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‘Not just a game’: The dark implications of AI outsmarting humans
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‘Not just a game’: The dark implications of AI outsmarting humans

One might tend to chuckle at the news that a ‘chess Olympiad’ was recently held, not between human players, but Artificial Intelligence (AI) entities. Yet, the developments in the sphere of automatons, which are becoming as smart as human beings if not yet smarter, are no laughing matter, posing as...
From floods to drought: Brahmaputra’s changing face
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From floods to drought: Brahmaputra’s changing face

This year, the discharge of the Brahmaputra has drastically decreased, which could have significant consequences for the region’s fluvial geomorphology. Such a decline could destabilise the river’s channel, reduce its flood-carrying capacity, and disrupt the aquatic ecosystems that depend on it....
Operation Sindoor: How ‘Make in India’ redefined modern warfare
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Operation Sindoor: How ‘Make in India’ redefined modern warfare

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has credited Indian technology and the ‘Make in India’ initiative for the success of Operation Sindoor, which he claimed brought Pakistan to its knees within hours. He emphasised that the world witnessed a new, assertive India during the operation – one capable of...
Gaza’s latest martyrs: Al Jazeera journalists pay the ultimate price
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Gaza’s latest martyrs: Al Jazeera journalists pay the ultimate price

That journalism is a highly dangerous profession, particularly in conflict areas, has once again been established by the latest killing of five Al Jazeera journalists, including the famed reporter Anas al-Sharif, in Gaza. The tragic episode also saw the deaths of Al Jazeera correspondent Mohammed...
Hiroshima & Nagasaki: Lessons unlearnt in a world on the brink of a new nuclear race
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Hiroshima & Nagasaki: Lessons unlearnt in a world on the brink of a new nuclear...

Eighty-one years after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which claimed over 2,00,000 lives by the end of 1945, the world still teeters on the edge of nuclear catastrophe.
Encroachment at Assam’s borders: A threat to forests, biodiversity, and state sovereignty
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Encroachment at Assam’s borders: A threat to forests, biodiversity, and state...

Assam’s forest lands along inter-State borders face alarming encroachment, with over 72,000 hectares occupied by people from neighbouring states
UPPL vs BPF vs BJP: The three-way fight for Bodoland
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UPPL vs BPF vs BJP: The three-way fight for Bodoland

Elections to the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) in the Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR) are likely to be held in September. Political parties have started gearing up for the polls, and campaigning has picked up across the 40 constituencies of the BTC. While the United People’s Party Liberal...
Selective outrage: Trump’s trade war with India over Russia
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Selective outrage: Trump’s trade war with India over Russia

As he had threatened, the maverick US President Donald Trump has “penalised” India with an additional 25% tariff over its purchases of Russian oil, thereby raising the total tariff on Indian imports to the United States, to come into effect from August 27, to 50%. The sheer hypocrisy of Trump’s...
From gaffes to outrage: India’s epidemic of political blunders
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From gaffes to outrage: India’s epidemic of political blunders

Indian politicians across the party divide are often in the news for the wrong reasons. While the list of such reasons is quite exhaustive, and it would not be an easy task to delve into it, the fact remains that apart from corruption, ludicrous comments by political leaders make it to the headlines...
Ukraine, nukes, & new alliances: The triangular cold war threat
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Ukraine, nukes, & new alliances: The triangular cold war threat

The global security scenario is gradually taking a dangerous turn, with a new phase of the ‘Cold War’ on the cusp of possibly commencing. One might recall that the old phase, which reached its climax during the John F Kennedy era when the Cuban missile crisis had brought the world to the brink of a...
Hasina on trial: History turns full circle in Bangladesh
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Hasina on trial: History turns full circle in Bangladesh

The irony is palpable – Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) was constituted by the Sheikh Mujibur Rahman regime to prosecute war crimes from the country’s 1971 Liberation War, and this same body is now prosecuting his daughter for “crimes against humanity”! The trial of the deposed...
Majuli’s erosion crisis demands action, not just promises
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Majuli’s erosion crisis demands action, not just promises

The Centre’s Rs 56.34 crore Phase-V project to protect Majuli offers hope, but decades of land loss expose Brahmaputra Board’s inertia.
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