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Building the case for open-source licences

India, April 18 -- The New Delhi AI Impact Summit Declaration noted that "open-source AI applications and other accessible AI approaches can contribute to scalability, replicability, and adaptability ... Read More


All the rage, all the time

India, April 18 -- "That constant 'tick-tick-tick-tick' sound in a quiet room drives me absolutely up the wall." Navneet Kaur, 30, hockey player "Remember how we all had one growing up, which we innoc... Read More


Raiders of the lost art

India, April 18 -- Four minutes. Four thieves. Eight pieces of 19th-century jewellery worth $102 million, gone. The October 2025 heist was the Paris museum's first theft in 27 years. Masked bandits ma... Read More


Top of the food chain

India, April 18 -- It started this way. I went to lunch at Manish Mehrotra's Nisaba. I had not been back since it opened officially, though I had gone for the previews and had confidently predicted th... Read More


Conservatism's paradox: Abiding internationalism

India, April 18 -- A week ago, US vice-president JD Vance travelled to Hungary to rally Viktor Orban's supporters, an appearance that included his dialling President Donald Trump, who delivered laudat... Read More


Divided House,defeated bill

India, April 18 -- In September 2023, a special session of Parliament enacted the Women's Reservation Bill with near unanimity: In the Lok Sabha, 454 members voted in its favour while a mere two legis... Read More


Let us spray

India, April 18 -- Ever watched a movie and wondered what the main character would smell like? Saltburn's Felix Catton (Jacob Elordi) would probably be a mix of expensive oud and generational wealth. ... Read More


Harivansh wins rajya sabha depy chief post amid oppn walkout

New Delhi, April 18 -- Harivansh was re-elected unopposed as the Rajya Sabha deputy chairman for a third consecutive term on Friday, with opposition boycotting the election and staging a walkout in pr... Read More


SC heightens vigil to curb sand mining in Chambal

New Delhi, April 18 -- The Supreme Court on Friday ordered heightened vigil, stringent prosecution, and strict accountability of officers as part of a slew of steps to prevent illegal sand mining in t... Read More


Assam FIR case: SC refuses relief to pawan khera

New Delhi, April 18 -- The Supreme Court on Friday refused to extend Congress leader Pawan Khera's anticipatory bail in the case filed against him in Assam for levelling allegations against chief mini... Read More