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Deepfakes can cause geopolitical rifts. State should fund detection of manipulated videos

Deepfakes have the ability to swing elections, erode public trust. Two ways to combat them are detection & provenance. Its looming threat necessitates proactive State intervention.

No deadline for quota in democracy—Mohan Bhagwat must know. RSS isn’t the first to oppose it

From Morales in Bolivia to Maduro in Venezuela to Morsi in Egypt, leaders have tried to challenge affirmative action and witnessed devastation. The RSS can take a lesson or two.

West is double-dealing with India—talks value-based alliance, supports secessionists

The real question is whether India’s quest for a multipolar democratic world is better served through a euphemistic alliance with the West or by strengthening the revisionism of the Eastern bloc.

You must have a makeup removal routine for Diwali. Just cleansing won’t cut it

To have glowing skin is the easiest way to look your best. Taking care of physical and mental health is the first step towards it.

Dated law, misuse of water, pollution—Indian rivers’ 3 big challenges and how to tackle them

By 2025, 11 of India's 15 big river areas will experience water stress, a condition where the per capita annual renewable water resource availability will be below 1,700 cubic metres.

India can resolve dog-human conflict like US and Netherlands without killing the canine

Dogs are eventually 'people' animals and any solution to a dog-related problem has to centre around people.

Modi’s India is coming into its own. Moon landing and G20 Delhi Declaration are just the beginning

Delhi Declaration will be seen in years to come as the juncture that paved the way for a new world order marked by tension & synergy between the ‘Free World’ and the ‘Not So Free World’.

Savarkar’s Hindu Mahasabha wrote a constitution that treated Hindus and Muslims as equals

This document is the only known example of an avowedly Hindu party setting forth its own constitutional ideas in concrete form.

Southern states staring at delimitation timebomb, govt should make them an offer

A Lok Sabha dominated by the more populous states in the north, with their poorer socio-economic metrics, may herald a different kind of politics, for instance, on language policy.

Justin Trudeau is living in a world of make-believe. India has evolved, writes Manpreet Badal

For Khalistan sympathisers in Canada or elsewhere, the message is unequivocal: This is not the India of 1980s and 1990s, grappling with insurgencies or addressing separatist movements.

On Camera

Euphoria season 3 is an empty spectacle. Fans are upset, they want it cancelled

Euphoria's characters, who once carried moral ambiguity and emotional density, now feel like flat archetypes of the people they once were.

Strategic petroleum reserves: Why India needs bigger oil buffers & how others compare | Cut The Clutter

This is the transcript of Ep 1830 of Cut the Clutter, where Shekhar Gupta explains why strategic petroleum reserves are a national necessity & how India compares with China, US & Japan.

DRDO unveils amphibious battle platforms with crewless turrets, anti-tank missile capability

Tracked and wheeled variants, built in collaboration with Tata Advanced Systems and Bharat Forge, carry 30mm turrets, cross water using hydro jets, and are 65% indigenous.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.