China's expanding surveillance state and crackdowns draw global scrutinyConcerns grow over China's global surveillance technology and repression of Uyghurs. The World Uyghur Congress highlighted these issues. Ac...
11 Apr, 2026, 03.56 PM IST
China's online censorship faces growing public pushbackTaiwan's Mainland Affairs Council reports China's digital surveillance is faltering. The suspicious death of actor Alan Yu, met with swift ...
07 Dec, 2025, 06.49 PM IST
India's unthinkable but scary US challenge: Can China show the way?Two prominent industrialists, Harsh Goenka and Sridhar Vembu, warned that India’s heavy reliance on U.S. tech platforms and infrastructure ...
06 Nov, 2025, 02.26 PM IST
The Internet Still Bites Back: The role played by Discord in the Nepal uprisingRecent events in Nepal and Bangladesh highlight the internet's evolving role in democracy. Initially seen as a force for good, it now faces...
21 Sep, 2025, 08.40 AM IST
Trump wants to let AI run wild. This might stop himSome US companies resist, others comply. Europe can steer AI development towards rights, fairness, and democracy. Europe must resist pressu...
19 Aug, 2025, 10.03 AM IST
AI- The Immortal Warrior: How AI Has Enhanced Strategic Planning and Decision Making During Warfare.AI is rapidly transforming modern warfare, evident in conflicts like Ukraine-Russia and Israel-Palestine, where AI systems enhance decision...
11 Jun, 2025, 12.15 PM IST
Every text watched, every word changed: Inside Kim Jong Un’s phone surveillance networkA smuggled North Korean smartphone has exposed how tightly the regime monitors and censors its citizens. According to a BBC report, the dev...
01 Jun, 2025, 01.57 PM IST
‘Nostradamus’ of US election, Allan Lichtman, quits X; blames Musk, misinformation for getting prediction wrongAllan Lichtman, a historian known for accurately forecasting nine of the last ten US presidential elections, faced backlash after incorrect...
21 Nov, 2024, 11.19 AM IST
China's 'One Person, One File': Road to digital totalitarianismThe Shanghai authorities have proposed the "One Person, One File" (OPOF) mass surveillance program, which aims to triple the deployment of ...
28 May, 2024, 10.00 PM IST
North Korea's AI development raises sanctions concerns, report saysNorth Korea is developing artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning for everything from how to respond to COVID-19 and safeguard nu...
23 Jan, 2024, 11.10 PM IST
Yogi govt has added 40% to UP's debt: Chidambaram"What are you voting for?" Chidambaram sought to know from the people, and said Adityanath's model of governance is a mix of "authoritarian...
27 Feb, 2022, 02.47 PM IST
China adopted 'three-warfare' strategy aiming to expand global influence: French MoD think tank“Within the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), the Strategic Support Force (SSF) is at the forefront, especially through its Network Systems D...
21 Jan, 2022, 01.53 PM IST
China’s influence on African media: Challenge for Continent’s DemocraciesIn compliance to Xi’s instructions, the Chinese state-owned media has been increasing their presence in African countries as part of their ...
11 Dec, 2021, 01.50 PM IST
7 skills that will help you stand apart from the crowd in the digital ageIn this era of the fourth technological revolution, both technical and soft skills are essential in the workforce, and in particular in pro...
16 Aug, 2021, 01.43 PM IST
View: The twin secrets to Chinese Communist Party’s longevityIn steering China from an agricultural backwater to the world’s second-largest economy (with a GDP of $16.64 trillion in 2021), the CCP has...
04 Jul, 2021, 01.57 PM IST
The China syndrome: While the world is being Sinified, the resistance is gathering force tooBeijing has developed an extensive panoply of mercantilist, beggar-thy-neighbour policies. India is its victim.
19 Jun, 2020, 10.22 PM IST
Why India can’t be the next China, and shouldn’t tryThe world’s most populous nations are evolving along very different paths.
29 Apr, 2019, 08.47 AM IST