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  • A new book suggests ways for professionals to develop AI literacy to thrive in an AI-first world
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    A new book suggests ways for professionals to develop AI literacy to thrive in an AI-first world
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    Rajkummar Rao on playing a gangster in ‘Maalik’: ‘He is driven by the quest for power’
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    For Jane Austen and her heroines, walking was more than a pastime – it was a form of resistance
  • ‘Volcano’: Eunice de Souza’s poems invite deeper reflections despite their seemingly light surfaces
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    ‘Volcano’: Eunice de Souza’s poems invite deeper reflections despite their seemingly light surfaces
  • In photographs: Rebirth at the water’s edge – a journey into India’s stepwells
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    In photographs: Rebirth at the water’s edge – a journey into India’s stepwells
  • Sunday book pick: ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ by JD Salinger, a novel I have read 11 times
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    Sunday book pick: ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ by JD Salinger, a novel I have read 11 times
  • Mount Everest: A new route avoids treacherous Khumbu Icefall in safer path to summit
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    Mount Everest: A new route avoids treacherous Khumbu Icefall in safer path to summit
  • Is AI not all it’s made out to be? A new book punctures the hype and proposes some ways to resist it
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    Is AI not all it’s made out to be? A new book punctures the hype and proposes some ways to resist it
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    Elon Musk launches American Party after falling out with Donald Trump
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    July fiction: Six books in translation and in English that present diverse stories
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