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Will India’s innovation ecosystem address AI-ready ‘memory safety’?
Artificial Intelligence Nov 08, 2024

Will India’s innovation ecosystem address AI-ready ‘memory safety’?

If Indian strategic agencies seek to leverage the transformative power of AI, the issue of ‘memory safety’ in software systems needs to be prioritized ...

State-owned enterprises: A major cause for Sri Lanka’s economic crisis?
Neighbourhood | Economics and Finance Nov 07, 2024

State-owned enterprises: A major cause for Sri Lanka’s economic crisis?

Sri Lanka’s inefficient and costly state-owned enterprises play a major role in its current economic crisis, necessitating restructuring and reform ...

Greening minerals: India-Australia partnership to challenge China
International Affairs Nov 07, 2024

Greening minerals: India-Australia partnership to challenge China

Although China currently dominates the critical minerals supply chain, an India-Australia partnership can form an important counterbalance ...

President Donald Trump and the next four years
International Affairs Nov 07, 2024

President Donald Trump and the next four years

Security to geopolitics, economy to tariffs, regulation to media: what can the world expect in Trump’s second term? ...

Intelligence Studies in India remains a forbidden zone
Education | Internal Security Nov 07, 2024

Intelligence Studies in India remains a forbidden zone

Intelligence Studies in India needs to be bolstered through increased transparency, openness and collaboration between intelligence agencies and academics. ...

How COP29 plans to green the petrodollar
International Affairs | Energy | Climate Change Nov 06, 2024

How COP29 plans to green the petrodollar

The COP29’s Climate Finance Action Fund could set a new green standard for petrodollar recycling, but its current targets are too modest to have a big impact ...

Fighting the rat menace in cities: The NYC experiment
Urbanisation in India | Urbanisation Nov 06, 2024

Fighting the rat menace in cities: The NYC experiment

New York City’s experiment with rodent contraceptives is an important new step towards rodent control ...

PTI's enduring challenge to the Pakistani government
International Affairs | Neighbourhood Nov 05, 2024

PTI's enduring challenge to the Pakistani government

Despite being removed from power, the PTI continues to be a large political threat to the PLM (N)-led ruling coalition in Pakistan ...

Decoding Africa’s interest in BRICS
International Affairs | BRICS Nov 05, 2024

Decoding Africa’s interest in BRICS

As BRICS aims to expand, developing nations from Africa gear up to join the grouping, seeking to redefine their global engagement ...

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Niranjan Sahoo

Niranjan Sahoo, PhD, is a Senior Fellow with ORF’s Governance and Politics Initiative. With years of expertise in governance and public policy, he now anchors studies and programmes on democracy, human rights, federalism, electoral reforms (particularly issues related to political ...

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Niranjan Sahoo

Niranjan Sahoo, PhD, is a Senior Fellow with ORF’s Governance and Politics Initiative. With years of expertise in governance and public policy, he now anchors studies and programmes on democracy, human rights, federalism, electoral reforms (particularly issues related to political ...

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