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World - Featured Article - May 18, 2020
India And China: A Text in the Time Of COVID-19
While China and India have struggled to cope with COVID-19, their relations have taken a hit due to issues such as FDI rules and pharmaceuticals.
World - Analyses & Assessments - Sep 23, 2023
Haiti: Gangland Kingdom!
Armed criminal gangs have taken over this blighted country as millions of citizens starve and remain shelterless in Haiti.
World - Analyses & Assessments - Oct 20, 2020
Futuristic Floating Cities – Pipe Dream or Reality?
A floating Atlantis can be a desirable alternative for population explosion and rising seas, only if financial, technological, and governance concerns are effectively addressed.
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Feb 17, 2021
Whatsapping Trouble
WhatsApp’s new data policy being imposed under the threat of service denial has rejuvenated the universal demand for stronger legislation to protect personal data
- Fake News - Nov 1, 2018
Earthquake, Tsunami & Fake news in Indonesia
Indonesia was recently affected by a massive earthquake and tsunami that devastated parts of Sulawesi and killed more than 1,400 people. Social media platforms were filled with fake news and rumours…
Counter-Terrorism - Featured Article - Jul 27, 2019
Digital transformation of defence Part I
‘Digital Transformation of Defence’, refers to the assimilation of new technologies, for meeting future operational requirements of armed forces. Rapid improvements in information and communication…
General Interest - Featured Article - Jun 13, 2020
'Pharma, The White Knight of the Pandemic'
COVID-19 has thrown up challenges and opportunities to pharmaceutical companies. Will they rise to the overriding need efficiently and humanely?
Cyber Security - Analyses & Assessments - Oct 20, 2020
Thought Capturing through Influence Operations
Cyberspace has opened a gateway for adversaries to disrupt democratic processes and weaken liberal democracies
- Fake News - Nov 30, 2018
Fake rumours resulted in death
Rumours of child abductors were spread on a messaging application, WhatsApp in a small town in Mexico which resulted in the mob burning to death of two people before anyone could validate.
Cyber Security - Featured Article - Aug 20, 2019
Deep fake and targeted communication
Cybersecurity companies and scientists at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are exploring ways to combat the threats posed by AI-enabled deep fake technology to the US election…
Indian Economics - Featured Article - Jun 26, 2020
Building Economic Resilience with Insurance
“The government cannot overlook the role of insurance acting as a financial safety net against possible future risk exposures:” Tapan Singhel.
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Oct 1, 2022
A THROWBACK TO IL DUCE!!
Italy’s recent elections give rise to fears of a Right-wing revivalism gathering momentum.
Technology - Op-Eds - Nov 8, 2016
After Snowden: How vulnerable is the internet?
The internet was designed to be free and open. Eight months after Edward Snowden's first leaks of classified information, is that still the case?
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Oct 20, 2020
Rti's Sweet Sixteen Moment
Though the Right to Information Act has had a good run so far, its future as a citizen’s tool to question the state, must be jealously guarded.
- Fake News - Feb 1, 2019
Warning against ‘Deepfake’ ahead of 2020 elections
Many lawmakers are increasingly circumspect of the threat of video manipulation, also known as ‘Deepfake’ ahead of the 2020 US presidential elections.
Technology - Featured Article - Sep 3, 2019
The Age of Abundance– Part II
In Part 1 of this two-part series, the author gave a glimpse of the future, the Age of Abundance, when technology had overcome the need for mankind to work. If robotics and Artificial Intelligence (…
World - Featured Article - Jul 2, 2020
Democracy champions in a post- COVID world
“Democracy, while not perfect is far more effective than autocracy in the long term, which only guarantees short-term solutions”: Kuni Miyake.
Indian Politics - Op-Eds - Nov 8, 2016
Accenture ties up with IITs for research into Artificial Intelligence
The focus areas of the program includes research in natural language processing, machine learning, neural network, virtual agents, deep learning and other areas of artificial intelligence.
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Oct 21, 2020
The Age of Pandemic Tourism
The beleaguered travel industry has to re-invent itself to emerge from the ashes of the pandemic if it hopes to seek a revival.
- Fake News - Feb 28, 2019
Rise of Fake News at a tense time
Since India’s retaliation of the February 15th Pulwama attack, the internet, social media and other platforms have been flooded with fake news. Pictures and videos have been extensively circulated on…