Musk the businessman is all about Musk the man

Elon Musk – fabulous innovator, risk-taker, also hype-artist, and flamethrower. Walter Isaacson’s authorised biography – titled, unsurprisingly Elon Musk – locates Musk’s outsized gifts, his fearlessness, and his dysfunctions in his childhood. It’s Musk the man that explains Musk the businessman. The book’s better when it dissects the man. Risk-taking ran in his blood; his

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New Delhi G20 was a success, but it would have been grand if it directly addressed the war in Ukraine with Ukrainian participation

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is facing quite a bit of music after his return from the G20 summit in India for what British parliamentarians say is weaker language on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in the New Delhi Declaration. This follows Canadian PM Justin Trudeau’s earlier assertion that if it were up to him, the

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A second-generation Indian-American, Vivek Ramaswamy’s vision of a stronger American Indian partnership deserves our attention

Mr. Vivek Ramaswamy is a presidential candidate for the upcoming elections in the United States for the Republican Party. He is a second-generation Indian-American, spelling out clearly that his foreign policy differs from the rest of the candidates. The intensifying fight among former Vice President Mike Pence, former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley (Nimrata Randhwa)

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Just What Is Justin Up To?

G20 was another demonstration of the Canadian PM reading India totally wrong. There’s also Ottawa’s rather cozy relationship with Beijing For any patriotic citizen, it is painful to see their country’s leader being sidelined at important international events. As a Canadian who grew up in India, it was doubly painful to me to see Canada’s

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The feminine apologetic decoded

Being a logophile, or someone who loves words, my first encounter with the term “Feminine Apologetic” was a fascinating one; I was intrigued at the potential subtext and immediately embarked upon one of my favorite pastimes: research on this interesting idiom. The term feminine apologetic was defined by Professor Jan Felshin in 1973, in which

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Today´s European educational framework

The education system in Europe in the 21st century has undergone significant changes to adapt to the challenges and demands of the modern era.  Caena & Redecker defined in “Aligning teacher competence frameworks to 21st century challenges: the case for the European digital competence framework for educators (digcompedu)” on the European Journal of Education (2019)

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More geo, less politics

By – Kristalina Georgieva India’s G20 leadership is helping a fragmented world, argues the IMF managing director. International cooperation is the best insurance against both climatic and financial shocks At a time when the world is becoming more divided, India is leveraging its G20 presidency to build consensus on issues that transcend national borders. Guided

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‘Russia will not fight with China against the US. Nor will it accept any Chinese pressure to reduce relations with India’

The death of Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin has led to speculations about unity within the Russian regime and implications for the Ukraine war. Anatol Lieven, director, Eurasia Programme at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, spoke with Rudroneel Ghosh about what choices Moscow has and how these are also being reflected at the G20 leaders

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