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We are a country of hungry people and our children bear the brunt. There are among them those who are denied food for days. Simultaneously, there are no jobs, no earnings, and the shadows are getting darker. Living with zero-resources, the only dream we have is that of food. A new study has estimated India’s zero-food children account for 19.3 percent, the third highest after Guinea’s 21.8 percent and Mali’s 20.5 percent.

The transformation of warfare, as well as other aspects of society, by Artificial Intelligence is inevitable. However, it is important to strive for an evolutionary rather than apocalyptic or catastrophic outcome. Advancements in technology have consistently changed the way wars are fought. From chariots and saddle technology to gunpowder and nukes. Now, drones, as illustrated by the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict.

Pakistan is saddled with a hung Parliament. The Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) have agreed to form a coalition government comprising six parties. Giving up his own claim, Nawaz Sharif nominated his brother Shahbaz Sharif for the Prime Minister's post, why? His daughter Maryam Nawaz Sharif is Chief Minister of the Punjab province.

What can you say about the Academy Awards ceremony this year that you don’t say every year, if you happen to keep watching? There’s the invariably meh hosting — by Jimmy Kimmel, in this case. There’s the intensifying boredom as it becomes clear that an epic-scale film on an important issue that seemed practically designed by committee to sweep the Oscars was sweeping the Oscars — this year, Oppenheimer. There’s a small gem of a film that gets bupkis because it is small, and maybe because it’s a comedy or something — The Holdovers this time around. There’s the startling shutout of a major filmmaker’s work — this year, Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon, which didn’t even score what had seemed to be its one guaranteed award, the historic Best Actress honour for Lily Gladstone, who would’ve been the first Native American ever to take home the golden statuette. There’s the botched “In Memoriam” segment honouring the recently departed, this one even more truncated and badly staged and stupidly filmed than all the ones that came before it, ending very strangely on long-held images of Tina Turner, who was a great talent but by no means a primarily cinematic one.

New Delhi: Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu progressed to the second round of the All England Open badminton tournament after her opponent Yvonne Li retired hurt at the Utilita Arena in Birmingham.

New Delhi: World ranked 75 Denmark's Rasmus Højgaard, will be seeking more silverware to his collection when he tees off at the USD 2.25 million Hero Indian Open to be held from 28 to 31 March at the DLF Golf and Country Club Gurugram.

Maharashtra, the second biggest state in India after Uttar Pradesh in terms of Lok Sabha seats, is heading for a rather complex electoral battle, between the NDA alliance (Mahayuti) and INDIA bloc (Maha Vikas Aghadi or MVA), and hence the outcome will likely to throw up surprises. Both the NDA and INDIA blocs are late in finalizing their seat-sharing arrangements on account of numerous hurdles. The state sends 48 Lok Sabha members and the stakes are very high for both sides.

The SBI fuss over matching donor with donee, which the bank unsuccessfully tried to use with the Supreme Court to prevent disclosure of the details of buyers of the electoral bonds, was clearly a part of its dilatory tactics meant to shield the Bharatiya Janata Party from acute embarrassment.

That the government of Uttarakhand is dilly dallying action against Patanjali, despite Supreme Court’s order is a matter of concern but is not astonishing. The State Bank of India’s refusal to comply with Supreme Court order to submit details of electoral bonds by 6th March is a reflection of persistent efforts to undermine the authority of the judiciary. It would be naïve to believe that these institutions are defying the Apex Court’s order on their own. Officials at that level would not dare do that without the patronage from the higher-ups at the helms of affairs in the Government of India.

From being the person who stood behind Narayana Murthy as he lived his Infosys dream, Sudha Murty has over the years emerged as a more public person—as philanthropist, author of children’s books, twice Padma winner, and now a nominated member of the Rajya Sabha.