How AI war videos spread disinformation online and why X banned monetisation

On 3rd March, Elon Musk-owned social media platform X announced a 90-day-long suspension from its Creator Revenue Sharing programme for creators posting videos generated using artificial intelligence (AI) of armed conflicts without disclosing that the content was synthetically created. Today we are revising our Creator Revenue Sharing policies to maintain authenticity of content on Timeline and […]

How irrelevant analogies ignore State’s demographic realities

Yogendra Yadav’s recent column in The Indian Express, dated March 4, on Assam’s delimitation exercise, reflects a deeply flawed understanding of the state’s socio-political realities. Yadav oversimplifies a complicated constitutional procedure and overlooks the real demographic issues that have influenced the state’s politics for decades by trying to create the word “Himaling” and comparing Assam’s delimitation […]

The forgotten history of Israel–Iran cooperation against Saddam’s Iraq

Today, Iran and Israel are exchanging direct attacks and threats of full-scale war. On Tuesday, 3rd March, Iran launched around 200 missiles, including hypersonic missiles, at Israel, raising the tensions in the Middle East to unprecedented levels. Israel has threatened that it will make Iran “pay” for the attack. Just a few days ago, on 1st […]

India arrive for final net session before T20 World Cup semifinal

‘It Was Terrifying…’: Indian Badminton Star PV Sindhu Recalls Scary Dubai Transit Amid US Iran War A transit halt in Dubai turned into a chilling ordeal for India’s badminton ace PV Sindhu as regional tensions disrupted global travel. En route to the All England Open Badminton Championships, Sindhu found herself stranded when flights were abruptly suspended. […]

India sets up crisis squad to monitor West Asia conflict daily: Piyush Goyal, ETCFO

New Delhi: India has constituted an inter-ministerial group (IMG) to oversee supply chain resilience and monitor developments in West Asia daily, commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal said on Tuesday. The IMG was operationalised by the commerce and industry ministry. Besides overseeing supply chain resilience, it will assess sector-wise export and critical import vulnerabilities, and recommend […]

India-UK trade deal faces challenges amid West Asia conflict, ETCFO

New Delhi: Ahead of the India-UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) expected to come into force next month, the government is concerned about the West Asia crisis being a dampener on India’s exports to the nation as vessels reroute away from the Suez Canal and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, an official said. Exports could be […]