[ad_1] Artificial intelligence (AI) going rogue has been the stuff of dystopic science fiction. Could fiction be giving way to fact, with several AI models reportedly disobeying explicit instructions to shut down when a third-party tester asked them to? On a recent test done by Palisade Research, the most glaring refusenik belonged to OpenAI, with…
[ad_1] New Delhi: The Centre plans to ban the sale, manufacture, import, and distribution of 37 antimicrobial medicines used to boost animal growth and yield. The plan is to check the effect of antibiotic resistance in humans, which is transferred through the consumption of milk, meat, eggs, and other dairy products. Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) occurs…
[ad_1] Milan: India accords a high priority to the free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Union (EU), and a deal is achievable by the year-end given the shared urgency, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Tuesday. Speaking at a conference on âcross border collaboration for future resilienceâ on the sidelines of the Asian Development…
[ad_1] Canadaâs Liberal Party has won a fourth consecutive national election in a race that largely came down to which party would better stand up to US President Donald Trump. âWe are over the shock of American betrayal,” Mark Carney, a former central banker and the leader of the Liberal Party, said in a victory…
[ad_1] In response, both Canada and Mexico have announced retaliatory tariffs on key US industries, while Trump has vowed to impose âreciprocal” tariffs on âeverybody across the board.” Also Read: Truth or dare: Close the deficit in clarity over the impact of Trumpâs tariffs Since no other country wields as much influence over the world…
[ad_1] Shaktikanta Das, who recently retired as Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor, was appointed as a principal secretary to the Prime Minister, making him the second most important government bureaucrat in the country. Just as retired judges taking up political appointments is perceived as undermining judicial independence, post-retirement appointments of central bank governors could…
[ad_1] To be sure, progress on Indiaâs FTA with the European Union has not been insubstantial. Both sides have committed themselves to signing it by the end of this calendar year. When it happens, it will be the worldâs largest deal of its kind. A trade pact between both sides will not just strengthen our…
[ad_1] As international conflicts go, none did so little to disrupt the global order as the âwhisky wars” that pitted Canada against Denmark for four decades. Flaring up in 1984, the unlikely spat involved a one-square-kilometre island in the middle of an icy Arctic channel marking the border between Greenland (now a self-ruling part of…
[ad_1] New Delhi: The government body charged with setting quality standards for drugs has launched a review of the safety and efficacy norms for 13 commonly used but âvery oldâ drugs and asked pharmaceutical companies to submit their manufacturing licence approval letters. The Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC), part of the Drugs Controller General of India,…
[ad_1] How are these disruptions likely to affect India? Three disruptive moves in particular need to be taken into consideration in this regardâon immigration, trade and tariff policy, and foreign policy. Also Read: Harsh Pant: Trumpâs foreign policy recast poses a challenge that India cannot avoid Attacking immigration was Trumpâs first major move. He had…
