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Earlier this month, the company that brings us ChatGPT announced its partnership with California-based weapons company, Anduril, to produce AI weapons. The OpenAI-Anduril system, which was tested in California at the end of November, permits the sharing of data between…

After the historic 16th BRICS summit held in October 2024, three African States Algeria, Nigeria and Uganda, among others in Europe (Belarus and Turkey), Asia and Latin America, recognizably became BRICS+ partner states. In total, thirteen countries received BRICS partner…

Japan has its sights set on renewable energy producing 40 to 50 percent of its electricity by 2040, with another 20 percent coming from nuclear power, according to a new draft of its basic energy policy. By Cristen Hemingway Jaynes Japan is the second-largest liquefied natural gas (LNG)…

Guwahati: The curtain came down for the Pragjyotishpur Literature Festival 2024 at Madhavdev International Auditorium of the Srimanta Sankaradeva Kalakshetra premises in the prehistoric city of northeast India. The venue… The closing ceremony also witnessed the presentation of Pragjyotishpur LitFest…

Geneva: Pakistan, even though there is no war, continues to lose media persons to assailants. The South Asian nation witnessed the 12th journo-victim within the 12 months of 2024. Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body,…

We publish here the introductory words to the 7 December meeting of the World Humanist Forum – held virtually – expressed by Antonio Carvallo in his condition as a member of the Promotion Team: “Dear friends. As we know, the…

Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma will grace a spectacular cultural event, organized by Valmiki Sangeet Vidyalaya, on Sunday (8 December 2024) in the city. Titled Samatar Chandere Jivanar Joigaan (Joy of Living with Rhythm of Equality) ,…

A Conversation with Tulsi Sigdel, Base Team Delegate for the 3rd World March The World March for Peace and Nonviolence came to Nepal in 2009, 2019 and, lately in 2024, bringing its message of humanizing the earth by ending all…

Geneva: The Press Emblem Campaign (PEC) annual prize 2024 for the protection of journalists was awarded to Palestinian journalist Iyad Alasttal on 20 November. Since 7 October last year, more than 150 Palestinian and Lebanese journalists have been killed, which…

As the voting for by-polls in six assembly constituencies of Assam and Meghalaya, obliged to fill up the vacant seats after all the legislators shifted their focus to national politics, concluded peacefully on 13 November evening, the debates surfaced if…