For Zambia’s population, its football team was a beacon of hope. The price of copper, the country’s primary export, had almost halved in the past four years, tanking the economy. Income had dropped sharply. President Frederick Chiluba had declared a national state of emergency, alleging that a coup plot against him had been uncovered. The … Read more
DODA (J&K): The drive from Batote, a picturesque town located a little away from refurbished Srinagar-Jammu highway-the northernmost segment of NH 44- to Doda city deep inside the Chenab valley was smooth. But I felt like I was going too slow on a well-maintained two-lane road with smooth surfaces. One of the reasons for my … Read more
Columbia University President Minouche Shafik has resigned from her position amid a free speech debate over campus protests of the war in Gaza. Ms Shafik’s resignation comes only a year after she took the position at the private Ivy League university in New York City, and just a few weeks before the autumn semester is … Read more
In a world where the lines between tradition and modernity blur, India’s youth are rewriting the script of what it means to be patriotic. Hoisting and waving tricolour flags outside our balconies or dutifully standing for the national anthem in theatres, one might assume that patriotism has been relegated to a series of mechanical rituals. … Read more
Asad Ayaz, Chief brand officer of The Walt Disney Company The Walt Disney Company, one of the world’s most storied entertainment companies, has been battling dark clouds on a number of fronts over the past few years—declining footfalls at its theme parks, plummeting stock prices, and an anti-woke backlash—but the House of Mouse is confident … Read more
BBC Beirut locals like Hiba Maslkhi are hoping cooler heads will prevail The Middle East is in turmoil. International diplomacy is in overdrive. And for once many in Israel, Lebanon and Iran have something in common – a war of nerves. They worry and they wait for what may come next. It feels like the … Read more
Hyderabad: A two-judge panel of the Telangana High Court directed the state government to consider afresh the claims of various engineering colleges in the state and if necessary, appropriately modify the schedule of counselling so as to enable a meaningful consideration of each appellant’s claim. The panel of Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Namavarapu Rajeshwar … Read more
Shaktikanta Das, Governor, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Image: Punit Paranjpe / AFP Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das have laid out a tough assignment for banks, to bulk up bank deposits. The financial health of banks appears to be in order, with aggressive lending both in the form … Read more
Reuters Japan’s PM Fumio Kishida is expected to step down in September It’s been a cruel summer for Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. A series of scandals that implicated the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), Mr Kishida’s closest allies within it and even his family had put his job on the line. That this happened … Read more
To safeguard existing cybersecurity protocols from easy decryption by a quantum computer, the National Institute of Standards and Technology Post-Quantum Cryptography Project has developed three algorithms – called FIPS 203, 204 and 205 – designed to withstand quantum-powered cyberattacks. It released the first three post-quantum encryption standards on Tuesday. With the standards, organizations can achieve … Read more