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Nepal Flood Disaster: 4,451 Rescued, 579 Dead as Race to Find 1,924 Missing in Hydropower Tunnels Intensifies
Nepal Flood Disaster: 4,451 Rescued, 579 Dead as Race to Find 1,924 Missing in Hydropower Tunnels Intensifies
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More than 15,000 security personnel and 16 helicopters are searching the wrecked Bhote Koshi-Trishuli corridor as Nepal seeks specialist help for tunnel rescues, DNA identification and two dozen repla ...
What Rahul Gandhi Wants
10 min read
The Congress leader has made an outreach to young voters after the Cockroach Janta Party's challenge to Narendra Modi
An Islamic NATO: The Mecca Mirage
14 min read
Has Trump given his blessings to Pakistan’s drumbeat pursuit of an Islamic NATO on the assumption that a mélange of Sunni nations would always take its cue from Washington? That would be naïve
I.N.D.I.A. Bloc Parties: Allies in Anxiety
8 min read
I.N.D.I.A. bloc parties are less critical of Rahul Gandhi than they were a few months ago but they are uneasy about his fixation on momentary slogans and short-term goals
‘Vande Mataram’: The Politics of the Missing Stanzas
5 min read
By sterilising ‘Vande Mataram’, Congress is surrendering a part of India’s cultural inheritance
Meta Trained Sandhya Devanathan for Asia’s Internet Wars. OpenAI Hired Her for the AI Battle
6 min read
Sandhya Devanathan spent a decade selling, scaling and negotiating across some of Asia’s most complicated digital markets. OpenAI has now handed her an expansive mandate covering consumers, companies, ...
Kundli Meets Code: InstaAstro’s $12-Million Bet on AI Reading the Customer
5 min read
InstaAstro has more than doubled its revenue and raised $12 million. Its sharpest weapon is AI that studies a customer’s mood before an astrologer interprets the heavens. Welcome to India’s new faith ...
Vaseline’s Accidental Rebrand: How a Mispronunciation Became a Marketing Moment
5 min read
What began as a Korean creator showcasing her Vaseline collection became a viral pronunciation meme, giving the brand an unexpected opportunity to join the conversation
Google Gemini Gives boAt Earbuds a Brain. Can boAt Own the AI Experience?
8 min read
boAt wants its next-generation audio devices to answer questions, translate conversations and manage Google apps. The partnership could help India’s largest homegrown audio brand escape the hardware t ...