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The Tianjin SCO summit signalled a shift from security to economic cooperation, with a proposed development bank underscoring the organisation’s ambitions, even as internal rifts limit its cohesion. ...
Despite significant progress in reducing incidence and mortality, India’s fight against tuberculosis cannot succeed without addressing air pollution, a critical but overlooked driver of transmission and poor treatment outcomes. ...
By targeting Doha, Israel has not only unsettled Qatar’s mediation role but also reignited debates over Gulf unity, Arab neutrality, and the future of US security guarantees. ...
On World Patient Safety Day, protecting patients in the chatbot gold rush means setting clear boundaries, keeping humans in the loop, and publishing evidence, with safeguards for vulnerable users. ...
As warfare turns increasingly data-driven, tactical edge computing enables militaries to process and secure information closer to the battlefield, reducing latency and ensuring faster, more resilient decision-making. ...
Somalia risks becoming the next battleground as tensions between Egypt and Ethiopia over the GERD escalate, intertwining local conflict with a wider geopolitical rivalry. ...
The detection and interception of interstellar objects like 3I/ATLAS is of critical importance, not just from a purely scientific perspective, but also due to their potential implications for planetary defence. ...
In an uncertain geopolitical landscape, the AI Impact Summit 2026 offers opportunities to widen the ambit of trusted partnerships and capitalise on India’s immediate strategic advantages in delivering complementary AI innovations to the world. ...
IRCTC’s Aadhaar mandate for Tatkal tickets aims to curb fraud, but without legal backing, it risks overreach and new hurdles for passengers. ...
On World First Aid Day, India must confront the spread of unsafe online practices and close its preparedness gap by embedding evidence-based training and protecting its Good Samaritans. ...
Shairee Malhotra is Deputy Director - Strategic Studies Programme at the Observer Research Foundation. Her areas of work include Indian foreign policy with a focus on EU-India relations, European foreign policy, European politics both at EU and member state level, and ...
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Purnendra Jain is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Asian Studies at the University of Adelaide. Recipient of the Japanese Emperors Order of the Rising Sun Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon in 2020 and elected Fellow of the Australian Academy ...
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