Some of us might have come to know about Joe Exotic the Tiger King in the Netflix documentary during the lockdowns. Long before him, there is an inspiring story of a woman who became a tiger trainer, a profession considered the domain of men. “Taking a vacation in California from her job as a nurse, […]
For many years biologists have been puzzled by the fact that “the X chromosome in modern humans has a minimal amount of Neanderthal DNA. The X chromosome is one of the sex chromosomes. Women have two X chromosomes, while men have an X and a Y chromosome. “In contrast, autosomes—the non-sex chromosomes numbered 1 through […]
India’s vulnerabilities emanating from its energy imports have been thoroughly exposed in the recent past from Trump’s trade negotiations involving use of Russian oil to the recent US-Israel-Iran war induced LPG crisis. Whilst we have made significant strides in adding renewable capacity, we are a long way off from energy security. But as this article […]
Over the past fortnight several news articles have mentioned that the American forces in the Middle East have used Claude to bomb Iran. Obviously therefore we are all keen to understand how exactly does AI help improve the odds of success on the battlefield. (Claude had also been used by the US Marines who captured […]
Last Sunday, the Indian cricket team extended its dominance of the shortest format of the game – T20, to become the first ever team to win consecutive world cups. The fact that they won something like 85% of their games in between the two world cups underlines that domination. Indeed, Siddharth Monga argued in the […]
If there is anyone who knows a thing or two about the importance of societal institutions for a country’s prosperity, it is Daron Acemoglu who in 2024 won the Nobel Prize for his work on exactly this subject. In this article, he tears into how Trump through two of his decisions in the past week […]
In a country where jobs are increasingly scarce even for well-educated graduates from middle class families, for youngsters from less affluent families the avenues for gainful employment are fewer still. In such a country, the IPL has been godsend for the children of the less affluent – it offers them a ticket to prosperity with […]
Henrietta Lacks’ tragic death did not stop her from leaving behind a legacy so profound and powerful that it changed medicine forever. Now, her family is ensuring that that legacy is remembered, celebrated and rewarded properly. Here in brief is her remarkable story: Henrietta “Lacks was a poor tobacco farmer from southern Virginia who married […]
Predictions are hard, especially the ones about the future”, a quote often attributed to Niels Bohr, the Nobel winning physicist, was meant to suggest the futility of forecasting. Unless, if you can use the wisdom of crowds or even better inside information. Turns out, there is now a legitimate business that combines both and is […]
There’s been plenty of feedback, mostly criticism in the public domain of the doomsday report by Citrini research which shook the markets last week. Much of the criticism is by the way of the critics providing their own scenarios as more likely. Given how fast the space is evolving and most couldn’t have been predicted […]
Since finding itself bereft of international support during Operation Sindoor, the Government of India seems to have gone into an international overdrive to build friendships with other middle powers such as France, Canada and Israel. At least part of this outreach is with a view to acquire advanced weaponry of the sort Pakistan was able […]
India’s three-decade-long growth story was built on a critical engine: IT services exports worth $225 billion a year that funded India’s current account, created a million middle-class jobs each year, and powered domestic consumption. That engine is now slowing due to a maturing global outsourcing market and due to the substitution of cognitive labour by […]
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