Frequent headlines of trade wars and real wars, economic disruptions and humanitarian disasters indicate a world that is in the midst of multiple crises.
US President Donald Trump’s first 100 days ~ completed on Tuesday ~ of his second term in office offer a revealing glimpse into a presidency shaped by an unusual combination of forceful action and sharp political division.
Buddha (6th Century BC) was born a Hindu and died a Hindu. He set out on a spiritual quest following a course prescribed by Hinduism.
The brutal attack in Pahalgam, where terrorists singled out and murdered Hindu tourists in cold blood, has shaken not just Kashmir, but the collective conscience of the nation.
With close to a thousand TV channels broadcasting 24X7, 100,000 newspapers, innumerable radio stations, and billions of messages on social media ~ all competing for eyeballs ~ the attention span of the average viewer has been reduced to some few seconds.
Promod Boro, once a prominent student leader, now serves as the chief executive member of the Bodo Territorial Council (BTC). From playing a key role in the signing of the historic Bodo Peace Accord to envisioning Bodoland as a hub of peace and development, Boro has been at the forefront of a transformative journey for the region.
India’s economic growth has long been a cornerstone of optimism, buoyed by strong domestic demand, a dynamic workforce, and a robust services sector. However, recent data points to early signs of strain, raising critical questions about the sustainability of this growth trajectory.
India’s demographic dividend ~ a young and expanding workforce ~ has long been touted as its greatest economic strength.
There was a time ~ not very long ago ~ when the term higher education, (HE) meant chiefly teaching educational programmes at higher (post-secondary) levels in diverse disciplines and academic research conducted in higher educational institutions such as colleges and universities funded, in large part, by the state for promotion and cultivation of such precious public goods as scientific (original) inventions, new knowledge, new theoretical/ analytical discovery and insights into major dimensions of human history, society, arts and culture.
The global artificial intelligence (AI) landscape has witnessed a new shift with the emergence of China’s DeepSeek, a powerful AI model developed to counterbalance American AI giants like OpenAI, Google, and Meta. The release of DeepSeek sent shockwaves through the stock market, causing NVIDIA, one of the biggest players in AI hardware, to lose nearly $500 billion in market capitalization overnight
