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- Fake News - Dec 23, 2018
CNN ‘Journalist of the Year’ peddles fake news
A top European news magazine fired one of its star journalists after the discovery that he had been fabricating facts and sources in more than a dozen articles over a seven-year period.
Indian Politics - Featured Article - Aug 27, 2019
Future of Security: The North East Dimension
Synergia Foundation hosted its 59th Roundtable Conference on “Future of Security: The North East Dimension”. The roundtable discussion featured the keynote address by Major Gen N George (Retd),…
World - Featured Article - Jun 29, 2020
Ripples in the South Asian neighbourhood
A rising China poses a challenge for all countries, especially those in its neighbourhood. What are the options available to offset the conflicts it could bring?
Indian Economics - Analyses & Assessments - Nov 18, 2020
Revival Policies Should Be Country-Specific
World economies differ vastly, so a 'one-size-fits-all approach' will not work
Cyber Security - Op-Eds - Nov 8, 2016
Blogger turns tables on cyber-scammer
A French security researcher says he managed to turn the tables on a cyber-scammer by sending him malware.
- Fake News - Feb 1, 2019
Facebook tackles fake news bots
Facebook has recently removed 500 pages and accounts allegedly over peddling fake news in the Central European, Ukrainian and other Eastern European nations.
Technology - Featured Article - Sep 26, 2019
US China Technological War
Synergia Foundation hosted its 60th Roundtable Conference on “US-China Technology Conflict and Lessons from the Peloponnesian War”. The roundtable discussion featured the keynote address by Dr. A.J…
General Interest - Featured Article - Jul 11, 2020
Citizen Defenders at the Forefront
Civil Defence forms the innermost shield to guard the home and hearth of citizens in times of war and distress..
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Nov 20, 2020
Free Speech Under Seize?
The role played by social media platforms in high octane election campaigns has spurred fresh demands for more stringent regulations to control internet content
Counter-Terrorism - Op-Eds - Nov 8, 2016
Paris attacks: Call to overhaul French intelligence services
French intelligence services should be overhauled following last year's terror attacks in Paris, a parliamentary commission of inquiry has recommended.
- Fake News - Apr 1, 2019
April Fools and Fake News
Research from Lancaster University, UK, shows that April Fools hoax stories can offer linguistic clues to spotting 'fake news' stories.
General Interest - Featured Article - Dec 30, 2019
Remembering Versailles at Hundred
The Synergia Foundation hosted its 62nd Round table to discuss the book, the Treaty of Versailles and the Remaking of the World--1919 -2019, authored by sisters Aloka Moulik Chatterjee and Achala M.…
World - Featured Article - Aug 31, 2020
China's Assertiveness Is for 'equality with U.S., Not Hegemony': Emmott
There is a need for Washington to “repair” its foreign policy towards China and incentivise it to become an active part of multilateral institutions, says Bill Emmott, the former editor-in-chief of…
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Feb 17, 2021
In House Ingenuity
By designing optimal systems and reconfiguring supply chains, Dynamatic Technologies has carved a niche for itself in the global aerospace industry.
Udayant Malhoutra, CEO and Managing Director of…
War - Op-Eds - Nov 19, 2016
Refugee crisis
Is the European crisis overshadowing a bigger problem?
- Fake News - May 1, 2019
The never-ending fake news during Indian elections 2019
While India begins its most massive democratic exercise with more than nine hundred million citizens registered to vote in the country’s general elections, fact-checking and debunking fake news has…
Geopolitics - Featured Article - Feb 19, 2020
US-Philippines Defence Ties – Pulling Apart
Historically bound together with strong military ties, the US-Philippines alliance is under duress. What does this imply for the region?
World - Featured Article - Aug 31, 2020
Sri Lanka Elections: Vote for Stability
A strong showing at the hustings by the formidable duo has cemented their place in Sri Lankan politics for some time to come. What does it mean for its people and the region?
World - Analyses & Assessments - Feb 17, 2021
The Strategic - Military Addressal Of China
India needs to develop a stronger and cold-blooded ‘Strategic Response’ embellished in far greater discipline to counter a ‘Risen China’
Lieutenant General Raj Shukla, YSM, SM, GOC-in-C, Army…
Business - Op-Eds - Nov 19, 2016
Tata Chairman- FIRED
Why was Cyrus Mistry removed as Chairman Tata Sons?