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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.

Ramanujan’s troubled nationalism

The same year as Asia’s first Nobel, an FA dropout clerk of the Madras Port Trust gathered courage to write to Prof. G. H. Hardy, who led the mathematical establishment of Britain in his era, with a small sample of his mathematical results backed by no institutional credibility or proof.

Unfinished Justice

The sudden discovery of more than a million additional documents linked to Jeffrey Epstein does not merely extend a scandal; it reopens a fundamental question about power, accountability, and the limits of institutional transparency.

Toxic Delhi

Delhi’s air pollution is no longer a temporary crisis. It has become a regular and predictable condition. What should have triggered sustained alarm has instead settled into what The Statesman aptly described as “choking normality”, where citizens adjust their lives while authorities attempt to manage the problem without much success.