February 14, 2026
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Stepping into the 'Seva Teerth,' Prime Minister Modi hasn't just opened a new office; he's unveiled a carefully curated policy pilgrimage for the 'aam aadmi.' His first four decisions, hitting women, farmers, youth, and startups, feel less like spontaneous governance and more like a perfectly timed political greatest hits album – ensuring every key demographic gets a track. It’s a masterclass in signalling intent, promising big without revealing all the liner notes just yet.
February 14, 2026
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Portugal, bless its sun-drenched heart, has just delivered a legislative uppercut to the digital dopamine dispensers we call social media, at least for the under-16 crowd. Requiring parental consent for teens to scroll? It’s less about 'saving the children' and more about 'saving parents from the silent, phone-addicted zombies occupying their dinner tables.' Let's be honest, half the parents giving consent will be doing it through gritted teeth, secretly wishing they had the same legislative backup to pry their own phones away. The real question isn't whether it works, but whether it simply shifts the battleground from TikTok to 'Mom, can I *please* borrow your phone for five minutes?'
February 13, 2026
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Beijing's current diplomatic playbook regarding Taiwan seems less like a carefully calibrated strategy and more like an increasingly loud public address system stuck on repeat. Declaring Taiwan an 'inevitable' reunification is akin to shouting "I told you so!" before the event has even remotely occurred. While the grand pronouncements and flashy military drills certainly grab headlines, one has to wonder if all this theatrical posturing is designed to genuinely intimidate Taipei, or perhaps, simply to keep the domestic audience convinced that the grand ambition is still very much on the menu, even if the main course remains perpetually in the oven.
February 13, 2026
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Forget loyalty, darling; in the AI gold rush, venture capitalists are proving that monogamy is a dated concept. The revelation that titans like Sequoia and Altimeter are pouring billions into Anthropic, mere years after backing OpenAI, isn't just breaking a 'taboo' – it's performing an entire interpretive dance on its grave. It seems when the potential returns have enough zeros, VCs are perfectly happy to play the field, effectively insuring against *any* outcome and ensuring they catch the biggest fish, no matter which pond it ultimately swims in.
February 13, 2026
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Let's be real: for years, many Indian digital platforms felt like they were designed for an English-speaking, keyboard-wielding minority, leaving vast swathes of the population scrolling in frustrated silence. The idea that voice AI was just a 'nice-to-have' add-on was quaintly naive, perhaps even a touch colonial. Now, the penny has dropped, and companies are scrambling to realize that for genuine scale and democratic access, a text-first approach is as outdated as a dial-up modem. Voice isn't just convenient; it's the only way many Indians will ever truly engage with the digital world, and those still clinging to QWERTY-only interfaces are simply missing the largest, loudest market.
February 12, 2026
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Britannia, the venerable king of biscuits, is apparently trading its dusty corporate rulebook for a shiny new startup hoodie, vowing to adopt 'agility' and eye acquisitions. It's a bit like watching your stoic grandmother suddenly announce she's joining a CrossFit gym and launching a TikTok channel. While the ambition is commendable, the real challenge won't be finding new brands to gobble up, but rather teaching a hundred-year-old titan to genuinely unlearn decades of corporate inertia and move at the speed of thought. Will their 'Good Day' become a 'Great Leap,' or just a slightly faster cookie production line?
February 12, 2026
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Forget the 'war for talent' and the endless quest for unicorn-sized engineering teams. The new AI frontier proves that the smartest way to scale is often *down*. While legacy firms are still hiring armies of developers to tweak their dashboards, AI-native startups are quietly raking in the dough with a skeleton crew, proving that the best co-worker might just be a well-trained algorithm. It's not just efficiency; it's a defiant middle finger to the old-school startup playbook that championed headcount as a badge of honor.
February 12, 2026
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Well, well, well, it seems Wall Street's biggest players have finally realized India isn't just a place to offload call center operations, but a bustling economic powerhouse where actual money can be *made*. Goldman Sachs, ever the trendsetter (or perhaps just exceptionally well-informed), appears to have unlocked the cheat code, turning their long-term 'future growth story' into a present-day treasure hunt. It's almost as if investing in a nation of 1.4 billion people with a rapidly expanding middle class was, dare I say, a *good idea*.
February 11, 2026
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For decades, the mention of 'Public Sector Banks' often conjured images of leisurely queues, mountains of paperwork, and perhaps a slightly dusty ledger. They were the reliable, albeit sometimes sleepy, giants of Indian finance. But hold onto your passbooks, because renowned analyst Deepak Shenoy has just dropped a bomb: these very institutions are about to get a serious glow-up. Forget their core banking ops for a moment; the real story is in the prime real estate they've been squatting on, now set to transform from forgotten asset to market marvel. It's like finding a vintage Rolls Royce in your garage you thought was just an old shed, and suddenly, boring becomes brilliant.