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View: High taxes for Crypto helped India dodge the bulletMany a social media influencer was being paid heavily for peddling crypto in India and FOMO (fear of missing out) was created that India wo...
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From Mars to metaverse: How Elon Musk is building a sci-fi worldFrom mars to the metaverse, tech moguls are forging a new kind of capitalism: an extreme, extraterrestrial version.
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Make people want to be careful for Covid-19 mitigationGiven the infectious nature of the Covid-19 disease, some amount of restrictions such as temporary lockdowns and fines for not adhering to ...
30 Oct, 2020, 11.23 PM IST
View: Unless we are alert, the pandemic could become the last nail in individualism’s coffinIndividualism in the West originated from the Enlightenment. It believes in the moral worth of the individual and that his/ her interests s...
03 Apr, 2020, 11.13 AM IST
View: By grafting welfare measures on rickety Raj structures, our leaders guarantee failureRight from the beginning, policy and decision makers of independent India have ignored a fundamental reality: that the welfare state is, fi...
27 Jun, 2018, 12.52 PM IST
Pakistan okays bill to tighten grip on online content, stirs fears of free speech curbsActivists, who had earlier slammed the proposed legislation, expressed fear that the new law would impact free expression, including satire...
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Edward Snowden to Arundhati Roy: I know you've come to radicalise me!'Things That Can and Cannot Be Said' is a book authored by Arundhati Roy based on her conversation in Russia with Snowden.
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We are all sharksPoker is a beautiful game, and it can teach you a lot about life. But the lesson my friend had learned was entirely the wrong one.
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Comparisons of Narendra Modi to world leaders inevitable; but he is here to stamp his own personalityParallels between personalities across space and time are often expressions of visceral emotions, likes and dislikes felt by observers.
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Will the US economy save the world again?Recent economic numbers look surprisingly good. If the trend continues and if America can produce, as it has many times, the 'next big thin...
15 Jan, 2012, 12.57 AM IST
12 global indicators to watch out for in 2012After so many unexpected events in 2011, it's clear we need more reliable indicators. Here are our nominations for 12 overlooked signs for ...
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Silk Smitha's story was of brutal economics and sexual politics of the southern film industrySilk Smitha, whose biopic Dirty Picture is slated for winter release, was story of brutal economics & sexual politics of southern film indu...
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- Twitter tirades test limits of freedom of speech
What's a tweet, between friends? The law says sometimes it's a threat.
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