The governance and regulation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) have garnered significant global attention over the past year. While the discourse has recently shifted from a focus on social safety, inclusivity, and human rights towards prioritising innovation and economic prosperity, only a few countries or regions have so far introduced laws to regulate AI. These include … Read more
‘The criticism that the Court has exceeded in its jurisdiction is misconceived’ | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The recent judgment by the Supreme Court of India, in The State of Tamil Nadu vs Governor of Tamil Nadu, was a historic one. But it has also led to another development — the passing of laws without … Read more
Parties and alliances, and variegated caste and interest groups, are repositioning themselves to optimise their strengths in Bihar before the Assembly election which is due later this year. After the BJP’s victory in Haryana for a third time in a row and the NDA recouping its losses in the 2024 general election to return to … Read more
As ethnic leaders and stakeholders sat across negotiating tables in Delhi discussing a road map for peace in Manipur, I chose to travel in the opposite direction — into the heart of the troubled State. I needed to see for myself what the numbers, the reports, and the headlines could not convey. What I witnessed … Read more
History, textbook revisions As someone who wrote the Central Board of Secondary Education Class XII Board examinations, with history and political science as my subjects, the deletion of select topics and chapters by the National Council of Educational Research and Training in the guise of a “rationalisation of content in the textbooks” is appalling. Under … Read more
‘The government has defined hydrogen produced by electrolysers using electricity from solar and wind as green and has provided incentives’ | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The goal of achieving a net-zero economy can be realised only by massive electrification of end uses of energy. Besides their use in generating electricity, fossil fuels are used to … Read more
Jasprit Bumrah bowls during day two of the fifth NRMA Insurance Test match of the Border Gavaskar trophy between Australia and India at the Sydney Cricket Ground on January 4, 2025 in Sydney, Australia. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Some five decades ago, after India had been swamped 0-3 in a Test series in England, … Read more
In April 2023, a power struggle between two generals pushed Sudan, which witnessed a revolution and a counter-revolutionary coup in the preceding years, into a devastating cycle of violence. The conflict has displaced nearly 13 million people, transformed cities, including the capital, Khartoum, into war zones, and triggered economic collapse, inducing the world’s first officially … Read more
At the centre of the controversy over 400 acres of land in Kancha Gachibowli are multiple stakeholders: the Telangana government, University of Hyderabad, students, environmental activists, and political parties. Each views the land differently — as resource, sanctuary, asset, or symbol. File | Photo Credit: PTI A blind spot is a gap in our field … Read more
Visitors at the Parliament House on September 20, 2023, the day of the debate on Women’s reservation bill in the Lok Sabha. | Photo Credit: PTI While current debates on delimitation focus on its impact on the federal balance of power, another historic rebalancing is contingent on it — the implementation of the Women’s Reservation … Read more