I asked her about her AI usage, habits, views and I found her answer very telling. She told me with a straightforward expression and…

Switzerland will hold an interesting vote this Sunday. People will decide whether the country’s population should be kept below 10 million until 2050. Switzerland has about 9 million people today. Births are only slightly higher than deaths, so the population is not growing much on its own. At the current rate, it would take a…

The beautiful game is getting cold vibes in America, partly thanks to Trump. But the magic may yet happen The World Cup is almost here. In many countries, people are already very excited. In Argentina, fans are talking in parks and cafés about whether their team can win again. They are swapping football stickers and…

If Switzerland becomes first nation to cap population, the real casualty will be globalisation  Switzerland will vote in an interesting referendum this Sunday. The question before voters is: should its population be capped at 10mn till 2050? It’s at 9mn now, and natural growth – total births minus total deaths – is a paltry 6,000…

Each year it gets lost in India, causing much hullabaloo till it’s located It had gone and got itself lost again. Or not lost, but maybe just misplaced. This happens year after year, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise, but it does.  There’s much confabulation and conjecture in mainstream and social media as to…

The beautiful game is getting cold vibes in America, partly thanks to Trump. But the magic may yet happen World Cup is almost here, but in one of its host nations, the party feels oddly unloved. Across much of the footballing world, the familiar fever has already taken hold. In Buenos Aires, parks and cafés…

Prompted by geopolitical risks – the Russia-Ukraine war, the Hamas-Israel conflict, tariff wars, the slow fructification of new trade pacts, polarization and the creation of new trade blocs, and the Venezuelan crisis – the global economic landscape is mired in intense geopolitical risks, elevated by the West Asia crisis. The government and central banks are…

Today, the smartphone has become an essential part of our lives, but it also comes with a problem that many people aren’t even aware of. Many mobile apps don’t just check your location when you are using them; they can also continuously monitor your activities in the background. This not only allows companies to access…