<ul class="summary-list"><li>AI hype has been everywhere since OpenAI introduced ChatGPT to the world.</li><li>Gary Marcus doesn't think we should buy the hype.</li></ul>Gary Marcus doesn't consider himself an AI skeptic. Don't let that throw you, though, when he argues that OpenAI could turn out to be as much of <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/weworks-nightmare-ipo">a dumpster fire as WeWork.</a>"I actually want AI to succeed, so to call me an AI skeptic as many people do is to miss that I'm not skeptical," Marcus told Business Insider. "I'm skeptical of how we're doing it right now."For <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/gary-marcus-google-lamda-artificial-intelligence-media-hype-dead-cat-2022-6">the 54-year-old cognitive scientist and AI researcher</a> based in Vancouver, set to publish a book titled "Taming Silicon Valley" this fall, the AI of "right now" has made it hard for him not to be restless.Since the launch of <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-chat-gpt-2023-1">ChatGPT</a>, Marcus has watched as AI fever has swept across the world. That fervor has set OpenAI on a dangerous path that he thinks strays from its original nonprofit mission to build AI that benefits humanity. The euphoria and hype surrounding it have also left it dangerously unchecked in a way that parallels <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/wework-cofounder-adam-neumann-on-its-collapse-bankruptcy-2023-11">Adam Neumann's scandal-ridden startup</a>, which has since fallen from grace.<div type="image" title="adam neumann" height="1335" width="2000" msid="111691276" hostid="261" sizebytes="83716"></div>"OpenAI might be the WeWork of AI," Marcus said. "I ran a poll [on X]. More people thought that was plausible than not."At the same time, Marcus has seen large language models (LLMs) — the technology underpinning generative AI tools like ChatGPT — attract billions of dollars amid shaky promises from industry leaders like OpenAI CEO Sam Altman that they might one day guide humanity to the field's holy grail of <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-agi-artificial-general-intelligence-explained-2023-5">artificial general intelligence (AGI).</a>Buying all the hype, he estimates, is a huge mistake: "The AI we're using right now has many fundamental problems." OpenAI did not respond to a request for comment from BI.<h2 id="05084798-af8e-4d7f-815f-a0a2f4bd7337">OpenAI's top skeptic</h2><div type="image" title="Gary Marcus has been a vocal critic of OpenAI and the generative AI boom." height="683" width="1024" msid="111691280" hostid="261" sizebytes="22872"></div>Marcus hasn't always felt this distressed about the industry.Just over a year ago, in May 2023, he sat side-by-side with Altman to <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/sam-altman-openai-chatgpt-congress-rules-2023-5">address questions from lawmakers on Capitol Hill</a> about the dangers posed by AI. By his own measure, both he and the OpenAI chief agreed that AI was a deeply complex technology that would cause serious societal problems if left unchecked. Its problems, ranging from bias and hallucinations to its potential to warp election outcomes with false information, demanded attention."I do think he was sincere in his concerns," Marcus said, noting that Altman shared the same birthday as J. Robert Oppenheimer, the theoretical physicist behind the atomic bomb. "He does not want to cause the destruction of the world."A year on, however, the mood has clearly shifted.While Marcus left Washington last year feeling "mostly impressed" with the ChatGPT boss, a series of developments in and around OpenAI since then have put him on high alert.The most dramatic moment after the Capitol Hill hearing came in November when Altman was fired as OpenAI's CEO. The company's board had concluded that <a target="_blank" href="https://openai.com/index/openai-announces-leadership-transition/">"he was not consistently candid in his communications."</a>One major allegation against Altman was that he tried to persuade board members to push out Helen Toner, a fellow director, after she <a target="_blank" href="https://cset.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/CSET-Decoding-Intentions.pdf">published a research paper</a> criticizing OpenAI's efforts to make AI safe. <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/openai-board-member-details-sam-altman-lied-allegation-ousted-2024-5">According to </a>Toner, he also "started lying to other board members" to turn them against her.<div type="image" title="Helen Toner" height="1666" width="2500" msid="111691281" hostid="261" sizebytes="192732"></div>As Marcus recalled, "the world was treating him as a saint" until then. Leaders including France's Emmanuel Macron, India's Narendra Modi, and South Korea's Yoon Suk Yeol offered Altman a statesman-like welcome during <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/sam-altman-world-tour-ai-chatgpt-openai-2023-6">a global tour last year.</a>Though the firing saga stunned Silicon Valley, triggering a mission among key OpenAI backers like Microsoft to reinstall the ousted CEO, Marcus saw signs of inconsistency hiding in plain sight.One example: when Sen. John Kennedy asked Altman if he "makes a lot of money" during last year's hearing, the OpenAI CEO quickly responded that he has "no equity in OpenAI." That was not the clearest answer he could have given.Altman <a target="_blank" href="https://www.reuters.com/technology/openai-removes-sam-altmans-ownership-its-startup-fund-2024-04-01/">maintained ownership of the OpenAI Startup Fund until March 29</a>, ownership that Toner said the board wasn't originally informed of. Altman also serves as chairman of nuclear fusion startup Helion Energy, and has carved an "opaque investment empire" worth at least $2.8 billion as of earlier this year, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/openai-sam-altman-investments-004fc785">The Wall Street Journal reported this month.</a>With this in mind, Marcus has been hardly surprised as <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/openai-mess-concerns-over-nda-safety-sam-altman-2024-6">OpenAI has had drama</a> around inconsistency unfold again.GPT-4o, OpenAI's new model unveiled in May, was criticized by Scarlett Johansson for carrying — <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/openai-scarlett-johansson-saga-reveals-a-deeper-problem-with-ai-2024-5">without permission</a> — a voice called Sky that resembled the AI assistant she voiced in the movie "Her." Though Altman later claimed that <a target="_blank" href="https://openai.com/index/how-the-voices-for-chatgpt-were-chosen/">Sky "was never intended to resemble" Johansson's voice</a>, he couldn't help but tweet "her" after the GPT-4o launch event. "He's still saying, well, the resemblance is coincidental," Marcus said. "People are like, 'What am I, stupid?' The reaction right now, I think rightly so, is that he takes us to be fools."OpenAI's safety commitments have been questioned after top safety researchers, including Ilya Sutskever and Jan Leike, left last month. Its treatment of employees is also under scrutiny after details emerged about strict clauses that threatened to claw back workers' vested equity if they didn't <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/leaked-docs-openai-pressure-departing-employees-vox-altman-nda-nondisclosure-2024-5">sign non-disparagement agreements.</a><h2 id="adb3659a-9a37-4f1c-b4ed-627d7baf5df3">The generative AI problem</h2>More broadly, Marcus is concerned that a focus on LLM-led generative AI is <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/generative-ai-exaggeration-openai-nvidia-microsoft-chatgpt-jobs-investors-markets-2024-3">leading the industry down the wrong path.</a>While he acknowledges that the technology powering ChatGPT has its uses, he doesn't think it'll get humanity toward a form of AI that can rival human intelligence. He points to the "diminishing returns" each successive new AI model has displayed, with performance improvements seemingly becoming smaller each time a new model is introduced."Billions of dollars have been spent on them, and that has starved everything else out," Marcus said. "LLMs are not useless. They can do some things. But they're not actually AGI. They're not trustworthy, they're not reliable."Not everyone agrees with him. In recent months, Marcus has drawn sharp criticism from <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ai-godfather-top-names-possibilities-dangers-openai-chatgpt-list-2023-8">"AI godfathers"</a> including Yann LeCun and Geoffrey Hinton over his views on today's most-hyped technology.Marcus feels he has been pointing out that LLMs are not the path forward to AGI for some time, an idea he thinks the likes of LeCun — Meta's chief AI scientist — have not acknowledged until recently.<div type="image" title="Yann LeCun" height="1650" width="2500" msid="111691283" hostid="261" sizebytes="115896"></div>LeCun has previously suggested "LLMs are an offramp on the path to AGI," but he has also <a target="_blank" href="https://x.com/ylecun/status/1642201963688239107">shared the view</a> that "by amplifying human intelligence, AI may cause a new Renaissance, perhaps a new phase of the Enlightenment." In an <a target="_blank" href="https://www.ft.com/content/23fab126-f1d3-4add-a457-207a25730ad9">interview with the Financial Times</a> last month, he acknowledged pretty bluntly that LLMs have a "very limited understanding of logic," making them unlikely candidates for AGI.Marcus takes that as a small sign of hope that people are slowly waking up to the limitations of today's AI: "What gives me a little bit of optimism is that people are finally facing reality."His hope now is that Altman can do the same and face the reality of the mess that has passed. His message to the OpenAI chief is that it's not too late to change course: "Return to the mission. Really make OpenAI a force for good."

This OpenAI skeptic wants Sam Altman to make ChatGPT a force for good

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Cardi B has reacted to the controversial video of the Dalai Lama asking a child to suck his tongue.</li><li>"This world is full of predators," she tweeted. "Constantly talk with your kids about boundaries."</li></ul>Cardi B reacted to the controversial video of the Dalai Lama asking a child to suck his tongue by urging parents to teach their children about "predators" and "boundaries."The recently surfaced video of the Dalai Lama shows the exiled leader of Tibetan spiritual Buddhists <a href="https://www.insider.com/dalai-lama-apologizes-young-boy-suck-tongue-video-2023-4">kissing a young boy on the lips and caressing his forehead during a public appearance.</a>He can then be seen patting the boy on the arm and saying, "Suck my tongue.""This world is full of predators," Cardi tweeted on Monday. "They prey on the innocent. The ones who are most unknowing, our children. Predators could be our neighbors, our school teachers, even people wit money ,power &amp; our churches."Constantly talk with your kids about boundaries and what they shouldn't allow people to do to them."After one fan urged Cardi to "reconsider" the wording of her advice, the "Bodak Yellow" rapper replied: "I don't gotta watch my words..I know exactly wat I mean from the time you start potty training your kids you should tell them DONT LET nobody touch your privates,enter the bathroom wit you and don't keep no secrets away from mommy."Cardi also <a href="https://twitter.com/itsKenBarbie/status/1645498222213832718" target="_blank" rel="noopener">responded</a> to being called "wrong messenger," given she previously <a href="https://www.insider.com/cardi-b-responds-to-video-saying-she-drugged-and-robbed-men-2019-3">admitted to drugging and robbing men when she worked as a stripper.</a>"Wow all this support I'm getting at the same time is beautiful," she tweeted. "It was deep in my heart to talk about this cause me &amp; my friend was talkin last night &amp; then the dalai lama thing happen this morning …Thank you everyone..I just have to realize the people attacking me are just projecting."The Dalai Lama, a Nobel laureate, has <a href="https://www.insider.com/after-60-years-in-exile-dalai-lamas-still-remembered-in-his-homeland-2019-3" rel="">spent more than six decades in exile</a> after being forced to flee Tibet by Chinese forces in 1959.Now 87, he <a href="https://www.insider.com/tibetans-in-exile-struggle-to-see-beyond-dalai-lama-2019-3" rel="">preaches primarily from his base in northern India,</a> where he is granted political asylum.On Monday, he issued an apology for the video in question on his official Twitter account."A video clip has been circulating that shows a recent meeting when a young boy asked His Holiness the Dalai Lama if he could give him a hug," reads the <a href="https://twitter.com/dalailama/status/1645312490597937152?s=61&amp;t=w9pF9yjJcmtdwMjbBXXk_g" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">statement.</a>"His Holiness wishes to apologize to the boy and his family, as well as his many friends across the world, for the hurt his words may have caused," the post continued. "His Holiness often teases people he meets in an innocent and playful way, even in public and before cameras. He regrets the incident." Representatives for the Dalai Lama did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Cardi B says parents need to teach kids about 'predators' and 'boundaries' after controversial video of Dalai Lama asking a child to suck his tongue

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The city of Newark says it was fooled into signing a sister cities agreement with a fake country.</li><li>The so-called nation of Kailasa was fabricated by a Hindu guru who fled rape charges in India.</li></ul>The city of Newark, New Jersey, has admitted that it was duped into signing an official partnership with a supposed Hindu nation. The country, however, doesn't exist.<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0aR2EagjXM" target="_blank" rel="noopener">At a January 12 ceremony,</a> Newark Mayor Ras Baraka and several city officials signed an agreement to become sister cities with the "United States of Kailasa."Two women representing Kailasa, garbed in what appears to be traditional clothing and jewelry, attended the ceremony. One of them gave an eight-minute speech before the city council, thanking Newark for the partnership and speaking of creating an "enlightened Hindu civilization."But Kailasa is the fabrication of Swami Nithyananda, <a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/bengaluru-non-bailable-warrant-against-controversial-godman-nithyananda/articleshow/93665585.cms" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a Hindu guru who fled India in 2019 when he was charged with rape.</a>Nithyananda, a self-styled holy man who titles himself the "Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism," claims to have created Kailasa as a "revival" of a Hindu nation. The BBC reported that he also says he's purchased an island off the coast of Ecuador, though the <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-64807659" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ecuadorian government told the outlet it has neither helped him nor given him asylum.</a>Newark's city council, realizing six days after the ceremony that the city was fooled, <a href="https://newark.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=2&amp;clip_id=542&amp;meta_id=441348" target="_blank" rel="noopener">voted on January 18 to rescind its partnership with the faux nation,</a> <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/newark-sister-city-scam-kailasa/">CBS first reported on March 8.</a>The city told CBS in a statement that the signing was a "regrettable incident," but that it "remains committed to partnering with people from diverse cultures in order to enrich each other with connectivity, support, and mutual respect."It added that no money was involved in the signing of the ceremony, per CBS.The Newark City Council did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.<h2>Kailasa appears at United Nations meetings</h2>Meanwhile, the same woman who spoke at the Newark signing appeared twice at United Nations meetings in Geneva in February, claiming to represent Kailasa. Calling herself Vijayapriya Nithyananda, she spoke at a discussion on how women are represented in decision-making systems on February 22, and at another meeting on sustainable development on February 24, <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-64807659" target="_blank" rel="noopener">per the BBC.</a>A UN spokesperson told the BBC that her contributions made at the meetings weren't relevant or would be scrapped from consideration.A Twitter account for Kailasa has in the meantime posted multiple photos of its representatives meeting with UN diplomatic staff or ambassadors for various countries. These include ambassadors or staff for the <a href="https://twitter.com/SriNithyananda/status/1635668927698051075">United Arab Emirates</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/SriNithyananda/status/1633479953558667266">Gambia,</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/SriNithyananda/status/1633481382805528584" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bangladesh,</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/SriNithyananda/status/1634416327791198208" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Equatorial Guinea</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/SriNithyananda/status/1634416457881726977" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Montenegro</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/SriNithyananda/status/1633481702327582723" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lebanon</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/SriNithyananda/status/1629849548335054851">Lithuania</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/SriNithyananda/status/1629771058759753728" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Egypt</a>, and <a href="https://twitter.com/SriNithyananda/status/1633480227585138691" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Burundi.</a>It's unclear if the staff or ambassadors were aware of Kailasa being a fake country at the time. They have also not clarified whether they met these women in an official capacity or during chance encounters. A spokesperson for Lithuania's mission to the UN confirmed to Insider that one of its employees had met with the Kailasa representatives to "listen to their concerns." "Since this meeting did not take place with the official representative of Lithuania, it does not represent any national position of Lithuania towards Kailasa," they said.The UN missions for the rest of the above nations did not immediately respond to Insider's requests for comment.Kailasa is signing agreements with cities like Newark and trying to be seen with international officials in a bid to legitimize itself through disinformation, Mohan Dutta, the dean's chair of communication at Massey University in New Zealand, told Insider."What they are doing is taking something that is entirely a falsity, that is non-existent, and materializing it through these performances," said Dutta, who's tracked Kailasa since it was founded in 2019. "It's really powerful and shows how disinformation works."Nithyananda, the organization's founder, has claimed that Kailasa is now issuing tourist visas, has a currency, and has established embassies around the world, though it has no internationally recognized territory, Dutta said.The guru also claims to be able to disprove Einstein's theory of relativity and possess paranormal abilities, Dutta said.Groups like Kailasa that center on a holy man who espouses pseudo-scientific claims are typically motivated either by the monetary gain from donations, or exploit followers through sexual and physical violence, Dutta added..And Newark's failure to spot any warning signs before partnering with Kailasa is particularly worrying, he said."It is flabbergasting that you have bureaucrats and politicians at the local government in a democratic state having failed to do their duty of due diligence," Dutta said.In a statement to Insider, a representative for Kailasa denied the rape accusations against Nithyananda. The representative also said the guru never claimed to own an island, and compared Nithyananda to the Dalai Lama.

Newark was tricked into becoming sister cities with a Hindu nation. The catch: the country doesn't exist.

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>A photo shared on social media showed an uncovered cup of coffee perched on a plane's cockpit controls.</li><li>The photo outraged India's aviation community, with one retired pilot calling it "inexplicable" behavior.</li></ul>Two pilots in India have been grounded following the circulation of a photo that showed them drinking coffee and eating pastries mid-flight in the cockpit of a SpiceJet plane, according to reports.<a href="https://twitter.com/Mohan_Rngnathan/status/1635560522161737729?s=20">The photo,</a> which was shared widely on social media, does not show the pilots' faces. It does, however, show gujiyas, a fried dessert pastry that is typically eaten during the Hindu festival of Holi, and a dangerously placed cup of coffee.The coffee, which has no lid and shows the Indian budget airline SpiceJet's logo, is perched on the plane's thrust lever controls in the photo, causing outrage in the aviation community.Mohan Ranganathan, an aviation-safety expert who initially shared the photo, <a href="https://twitter.com/Mohan_Rngnathan/status/1635564186129534976?s=20">said on Twitter:</a> "The Central pedestal is not a table. Even the slightest turbulence and coffee/ spills on to the electronics, it will foul the systems. This is s CRIMINAL act."A retired pilot and former head of operations for an Indian airline, Shakti Lumba, <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/india-spicejet-airlines-pilots-coffee-intl-hnk/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told CNN</a> that the "feel-good" photo opp was "totally inexplicable" behavior. "All pilots are aware of the dangers of spilled liquids in the cockpit," he said, per the media outlet.SpiceJet did not respond to Insider's request for comment, but the airline told <a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/photo-of-coffee-cup-placed-dangerously-inside-cockpit-raises-eyebrows/article66620108.ece" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Hindu</a> that it is trying to learn more details about the incident.A spokesperson for SpiceJet said in a statement provided to <a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/holi-celebration-goes-wrong-two-spicejet-pilots-grounded-for-keeping-beverage-on-centre-console-while-having-gujhiyas/articleshow/98667668.cms?from=mdr" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Times of India</a> that both pilots have been taken off their roster pending an investigation."SpiceJet has a strict policy for consumption of food inside the cockpit which is adhered to by all flight crew," the spokesperson said, adding that disciplinary action would be taken after the investigation had concluded.The Directorate General of Civil Aviation, India's regulatory body that oversees aviation safety, is also looking into the incident, The Hindu reported.Indian aviation rules allow pilots to have food and drink in the cockpit but under strict guidelines, <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-64948054">per BBC News</a>. For example, cups need to have lids to prevent potentially catastrophic spillages.According to CNN, spilling a hot drink on the central pedestal could cause technical equipment to overheat or, worse, trigger the entire system to shut down.

Two Indian pilots were grounded after a photo of coffee and snacks balanced dangerously on cockpit controls was shared on social media

<ul class="summary-list"><li>India's government called off "Cow Hug Day" that was meant to replace the Valentine's Day holiday.</li><li>The government said Valentine's Day goes against traditional Indian values.</li></ul>A campaign encouraging Indian citizens to "hug a cow" instead of celebrating the 'western' Valentine's Day was called off on Friday after the announcement was <a href="https://twitter.com/ashoswai/status/1623360956133777408?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ridiculed online</a>. In a <a href="https://www.awbi.in/awbi-pdf/Circulars/Cow%20Hug%20Day1.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> on Wednesday, the Animal Welfare Board of India declared February 14 should be "Cow Hug Day," saying that "hugging cows will bring emotional richness and increase individual and collective happiness." The cow is <a href="https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/holy-cow-hinduisms-sacred-animal/1811/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">worshiped as holy</a> in the Hindu tradition, the majority religion in the country. Replacing Valentine's Day with a new holiday would help counteract the "dazzle of western civilization" that has made Indian "physical culture and heritage almost forgotten," the statement said. This appeal, however, is widely thought to be a transparent push to promote the government's Hindu nationalist values. Many on social media <a href="https://twitter.com/AmarDeepSinghD/status/1623639010592665602">mocked the unusual statement</a> as seeming like a <a href="https://twitter.com/sumanthraman/status/1623331676805017600">spoof or parody</a>. By Friday — while the board was not explicit in their reasoning — the government quickly U-turned, <a href="https://www.awbi.in/awbi-pdf/Circulars/Withdrawal%20of%20appeal%20of%20Cow%20Hug%20Day.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">withdrawing the appeal</a> for "Cow Hug Day."The board did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment. Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay, a political analyst, told the Associated Press "Cow Hug Day" was "absolutely crazy, defying logic.""The decision to withdraw the government appeal was to prevent the politics of Hindutva (Hindu nationalism) from being ridiculed in the face of severe criticism from all quarters," he said.While Valentine's Day has become increasingly popular in the country in recent years, Hindu nationalists see the holiday as encouraging "corrupt" morals. Hannah Ellis-Petersen reported <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/09/india-urges-citizens-to-hug-a-cow-on-valentines-day" target="_blank" rel="noopener">in The Guardian</a> that as the prevalence of celebrating Valentine's Day increases in India so does anti-Valentine's rhetoric which is often "targeted at women, alleging that the holiday encourages female promiscuity and vulgar behavior." Far-right Hindu groups have vandalized card stores selling Valentine's day gifts, burned Valentine's flowers, and chased and <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/indian-govt-withdraws-appeal-hug-cows-valentines-day-97031006#:~:text=The%20Animal%20Welfare%20Board%20had,goes%20against%20traditional%20Indian%20values." target="_blank" rel="noopener">targeted couples holding hands</a> on the holiday. There has also been a recent emergence of so-called <a href="https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/02/19/india-vigilante-cow-protection-groups-attack-minorities" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"cow vigilante" groups </a>made up of Hindu nationalists who <a href="https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/india-politics-religion-cows/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">threaten and assault Muslim farmers</a> in the country who own cattle. Since Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP party came to power in India in 2014, they have "legitimized discrimination against religious minorities and enabled violent Hindu nationalism," <a href="https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/02/19/india-government-policies-actions-target-minorities" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to </a>Human Rights Watch.Hindus make up about 80% of the <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/2/9/indian-govt-says-hug-cows-on-valentines-day-twitter-cracks-up">country's nearly 1.4 billion people</a>. Muslims make up 14% of the demographic, while the remaining 6% of the population is made up of mostly Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, and Jains.

Indian government cancels 'Cow Hug Day' anti-Valentine's celebration after it was widely mocked

<ul><li>The buyback will include over 270 employees globally and eligible employees will participate in the repurchase and liquidate 40 per cent of their vested <keyword id="120103" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="esop" source="Orion">ESOP</keyword> units.</li><li>The company said that at 5x the book price of each unit, this programme provides liquidity options and will be a wealth-creation opportunity for the organization's leading employees.</li></ul>Data science and AI solutions company Tredence on Thursday announced its largest ESOP (employee stock ownership plan) buyback programme worth $30 million (about Rs 240 crore) on the heels of a Series B funding of $175 million from <keyword id="312345" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="advent-international" source="Orion">Advent International</keyword>. The buyback will include over 270 employees globally and eligible employees will participate in the repurchase and liquidate 40 per cent of their vested ESOP units. The company said that at 5x the book price of each unit, this programme provides liquidity options and will be a wealth-creation opportunity for the organization's leading employees. "The buyback programme will recognise and reward employees who strive every day to make Tredence the most indispensable analytics company on the planet," said <keyword id="6941917" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="shub-bhowmick" source="Orion">Shub Bhowmick</keyword>, CEO and Co-founder, Tredence. Tredence currently employs 2,000 people, with 80 per cent of the workforce in India. By the end of 2023, the company plans to expand its workforce to 3,000 and nearly 700 of new employees will be hired in India. Additionally, the expansion will create jobs in North America, Canada and the UK. The company also plans to open a near-shore delivery centre in Latin America. "This investment is a testament to our commitment to creating value for our employees and providing them with meaningful wealth-creation opportunities," said <keyword id="16449269" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="pratap-daruka" source="Orion">Pratap Daruka</keyword>, Chief Financial Officer, Tredence. In 2022, Tredence doubled its revenue while raising $175 million in Series B funding from Advent International to strengthen vertical capabilities and reach a broader customer base. Headquartered in San Jose, California, the company embraces a vertical-first approach and an outcome-driven mindset to help clients win and accelerate value realization from their analytics investments. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/science/news/china-clones-three-super-cows-to-produce-milk-by-the-gallons/articleshow/97570773.cms">Holy Cow! China clones three 'Super Cows' to produce milk by the gallons</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/mobile/news/rumors-suggest-oneplus-is-testing-v-fold-and-v-flip-foldable-smartphones/articleshow/97448675.cms">Rumors suggest OnePlus is testing V Fold and V Flip foldable smartphones</a>

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Bollywood superstar <keyword id="6357912" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="amitabh-bachchan" source="Orion">Amitabh Bachchan</keyword> said that he sustained an injury during the shooting of his upcoming film, <keyword id="4155889" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="project-k" source="Orion">Project K</keyword>, in <keyword id="6354552" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="hyderabad" source="Orion">Hyderabad</keyword>. Big B took to his blog to share on Sunday that he has broken his rib cartilage and stated that he is currently taking rest at his home in Mumbai. "In Hyderabad at the shoot for Project K, during an action shot, got injured, rib cartilage popped broke and muscle tear to the right rib cage. Cancelled shoot, did doctor consult &amp; scan by CT at AIG Hospital in Hyderabad and flown back home," posted Amitabh Bachchan. He suffered an injury during an action sequence of the film. He, unfortunately, suffered a muscle tear to his right rib cage. "Strapping has been done and rest been advocated .. yes painful .. on movement and breathing .. will take some weeks they say before some normalisation will occur .. some medication is on also for pain .. So all work that was to be done has been suspended and canceled dropped postponed for the moment until healing occurs ..I rest at <keyword id="72038" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="jalsa" source="Orion">Jalsa</keyword> and am mobile a bit for all the essential activities .. but yes in rest and generally lying around ..." Big B wrote. Expressing his anguish the actor added, "It shall be difficult or let me say .. I shall be unable to meet, the well wishers at Jalsa Gate this evening .. so do not come .. and do inform as much as you can to those that intend coming ...All else is well ..." he posted. Helmed by Nag Ashwin, Project K is a bilingual film shot simultaneously in two languages i.e Hindi and Telugu across various locations. Deepika Padukone and Prabhash are playing pivotal roles in the film. In this time of distress, Amitabh Bachchan said he had found solace in his '<keyword id="314387" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="babuji" source="Orion">Babuji</keyword>' words. The actor wrote in his blog, "Getting time to spend time with Babuji and his genius, his mind his words and his immense creativity .. the essence of life resides in his writings .. and such a learning and amazed joy to be in his company ..There is desire to share .. to share what ever little that I may interpret from his words and his memories of the times spent with him .. to lament the limited .. to be in awe of the vision and the intellect of such a being .. and wonder how ever did one think of all that was written spoken thought by him .." SEE ALSO: <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/news/varanasi-tirupati-and-puri-are-favoured-destinations-in-spiritual-and-wellness-travel/articleshow/98444093.cms">Gen Zs &amp; Millennials aid spiritual &amp; wellness-driven tourism recovery in India</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/deals-on-headphones-speakers-tvs-and-smart-devices-on-amazon/articleshow/98444022.cms">Holi Sale 2023: Deals on headphones, speakers, TVs, and smart devices on Amazon</a>

Amitabh Bachchan injured during film shoot in Hyderabad

<ul><li>The number of <keyword id="624" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="women" source="Orion">women</keyword> buying properties as investments versus end use is also increasing. </li><li>Women also prefer larger homes and ready-to-move-in properties — and are influencing <keyword id="560893" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="real-estate-trends" source="Orion">real estate trends</keyword>. </li><li>The ₹45-90 lakh budget range is the 'sweet spot' for 36% of women home seekers.</li></ul>Gold seems to have lost its shine, especially with women who want to buy it as an investment. They prefer real estate or even stocks, says a survey by property consultant <keyword id="4695749" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="anarock" source="Orion">Anarock</keyword>. In the Consumer Sentiment Survey, 65% women said that they prefer to invest in real estate while only 8% said that they prefer gold. On the other hand, 20% of women prefer to invest in the stock markets, while 7% prefer fixed deposits. <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="Investment vs end use" comment="subhead2" text="Investment vs end use">Investment vs end use</cmsannotation> More women are now also buying property for investment. As per the survey, the ratio of women buying properties for end-use and investment has changed from the previous survey. It now stands at 77:23, where it was previously 82:18. As per the survey, 83% women are looking at homes priced above ₹45 lakh. The ₹45-90 lakh budget range is the 'sweet spot' for 36% of women home seekers, and 27% prefer premium homes priced from ₹90 lakh to ₹1.5 crore. Only 20% prefer luxury homes priced more than ₹1.5 crore, and affordable homes priced under ₹45 lakh are the least preferred. "Over the last decade, women emerged as a major residential real estate buyer segment, especially in urban centres. Their preferences are also distinctly shaping newer trends — from bigger homes, ready-to-move properties to specific budgets, they know exactly what they want. And like millennials, their preferences now influence the supply that developers put on the market," said <keyword id="17131" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="santhosh-kumar" source="Orion">Santhosh Kumar</keyword>, vice chairman of the Anarock group. The survey also revealed that half of women respondents favour 3BHKs, while 33% favour 2BHKs, 10% are looking for 4BHKs. <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="Benefits for women home buyers" comment="subhead2" text="Benefits for women home buyers">Benefits for women home buyers</cmsannotation> There are several benefits that Indian women can avail by buying and registering properties in their names. Various government policies support and promote women homeownership in India. For instance, to avail homes under the government’s flagship scheme Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna (PMAY) introduced in 2015, homes have to be mandatorily registered either in a woman’s name or with a woman as co-owner. This was done to empower women of the lower-income segments. Lower stamp duty is another benefit women homebuyers enjoy. Stamp duty charges are lower if the property is registered in a woman's name, albeit with variations from state to state. The exemption varies from 1-2% across states, and may even vary within a particular state, based on the classification of regions as ‘urban’ and ‘rural’. Many banks such as SBI, ICICI, and HDFC offer discounted home loan rates to women. This again varies from bank to bank, with a difference of around 0.25%. To avail of certain tax benefits, a woman can also become the joint owner of a property with her husband and, if she has a separate source of income, both can claim tax deductions individually. SEE ALSO: <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/deals-on-headphones-speakers-tvs-and-smart-devices-on-amazon/articleshow/98444022.cms">Holi Sale 2023: Deals on headphones, speakers, TVs, and smart devices on Amazon</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/news/varanasi-tirupati-and-puri-are-favoured-destinations-in-spiritual-and-wellness-travel/articleshow/98444093.cms">Gen Zs &amp; Millennials aid spiritual &amp; wellness-driven tourism recovery in India</a>

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Claire Zhu and Peter Ovendorf quit their corporate finance jobs in March 2022 to travel the world on a budget.</li><li>After 19 countries, the couple shared their total spending: $48,256, or only $66 per person a day.</li></ul>27-year-old Claire Zhu and 29-year-old Peter Ovendorf have hundreds of thousands of people following their adventures since they quit their corporate finance jobs in March 2022 to travel the world. While fans are invested in what they're doing in the 19 countries they've visited, they're also remarked by how they're doing it.Zhu and Ovendorf recently shared that they spent a total of $48,235 — or just $66 per person a day — over the last year. (For reference, the yearly total for the median rent for a one-bedroom in Manhattan is currently $43,176, <a href="https://www.zumper.com/rent-research/manhattan-ny" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to the rental platform Zumper)</a>.In their budget breakdown, which was posted to <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CpvCbXvACIG/?hl=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Instagram</a> and <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@claireandpeter/video/7211186098922442026?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=pc&amp;web_id=7212744042618144299" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TikTok</a> last week, the couple said the grand total barely exceeded<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@claireandpeter/video/7204168744904428843?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=pc&amp;web_id=7212744042618144299" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> their original goal of $45,000</a>. Costs included $10,601 on housing, $6,274 on excursions, $9,783 on 34 flights, $9,708 on ground transportation, and $9,614 on food. Not included in the total were health insurance (which they estimated to be roughly $4,000), phone bills (~$1,000), credit card fees (~$690), and the credit card points and miles they used (amounting to about $9,726). To keep costs low, the couple used <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@claireandpeter/video/7210047591646596395?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=pc&amp;web_id=7212744042618144299" target="_blank" rel="noopener">five years of accrued credit card points</a> to help pay for housing, including an 18-day stay in Norway. They also booked some paid content jobs, and offered to pet-sit and do household work in exchange for free stays at strangers' homes. In total, Zhu said they were able to <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@claireandpeter/video/7210047591646596395?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=pc&amp;web_id=7212744042618144299" target="_blank" rel="noopener">finagle 107 nights of "free" housing </a>— including some nights where they slept in airports and on other transportation like buses and trains en route to another destination. The couple's budget was logged by Ovendorf, <a href="https://affiliate.insider.com?h=5e5ae3c95a91fddf1f9a5e100937851f2b7d584268506e45e45354462fc58759&amp;postID=641c67dfaa8499160f5f36ce&amp;site=in&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Fpeter-ovendorf-96047370" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow sponsored">who apparently has an accounting degree</a>, in a meticulous Excel spreadsheet that tracked "every single penny" spent on 1,714 total items, their video stated. For instance, three mangoes in Thailand set them back $1.09 USD. A late-night snack from a gas station in Norway cost them $30.12.Zhu said they're not in any debt and they let their credit card spending and subsequent points naturally build over time."To accumulate points and miles through credit cards leading up to the trip, we did not alter our spending habits in any way, and at no point do we hold credit card debt," Claire wrote in a <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CpvCbXvACIG/?hl=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">March 13 Instagram</a>."We got some sweet COVID deals, but also got stuck with some inflated prices throughout this year," she added. All in, the couple said they visited 19 countries in one year: Egypt, Jordan, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Norway, Czech Republic, Hungary, Croatia, St. Martin, Germany, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Turkey, Georgia, New Zealand, Australia, Philippines, and India. (This excludes a trip back to the US where they said they attended a wedding.)Outside of planning and spending, the couple has also shown followers beautiful images of the places they've visited, like <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@claireandpeter/video/7177372272754281770?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=pc&amp;web_id=7212744042618144299" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the Great Barrier Reef</a> and the Holi in India. However, it's not been entirely enviable. In a <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@claireandpeter/video/7207120887831612718?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=pc&amp;web_id=7212744042618144299" target="_blank" rel="noopener">March 5 TikTok</a>, Zhu counted 44 bed bug bites on her body. On <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@claireandpeter/video/7213382900480232750?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=pc&amp;web_id=7212744042618144299" target="_blank" rel="noopener">March 22</a>, she received a bad haircut. Getting sick and upset stomachs have been a <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@claireandpeter/video/7202305647717829934?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=pc&amp;web_id=7212744042618144299" target="_blank" rel="noopener">recurring joke</a> on their social media. Sometimes the effort to stay within a budget meant a diet of <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@claireandpeter/video/7210419763292572974?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=pc&amp;web_id=7212744042618144299" target="_blank" rel="noopener">mostly yogurt and $1 muffins</a> in comparatively more expensive countries such as Norway, she noted. Zhu said they only ate out when visiting lower-cost countries to stretch their money. For the most part, the couple purchased their meals from grocery stores. The pair, who initially intended to leave their home of Charlotte, North Carolina, for a "corporate gap year" has decided to <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@claireandpeter/video/7206381756046691630?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=pc&amp;web_id=7212744042618144299" target="_blank" rel="noopener">extend their travels for at least another year</a>, they announced in a TikTok this month. In 2023, the couple said they wouldn't be tracking and <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@claireandpeter/video/7209727298809974058?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=pc&amp;web_id=7212744042618144299" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sharing their expenses</a> as scrupulously — though they'll still try to stick to a budget."Besides any sponsored or work opportunities, the plan is to still try to maintain a $123 a day average from now until the end of the year," Zhu <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CpvCbXvACIG/?hl=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told followers</a>."We are trying to sustain ourselves with social media but I have no idea how that's going to work out," she added. "We are so new to this. Honestly, we are just cheap travelers and cheap people at heart."Insider has reached out to Zhu and Ovendorf.

A travel vlogger couple shared how they spent only $66 a day while traveling to 19 countries in a year, tracking every single purchase

<ul><li><keyword id="15577203" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="OnePlus-11-5G" source="Orion">OnePlus 11 5G</keyword> launched in India at a starting price of ₹56,999.</li><li><keyword id="2210217" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="oneplus" source="Orion">OnePlus</keyword> also launched its first tablet in India — <keyword id="12649021" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="OnePlus-Pad" source="Orion">OnePlus Pad</keyword>.</li><li>Alongside <keyword id="15572676" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="OnePlus-Buds-Pro-2" source="Orion">OnePlus Buds Pro 2</keyword>, OnePlus Pad and OnePlus 11 5G, the company also launched its first mechanical keyboard.</li></ul>OnePlus just held its first event of the year, where it took the wraps off the new <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/mobile/news/oneplus-11-5g-review-high-on-value-low-on-excitement/articleshow/97701701.cms">OnePlus 11 5G</a>, OnePlus 11R 5G, and OnePlus Buds Pro 2 alongside its first Android tablet, the OnePlus Pad. It also unveiled a host of other products to expand its ecosystem, including the OnePlus TV 65 Q2 Pro and its first mechanical keyboard. The events also shared a glimpse of the upcoming smartphone, the OnePlus 11 Concept, which will be showcased at the upcoming MWC 2023 (mobile world conference) event. It is expected that OnePlus 11 Concept can be the first foldable smartphone from the company. In case you weren’t able to watch the event live, you can catch up on all the biggest news from OnePlus’s Cloud 11 event here. <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="OnePlus 11 5G/ 11R 5G" comment="subhead" text="OnePlus 11 5G/ 11R 5G">OnePlus 11 5G/ 11R 5G</cmsannotation> <div type="image" title="Oneplus 11" msid="97705254" hostid="261" sizebytes="24066" caption="&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Latest device by OnePlus&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;"></div> The OnePlus 11 5G has been officially launched in India, taking over as the company's top-of-the-line premium smartphone in the country. The OnePlus 11 boasts several upgrades compared to its supposed predecessor, the OnePlus 10 Pro. These include the latest chipset, a better display, enhanced charging capabilities, and upgraded camera sensors. Another notable feature of the device is the highly recognizable alert slider, a staple of the OnePlus brand. The newly launched OnePlus 11 5G in India is available in two variants: 8GB of RAM with a 128GB storage option, and a premium 16GB RAM option with a 256GB storage option. The base model with 8GB RAM is priced at ₹56,999, while the higher-end 16GB RAM version is available for ₹61,999. The OnePlus 11 has been introduced in two color options, Eternal Green and Titan Black. Starting February 7, pre-orders for the smartphone will begin and it will be available for sale from February 14 through various channels such as OnePlus.in, OnePlus Exclusive Stores, Amazon India, and other leading retail stores. To celebrate the launch, those who pre-book the device will receive a ₹6,000 exchange bonus as part of the promotional offers. The OnePlus 11 features a curved AMOLED display protected by Corning Gorilla Glass Victus. This 6.7-inch QHD+ display has a resolution of 3216×1440 pixels and a 20.1:9 aspect ratio, and boasts a dynamic refresh rate of up to 120Hz, dynamically adjusting based on the on-screen content. Additionally, the display supports Dolby Vision and features an in-display fingerprint sensor. The OnePlus 11 also comes equipped with dual speakers with Dolby Atmos support, however, it lacks a 3.5mm headphone jack. The smartphone is powered by the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset, which we have seen in the latest Samsung Galaxy S23 lineup and iQoo 11. The device packs a 5000mAh battery with 100W fast charging support, that is said to fully charge the device in just 25 minutes. But the device lacks wireless charging support. The OnePlus 11 features a triple-camera setup on the back, co-tuned with Hasselblad. The main camera is a Sony IMX890 50MP sensor is accompanied by a 48MP ultra-wide sensor and a 32MP portrait sensor. The front camera is a 16MP hole-punch cutout at the top left corner. Other than these, the rear camera has various camera modes and features, including Hasselblad Camera, Nightscape, Portrait Mode, Pro Mode, and more. <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="OnePlus Buds Pro 2" comment="subhead" text="OnePlus Buds Pro 2">OnePlus Buds Pro 2</cmsannotation> <div type="image" title="OnePlus Buds Pro 2" msid="97705314" hostid="261" sizebytes="15032" caption="&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Latest earbuds by OnePlus&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;"></div> The OnePlus Buds Pro 2 has a flat case and a similar earbud design to the previous model, with short stalks and angled ear tips for a secure fit. They support Spatial Audio and head tracking and use the LHDC 4.0 codec for lossless hi-res audio. The earbuds boast a MelodyBoost dual driver system with 11mm and 6mm drivers co-created with Dynaudio. The OnePlus Buds Pro 2 offers up to 48dB active noise cancellation that can be personalized through a companion app, along with a Transparency Mode. They come with a default Dynaudio EQ setting and three customization options. The earbuds have up to 39 hours of playback time without ANC and 25 hours with ANC. They support quick charging with 10 minutes providing 3 hours of audio. Connectivity is via Bluetooth 5.3 and Google Fast Pair, allowing seamless connection to two devices with low latency of 54ms. The OnePlus Buds Pro 2 has a price tag of ₹11,999 but the Buds Pro 2R has a price tag of ₹9999. Pre-orders start on February 7 and the sale will begin on February 14. The devices will be available at OnePlus online and offline stores following Amazon, Flipkart, and selected partnered stores. <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="OnePlus Keyboard 81 Pro features and specifications" comment="subhead" text="OnePlus Keyboard 81 Pro features and specifications"><keyword id="16403315" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="OnePlus-Keyboard-81-Pro" source="Orion">OnePlus Keyboard 81 Pro</keyword> features and specifications</cmsannotation> <div type="image" title="OnePlus Keyboard 81 Pro" msid="97705385" hostid="261" sizebytes="40294" caption="&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;First keyboard from OnePlus&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;"></div> The OnePlus Keyboard features a mechanical switch design with a layout reminiscent of older keyboards and additional special keys in a row to the right, topped by a red toggle. The switches are hot-swappable and the keyboard is compatible with both Mac and Windows. 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<ul><li>Coronations are not necessarily legally required for the exercise of a monarchical office - <keyword id="162121" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="charles" source="Orion">Charles</keyword> is already king.</li><li>Special instruments are used to symbolise the monarch's sacred office.</li><li>As with Elizabeth, the ritual will be Anglican in format, though likely streamlined from what we saw in 1953.</li></ul>King <keyword id="5197699" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="charles-iii" source="Orion">Charles III</keyword>'s coronation will take place at <keyword id="483804" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="westminster-abbey" source="Orion">Westminster Abbey</keyword> on May 6 2023. But what is a coronation, and what can we expect? A coronation is a ritual act bestowing a crown (or similar decorative head-piece) symbolising royal or imperial power. It is usually associated with other important political and religious acts, such as oaths, anointing, enthronement, homage, parades, gift-giving or presentation to the people. These acts will be on display in the coronation of Charles III. Coronations are not necessarily legally required for the exercise of a monarchical office - Charles is already king. Instead, coronations are fundamentally symbolic and ritual. They affirm a social and political structure within the larger political theology of a polity. In <keyword id="28249" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="europe" source="Orion">Europe</keyword>, they have played a pivotal function in formalising the acceptance by clergy, nobles and general populace of a monarch's accession to office. A short history <keyword id="48080" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="crowns" source="Orion">Crowns</keyword> and coronations have ancient origins and were popularised in Europe during the early Middle Ages. In the Roman empire, <keyword id="6955580" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="constantine-the-great" source="Orion">Constantine the Great</keyword> began the practice of wearing a diadem (an ornamental headband), and the emperor Julian was raised up by soldiers on a shield. Christian coronation rites developed later in the Byzantine empire, and the Carolingian Franks in western Europe added the anointing. Coronation services were usually performed by a political leader or member of the clergy, such as a prominent local bishop or even the Pope. Coronations underwent standardisation, development and change across the Middle Ages and gradually declined in the modern period. The British crown is the only surviving European monarchy that retains a coronation, though there are Asian and African countries that still practice it. Other surviving monarchies have enthronement (such as Japan and Luxembourg) or inauguration (such as Spain and Sweden) ceremonies which are secular or religious in form. Coronations like those still held in England are associated with a biblical theology of kingship. The monarch is given a divine and priestly commissioning like Israelite kings Saul, David and Solomon in the Old Testament. Over time, European coronations shifted from primarily emphasising divine commissioning to responsibilities before the law and to the people. The British coronation retains all these elements. British coronations The coronation of the British monarch is a religious event. It presents the political-theological vision of the British state as a union of nations and peoples under God. This union is celebrated in the coronation ritual, which occurs in the context of a Eucharistic liturgy. <keyword id="2591708" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="eucharist" source="Orion">Eucharist</keyword> is about communion. In this case, God bringing together the monarch and people in commemoration of Jesus' last supper, self-giving death and salvific resurrection. The liturgy comprises six key elements, defined by the Anglican rite as "the recognition, the oath, the anointing, the investiture (which includes the crowning), the enthronement and the homage." Special instruments are used to symbolise the monarch's sacred office. Saint Edward's crown and chair (symbolising the monarch's significance and connection to British and Christian tradition), the sceptre (an ancient biblical symbol of rule), the orb with cross (symbolising the whole world under Christ) and a ring (symbolising the monarch's "marriage" to his or her people, in a way like Christ is said by <keyword id="216800" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="st-paul" source="Orion">St Paul</keyword> to be married to the Church). While all these symbols are important, the anointing of the monarch with holy oil (chrism) is perhaps the most significant moment of the liturgy. This was the one moment not televised during Elizabeth II's coronation service. Like the Eucharist, anointing is an ancient sacramental practice of Christians used in baptism and confirmation. The anointing by the Archbishop fundamentally marks the body of the monarch as a special sign and for a special purpose. Under the traditions of the coronation, the anointing is said to bestow God's grace on the monarch to become a living sign of God's mercy, justice and love in the world. In this, the monarch is not divine or absolute in power, but rather relies on the sovereignty and power of God. As such, God enables the monarch to exercise his or her office in selfless service, duty and love in the manner of Jesus Christ and in relationship with him. Here, the monarch becomes an anointed symbolon (sacrament) who expresses the meaning of life, community and faith in his or her person as a special mediator of Christ. This symbolic power is deep and primal, as was shown in the reverence for Queen Elizabeth II's body at her death. The coronation ritual highlights the Christian-state nexus that remains at the heart of the British polity. An established church seems anachronistic in a secular age and arguably compromises both the church and politics. Nevertheless, despite declining in numbers, Anglicanism provides a common, transcendent frame-of-reference for fundamental values and virtues, in an age struggling with individualism, division and fragmentation. Charles III's coronation Given the importance of tradition for British society, the establishment position of the Church of England and Charles' own personal faith, the rite of coronation will remain broadly the same. As with Elizabeth, the ritual will be Anglican in format, though likely streamlined from what we saw in 1953. We can also expect it will include ecumenical (reflecting other Christian churches) and inter-religious elements, to which Charles and recent British monarchs have become more sensitive. In essence, the coronation will present the vision of a British monarchy representing loving service, loyalty and duty before God, tradition and a diverse people and nation. 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