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Drones will soon decide who to kill0
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- April 12, 2018
Algorithms will soon be able to decide who to target. US Air Force Peter Lee, University of Portsmouth The US Army recently announced that it is developing the first drones that can spot and target vehicles and people using artificial intelligence (AI). This is a big step forward. Whereas current military drones are still controlled
Chargesheet in Rape and Murder of Minor in Kathua Details Plot With Communal Aim0
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- April 12, 2018
The chargesheet in the case was filed on Monday against eight people, including two special police officers. The Wire Staff April 12, 2018 New Delhi: The chargesheet in the gangrape and murder of an eight-year-old nomad girl in Jammu’s Kathua – filed on Monday amid protests by a group of lawyers who attempted to stop crime branch officials
Will Justice for Sahar be the Tipping Point for Pakistan’s Rule of Law?0
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- April 11, 2018
April 11, 2018 By Farva Rashid Minhas and Abbas Hussain After four long and painful years, the parents of Sahar Batool finally got a taste of justice last month. In 2014, their seven-year-old daughter, who belonged to the Hazara minority ethnic group in Balochistan province, was raped, murdered, and left on a pile of garbage in her hometown, Quetta. The
Prejudice Flares After Rape, Murder of Muslim Child in India0
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- April 11, 2018
Lawyers Try to Block Police from Filing Charges Against Hindu Suspects Meenakshi Ganguly South Asia Director mg2411 EXPAND Lawyers clash with police outside a courthouse in India’s Jammu and Kashmir state, April 9, 2018. © 2018 unknown/social media A heated scene outside a courthouse in India’s Jammu and Kashmir state unfolded yesterday, as lawyers physically attempted
India’s online news media fear state clampdown0
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- April 10, 2018
BJP-run government tasks committee with drawing up new regulations in run-up to crucial national election Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the media in New Delhi in January. Concerns are growing that his government intends to gag online media. (Photo by Prakash Singh/AFP) Umar Manzoor Shah, Srinagar India April 10, 2018 India’s federal government is planning to regulate
Protest over Bangladesh civil service quota turns violent 0
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- April 10, 2018
Police dispersal of Dhaka rally leaves 50 injured but students vow to step up opposition to ‘unfair and discriminatory’ system Policemen fire rubber bullets and blank shots to disperse students protesting against the civil service quota system in Dhaka on April 8. (ucanews.com photo) Stephan Uttom, Dhaka Bangladesh April 10, 2018 At least 50 people,
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Maldives: Can Indian Dornier fall into ‘wrong hands’?0
- Commentary
- April 10, 2018
N Sathiya Moorthy 10 April 2018 With a leading Indian newspaper reporting that India had long back offered a Dornier maritime surveillance aircraft to Maldives, but the host-nation had not responded in months/years, there should be greater concern about Male’s intent on the bilateral front, especially in terms of strategic and security cooperation in the
Assam’s ‘Man’ follow ‘PadMan’ to make low-cost sanitary pads2
- Commentary
- April 9, 2018
Suhail Mohammed 9/4/2018 The revolutionary movie “PadMan” has already had widespread tremors and its impacts can be felt along the length and breadth of the nation.Arunachalam Muruganantham would have never imagined that his invention would transcend geographical boundaries: from Tamil Nadu to Jammu Kashmir and now to Assam.Muruganantham was obsessed with making the
The Baloch and identity – How Pakistan dealt with the question of identities; Balochistan and Gwadar Port0
- Commentary
- April 9, 2018
Pakistan as a post-colonial state has deployed two forms of reductionism against identities. One is identity disregard entailing either ignoring or neglecting them altogether. Second is singular affiliation which takes the form of assuming that particular person preeminently belongs to one collectivity only while subsuming all others. Both are toxic, incitement to ignore all affiliations
The Art of War in Global Politics: Whither South Asia?0
- Commentary
- April 9, 2018
Abu Sufian Shamrat The art of war is of vital importance to the state. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence it is a subject of inquiry which can on no account be neglected (Sun Tzu). However, the history of art of war roots back
FARMERS UNREST INDICATE CLASS CONFLICT BETWEEN ORGANISED & UNORGANISED PEOPLE IN INDIA0
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- April 9, 2018
N.S. Venkataraman 9/4/2018 Due to the rapid spread of visual media, around 25% of the Indians living below poverty line and another 40% of Indians living marginally above the poverty line are now becoming increasingly aware of the difference between their lifestyle and living conditions and those belonging to higher income group. Amongst the
Not just for Ranil, for others too, taste of the pudding is only in the eating…0
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- April 9, 2018
by Sathiya Moorthy Colombo 8 April 2018 Now that the no-trust vote is behind Parliament and nation, and the victors are savouring their achievement and losers licking the wounds that they had inflicted on themselves without much thought, it is back to the political back-tracks, the good old way. It means, sharing of the spoils
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From Survival to Sustainable Development: Overcoming Challenges for Achieving a Just World. Friday, May 11th 2018 at the Asian University for Women in Chittagong, Bangladesh To be held at the Radisson Hotel, Chittagong By all accounts, the earth’s people have never had it better—we live longer and healthier and more productive lives than any time