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Anora’s Night

Nandini Nair

An unusual Cinderella story sweeps the Oscars

Varun Chakravarthy: Mystery spinner comes of age

Varun Chakravarthy’s oversize gear and casual appearance mask an ability to weave a maze around batters as did against New Zealand in Dubai on Sunday evening.

Touch and Feel

Moinak Mitra

Experience comes in handy for brands to connect with users

AI Is Here At the Oscars

Lhendup G Bhutia

Could the best actor front-runner Adrien Brody’s performance – slightly touched-up by AI – be Hollywood’s inflection point towards the technology?

When Moscow Rules Europe

Sudeep Paul

Russia plots its march to France’s Atlantic Coast after a pub brawl in East Coast America

The Disconnection of Skype

Madhavankutty Pillai

It had a meteoric rise offering free calls over the internet but then fell to competition

Chitra Subramaniam’s new book, Boforsgate, explains the plot to ‘fix’ the Bachchans

Ullekh NP

A team of Indian investigators in the Bofors defence deal ‘planted’ the story on Amitabh Bachchan, reveals the Switzerland-based journalist-author in the forthcoming book

UN Re-Emerges As a Rubber Stamp

TP Sreenivasan

Once the permanent members begin to use the veto to shield themselves against their own evil deeds, the whole rationale of the veto will be lost

The Case for Simplifying Green Rules

Rajeev Deshpande

The legal tussle between activists and the Centre over environmental clearances hides the red tape, delays and lack of transparency of existing regulations