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AI Is Moving From Chatbots To Agents: Is India Ready For What Comes Next?

AI Is Moving From Chatbots To Agents: Is India Ready For What Comes Next?

India’s focus on becoming an AI leader is now accompanied by concerns over safety risks from advanced systems. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman...

20.09.2026 20

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India’s Mega Weddings: How Southeast Asia Is Courting India’s Rich

Southeast Asian destinations are seeking a larger share of India’s luxury tourism market by catering to big-ticket weddings and affluent travellers....

23.08.2026 30

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At Long Last, India’s Gen Z Rewrites The Protest Playbook In Style

Following multiple meetings with two Union ministers, the CJP has called off its nationwide protests. It says the Modi government has agreed to its...

26.07.2026 50

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From Defence Pacts To Environmental Security: Why India Must Broaden Its Southeast Asia Engagement Beyond Traditional Threats

Experts have urged ASEAN and India to prioritise environmental security amid rising climate threats such as El Niño-induced droughts, water stress...

28.06.2026 30

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Asia’s Rice Bowl Under Siege: The Twin Perils Of Fertiliser Disruption And El Niño

Columnist Patralekha Chatterjee argued that West Asia tensions and a looming El Niño could hit Asia’s rice farmers by disrupting fertiliser...

25.05.2026 30

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Why India And ASEAN Must Learn From Japan’s Landmark Worker Heat Protection Laws

India and ASEAN can learn from Japan’s new heat protection rules for workers. With Asia warming faster than the global average, stronger labour...

27.04.2026 70

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West Asia Conflict Disrupts Global Pharma Supply Chains, Exposing India And ASEAN Healthcare Vulnerabilities

The West Asia conflict and disruption of the Strait of Hormuz have begun affecting global pharma supply chains, raising costs and delaying shipments....

30.03.2026 40

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India’s Artificial Intelligence Story Does Not Need Hype, It Needs Realism

At the India AI Impact Summit in Delhi, experts cautioned against blind optimism around AI in healthcare. Citing IBM Watson’s failure due to lack of...

22.02.2026 40

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Vietnam’s Pragmatic Pluralism Offers Lessons For India’s Social And Economic Cohesion

Visible on Ho Chi Minh City’s Bùi Viện Street, where diverse cuisines and lifestyles coexist alongside economic dynamism. She argues India,...

25.01.2026 50

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ASEAN And India Are Becoming Each Other’s Strategic Hedge In An Uncertain World

As global uncertainty deepens, India and ASEAN are emerging as mutual strategic hedges. From trade and supply chains to education, migration and...

01.01.2026 50

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India’s Buddhist Diplomacy: Pilgrims Come, Travellers Still Too Few

From December 2 to 13, 2025, Bodh Gaya in Bihar, where the Buddha attained enlightenment under the Bodhi Tree, will host more than 20,000 monks, nuns,...

23.11.2025 40

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Babies And The Battle For The Future: What India Offers

Miss that window, and the consequences are lifelong. “When children miss out on this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,” as UNICEF warns, “they pay...

30.10.2025 50

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India's Aspiration Paradox: Lessons From Vietnam & China In The Global Talent Race

Every society aspires. But in India, aspiration has long been framed through the prism of exit. For many in the middle class, success means...

30.09.2025 60

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A Lesson From ASEAN To The Indian MSMEs On Trade Tariffs

If we could have Operation Sindoor, why can’t we have Operation Exports?” That question, posed by Vinod Kumar, President of the India SME Forum,...

27.08.2025 30

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Beyond The Bargaining Table: How India's Soft Power Is Rewriting The ASEAN Playbook

Trade talks between India and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), a dynamic block of 10 economies with over 650 million people and a...

27.07.2025 40

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Risk To Life vs Jobs: A Dilemma Facing Indians In War Zones

A fragile truce now holds between the two long-standing adversaries, bringing their twelve-day war to an end. Ravi has spent nearly two decades in...

29.06.2025 30

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