All posts tagged: Perceptions

Janhvi Kapoor on deepfake: `Perceptions of privilege make it harder to speak`

Janhvi Kapoor on deepfake: `Perceptions of privilege make it harder to speak`

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Janhvi Kapoor has often spoken about the downside of being a public figure and having free access to social media. While today she frequently comes across deepfake images of herself online, she first experienced something similar at the age of 15. During her school days, she saw a morphed image of herself on porn sites. At the time, she tried to rationalise it as a risk of being online. However, even today, AI-generated images of her continue to deeply affect her. Janhvi Kapoor on finding her photo on porn sites Janhvi Kapoor recalled seeing her first such image at the age of 15 during a conversation with Raj Shamani. She said, “I don’t know if it was a deepfake, but it was something like that. I saw a picture of me on a porn site.” The Mili actress shared that she was in her IT class when she came across the images. “We had IT class in school, and boys used to go on those sites for fun. My pictures were on there. And this …

Tamil Nadu’s Nitish Kumar or assertive chief? Edappadi Palaniswami confronts a battle of perceptions

Tamil Nadu’s Nitish Kumar or assertive chief? Edappadi Palaniswami confronts a battle of perceptions

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Political narratives, if left unchallenged, can tilt the balance in elections. AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami appears more cognisant of this than anyone else in the electoral field in Tamil Nadu this election season. Ever since he reluctantly returned to the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) last April at the behest of the BJP’s principal poll strategist and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Mr. Palaniswami has been under attack from his rivals, chiefly from the ruling DMK and its allies. Over the past few years, the DMK front has built a strong political narrative projecting the AIADMK leadership as being subservient to the BJP and the Narendra Modi-led Union government. This perception was bolstered by the decision of the erstwhile AIADMK government, under both O. Panneerselvam and Mr. Palaniswami, to embrace certain Central schemes that Jayalalithaa, their predecessor, had strongly opposed during her lifetime. This included the Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY), which Tamil Nadu joined in January 2017, just a month after her death. Poll framed as Tamil Nadu vs Delhi In recent times, …

How Arjun Erigaisi double bronze in Doha could alter perceptions of India’s weakness in shorter forms | Chess News

How Arjun Erigaisi double bronze in Doha could alter perceptions of India’s weakness in shorter forms | Chess News

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There is a strong perception, led notably by Magnus Carlsen, that the new generation of Indian chess prodigies are exceptionally strong calculators. This inherently makes them a formidable force in classical chess, yet they often struggle with intuitive play, a weakness that directly impacts their performance in shorter time controls. This perception is not entirely unfounded. Since Viswanathan Anand, India’s presence in Rapid and Blitz chess has faded significantly. The five-time World Classical Champion’s last rapid medal, a gold in 2017 was also the last time an Indian (male) stood on the podium at the World Rapid and Blitz Championships. Both the fact, and with that perhaps, the perception shifted in Doha, where Arjun Erigaisi made history by winning a double bronze, returning with medals in both the Rapid and Blitz events. Though rare, this feat was still a disappointing end to Arjun’s campaign in the eyes of his former trainer, N. Srinath. He believes that Arjun, the top-ranked Indian in all three formats, could have won medals of a better colour had he received …

Axar Patel slams captaincy perceptions: ‘people say he doesn’t speak English, he is not captain material!’ | Cricket News

Axar Patel slams captaincy perceptions: ‘people say he doesn’t speak English, he is not captain material!’ | Cricket News

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Who should become a captain? Does it need special requirements apart cricket intelligence, a vision for future, and ability to inspire teammates as a leader? Axar Patel, India’s spin allrounder and skipper of Delhi Capitals, the IPL franchise co-owned by JSW Sports, weighs in on the perceptions around traits needed to be a good captain. In an interaction with The Indian Express, ahead of first Test against South Africa, Axar brought up the notions about a player’s perceived personality that is not based about his cricketing skills but vague “personality” traits and “English” speaking abilities. “People start saying ‘oh he is not a captaincy material, he doesn’t speak English. How will he talk? Yeh hai, voh hai’. Arre! Captain’s work is not to just talk. Captain’s work is to know the player and see how to get the best out of him. What’s his strength, what’s his weakness. Captain knows that I have this player and what I need to do to get work out of him (“kaisey kaam nikalwaana hai”). And in game situations, …

India ranks 96 out of 180 countries in Corruption Perceptions Index 2024

India ranks 96 out of 180 countries in Corruption Perceptions Index 2024

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Research has also revealed that corruption is a major threat to climate action, as it hinders progress in reducing emissions and adapting to the unavoidable effects of global heating. Representative file image. | Photo Credit: Reuters India ranked 96 out of 180 countries in the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) for 2024 as its overall score dropped a point to 38, according to a Transparency International report released on Tuesday (February 11, 2025). The index, which ranks 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption according to experts and business people, uses a scale of zero to 100, where “zero” is highly corrupt and “100” is very clean. In 2024, India’s overall score was 38 while it was 39 in 2023 and 40 in 2022. India’s rank in 2023 was 93. Among India’s neighbours, Pakistan (135) and Sri Lanka (121) grappled with their respective low rankings, while Bangladesh’s ranking stood further down at 149. China ranked 76. Denmark topped the list of being the least-corrupt nation, followed by Finland and Singapore. The …