When AI takes over, India will emerge as most influential civilisation: Report

IANS | November 4, 2025 9:22 PM

New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS) When machines or artificial intelligence (AI) replace human effort, humanity would be forced inward, seeking meaning rather than material survival, and in that world, India -- not China or the West -- could emerge as the most influential civilisation through its millennia-long engagement with the nature of consciousness, according to a new report.

ICC bans Haris Rauf for two games over Asia Cup misconduct

IANS | November 4, 2025 9:14 PM

Dubai, Nov 4 (IANS) Pakistan pacer Haris Rauf has been handed a two-match suspension and will miss the next two ODIs against South Africa for violating the ICC Code of Conduct during the final clash against India on September 28 in the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Asia Cup, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced here on Tuesday.

Balochistan's struggle is human rights crisis that demands world's attention

IANS | November 4, 2025 9:05 PM

Quetta, Nov 4 (IANS) Balochistan’s struggle is not a fringe conflict, it is a human rights crisis that demands attention. The forced labour, the disappearances, the land seizures — these are crimes against people who have asked for nothing more than control over their own lives and resources. Several analysts reckon that the Pakistani military and government must be held accountable for what they have done to Balochistan.

Bangladesh: NCP setting preconditions for Feb election exposes growing insecurity

IANS | November 4, 2025 8:57 PM

Dhaka, Nov 4 (IANS) With Bangladesh's national election scheduled for February 2026, the National Citizen Party (NCP) has displayed its unwillingness for polls without securing complete impunity for its political coup during last year’s July uprising. The actions and remarks of leaders in the NCP exposed the party’s growing insecurity in the political game.