Opinion

In a world where economies increasingly pivot towards experience-driven tourism growth, Odisha finds itself blessed with an en viable portfolio of assets that few states can match. From the majestic spires of the Jagannath Temple in Puri to the serene backwaters of Chilika, from the...

Much hype has been created about Artificial Intelligence (AI) before and after the recent summit, as world leaders and leading technical experts shared their experience and expertise. In his inaugural address, Prime Minister Modi presented India’s Manav (human) vision for AI and, at the end,...

If there was any doubt remaining about the return of great-power politics, it has been dispelled by US President Donald Trump's attack on Venezuela, threats to annex Greenland, and refusal to extend the New START treaty limiting the nuclear arsenals of the United States and...

Anya Schiffrin & Roberta Carlini Media outlets worldwide are dying. On top of a persistent lack of funding, they must now contend with AI summaries and chatbots, which are siphoning away audiences. A recent study found that in 2025, online traffic to news sites fell...

Melvin Durai During the Winter Olympics, while Americans were cheering for Americans, Norwegians were cheering for Norwegians, and Germans were cheering for Germans, people of all nationalities were cheering for a little monkey named Punch. The 7-month-old macaque monkey was having trouble making friends with...

Santosh Kumar Mohapatra The latest annual report of Oxfam, released alongside the World Economic Forum at Davos, presents a disturbing portrait of the contemporary global order. It documents not merely an extraordinary concentration of wealth at the top, but a growing fusion of economic might...

Jagdish Rattanani While the nation was attracted to the AI summit in New Delhi and distracted by the horrendous claims of a university on developing a robodog that was in fact imported from China, a different kind of attention was focused on twins from Odisha...

The Indian ethos of inquiry and knowledge creation, Bharatiya Anusandhan Parampara, is a legacy that pre-dates recorded civilisational histories. Rooted in the ancient system of logic, observation, and interpretation, the Indian research tradition has contributed paradigms that transformed human understanding across disciplines. Today, as India...

The 62nd Munich Security Conference (MSC) was held from 13th to 15th February, where more than forty heads of state and government were in attendance. However, most of the leaders were from Europe and were fundamentally concerned about technological and geopolitical challenges to European security...

By Bhagirathi Jena Somewhere in the world today, in a rural hinterland, on the foothills of a jungle, or on a mountainous terrain in a tiny hamlet, an elderly woman is whispering a story to her grandchild. A mother is singing a lullaby to make...