By proving that progress does not depend on massive resources, this development offers hope that AI can be a tool for everyone — not just the few with billions to spend
The key test for India's 'mult-alignment' approach is whether it is using its newfound elbow room to pursue naked interest, or whether there is what the doctrine says there should be — a moral stance as well as a rational one. When pressed, can Indian diplomats and other spokespersons present a narrative that reflects India’s values as much as it reflects India’s interests?
Sarjan Shah writes: It was till recently a swing state, as described by Samuel Huntington, keen to economically engage with Europe. The West squandered an opportunity, pushing it into China’s arms
Indian economy will truly recover only if the stimulus from the government is matched by a willingness across the length and breadth of the private sector to put the interest of the ‘system’ above their own narrower and shorter-term self-interests
Whether Soleimani’s past makes him a likely war criminal or not, the US cannot abrogate to itself the right to mete out drone-delivered justice, and so, any arguments in favour of an ethical justification for the assassination based on his past are empty.
Only in the creation of long-term order, can we ever hope to have truly substantive justice for the people of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh, who, I can say with the utmost conviction, are better off with us than they ever could be with our dear neighbours.
