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24-03-2023

ChatGPT: What’s all the fuss about?

Is it a quantum leap in artificial intelligence or only a big daddy among fun toys?

Briefing

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Escape from ChatGPT: A cautionary tale

Society
This first person account is the chilling story of the triumph of technology over fragile humanity.
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Uddhav Thackeray: Down but not out

Politics
Questions have arisen after the Shiv Sena party name and symbol went to the Eknath Shinde faction.
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Congress plenary calls for a unified opposition to take on BJP-led NDA in 2024

Politics
But the party’s diminishing influence in many States raises questions about its ability.
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Stony grounds

Books
The novel takes an unflinching look at life with all its deceptions. Therein lies its strength.
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The Child that Cries: A Tamil story in translation

Literature
Translated by Ahana Lakshmi.
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Can the 150-year-old Kolkata tramway keep up with the city’s frantic pace?

Heritage
Kolkata’s oldest and greenest mode of mass transit might just ramble into the sunset.
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New books on the shelves

Books
Short fiction in translation, poetry from the north-eastern region, memory politics, and much more.
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Non-stop action

Books
A raucous and turbulent crime thriller that dissects the moral decay of the ultra-elite of India of the 2000s.
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Pico Iyer: ‘Memory is itself a great fiction’

Books
Interview with the noted British-born writer and essayist of Indian descent.
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ASI Mysuru works on preserving history from inscriptions in estampages

Heritage
The agency intends to soon establish a National Museum of Epigraphy in south India.
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Why Indian democracy needs more ‘unlettered’ literary figures

Columns
Those courageous voices would bring the republic back to the norms envisioned in the Constitution.
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Bhutan: Land of the flaming phallus

Travel
In Bhutan, all things are considered sentient beings
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Letters

Letters
Readers write in.
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FLQ: The Frontline Quiz

Other
Time to put your thinking cap on.
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Kochi-Muziris Biennale: A throbbing rigidity

Columns
Does India’s first and only arts biennale take itself a little too seriously?
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Climate change makes life a struggle in Bangladesh

Environment
Cyclones have irrevocably impacted lives on the country’s south-west coast.
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Classics reclassified

Books
His quirky renditions challenge the conventions of both graphic novels and literary adaptations.
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A 650-km thick solid metallic ball forms the earth’s innermost inner core

Science & Technology
Until recently, it was thought that there were four layers: crust, mantle, outer core, inner core.
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Adani-Hindenburg saga raises concerns over exposure of LIC, public sector banks

Columns
There are dangers in public institutions blindly supporting the rapid growth of corporate groups.
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Extent of Antarctic sea ice reached a record low in February

Science & Technology
This minimum is the lowest in the 45-year satellite record and has beaten the previous record low.
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Tenant farmers of Telangana still excluded from state-funded schemes

Agriculture
Landless tenants are one of the most vulnerable farmer groups in the State.
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Anbu Jothi Ashram case: Villupuram’s chamber of horror

Human rights
The incident also highlights the apathy of both Central and State government departments concerned.
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Snakes can hear better than we thought

Science & Technology
Researchers find that snakes respond to airborne sound and that the reactions depend on the genus.
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Rythu Bandhu: A lifeline scheme for farmers in Telangana

Agriculture
But more needs to be done for tenant farmers and labourers to help them escape the debt trap.
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Retired jawans continue fight for a fair deal despite OROP implementation

India
The present agitation is by jawans who find the One Rank One Pension scheme discriminatory.
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Progressive Artists’ Group @75: Rebels with a cause

Art
While the set of stormtroopers ushered in an eclectic idea of modernism, was there a lasting impact?
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Erdogan jittery after Türkiye earthquake, desperate to salvage political fortunes

World Affairs
Even before the quake, the outcome of elections scheduled for May had been eagerly awaited.
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Russia-Ukraine war continues without an end with no signs of de-escalation

World Affairs
The West, led by the US, continues to support Ukraine’s belligerent posturing.
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Is there more to BJP-AAP animosity in Delhi than meets the eye?

Politics
Pundits speculate that the entire exercise is meant to divert attention away from the Congress.
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Neiphiu Rio back in Nagaland as NDPP-BJP alliance emerges stronger

Politics
High on Rio’s agenda will be the statehood demand in Eastern Nagaland and the stalled peace talks.
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Drubbing in Erode East for AIADMK puts EPS and BJP in a spot of bother

Politics
The massive defeat in the byelection has thrown a spanner in the BJP’s 2024 Tamil Nadu strategy.
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Hung Assembly in Meghalaya leaves Conrad Sangma in pole position to form government

Politics
The NPP is ideally placed to return for another term, even as former ally UDP wins 11 seats.
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BJP returns in Tripura as TIPRA Motha plays spoilsport for Left-Congress combine

Politics
The saffron party managed to overcome a strong anti-incumbency sentiment and a new political force.
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The dark side of cricket

Books
The book gives a multilayered, previously undocumented account of what corruption looks like in India’s favourite sport.  
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Victoria Gowri appointment as judge a lost opportunity for judicial reforms

India
Her case exposes the fragility of the Collegium system in general and the so-called consultation process in particular.