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Ethics of AI and the edge of expression

Courtesy the Instagram handle of The Indian Express, the sight of factory workers wearing head cameras to train artificial intelligence should trouble anyone who cares about dignity at work.

Push Back

The swift collapse of the Trump administration's proposed anti-weaponisation fund is significant for reasons that extend far beyond the fate of a single programme.

The Next Shock

The return of El Niño is a reminder that the world’s climate crisis is no longer defined solely by long-term warming trends.

The Ultimate Reality Hack

Recently (on May 7 and 8), Swami Sandarshanananda of the Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Narendrapur, presented a beautifully modernized view of Hinduism in two succinct commentaries.

Why no one can own history

In order to narrate and organize the past in a systematic manner, a discipline emerged that came to be known as history.

America’s pullback hurts the world

The United States’ withdrawal from multilateral institutions marks more than a tactical foreign policy shift; it signals a fundamental rethinking of how global power, aid and influence will be exercised in the coming years.

Speed’s Cost

India’s decision to push quick-commerce platforms away from the headline promise of “10-minute delivery” is not a crackdown on innovation; it is a course correction on a model that has normalised risk for convenience.

Cold Ambitions

In the Arctic, ambition wears a colder mask. It speaks the language of security, wraps itself in maps and radar arcs, and insists it is driven by necessity rather than desire.

Riding the Storm

In India, the evolution of indirect taxation reached a historic milestone with the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) from 1 July 2017.