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TopicMartin's Beach

Topic: Martin's Beach

Fresh hope for billionaire Vinod Khosla to block public access to his private US beach

A US court ruled that prior owners’ willingness to let beach goers use the road didn’t amount to public dedication because they collected parking fees.

Billionaire Vinod Khosla’s appeal against public access to beach snubbed by US Supreme Court

A state judge last year ordered Khosla to unblock public access to Martins Beach which the latter did right after buying an 89-acre property in 2008.

Billionaire Vinod Khosla will do all it takes to keep public off his ‘private’ US beach

In an interview with The New York Times, he said he regretted buying a 53-acre beachfront hillside in California, but wants people out anyway.

On Camera

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.