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Saturday, May 18, 2024
TopicThe Conversation

Topic: The Conversation

BBC and Netflix are resurrecting the world’s favourite vampire

Gothic fiction projects contemporary anxieties onto supernatural monsters, allowing for a safe exploration of social and political fears.

Time Airbnb acknowledges rented accommodations are used for human trafficking, slavery

While many businesses across hospitality industry have been involved in campaigns to identify practices that lead to exploitation, Airbnb has no such official global programme yet.

Decades neglecting an ancient disease has triggered a global health alarm, including in India

The coming years will likely see further travel-related resistant cases related to this disease across the world.

Genetic clustering: Economic inequalities seem now in line with regional differences

People are becoming increasingly clustered by certain types of genetics. Europe offers increasing evidence of this.

Truth behind working-class students and academics avoiding top universities

When it comes to university choices, rather than focus on admissions trends, students would benefit if they interrogate institutional staff lists, biographies.

Data lakes: Where businesses store excess data and hackers have a field day

Data lakes are often considered a panacea for big data issues. But all it takes for hackers is to hide a dangerous virus within a harmless-looking file.

Freedom of thought is under attack. Here’s how to save your mind

To lose freedom of thought would be to lose something uniquely human.

Arrogance tarnished WTO’s international credibility. What replaces it will be even worse

In the absence of a surprising reversal from Donald Trump, the World Trade Organisation will cease to exist. More likely than not, it can never be revived

Trudeau’s election victory is a surprise to the world but not for Canadians

Canada’s Justin Trudeau had problems this election because he lost part of the progressive base that put him over the top in the 2015 federal elections.

NATO likely to declare space a war zone. This is how it could pan out

At an upcoming summit in early December, NATO is expected to declare space as a ‘warfighting domain’, partly in response to new developments in technology.

On Camera

Mamata’s ‘outside support’ push has many meanings. Does she want INDIA to pick TMC over Left?

TMC should worry about minority voters and how they view her ‘outside support’. Minorities are with the TMC but they have also watched Rahul Gandhi march across the country.

India’s GDP to grow at 6.9% in 2024 — UN agency revises its January projection of 6.2%

Latest report by UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs says global growth to be faster than estimated earlier & India’s 'robust performance' to boost South Asia’s growth.

Spain denies port call to vessel carrying shipment of ‘arms to Israel from India’

The Spanish foreign minister says 'the Middle East does not need more weapons, it needs more peace'. Spain has been very critical of Israel’s offensive in Gaza.

What’s common between Netflix Chamkila and Trudeau’s trouble-infested Canada? They don’t get Punjab

Even in the weeks leading up to Chamkila’s assassination there were massacres every other day. To airbrush all of this is sheer intellectual cowardice if not a crime.