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Climate actions must be scrutinised

Annual conferences organized by UNFCCC to review climate actions like funding poor nations to cover loss and damage inflicted by global warming and transitioning away to green energy have not resulted in concrete actions.

Unfinished Promise

The horror of a particularly brutal sexual assault in Bihar's Begusarai has once again provoked national outrage and revived memories of the crime that shook Delhi and India in December 2012. Such comparisons are understandable.

Changing Mandate

The resignation of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer less than two years after leading Labour to a commanding parliamentary majority is not just a political fall.

A barrier to growth

The vision of Viksit Bharat@2047 dreaming to transform India into a developed nation by the centenary of its independence is very often dominated by and confined to economic growth, infrastructure expansion, technological advancement, and global leadership.

Towards growth

India finds itself at a crossroads, grappling with the dual challenge of sustaining growth momentum while addressing underlying structural constraints.

Threats from fakes

Amidst the digital landscape where information flows freely, the ascent of artificial intelligence has become both a catalyst for progress and a harbinger of peril for democratic norms.

Idli-Vada-Sambar

The most intriguing part of such practices lies in the fact that even the best speakers sometimes fail to realise the deeper cultural implications of their own words. Therefore, it becomes really hard to make them understand that some of their words of wit or of endearment contain serious casteist, racist and even fundamentalist elements that can play havoc on the process of an individual’s self-actualisation.

I, robot; you, human

I n this era of generative AIs, human lifestyles are becoming increasingly integrated with AIs. But AIs aren’t flawless. The world was surprised recently when Saudi robotics company QSS introduced “Muhammad the Humanoid Robot,” a “male” humanoid robot that debuted at DeepFest in Riyadh and appeared to improperly touch a female reporter soon after it was unveiled.

Standing firm

The latest chapter in this saga unfolds in the remote reaches of the Himalayas, where India and China once again find themselves at odds over the renaming of places in Arunachal Pradesh.