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India tests digital systems for biggest ever census

NEW DELHI, Nov 7 (AFP): India is trialling mobile software systems as it prepares to conduct the world's largest -- and first fully digital -- population census in 2027. The upcoming census will be the country's first since 2011 and will, for the first time since independence, register people's castes

“Within 24 hours…”: Trump again claims he stopped India-Pak conflict…

United States President Donald Trump has once again claimed that he used trade tariffs to stop a potential large-scale war

AI Agents Threaten Free Societies

Advocates of safer, ethical technologies need to help the public come to terms with what AI agents are and how

New York elects leftist mayor on big election night for…

New Yorkers elected young leftist Zohran Mamdani as their next mayor Tuesday and Democrats won two key state governor races

India launches mass overhaul of voter rolls

India launched a revision of its voter rolls Tuesday, expanding a contentious exercise that activists warn could fuel disenfranchisement in

Sri Lanka ends free distribution of plastic shopping bags

Sri Lanka's Central Environmental Authority (CEA) announced that, under a new regulation effective from Nov. 1, 2025, plastic shopping bags

How Many More Cloud Scares Does Europe Need?

From storing and backing up data to powering and deploying AI systems, “the cloud” underpins the digital economy. But control

What COP30 Must Do

At the same time, developing countries hold vast, often untapped, potential to drive the global energy transition, safeguard food systems,

The Big Lie Behind Trump’s Boat Strikes

This is the magic of the Big Lie, as Hitler explained in Mein Kampf: Tell a whopper so outrageous that people simply

Can China Meet Its Massive Climate-Finance Needs?

NEW DELHI – Discussions about climate finance often focus on the most vulnerable countries, such as small island developing states