Despite global turbulence, India clocked 7.8% real GDP growth in Q1, backed by services and demand. Cooling inflation, RBI rate cuts, and job gains signal resilience—but trade gaps and rupee pressure remain risks.
AI is no longer a mere tool—it matches memory, reasoning, and creativity at astonishing speed. The challenge now is not resisting but reinventing ourselves to evolve with it.
From currency trade and voter rolls to election funding, education, health, and tax fairness—Dr. K. Sham Sunder outlines pragmatic reforms to make India more efficient, equitable, and corruption-free.
AI is reshaping India’s IT sector, automating routine coding and creating new opportunities. Success now depends on mastering AI tools, cloud, and soft skills—while embracing lifelong learning.
At its centenary, the RSS framed ‘Hindu’ as inclusive of all Indians, yet the philosophical play between ‘meaning’ and ‘content’ reveals tensions that may hinder its broader outreach.
At the Tianjin summit, India scored small but significant wins—resetting ties with China, reaffirming Russia links, and flagging terror. Yet SCO optics demand caution to preserve autonomy.
Donald Trump, who has nurtured the MAGA movement for the last decade, has been perceived to have lost control over the movement, particularly with the release of Epstein’s records.
While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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