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How India moves
Two landmark national surveys reveal the changing ways Indians travel for work, health and leisure, and expose the shortcomings in our transport and tourism infrastructure
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Modes of transport | Why we are a two-wheeler nation
Because they offer freedom and flexibility. But the overwhelming reliance on two-wheelers for daily commutes is a reflection of the gaps in our public transport and poor urban planning
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Public transport | The great transport paradox
India's most widely used mode of transport is losing ground as underfunded bus services, poor connectivity and fragmented planning drive commuters towards private vehicles
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Travel expenditure | Rising cost of the commute
Household budgets are stretched by travel expenses, while poor connectivity and long journey times constrain access to jobs and opportunities
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Gender & safety | Women still feel travel is not safe
Poor infrastructure for walkers and cyclists hampers the commute of India's most vulnerable: women, the elderly and children. Roads and bus networks need to be made safe and accessible at all times of day
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Domestic travel | The surge in leisure trips
Domestic travel is booming, trips have almost doubled over the past decade, and it's working young people who are heading out more
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Pilgrim surge | The grand rush for faith
Led by GenZ, millions are now combining pilgrimage with leisure. A tourism ecosystem is slowly taking shape around this new travel preference
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The big itch | The big rise in skin ailments
As skin ailments rise across the country, new diagnostic tools and treatments offer faster, more effective relief
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Trump's troubleshooters
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and US Ambassador Sergio Gor discuss the trade, energy, defence, tech and immigration imperatives that make the India-US relationship a crucial one
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Exclusive interview with Marco Rubio: 'Five years from now, India and America will have one of the strongest ties in the world'
An exclusive interview with US Secretary of State and National Security Advisor Marco Rubio and US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor
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Holywood
Bollywood turns to spirituality as a spate of films featuring Hindu deities lure audiences to the theatre
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The AI threat
With AI threading all our systems, from defence to infrastructure, autonomous agents could wreak havoc without safeguards. What India must do to counter the possibility while harvesting its potential
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Guardrails | Steering the machine: Safeguards in the AI era - by Manish Gupta
As AI becomes more advanced, progress on control and alignment needs to be intentional and in collaboration with the local ecosystem
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Cybersecurity | Securing the global AI arena - by Rajesh Nambiar
AI security is the next big frontier in global cybersecurity, and India is well placed to build the 'trust layer' for it. A shift to continuous AI assurance will be key
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AI literacy | Pacing the frontier between our ears - by Vishal Sikka
AI is transforming what we can build. But the real frontier lies in how well we understand, regulate and deploy it
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Governance | A tough rulebook for AI agents - by Gaurav Agarwal
As AI systems make real-time decisions across functions, firms need orchestration-led governance, a built-in control layer that imparts accountability, policy alignment and ability to intervene as agents operate
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Scaling security | Retain the AI control key - by Srikanth Velamakanni
The rise of autonomous AI agents promises extraordinary gains in efficiency but also amplifies systemic risks. India needs safeguards that match its growing power, not regulations that stifle innovation
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Infrastructure | Why India must build its own AI stack - by Pratyush Kumar
India's AI future depends on building the infrastructure, knowledge and talent to develop, improve and secure intelligence at scale
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Indigenous AI | A case for aatmanirbhar AI - by Jayant Sinha
Dependence on foreign AI models and compute could leave India vulnerable to decisions made in distant capitals. We need an intelligence infrastructure of our own
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Election Commission of India | Crisis of credibility
Internal friction and court scrutiny cast a shadow on the impartiality, integrity and transparency of the poll body. What needs to be done to restore people's faith
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