While the new Chinese large language model has shaken up the world, hitting at the base of leaders such as ChatGPT, India remains in the background, not being able to create a proper ecosystem for innovation
The life sentence awarded to Sanjay Roy, accused in the horrific murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College, raises unsettling questions about evidence, the judiciary, and the role of politics in justice
The extent to which the country would have to change and spend to possibly achieve a state of a one-election cycle for all is probably not needed at this point in history. The entire exercise could result in a bigger expenditure than it undergoes today, and a logistical chaos of epic proportions
Opposition parties, led by the Congress, have moved a resolution of no-confidence to unseat Vice-President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar from office, alleging partisanship. However, how much this motion achieves in outcome and symbolism has to be observed
The Ministry of Jal Shakti has admitted before the NGT thatthe glaciers across India’s Himalayas are receding and the snow cover is being degraded at an alarming rate. This is a dangerous trend
The apex court has reacted to a contempt petition that said the state continues to use cruel methods to chase away pachyderms from human settlements that have encroached upon wild land and this was in violation of the Court’s order with the state reneging on its promise
In Kolkata a brilliant rendition by jail inmates of Tagore’s Valmiki Pratibha ends with its 100th show, but social reformer and danseuse Alokananda Roy, the brainchild of the show, has promised more reformative programmes ahead
Another Indian river, the Kelo, has become a veritable garbage dump, and the National Green Tribunal has taken a proactive stance in approving recommendations to stop sewage from draining into the river. However, one has to see if the execution part holds water