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‘CSAM is a serious threat to a child’s right to life and dignity’ | Photo Credit: Getty Images Recently, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology of the British Government, along with the AI Safety Institute (now called the AI Security Institute), released the first-ever International AI Safety Report 2025 (updated February 18, 2025). It … Read more
After more than two months of caustic words for Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and approbation for Russian President Vladimir Putin, U.S. President Donald Trump appeared to strike a different note in his approach towards bringing the two leaders to the negotiating table. Following a call with Mr. Putin, Mr. Trump said that he was “very … Read more
On March 7, 2025, Donald Trump announced that he had sent a letter to Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, seeking to negotiate a deal on Tehran’s nuclear programme. “We can’t let them have a nuclear weapon,” the U.S. President told reporters in the Oval Office. A week later, on March 15, the U.S. launched … Read more
A cricket ball is caught in a pair of wicket keeping gloves with a fan of Australian fifty dollar notes | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStock Everybody has a plan to make cricket more equitable, bring in more money, have more rational calendars, comprehensible points systems and so on. The International Cricket Council, sadly, isn’t one … Read more
India, poised to surpass 900 million Internet users, would find itself vulnerable without proper policy implementation to combat disinformation. Representational file image. | Photo Credit: Reuters The World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Risks Report 2025 underscores misinformation and disinformation as the highest ranked short-term global threat. The WEF defines “global risk” as an event that … Read more
Malayalam film actor Mohanlal with actor and director Prithviraj Sukumaran during a press meet for their film ‘L2: Empuraan’, in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: PTI The most prevalent term in Kerala this week is probably ‘voluntary cuts’. Used in reference to the several cuts that the makers of the film, L2: Empuraan, were forced … Read more
It has been argued that the education system in India has veered off its course in the last 11 years of the Narendra Modi government. In fact, nothing could be further from the truth. The country that witnessed the monumental neglect of the education system by previous governments is deeply aware of the unpleasant truth. … Read more
The Standing Committee of Parliamentarians on Labour, Textiles and Skill Development, in its report on the 2025–26 demands for grants to the Union Ministry of Labour and Employment, has rightly reiterated the urgent need to revise the minimum monthly pension of ₹1,000 for member-pensioners under the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO). This amount, fixed in … Read more
What is special about IPL The ongoing IPL 2025 season continues to showcase why cricket is more than just a sport — it is a celebration of skill, strategy and entertainment. The balance between experience and young talent in the IPL has made it an ideal platform for budding cricketers to shine on a global … Read more
Yesterday (April 1) was the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and India (1950). Over the past 75 years, China-India relations, despite weathering ups and downs, have always surged forward like the Yangtze and the Ganges. One learns from the past in order to understand the future, and follows the right … Read more