India focusing on AI for good amid US-China rivalry

IANS | March 4, 2026 5:52 PM

New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) While the US and China are locked in an intense rivalry in the AI race to gain a dominant position in the world, countries such as India, Indonesia, and Vietnam are eyeing the frontier technology with the more modest objective of meeting their developmental goals and maintaining digital autonomy, according to an article.

Poverty, inequality on the rise in Pakistan

IANS | March 4, 2026 4:56 PM

New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) Both inequality and poverty have increased in Pakistan during the last six years, a report released by the country's Planning Commission clearly indicated.

EU-India FTA comes as strategic hedge amid new world order

IANS | March 4, 2026 3:29 PM

New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) The successful conclusion of the negotiations on the EU-India Free Trade Agreement (FTA) comes against the backdrop of the dramatic shift in the global strategic environment, which led to a stepping up of efforts by the two sides to recalibrate the bilateral economic partnership, according to an article published by the European Policy Centre (EPC).