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Wednesday, April 8, 2026
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Topic: Chairs

Kursi of power vs kursi of people—Nilkamal chair ad is clever in its politics

Nilkamal’s plastic chairs have sat through India’s weddings, neighbourhood meetings, and feasts. The brand’s new ad makes the product an object of reverence.

LSE’s Amartya Sen Chair to study global inequality but the lessons will be for India

India’s growing inequality, poverty and low human development index are of global concern and extensive research is needed to find out solutions.

Our love affair with the chair has horrible consequences

Going by a rough estimate, there could be more than 60 billion chairs on the planet.

Indian universities prefer politicians over scientists & engineers when it comes to chairs

Most universities have only instituted chairs under the names of political leaders, mostly in keeping with the ideology of the party in power at the Centre.

On Camera

Rahul Gandhi wants to jail Himanta Sarma but Congress has a Bihar-sized problem in Assam

The Congress has promised Rs 50,000 assistance to each woman but as we've seen in many recent elections, voters seem to be conscious of the proverb: 'A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.'

Stocks fall, oil prices climb as Trump issues fresh threat to Iran ahead of his deadline

Fears that an escalation of the conflict could heighten a fuel squeeze & endanger the economy unnerved traders, with NYT reporting Iran stopped negotiating a truce with the US.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.