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Opinion | 'AI-Enabled' Soldiers? What An India-China-Pak Crisis May Soon Look Like
AI compresses the decision-action loop, turning hours of analytical deliberation into seconds of machine-assisted judgment. In warfare, that compression is the difference between survival and defeat.
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Opinion | At AI Impact Summit, Make A Case For BRICS, Too
New Delhi will chair the grouping at a moment when the global order is fragmenting, technology is becoming a primary arena of power, and the Global South is demanding not merely representation but leadership in that arena.
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Opinion | What ChatGPT Is Now Doing With Your Darkest 'Secrets'
For over three years now, millions across the world have treated ChatGPT like a confidante. And one company - OpenAI - holds the keys to this vast digital locker.
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Opinion | 'Team Rahul' And 'Team Priyanka': Inside Congress' Plans For Kerala And Assam
The two siblings don't function at cross-purposes or differ on key ideological issues. However, in practice, they are often seen following slightly different 'chaal, chalan, chehra', as they say, from each other.
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Opinion | Pak 'Impostors' To Jamaat Trolls, The Sea Of Misinformation Around Bangladesh Polls
The largest single spends on social media were from DailyNews24, which masquerades as a news organisation but is, in reality, a Jamaat organ. The second and fourth spenders are also Jamaat sites.
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Opinion | The Great AI Race: India Must Decide Whether It Writes The Code, Or Lives By It
In a century where power will be increasingly mediated through code, compute, and control over data, India cannot afford to drift into technological dependency.
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Opinion | 12 Questions Opposition Asked In Parliament - And Why You Should Care
When Parliament is in session, the Opposition is trying all it can to hold the government accountable. What is the government doing?
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Opinion | India's AI Summit 2026: Clarifying The Rules For Data That Powers AI
As the AI Summit deliberates on "Safe and Trusted AI", the conversation must extend beyond data centres and investment.
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Opinion | Sonia-Rahul To Maken, Why Mani Shankar Aiyar Keeps Ditching His Verbal 'Filter'
The former Rajya Sabha parliamentarian used to joke that in the time of Rajiv Gandhi, he was on "arsh" (cloud nine), while in the UPA regime under Sonia Gandhi, he was brought down to "farsh" (ground).
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Opinion | What's Behind The US-Iran Nuclear Deadlock? Four Risks, Four Interests
Each side is trying to reduce one risk without paying for another.
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Opinion | Pakistan Cricket And Lessons In How To Destroy A Sport, Completely
In March last year, I had written about why Pakistan cricket is in ruins - simply because it is its own worst enemy. Pakistan just proved that again yesterday.
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Opinion | Can Tarique Rahman Really Undo The 'Yunus' Damage To India-Bangladesh Ties?
Will Tarique Rahman as Prime Minister be willing to take hard steps, even reverse some decisions of the Yunus regime, looking ahead to ensure peace and stability along the more than 4,000-kilometre-long border between India and Bangladesh?
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Opinion: After 'Babri Masjid' High, Humayun Kabir's Waning Influence in West Bengal
On Thursday, the JUP chief led a 22-km 'Babri Yatra' from the Palashi (or Plassey) Monument to Beldanga. Kabir, who had drawn lakhs during the December 6 foundation event, was accompanied by only a few hundred supporters.
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Opinion | Scripted Posts, Late-Night Calls: How A 'Rescue Op' Saved UK PM Starmer's Job
For now, Keir Starmer has bought time, but heads sans party loyalty. His authority rests on temporary endorsements and managed optics.
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Opinion | Bangladesh Polls: What Are Jamaat And Yunus Planning Next?
Yunus's motivations across the board indicate that he's not likely to be 'retiring' soon. This election is a quiet - and overlooked - win for the Jamaat, too.
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Blog | Goodbye, South Block: From Child Visitor To Secretary, The Corridors That Made Me
It was 1951. My mother had just joined the Government of India as a mid-level officer, three years after independence. Decades later, I would serve in the South Block. Today, they are repositories of a 75-year-long history - personal and national
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Opinion | Khalistan Meet, Then 'Kashmir' Event: Azerbaijan's Anti-India Jabs Are Growing
Recently, a group in Azerbaijan held a conference that had in attendance representatives of various Khalistani organisations, who openly called for international support for their 'movement'.
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Opinion | Will Bangladesh Emerge As South Asia's New Power Player?
Bangladesh's election marks a welcome break from the past. The embrace of democracy is a hopeful sign, but the result also shows how deeply entrenched dynastic politics are in the nation of more than 170 million.
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Opinion | The JF-17 'Hype': How Pak Is Pushing A Jet That's More Noise Than Substance
Even if the JF-17 may seem like a popular choice for many nations, interoperability is not exportable, nor is effective warfighting capability.
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Opinion | Inside India's High-Stakes Push For Buying A Record 114 Rafales
If the power of such a huge purchase does not put New Delhi in the driver's seat to fast-track acquisition of technology, then nothing else will.
