Bye-Bye Manipur? Farwell Accepted for Peace
Ah yes, nothing says “happy harvest festival” quite like a room full of people waving goodbye to the very state they’ve been living in…
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China Is Winning the AI War – And the West Is in Denial
The evidence is no longer ambiguous. China is not merely “closing the gap” in artificial intelligence; it is systematically overtaking the United States in…
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We’re not being gifted AI. We’re being strip-mined.India’s 700 million smartphone users—young, multilingual, perpetually online—are the most valuable untapped data reservoir on earth. Second…
Beijing’s New DeepSeek AI Model Matches US Titans at a Fraction of the Cost
In a bold stride for China’s AI ambitions, Beijing-based DeepSeek AI has unveiled what it’s calling the nation’s most cutting-edge large language model yet,…
Trump Hosts NYC Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani in Oval Office
President Donald Trump welcomed New York City’s incoming mayor, Zohran Mamdani, to the White House on Friday in a meeting that quickly turned from…
Economic Survey of India to Propose Regulated Stablecoin Trials in Major Crypto Shift
In a potential early policy shift on digital assets, the upcoming Economic Survey 2025-26 is likely to explore the regulated use of stablecoins as…
Pleas for urgent regulation of digital gold as sales skyrocket among young Indians
The India Bullion & Jewellers Association (IBJA), the country’s leading bullion trade body, has written to the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi)…
Sign Now – Or Be Damned Tomorrow
The ten Kuki MLAs are gambling with their lives and their political futures while the house burns around them. UKNA, an armed group, has…
Rokid Unveils Fashion-Forward AI Glasses in Partnership with Bolon
In a bold step toward mainstream adoption of wearable AI, Hangzhou-based innovator Rokid launched its latest augmented-reality (AR) glasses on Thursday, developed in collaboration…
Sui Unveils Native Stablecoin USDsui on Bridge’s Open Issuance Platform
In a move poised to supercharge its high-performance blockchain, Sui has officially launched USDsui, a U.S.-compliant, yield-bearing digital dollar developed in partnership with Bridge,…
Standard Chartered to Launch Stablecoin Credit Card DeCard
In a bold move to fuse the worlds of digital assets and traditional banking, Standard Chartered has announced its role as the principal banking…
One Year On, Justice Remains Partial
One year ago today, on November 11, 2024, six Meitei civilians—three women and three children, including two infants, one aged eight months—were abducted from…