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AI “agents” are coming, whether we are ready or not. While there is much uncertainty about when AI models will be able to interact autonomously with digital platforms, other AI tools, and even humans, there can be little doubt that this development will be transformative...

A political earthquake has shaken France and rattled Far-Right parties across the globe after a French court on 31 March convicted Marine Le Pen. Leading France’s Far-Right National Rally party, Le Pen has been convicted of embezzlement and has been barred from seeking public office...

A global trend being seen for some time now is the rise of Far-Right outfits taking advantage of the frustration and disenchantment of the people at large over the failure of established political parties to deliver on their promises and mitigate the economic hardships of...

The consequences of mixing business with politics could be devastating. And none should realize this better than Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, whose Tesla electric cars and showrooms are at the receiving end of violent protests from ordinary Americans these days. Their ire is...

Each year, the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) names those nations whose governments engage in or tolerate “particularly severe” violations of religious freedoms, especially of minorities. It calls such nations Countries of Particular Concern (CPC) and asks the US State Department to...

What a tangled web! The BJP holds the reins both at the Centre and in Delhi, and you’d think this alignment would make the bureaucratic machinery hum like a well-oiled machine, right? Well, not quite. Recently, Delhi Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta penned a letter to...

US administration has sharply reduced government support for basic medical research, and under the guise of fighting anti-semitism, Trump has arbitrarily starved some of the country’s leading universities of funds. America’s prodigious wealth and power are founded on two pillars: universities and businesses. The first...

Turkey is once again embroiled in a battle between an autocratic ruler and a social democrat who has become the only challenger against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with the potential to beat him at the ballot box. The crisis has snowballed after Erdogan jailed...

The second phase ceasefire between Israel and Hamas agreed by both sides under the supervision of a few Arab countries and the US is in serious jeopardy following countless recent airstrikes across the Gaza Strip by Israel’s IDF in cooperation with Shin Bet in which...

A small fire at a judge’s official residence has opened a can of worms, threatening to expose the incidence of pervasive corruption plaguing the nation’s judiciary, considered the third pillar of democracy. The recovery of a huge pile of cash, apparently unaccounted, from the official...