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Media Wizard, Ronnie Screwvala interacts with young minds at IIMUN.

“Cut your coat as per your cloth,” is the advice Mr. Screwvala has for all the young delegates. Ronnie Screwvala an eminent social entrepreneur and philanthropist, addressed the delegates at the IIMUN Championship Conference. From Swades his foundation to ways in which he would want to help the underprivileged, he answered every question intelligently. His journey as an entrepreneur […]

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International National

Dr. Tharoor’s message to the kids!

Dr. Shashi Tharoor, an elected Member of the Parliament, former Minister of State for Human Resource Development, former Minister of State for External Affairs, former Under-Secretary-General to the United Nations and unarguably one of the best politicians in India graced the IIMUN Championship Conference. Besides being a widely published critic and columnist, Dr. Tharoor is also known for his […]

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National

Mumbai 24×7

-Prashant Nagpal   Mumbai, the maximum city and sprawling metropolis of India comprises of a population of 18 million ‘Mumbaikars’ within the city and its suburban districts. The island city is officially the financial, commercial and entertainment capital of India. If there is one thing that Mumbai has taught its people, it is that time […]

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Technology

Artificial Intelligence Today

-Aman Marwah “Computers will overtake humans with AI within the next 100 years. When that happens, we need to make sure the computers have goals aligned with ours.” -Stephen Hawking Artificial Intelligence is as of now at the beta stage of development, it has controlled most of the humankind as of now through things such […]

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The Rise and Fall of Startups.

-Niraj Dubey   The year 2015 saw the small sparkle of startup turn into a wildfire in India. This ‘Golden Year’ of startups witnessed every small idea with little potential being funded and backed by investors. Both national and international players like Shri Ratan Tata, Shri Mohandas Pai, Kalari, Sequoia, Accel, and many more through […]

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A Bitter Divide of ‘Divide and Rule’

-Jeevesh Garg 70 years of Independence after 200 years of oppression has been full of negativity, hatred and in a constant state of conflict from both countries. A country which was economically and culturally rich was first exploited for false riches and then polluted. Polluted with the ideology that would displace 15 million people, kill […]

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Technology

Artificial Intelligence: A Boon or a Bane.

  –Abhishek Dhawan When I sit to hear stories from my parents and grandparents it makes me realize how generation after generation, we, as a race, have advanced in terms of so many things especially in the field of computer science & technology. It was not so long ago that having a telephone landline at […]

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International

Beyond Limits: Artificial Intelligence

-Aman Baldia   Artificial Intelligence is the science of making computers and intelligent machines showing human intelligence. It is the branch that aims to make machines think like humans. This attempt at creating systems that understand, learn and think like humans aim to give machines the sense of reasoning, problem-solving, natural language processing, learning, planning, […]

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International

The Kasai Conflict

-Aditi Goel No walls can separate humanitarian or human rights crises in one part of the world from national security crises in another. What begins with a failure to uphold the dignity of one life all too often ends with a calamity for entire nations. -Kofi Annan These words definitely hold true for Congo’s evolution, […]

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International National

In Sport, Gender Equality is an elusive goal.

  – Jitendra Nath Misra   Jitendra Nath Misra is a former ambassador and vice-president of Jawaharlal Nehru Hockey Tournament Society. Observing sport has many takeaways. One of them is gender discrimination. Sports meritocrats usually argue that sport is for all to see, and thus gender- blind. Sport is a concrete activity, with a victor […]