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‘The Indian IT sector, which has long thrived on cost-effective labour-led service models, now faces a reality where AI can easily replace repetitive, low-value tasks that were once its competitive advantage’  | Photo Credit: Reuters DeepSeek, a Chinese company, has shaken up the global tech industry and stock markets with its low-cost artificial intelligence (AI) … Read more

Widely respected public intellectual, former editor, economist and a minister in the Atal Behari Vajpayee government, Arun Shourie has painted a not-so-flattering picture of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (1883-1966) in his latest book, The New Icon: Savarkar and the Facts. From revealing his status as a man who regarded the cow as just another useful animal, like … Read more

In women with endometriosis, tissue that is similar to the endometrium, grows on or around other organs, commonly reproductive organs in the pelvis or abdomen. Photograph used for representational purposes only | Photo Credit: Getty Images Not many people talk about menstruation. Even fewer people talk about the pain associated with it, though almost every … Read more

For decades, scientists have been learning more about the diets of early hominins, particularly their reliance on plants. Yet we still don’t know when these ancestors of humans started eating meat. | Photo Credit: AFP For decades, scientists have been learning more about the diets of early hominins, particularly their reliance on plants. Yet we … Read more

People during a protest by DMK-led coalition against the BJP-led Central government for trying to impose the three-language policy under NEP 2020 in the State and other issues, in Chennai. | Photo: PTI The Tamil Nadu government continues to express opposition to the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, raising several concerns about its implementation. Tamil … Read more

Scientists have long suspected that gut bacteria may influence a person’s risk of developing multiple sclerosis.  | Photo Credit: Steve Gschmeissner/Science Photo Library/Brand X Pictures via Getty Images Multiple sclerosis is a disease that results when the immune system mistakenly attacks the brain and spinal cord. It affects nearly one million people in the U.S. and over 2.8 … Read more

A young man killed in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE was likely overcome by a fast-moving cloud of gas at a temperature of more than 500°C in a process that transformed fragments of his brain into glass, according to new research. The man’s remains were discovered in 1961, and in 2020 researchers … Read more

One of Africa’s giant beetles is just one step away from extinction. New research has found that one species of the enormous Goliath beetles has been almost wiped out by the west African cocoa industry and, to a lesser extent, by the international trade in dried insects. Luca Luiselli, a professor of biostatistics and ecology at the … Read more

President Donald Trump shakes hands with C.C. Wei, chairman and CEO of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, on March 3. | Photo Credit: AP The recent February 16 update of the U.S. State Department factsheet on Taiwan calls for a revisit of U.S.-Taiwan relations. The factsheet … Read more

Ashleigh Gardner has many traits on the cricket field worthy of admiration. She is one of the premier all-rounders in the women’s game, and tends to step up for Australia on the big occasions. She is a menacing middle-order batter capable of taking the game away from the opposition with her shot-making. She is also … Read more