| | | Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that over 850 million internet users in India enjoy some of the cheapest data costs in the world and technology has transformed governance to be more efficient, inclusive, faster and transparent. | THE DAILY QUIZ Harvey Specter and Mike Ross are back, this time on Netflix. This ABC Network legal drama, which ended in 2019, has achieved the 13th biggest week ever recorded on Nielsen’s weekly streaming rankings. It also stars a future Duchess. Name the show. a. The Good Wife
b. The Practice
c. Suits
d. Boston Legal TAKE THE FULL QUIZ | | THE BIG STORY Modi urges G20 to push for secure digital future Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged G20 countries on Saturday to focus on technology that can “lay the foundations for an inclusive, prosperous and secure” global digital future, as he addressed a ministerial gathering on digital economy in Bengaluru. In video message, Modi said the Group of 20 major economies need to agree on the high-level principles, and pitched India’s experience in areas of digital governance and administration as models the world could look at. “India is an incredibly diverse country. We have dozens of languages and hundreds of dialects. It is home to every religion in the world, and innumerable cultural practices…. With such diversity, India is an ideal testing lab for solutions. A solution that succeeds in India, can be easily applied anywhere in the world,” he said. Read more. | | | | | | A LITTLE LIGHT READING A world wide web: Inside a docu series about ‘twin’ cities The river is so polluted one can walk across parts of it and not sink. The crime so organised that it’s run by a guild. The disparities so great that the rich and poor never really cross paths. This could be any number of the world’s cities. It is, in fact, Terry Pratchett’s fictional metropolis of Ankh-Morpork. Anyone who has lived in a major city and read the Discworld books has found themselves shaking their head in recognition and exasperation. What else connects cities in the real world? That’s a conversation that began, for architect and urban designer Dikshu Kukreja, in February 2022, when Russia invaded Ukraine. Read more. | | THE WEEKEND FIX The vinyl countdown: 75 years in, see how the LP changed the world In June 1948, a small group of reporters and music industry insiders gathered at New York’s Waldorf-Astoria Hotel to hear about Columbia Records’ latest invention: the vinyl long-player. Thanks to newly developed micro-groove techniques, this new disc — which spun at 33 and 1/3 revolutions per minute — could hold up to 25 minutes of music on one side, compared to the three to five minutes per side on the 78 rpm shellac discs that were in use at the time. This was a quantum leap in music recording and playback technology, an area that hadn’t seen much change at all since the 78 rpm disc became the standard in the late 1920s. At the press conference, Columbia Records president Edward Wallerstein demonstrated this new innovation in a uniquely visual fashion. Read more. | | THE WAY WE WERE BY POONAM SAXENA When the rules of engagement change Among the many catchy songs in Karan Johar’s Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani is Kudmayi, which plays in the background as the two lead characters (Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt) are married in a glittering ceremony. There was much scratching of heads when the song was released. What did “kudmayi” mean? I knew instantly, because of a short story we studied in school called Usne Kaha Tha (She Had Said So). The story has a recurring line of dialogue between a 12-year-old boy and an eight-year-old girl. The two keep meeting in Amritsar’s busy bazaars, over a month. He always asks: “Teri kudmayi ho gayi?” She always answers “Dhat!” and runs away. Until she doesn’t. Read more. | | HT This Day: August 20, 1991 Hardliners oust Gorbachev Reformist Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev was removed from power today by his hardline opponents who imposed a state of emergency sending shock waves across the world which had witnessed unprecedented changes during his six-year rule. Read more. | | Were you forwarded this email? Did you stumble upon it online? Sign up here. | | Written and edited by Shahana Yasmin. Produced by Md Shad Hasnain. | | | | | | | Get the Hindustan Times app and read premium stories | | | | | | View in Browser | Privacy Policy | Contact us You received this email because you signed up for HT Newsletters or because it is included in your subscription. Copyright © HT Digital Streams. All Rights Reserved | | | | |  | |
