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Friday, August 29, 2025
TopicWorld Economic Forum

Topic: World Economic Forum

How Gulf nations are preparing youth for the jobs of tomorrow

Quality education is a high priority for 81 per cent of youth in the Middle East, where the 'action gap' between its importance and the engagement to address it is narrower than globally.

How Japan is boosting its disaster preparedness

As climate change continues to increase the frequency and intensity of natural disasters, Japan’s proactive approach offers a powerful model for building communities that are more resilient when disaster hits.

Disinformation campaigns are getting stronger. We must go beyond educating youth

Media and information literacy efforts remain fragmented. Most initiatives focus on formal education, leaving significant gaps in adult and lifelong learning.

Why it is challenging to bridge the generation gap

Research shows that while different generations generally perceive each other positively, they feel that they are disliked by the other.

AI can help build a healthier world. Here is how

To harness the power of AI for global health, institutional funders and governments need to adopt four key principles.

Aviation is a tough industry to decarbonise. It’s a chicken-and-egg problem

Prices for sustainable aviation fuel are two to three times higher than jet fuel. However, it will be hard to boost production and reduce costs without reaching greater scale.

Security systems are failing to detect deepfakes. ‘Trust but verify’ no longer works

Deepfake attacks have evolved into precision weapons targeting corporate operations—a threat for which most organisations remain dangerously unprepared.

AI’s most important architects can be neurodivergent people. Here is why

Neurodivergent voices are often excluded from policy discussions because their needs are seen as too complex or niche. But when they share lived experiences, they make these needs visible to policy-makers.

There is a global teacher shortage. How fintech can help tackle it

Teachers are leaving the profession for a myriad of reasons, including high stress levels, burnout, lack of support, heavy workloads, challenging working conditions, and financial strain.

What smoking can teach sustainability—design works where guilt doesn’t

We need systems that reward low-emission lifestyles, nudge people toward sustainable meals, and normalise pride rather than shame in acting for the planet.

On Camera

Mohan Bhagwat’s U-turn on ‘retire at 75’ is a Hindu succession problem

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has backtracked on his retirement rules. The ‘75-year rule’ was applied selectively to sideline some leaders, but it doesn’t apply to the top brass.

Easy loans, uneasy ‘debt traps’. Women harassed by private lenders ask ‘who will restore lost dignity?’

A public meeting, where the women voiced their protest, took place this month in Delhi, grounded on the findings of an AIDWA survey, covering 9,000 women borrowers.

Post-Sindoor, joint doctrine tasks Special Forces with fighting info warfare & countering propaganda

Joint Doctrine for Special Forces Operations, released Wednesday, also outlines plans for the future expansion of AFSOD and the creation of Joint Service Training Institutes.

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.