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For decades, India’s relationship with technology was largely consumptive. We adopted software, serviced global corporations, and fuelled digital economies. What is unfolding today marks a structural departure from that historical trajectory. The emergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a national priority signals India’s transition from technology participant to technology architect.The India AI Impact Summit represents more than an innovation exhibition. It reveals a strategic realignment of the country’s development model — one where computational intelligence is positioned as core national infrastructure, much like highways, electricity, and telecommunications once were.STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS ADThis shift is not cosmetic. It reflects a…

India, despite making a sparkling start to the chase, crumbled in the end to finish at 144 for nine. Ashleigh Gardner claimed 3/22, while Kim Garth, Annabel Sutherland and Australia captain Sophie Molineux took two wickets each. Photo Credit: X@BCCIWomen A record opening stand between Georgia Voll and Beth Mooney paved the way for Australia to level a three-match T20I series with a 19-run victory against India in the second match in Canberra on Thursday (February 19, 2026).Voll and Mooney added 128 runs for the first wicket to register Australia’s highest opening stand against India in T20Is, with the hosts…

The Republican battle to become Texas’ next attorney general has turned into a MAGA purity test, with major implications for the future of the GOP after President Donald Trump leaves office. Rep. Chip Roy, a well known Freedom Caucus rabble-rouser and hardline fiscal conservative who has occasionally broken with Trump, is fighting to stay the front-runner for a job that has long been used to aggressively push the conservative agenda and served as a jumping-off point for higher office — like current Attorney General Ken Paxton, who’s running for Senate. The next Texas attorney general will help shape the future…

Bronte Parsonage Museum | Photo Credit: Bevan Cockerill An artist’s sketch of Haworth Parsonage, the former residence of the celebrated Bronte sisters — Charlotte, Emily and Anne — hangs in my childhood home. Nearly 40 years old, the framed casement cloth captures the parsonage as it was in their day — a Georgian house on a desolate landscape overlooking a churchyard with moss-covered tombstones askew. The famed Yorkshire moors lie beyond — bruised by rain, mist floating eerily above the sodden grass. A landscape that the sisters saw every time they looked outside the window and one that influenced much…

Karnataka player KL Rahul who scored unbeaten 86 runs on the last day of Ranji Trophy Semifinal match against Uttarakhand at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on Thursday (February 19, 2026). | Photo Credit: R.V. Moorthy Karnataka entered the Ranji Trophy final after a hiatus of 11 years, advancing by virtue of a first innings lead from their drawn semifinal match against Uttarakhand in Lucknow on Thursday (February 19, 2026).Karnataka will face Jammu and Kashmir in the title clash at Hubballi from February 24.Resuming the fifth and final day from their overnight 299 for six, Karnataka lost the remaining…

President Donald Trump didn’t just take his feud with Maryland governor and possible 2028 Democratic presidential hopeful Wes Moore into the gutter this week. He turned to the toilet. In a series of social media posts Monday and Tuesday, Trump blasted Moore for what he deemed an inept response to a sewage spill that sent hundreds of millions of gallons of raw waste into the Potomac River beginning four weeks ago. “There is a massive Ecological Disaster unfolding in the Potomac River as a result of the Gross Mismanagement of Local Democrat Leaders, particularly, Governor Wes Moore, of Maryland,” Trump…

India recorded the 75th most powerful passport in the world’s most powerful passport list, enabling visa-free travel access to 56 countries, revealed a latest report on Global Passports Index by Henley and Partners. Indian passport made an upward momentum of 10 rank in comparison to 2025’s position at 85. Despite the growth, India will see a reduction of one country in visa-free travel this year. Significantly, India’s rank is shared by four countries such as Côte d’Ivoire, Gabon, Madagascar, and Mauritania. A passport index reflects a country’s strength in foreign policy, as well as its order in global politics. Since…

Dubai is a multi-cultural wonderland that offers something for connoisseurs of every conceivable palate. In fact, the sheer scale of Dubai’s culinary options can overwhelm even a veteran traveller’s itinerary.To help you navigate this global banquet, here is a personal selection of dining landmarks for your upcoming journey to Dubai: Bikers Cafe, a place to fuel your soul with classic bikes and vintage memorabilia while you refuel your body with scrumptious food. | Photo Credit: Sankar Narayanan E.H. Bikers CafeSometimes a name says it all. And the nomenclature Bikers Cafe — for Dubai’s first motor-themed cafe — does a near-perfect…

If you have travelled to Europe even once, you are bound to encounter a stale joke. It is about how European powers waged wars against indigenous populations in the global South to own and exploit spice plantations, but the spices – except for pepper – never found their way into European cuisine. It is a tongue-in-cheek truism about the blandness of European food and having lived for about a decade in Germany, I can confirm there is truth to it.But things were looking up for us one autumn day in Rotterdam.“Karaa ide,” said my Bangalorean friend digging into her smashed…

Starting late October, when the Theyyam season begins, the sacred groves of northern Malabar stir to life. In these groves and ancestral family homes of Kannur and Kasaragod, Theyyam performances are an annual ritual. Performers in elaborate crimson gear blend movements of Kalaripayattu and dramatic fire rituals.Up until the season ends in May, the entire region of northern Malabar opens up — sharing its beliefs, heritage and storied legends with the world. Anyone – irrespective of caste, religion or nationality — can watch the performances and partake of the offerings at these shrines. It is this shared sense of community…