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India, Jan. 7 -- Elon Musk's Grok AI chatbot spent the holiday season generating sexualised deepfakes of women and children on X, the social media platform he owns. Users discovered they could tag @Gr... Read More


US's vaccine denialism reflects deeper malaise

India, Jan. 7 -- The US federal government dropping a set of vaccines from its list of recommendations for universal vaccination will very likely push up risks of morbidity among children in that coun... Read More


Ads in focus to keep junk diet under check

India, Jan. 6 -- There's a natal link between childhood/adolescent obesity and a range of diseases, including chronic conditions such as diabetes, endocrinal dysfunction, and sudden-onset life-threate... Read More


Looking beyond Trump's rhetoric

India, Jan. 6 -- Donald Trump has reiterated his tariff threat against India. The context is Russian oil. The fresh comments are as hypocritical as the additional tariffs were. Countries such as China... Read More


Potable water needs to be viewed as a right

India, Jan. 5 -- Complaints of contaminated drinking water are common. But when Indore, a stellar performer on the national cleanliness index, reported at least 10 deaths from toxic water, there was d... Read More


When process is punishment

India, Jan. 5 -- The Supreme Court's decision to grant bail to five people accused in the 2020 Delhi riots case but refuse relief to student activists Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam creates a new touch... Read More


Undermining India, Bangladesh relations

India, Jan. 5 -- The tension in India-Bangladesh ties has found a new playfield in cricket. A vicious campaign by the Hindu Right-wing against the participation of Bangladesh cricketers in the IPL, ha... Read More


Crossing a red line in Caracas

India, Jan. 5 -- The US intervention in Venezuela is both stunning and alarming for the manner in which the country disregarded international laws and abducted the elected President of a sovereign cou... Read More


Crossing a red line in Caracas

India, Jan. 4 -- Crossing a red line in Caracas The Trump regime may have signalled the death of the West's rules-based order by acting against Venezuela The US intervention in Venezuela is both stu... Read More


Taking on Trump, from the Big Apple

India, Jan. 2 -- Zohran Kwame Mamdani, 34, took the oath as the mayor of New York as the old year made way for the new. Later on New Year's Day, he attended a second public ceremony, watched by thousa... Read More