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From Farm Chickens to Cockroaches: Why South Asia’s Gen Z Is So Restive

Until the region’s economies produce jobs, and its ministers produce respect, at the pace they produce graduates, South Asia’s Gen Z will keep finding new, and increasingly desperate, ways to be heard

Bridging the Policy Gap: Why Northeast India Cannot Tap Bangladesh Pharma Market Across the Border?

The real question is simpler: do Indian states want to use a resource that is geographically closer, internationally certified, available already, or would they prefer to continue to suffer from a yearly deficit on the other side of the Corridor?

Green AI? The Global South Cannot Afford the Wrong Kind of Digital Growth

In the case of the Global South, this would mean designing AI according to the demands of that particular place and within the bounds of its available power. It would mean opting for small language models, frugality, and less energy-intensive infrastructure over costly mimicry of Silicon Valley.

Inside India's Modern Counter-Terrorism Strategy: The Zero-Tolerance Mandate

The government is also engaging doctors, psychologists, lawyers, civil society organisations, NGOs, religious leaders and community representatives to facilitate de-radicalisation and reintegration. Young people are encouraged to participate in constructive social activities that promote communal harmony and reduce the appeal of extremist ideologies.

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India’s China policy is defensive and lacks clarity

Speaking in a meeting on August 28, 2020, India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar had said that “realism should shape India’s China policy.”

Pandemic severely impacts SDG 12 targets; Asia-Pacific region unlikely to meet goals

‘Ensure sustainable consumption and production (SCP) patterns’ – is Sustainable Development Goal 12

A Day to Remember at the Greens

There was electricity all around

A teacher and an educator: An IITian's tribute

I was nervously waiting outside Prof N.R Kamath’s room in IIT Bombay’s Chemical Engineering Department

Swinging His Way to 600: James Michael Anderson

Bold headlines, “ Anderson Claims 600th Test Scalps”, made me sit up. Why, may you well ask? Well, I have ten years of experience of having played Ranji Trophy cricket matches in India as an opening bowler, representing the Services in the North Zone, which comprised teams from the Jammu & Kashmir, Haryana, Punjab and Delhi

IIT, IIM & IAS: How relevant are they today?

The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) were started with much fanfare and great expectations in the 1950s

Forgetting to Live the Sands of Time

See the carafe its wares pour with a bow

Rethinking recruitment: Time to understand inclusion and diversity at work

The world is changing at a fast pace. The term - the world is a global village - has become a common phenomenon

Bangladesh-India relations: Media should bridge communication gap

Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla came to Dhaka last week on a brief visit to Bangladesh aimed at boosting ties between the two neighbouring countries

Rapacious Man Versus God

Technology’s making the world shrink

Where Has innocence Gone

There is no ocean of abundance

Needed a non-intimidating questioning culture in India

Emanating from curiosity, quest, or doubt, questioning had always been a part of our rich ancient intellectual, theological and philosophical traditions

When we prostrated and did not stand tall

“When asked to bend some chose to crawl”

How sustainability in South Asia boils down to the art of choosing the lesser of two evils

When the then Indian railway minister Laloo Prasad Yadav introduced kulhads, or traditional earthen cups, as a substitute to phase out the nonbiodegradable plastic cups, some environmentalists were quick to point out that given the scale of demand, production of disposable kulhads would lead to consumption of the fertile topsoil, taking over a decade to fully decompose and replenish the soil

Stricter surveillance required on global militant activities online

It has been revealed in the media that ISIS leaders have gone online due to COVID-19 and has published a new cybersecurity magazine to teach tactics, without coming into the radar of the intelligence agencies, on how to carry out their activities