Hello and welcome to another edition of the Weekly Vine. In this week’s edition we look at the dog controversy at the AI summit, decode Marco Rubio’s civilisational erasure warning for Europe, the Dhuran(Dhar) Derangement Syndrome, and why some of us are not in a hurry to get anywhere. Dog’s Day Out Ever since…
Image Credit: Youtube/ Crafts & Entertainment In the high-end real estate sector, there are properties measured not only by their size or price but also by the story they tell and the symbolism they represent. The diamond-shaped house of P. P. Reddy in Hyderabad is one such example. A home shaped like ambition Whereas traditional…
NEW DELHI: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray on Wednesday met Maharashtra deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde at the latter’s residence in Mumbai. This was their first face-to-face interaction since last month’s Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections.The meeting, held at Shinde’s official residence Nandanvan, covered a range of issues, a functionary from the Shinde-led Shiv…
Ramadan is one of the most important months of the year for Muslims. The entire month of Ramadan is considered the most sacred month in the Islamic calendar. During this time, Muslims are completely focused on Allah; they give their heartfelt prayers to him, fast from sunrise to sunset without eating or drinking, participate in…
Pakistan’s Sahibzada Farhan celebrates his fifty runs during the T20 World Cup cricket match between Namibia and Pakistan in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026 Sahibzada Farhan scripted history on Wednesday as he became only the second Pakistan batter to score a century in the T20 World Cup. The right-handed batter achieved the feat…
OSSC LTR TGT Result 2025-26 released with category-wise cut-off marks The Odisha Staff Selection Commission (OSSC) has released the OSSC LTR Final Result 2025-26 on 18 February 2026. Candidates who appeared for the Leave Training Reserve (LTR)-2024 recruitment process can now download the final result PDF from the official website, www.ossc.gov.in. The result includes the…
What is Saudi Founding Day and Why is it Celebrated on February 22? Every year on February 22, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia pauses to commemorate Founding Day, a national occasion that honours the birth of the first Saudi state nearly three centuries ago. This year’s holiday, officially declared a paid public holiday for workers…
There was a time when India did not measure its success in quarterly numbers. It measured itself in knowledge, trust, shared prosperity and moral order. Long-run economic reconstructions—most prominently those of Angus Maddison and the ongoing Maddison Project—suggest that around 1 CE India accounted for roughly 30% of global output, and that for many centuries…
The return of the cheetah to India has reached another milestone. Three years after the ambitious reintroduction began, Kuno National Park has recorded the birth of three more cubs, pushing India’s total cheetah population to 38. Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav announced that Gamini, a South African cheetah relocated to…
A senior executive of NVIDIA said on Wednesday India needs to significantly scale up its investment in Artificial Intelligence (AI) infrastructure from the current $1.2 billion to align with global levels, describing the Union Budget’s 20-year tax holiday for foreign companies as a major opportunity to build foundational AI capacity. Speaking at the AI Impact…