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Khamenei, killed in US strikes, had been supreme leader for over 35 years. His son Mojtaba has emerged as the top contender to succeed him, but forces within Iran’s elite could ignite a power struggle lasting months. Meanwhile, the bloc that positioned itself as an alternative to Western unipolarity has been conspicuously absent. Has anyone…

Where does India stand in AI development? Foundation models are not the right primary metric for India right now. That said, India has promising signs of innovation in smaller, frugal innovation. Not necessarily at the level of building the next foundation model, but cutting-edge research and putting that out as new tools and solutions for…

By Sonal Srivastava Jensen Huang is a smart man, one of the smartest out there. As CEO of the world’s largest company by market capitalisation, he has to be. In a podcast last month, replying to a question on who was the smartest person he ever met, Huang defined ‘smart’ as ‘somebody who’s intelligent, solves…

A war involving Iran has caused a major problem for India’s energy supply. Qatar, one of the biggest gas producers in the world, had to stop production after being attacked. This wiped out 20% of the world’s gas supply almost overnight. Why this matters for India: India gets about 40% of its imported gas from…

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/news/end-of-an-era-nitish-kumar-moves-to-rajya-sabha-bjp-set-to-rule-bihar/videoshow/129067294.cms In Bihar, just like in Maha, the party outshone its state outfit ally. But Nitish is still a political presence  Who’ll be CM in Bihar – Nitish Kumar’s unsurprising exit will be followed by him joining Rajya Sabha – is not even a blip on the news waves. This is because BJP central command’s…

In the state of Bihar, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has become stronger than its partner party. For many years, Nitish Kumar was the Chief Minister (CM) of Bihar. Now it looks like he may step down and later join the Rajya Sabha, which is one of the two houses of India’s Parliament. People are…

Iran war has cut off bulk of India’s gas imports. Pain will be felt from kitchens to factories, but there’s a way out It’s four days since Qatar, world’s third largest LNG exporter, shut down production after an Iranian attack. In one stroke, 20% of world’s LNG supply switched off. Qatar said it would need…

For most of modern capitalism, corporations answered one central question: Can you generate profit? But the defining corporate question of the 2020s has quietly changed: Do you deserve to exist? Across global markets in 2026, corporations are discovering that profitability alone no longer guarantees survival. A firm may deliver strong quarterly earnings and still face…

The sun is spreading its orange gleam all around. And the wind, singing through the trees, eagerly announcing the arrival of spring. The gloom and grey have gone, but only after making me familiar with a ‘stranger’ through my kitchen window! **** Recent WinterThe warmth of my blanket wanted to embrace me for longer, but…

  Every Monday morning, before the clinic fills up, I look at my appointment list and try to guess the stories behind the names. By noon, those stories unfold in remarkably similar ways. A 28-year-old software engineer with prediabetes. A 35-year-old mother struggling with weight gain after pregnancy. A college student with fatty liver. A…