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Data drought: The challenge of AI weather forecasting in India
As the world moves towards AI-based weather forecasting, a lack of precise data spells a rough patch ahead for Indian climate scientists
Rich getting richer, poor poorer, as growth turns capital-intensive
As Indian firms swivel to embrace AI and robotics, the demand for medium and low wage labour has declined dramatically.
Energy election: How nuclear is already costing us
Australians already pay for the political divide on energy policy, so throwing the questionable merits of nuclear into the election debate just ups the cost.
Israel Refuses to Learn from History
Israel's Relentless Cycle: Prisoner Exchanges and Continuing Conflict is taking a heavy toll of human life of Palestinians and Israelis in continued war between...
India’s growing misinformation crisis a threat to democracy
Failure to curb dissemination of falsehood via social media can have long-term effects on democratic processes.
The Great Transformation: Donald Trump’s Tariffs and the Return of Political Economy
Navigating the New Political Economy: Trump's Impact on Markets and International Relations
Yogi Adityanath government conspiring against the people
Hindutva Forces Gain Ground Amidst Growing Tensions in Sambhal under Yogi government.
Half-truths and lies: an online day in Australia
Australians are swamped by misinformation every day but they're smart enough to know they need help to better navigate an untrustworthy online world.
Liberal ‘Malpractice’ and Overreach: Whose America is it Anyway?
Examining the Impact of Liberal Policies on American Society
India needs to de-weaponise misinformation
Indian law needs to fix the meaning of fake news and misinformation and needs to be tied to the public interest rather than to the interest of the State.
Giving the Indo-US nuclear deal a new lease of life
Twenty years after it was signed, the deal is yet to take off commercially due to regulatory hurdles and failure to fast-track techno-commercial negotiations.
The manosphere thrives on old-style sexism — money just helps
It’s wrong to say the very public rise of misogynist masculinity is about economic power. Money is simply fuelling a revival of old-style views of gender power.
Uniform Civil Code: Distraction from Economic Justice?
As India pushes for a Uniform Civil Code, the real constitutional imperative—economic justice under Article 39—remains neglected, deepening inequality and ignor...
Indian Muslims’ Tryst with Democracy
The Struggle of Indian Muslims in a Majoritarian Democracy after BJP came to power in 2014.
Doherty: Public health, trust and preparing for the next pandemic
It’s inevitable there will be another pandemic so the real challenge is to back public health, researchers and to trust the evidence.
Regional inequity in menstrual health persists in India
Central, eastern and northeastern India lag behind in access to the government’s menstrual health and hygiene programmes. This needs to change.
Moulded in Clay: A Septuagenarian’s Mission to Keep Kashmir’s Dying Art of Glazed Pottery Alive
For Ghulam Mohammad Kumar his wheel, embrace of a fiery kiln and the colourful floral patterns are both poetic and a connection with his ancestors.
The Strange Debate About Fascism
Debate Erupts Over CPI(M)'s Choice of Words in Describing Indian Political Climate
Between Hope and Despair: 75 Years of Indian Republic
A Nation's Story: India's Evolution from Independence to Present Day and challenges before the people.
Hindu Festivals and Sectarian Nationalist Politics
The Politicization of Kumbh Mela and the Rise of Anti-Muslim Sentiments appeared to be the sole agenda of RSS-BJP combine.