Indian institutions have realised the potential of social media. They are conducting workshops for content creators on how to become effective science influencers—and get both facts and fusion right.
The Prime Minister, on his historic state visit to the US, interacted with personalities such as investor Ray Dalio, Buddhist scholar Robert Thurman and Tesla CEO Elon Musk.
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‘The tirade against capitalism is wholly unfounded. Capitalism as it has shaped during the past quarter of a century is a far better method of developing the economic resources of any country,’ wrote DN Hosali in 1956.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
Quite unfortunately, we Indians do not have a Carl Sagan of our own. We have to remain content with buffoons like Pallav Bagla.
I remember his idiotic interview of Mahan Maharaj, the acclaimed mathematician. Bagla’s sole objective in that interview was to project the Maharaj (a monk of the Ramakrishna Mission) as an atheist who did not believe in Hinduism. He repeatedly attempted to emphasise that Maharaj has no faith in the Gods or even in the Advaita Vedanta philosophy of the Ramakrishna Mission, neither does he believe in Hinduism.
Bagla ended up making a fool of himself and his TV news channel.
Change the education system!
Quite unfortunately, we Indians do not have a Carl Sagan of our own. We have to remain content with buffoons like Pallav Bagla.
I remember his idiotic interview of Mahan Maharaj, the acclaimed mathematician. Bagla’s sole objective in that interview was to project the Maharaj (a monk of the Ramakrishna Mission) as an atheist who did not believe in Hinduism. He repeatedly attempted to emphasise that Maharaj has no faith in the Gods or even in the Advaita Vedanta philosophy of the Ramakrishna Mission, neither does he believe in Hinduism.
Bagla ended up making a fool of himself and his TV news channel.