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Tech gadgets of 2022: A boring year of Apple but its iPhone and wearable series thrived

The year 2023 will be exciting as Apple is likely to enter the VR/AR space with Apple Glasses. Google and Samsung to follow the lead with foldable phones.

I am ready for the yatra test — no, not Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo one

If you want to venture out of your home on a Yatra amid Covid fears, make it the Australian one. Rahul Gandhi can wind Bharat Jodo tour up.

Modi govt can’t replace PMGKAY with free food under PDS. It’s politics trumping good economics

Pre-2013 issue prices of rice and wheat to zero now is truly remarkable. But what does it say about the govt's assessment of deprivation?

All is not well in India’s agriculture sector. State must help farmers access market systems

Advocates of reform agree that structures represented by Amul are interesting interventions. But it question is whether agriculture is a sustainable livelihood at all.

Dismissing Gita as ‘religious text’ a joke. It stems from 19th-century missionary bias

In this context, I make the plea that at least Chapters 10 and 11 of the Gita be taught as works of literature.

Why Devendra Fadnavis of 2022 isn’t the same as in 2014

In the Maharashtra political circles, Fadnavis is seen behind the wheel but Eknath Shinde is deciding the destination.

Tales of Covid deaths out on Weibo but China playing censor-in-chief

The decision to stop publishing daily data will raise questions about Beijing’s sincerity in informing its citizens, as well as the international community, about the Covid situation.

In Nothing brand, art in sync with tech. The competitors are listening

Carl Pei’s Nothing is striving to bring an element of simplicity to gadgets that, so far, one has only experienced with Apple’s products.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee was full of innovative ideas, many of which continue to shape India

Former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee was a charismatic personality whose assimilative nature won many admirers. But it was his leadership that gave India transformative policies.

Do you have a sweet tooth? This is what sugar does to your skin

It is important to remember that no food is bad in itself when taken in moderation. Skin can be cared for with the right diet and nutrition.

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I’ve been driving an EV for 2 years—Indian roads are ready to switch to electric

Driving an electric vehicle for months, the Hyundai IONIQ5, BMW iX and now the Kia Carens Clavis electric, has convinced me of the viability of EVs for city and mid-range commutes.

Rupee’s turmoil has echoes of 2013

With the US-India trade deal yet to get done, rupee depreciation may be helping to mitigate India’s loss of competitiveness. The other problem is extreme despondence among overseas equity investors.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.