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Not anchored in reality – the trillion-dollar daydream

Somewhere in a brightly lit studio – location unknown, channel unidentified, date untraceable – a Pakistani news anchor recently discovered a shortcut to prosperity. Not through exports, innovation or painful reform. Not through productivity or fiscal discipline, but through data crunching. If you add what is visible to what is invisible, she announced with admirable…

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From Ghost GDP to Abundance GDP: AI’s True Gift to 1.4b Indians

The Nifty IT index just shed over ₹4 lakh crore in a single week because the narrative that “AI will devour white-collar jobs” has become consensus. Everyone from Dalal Street analysts to coffee-shop pundits is convinced: Artificial Intelligence is not a tool — it is a wrecking ball aimed straight at India’s $280-billion IT-BPM industry….

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The Vedic Vision of a Self-Sufficient and Harmonious Society

Upadhyayula Lakshman Rao The central aspiration of Vedic culture is the creation and moulding of a self-sufficient, harmonious society rooted in truth, duty, and spiritual awareness. It does not merely prescribe beliefs; it establishes a living order. Food production, clothing, crafts, division of labour, taxation, governance, human relationships, and worship are not treated as isolated…

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Palani Periyanayaki Amman Temple

Periyanayaki Amman Temple is one of the most important Devi shrines in Palani town, Dindigul district, Tamil Nadu. Periyanayaki Amman Temple is located in the heart of Palani town, about 2 kilometres from Adivaram (the foothill of Palani Hill). While Palani is world-famous for Lord Murugan on the hill, this temple represents the compassionate motherly…

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India & Israel elevate ties to special strategic partnership, vow to soon conclude free trade deal

Jerusalem: India and Israel on Thursday elevated their “time-tested” relationship to a special strategic partnership and agreed to soon firm up a “mutually beneficial” free trade deal even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi strongly backed the Gaza peace initiative, asserting that humanity must never become a victim of conflict. Following talks between Modi and his…

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