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Siddhartha Mukherjee: We are creating people who, in old technologies, will be called cyborgs

January 19, 2023 8:27 am

Giving the example of artificial pancreas in the making, people who undergo neural stimulation to alleviate symptoms of diseases such as depression, and of Louise Brown, the first child conceived in a petri dish, Mukherjee said, “We might as well be creating what in science fiction is a cyborg.”

Watch LIVE: Dr Siddhartha Mukherjee, author & oncologist, at Express Adda

January 16, 2023 8:24 pm

Physician and author, Dr Siddhartha Mukherjee, 52, will be the guest at the Express Adda on Monday. He will be in conversation with Anant Goenka, Executive Director, The Indian Express Group, and DevyaniOnial, National Features Editor.

Nitin Gadkari at Express Adda: ‘You need to work for those who voted for you, also for those who didn’t. This is democracy’

December 31, 2022 7:25 am

Nitin Gadkari spoke on strategic connectivity projects in border areas, increasing speed on national highways, shrinking dialogue across party lines and the rise of AAP.

Bhupender Yadav at Express Adda: 'Climate justice doesn’t mean that you let the world be in darkness'

December 20, 2022 9:40 am

At a recent Adda in Delhi, Bhupender Yadav, Minister of Environment, Forests & Climate Change and Labour & Employment, spoke about sustainable consumption and COP27, the clearance given to GM mustard, and why development and environment are not opposed to each other

Daily Briefing: Exit poll predictions in Gujarat, HP; India's pitches for SDGs as top priority at G20

December 06, 2022 8:42 am

In today’s edition: Exit polls predict BJP win in Gujarat, HP; Bhupender Yadav at Express Adda; India pitches for SDGs, digital public infra as top priorities at G20; and more.

CEA Anantha Nageswaran: ‘It’s a story of the dollar’s strength. It’s not a story of the rupee’s weakness’

November 03, 2022 2:10 pm

At the latest edition of the Express Adda in Delhi, Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha Nageswaran spoke on post-pandemic recovery in the domestic economy, weaponisation of currencies and risks to the economy.

Mansukh Mandaviya at Express Adda: No poor person should die in this country for lack of treatment

August 05, 2022 5:43 pm

At the latest edition of Express Adda, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya spoke on behind-the-scenes of India’s mammoth vaccine drive, preventive health modules and how the digital health mission can make treatment both accessible and affordable.

Talk about correction in inflated showbiz salaries is growing louder. A valuable conversation has begun

August 04, 2022 9:04 am

The film business has always been risky. But showbiz has unarguably grown riskier over the last couple of decades, with actors taking up an ever-growing proportion of a film’s budget — upto 50 per cent, in some cases.

Alia Bhatt agrees stars' salaries should be 'reassessed' after flops, notes some actors 'give their money back' after film fails

August 02, 2022 8:09 am

Alia Bhatt is currently looking forward to the release of Darlings, which also marks her debut as a producer. Alia's production house Eternal Sunshine is co-producing the movie with superstar Shah Rukh Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment. 

Alia Bhatt at Express Adda: 'Love it when people think I am dumb'

September 07, 2022 12:47 pm

Bollywood star Alia Bhatt, who is turning a producer with her maiden production venture Darlings, speaks about her career choices and upcoming projects in a conversation with Express Adda.

Sir Mark Tully at Express Adda: In Pictures

September 23, 2017 9:57 pm

Sir Mark Tully, former Delhi bureau chief for BBC, was the guest at Express Adda on Saturday. The venerated journalist expressed his opinions on the contemporary socio-political paradigm in the country.

The Dalai Lama at Express Adda

May 25, 2017 12:59 pm

Express Adda: Prithviraj Chavan discusses Maharashtra development

March 05, 2014 1:17 pm

Prithviraj Chavan shared thoughts on Maharashtra development, Mumbai Metro, among other things.

Exclusive: Farhan Akhtar in conversation with Shekhar Gupta at Express Adda

February 18, 2014 9:22 pm

Bollywood actor, director Farhan Akhtar, who has bagged almost all Best Actor awards this season for his power packed performance as Milkha Singh in biopic 'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag', was in conversation with Indian Express Group Editor Shekhar Gupta at Express Adda in Mumbai on Monday (February 4).

Express Adda with Dr Siddhartha Mukherjee, Oncologist and Award Winning Author

June 22, 2020 6:26 pm

In this edition of The Express Adda, Dr. Mukherjee spoke about the questions that drive him to excellence and helped us with answers to the deepest mysteries of life.