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This Valentine’s Day, give love to others by living an altruistic lifestyle and giving back. Try out some of these Valentine’s Day tips to truly see love blossom in your life.

Data centers are reshaping electricity systems and utility costs for both operators and households, especially in regions with intense AI and cloud computing growth. As their electricity demand soars, regulators, utilities, and communities are struggling to decide who should pay for the required grid upgrades and new generation capacity...

Our faith explicitly called for two types of giving – voluntary giving (charity - Sadaqat) and obligatory giving/sharing (paying your due - Zakat). Even though we tend to conflate Zakat with Sadaqah as if both are charity, in reality these are two different concepts and call for different ways to fulfil their purposes, even though they can certainly overlap in how resources are targeted and carried out...

As promised in the January Issue, I am going to return to the notion of Zakat (obligatory wealth-based giving/sharing for common good) given that the Month of Ramadhan is fast approaching.  For many of us, those who fulfil our Zakat commitment, it is time to estimate, allocate and fulfil this important and foundational obligation, one of the five pillars of our faith...