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Back to SearchSaving the Western Ghats | Part 2
The Western Ghats in India is a mountain range that is considered next only to the Himalayas in terms of being a biological treasure trove with a hig…
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Is BRICS coming of age?
The recent BRICS summit in New Delhi, held under India’s presidency, brought together an expanded grouping at a time of major geopolitical and econom…
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Exclusive | Is the United Nations broken?: Antonio Guterres on reforming the world body
The Security Council is paralysed, and Superpowers haven’t recognized there are limits to their power says UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, in …
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Hugging Face attack: Can ‘rogue agents’ bring about AI Armageddon?
Doomsday scenarios of an ‘AI takeover’ have been part of popular lore for a long time. Skynet, Terminator, and Agent Smith are fictional icons of thi…
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Iran takes escalation dominance
The Iran war has entered another dangerous phase, with the confrontation between Tehran and Washington increasingly spilling into the Persian Gulf. I…
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Should the use of Gen AI be banned among younger students in schools?
Recently, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a one-year moratorium on generative AI tools for public school students through Class 8 for th…
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Saving the Western Ghats
The Western Ghats in India is a mountain range that is considered next only to the Himalayas in terms of being a biological treasure trove with a hi…
1 month ago
OBC reservations: Should ‘creamy layer’ be junked in favour of sub-categorisation?
The implementation of the creamy layer doctrine for OBC reservations has been beset with complications. A Supreme Court judgement on March 11 essenti…
1 month ago
Bonus episode: Is Israel winning?
This is a special bonus episode featuring the Hindu's Global Faultlines podcast where Sharmada venkatausbramanian is in conversation with Stanly John…
1 month ago
What are cancer 'vaccines' and will they revolutionise treatment?
There’s been a lot of excitement in the cancer research field recently. Preliminary results from a trial with patients who had melanoma or skin cance…
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