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Topic: Face recognition

How Ujjain’s Mahakal Lok is using AI, facial recognition to manage temple’s crowds & ensure security

Risha Chitlangia -
After Tirupati & Kashi Vishwanath, Mahakal Lok Corridor of Mahakaleshwar temple is using tech to manage crowds of devotees. It has 700 high-res CCTV cameras & uses facial recognition tech.

AI isn’t just for future but the past too—it’s identifying Jews in photos from World War II

Victoria Masterson -
Here are 6 ways the technology is being used around the world to help us understand the past and prepare for the future.

Want to see your dystopian future? Look at China

Cathy O'Neil -
If people in China don’t recognise the danger of a snooping government, they might eventually be unable to protest against it.

On Camera

YourTurn

Opinion

Iran and Israel weren’t always enemies. In fact, they were allies

Swasti Rao -
Israel even helped source American defence equipment for Iran, who learnt from Tel Aviv about drones against Soviet air defences in Syria.

CEC Gyanesh Kumar is a constitutional failure. Damage is not procedural, it is existential

What the Iran crisis means for middle powers

Economy

Rupee slides past 93 per dollar to record low as Iran war risks rise

Bloomberg News -
The currency dropped as much as 0.7% to 93.28 per dollar, after a public holiday Thursday. The central bank has been intervening to support the currency, with traders citing its presence Friday.

Defence

Tracked: How a sailor’s 35-minute workout on deck gave away exact location of French aircraft carrier

Vaibhav Pant -
A fitness run logged on a Strava‑linked watch by a French sailor has revealed the movement of nuclear‑powered Charles de Gaulle in the Mediterranean

National Interest

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Shekhar Gupta -
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.

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