In an era when students are seeking more than just degrees, India’s top academic institutions are being called to rethink their purpose. At the heart of this shift is a quiet but urgent transformation – one that places innovation, entrepreneurship, and real-world impact at the centre of higher education. VRamgopal Rao ,group vice chancellor of…
Hello and welcome to the fiftieth edition of the Weekly Vine. To paraphrase the President of the United States: “Thank you for your continued attention.” I have now spent more time writing this newsletter than I ever did studying in college. To be fair, I spent more time on one edition than I did studying…
US Texas flash floods: Death toll climbs over 100; 160 still missing Over 160 people remain missing after the deadly flash floods hit Texas during the July Fourth weekend, killing over 100, said Governor Greg Abbott on Tuesday.The count of unaccounted people in the Texas floods has nearly tripled since last quoted on Sunday, when…
Trump has called Musk’s effort to launch a party in competition to Republicans & Democrats ridiculous. But the reason third parties fail in US is that rules & legislators are stacked against them Over the weekend, the richest man in the world, Elon Musk, announced that he would start a new political party, the “America…
Donald Trump (File photo) US President Donald Trump on Monday said his administration will release at least seven more tariff letters to trading partners on Wednesday morning, followed by more in the afternoon (local time), escalating tensions ahead of the looming August 1 deadline for a new round of reciprocal tariffs.In a post on Truth…
When tech-based welfare delivery fails, who helps India’s digitally unlettered poor? For ten months members of an all-women household in a tribal village in MP – 80-year-old Gaura Bai, her widowed daughter-in-law and her three small grandkids – have lived under a tree, after razing their own kuccha house in village Lohari, Dhar district. They…
In the digital space of any gated community’s WhatsApp group, the 80:20 rule – or is it 95:5 rule? – doesn’t just apply; it reigns sovereign. A mere 20% or 5% of the population – those enthusiastic, sometimes overly passionate, spend their days tapping away on their smartphones, hogging much of the messaging space. Meanwhile,…
At a time when India is trying hard to mitigate the problem of rare earth materials, another metal, which is gaining traction, is copper. It is rare to find a strategic metal as valuable as copper, even in the long list of metals in the periodic table. Its exceptional electrical and thermal conductivity, second only…
It’s that time of year when tennis peaks- Wimbledon is in its second week! A feast for tennis fans across the world. According to Nielsen, a global leader in audience measurement, data, and analytics, there are 641 million tennis fans worldwide. The ITF Global Tennis Report states that there are 87 million players worldwide. Arguably, it…
“Healthy India” was once a slogan. In the eleven years since 2014, it has become a measurable reality. When Prime Minister Narendra Modi took office, our health expenditure languished at Rs 33,278 crore, primary health care was patchy, and millions slipped back into poverty each year, every time a health crisis hit. In Budget 2025-26,…
