The highs and lows of tech

Over the past few months, gloom and doom prophecies have gained many followers — with good reason. A virus, COVID-19, ...

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Your post-COVID life

DESPITE the many divergences on issues related to the pandemic, there is one on which there is a consensus: the ...

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The new workplaces

A description of our present situation could well be “so near and yet so far”.  Locked-in and in quasi-quarantine, we ...

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Cut out the space tech drama

Mllions of Indians stayed awake all night on September 6-7, 2019, eyes glued to their TV sets. It was not, ...

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The end of anonymity

The rhetorical ‘don’t-you-know-who-I-am’ question, part of the armoury of the sons and daughters of Delhi VIPs when accosted for an infringement ...

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Innovate to prosper

Innovate, patent, produce and prosper. This was Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s message to young scientists at the Indian Science Congress ...

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In the midst of a transition

Few, if any, would contest this assertion — “technology has radically altered how we live.” Yet, it is worth analysing ...

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In schools, basics still matter

Indians are known to value education. Traditionally, the learned — especially the teacher, the guru — have been much respected, ...

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Devices for a healthy India

May you live a hundred years is a traditional Indian blessing, underlying which is the thought of being healthy enough ...

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Drones, AI for better farms

Agriculture is now a comparatively small and decreasing part of India’s economy, accounting for just about 15 percent of the ...

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The devil in data

Data is the new oil is a currently popular aphorism. To the extent that it connotes a resource of great ...

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