Ours is a time of revolutionary change that has no precedent in history. The planet Earth, a majestic 4.54 billion years old, was once covered in verdant green, but the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations finds the earth has now lost one-third of its forest through human activities.
In the shadows of conflict and chaos, there exists a silent tragedy, one that unfolds not in the blaring headlines of warfare but in the quiet desperation of hunger-stricken souls.
The glaring gender disparity in political representation revealed by the numbers of women candidates in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections is not just a statistical anomaly but a sobering reflection of entrenched patriarchal norms that continue to pervade Indian politics.
In the scorching heat of Maharashtra’s political arena, the western region of the state emerges as the battleground where alliances are forged, loyalties tested, and strategies deployed with surgical precision.
The recent developments in ceasefire negotiations between Israel and Hamas have sparked both hope and scepticism. As the conflict in Gaza nears its seventh month, the urgency to reach a resolution has intensified, fuelled by mounting international pressure and the looming spectre of further violence.
Kohli was impervious to criticism: the more we poked fun at him, the harder became his resolve to leave the off-spinner out of the action. And you can’t really do anything if your captain is getting it wrong at the expense of the team, other than suffer in diplomatic silence.
The latest Gallup poll has indicated that Biden’s score of 43 per cent ~ among all voters ~ had not changed since last September. Having started his innings at the White House on 57 per cent, his ratings remained at around 50 per cent till the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan last August and the takeover by the Taliban.
How does a government entrusted to care for the entire citizenry instead channel every penny they can muster into upper class pockets? Tory Cabinet ministers don't sweat over getting caught because they and their toney cronies suffer no penalties beyond the spasms of bad press. Tory schemes to reform domestic welfare only resulted in a misnamed Universal scheme that shortchanged all its hard-pressed recipients, who are not the sort to vote Tory anyway. Meanwhile, the insider dispensing of 'contracts for the boys' is rampant, naked and unchecked
Retired Singapore Gurkhas do not receive adequate medical facilities in Nepal. During their active service period, they are provided with medical benefits through the Medisave-cum-Subsidised Out Patient scheme. After retirement, they are provided with a Medical Benefits Identity Memo on an ad hoc basis for treatment in designated polyclinics or hospitals in Singapore. However, this scheme is not practical for retired Gurkhas who cannot remain in Singapore and have either returned to Nepal or sought work in a third country.
The term ‘data science’, as “the science of dealing with data”, however, was initially used by the Danish computer science pioneer and Turing award winner Peter Naur in 1960, as a substitute for computer science. Today’s data science is certainly a combination of statistics, mathematics, algorithms, engineering chops, and communication and management skills.
