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  A time to read, a time to remember Prof Abu Mahmud

  Afsan Chowdhury | Updated at 12:00am on May 29, 2019

  READING to review a book of this kind is not easy but as it belongs to a past almost lost. This is particularly so when...

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  The US-China decoupling

  | Updated at 12:00am on May 29, 2019

  The long, dense economic relationship appears to have passed its peak, writes Patrick Lawrence PRESIDENT Donald Trump’s trade war with China is swiftly taking a...

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  Modi’s credo of divide and rule

  | Updated at 12:00am on May 29, 2019

  India is following an international trend: with the victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party, a party succeeds which can clearly be located on the extreme...

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  Towards an anti-fascist AI

  by Dan McQuillan | Updated at 12:00am on May 28, 2019

  COMPUTERS are essentially just faster collections of vacuum tubes. How can they emulate human activities like recognising faces or assessing criminality?Think about a least squares...

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  Are rare earths China’s ultimate weapon?

  by F William Engdahl | Updated at 12:00am on May 28, 2019

  IN THE dramatic escalation of tariff escalations and trade war tensions between China and the USA, China President Xi Jinping made a well-timed visit to...

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  India politics: not a time to agonise

  by John Samuel | Updated at 12:00am on May 28, 2019

  POLITICS is not a rational enterprise. Electoral politics in India is about how well a political party or an alliance manages the perceptions, identity and...

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  Let period be the last reason to miss school

  by Samia Mallik and Shahrukh Mirza | Updated at 12:00am on May 28, 2019

  THE first time 16-year-old Sumaiya had her period, she was very frightened. She ran home from school, wondering if she was ill, and whether she...

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  India under ‘charismatic authoritarianism’?

  by K M Seethi | Updated at 12:00am on May 28, 2019

  THE ultra-Right Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance’s resounding victory in the 17th Lok Sabha elections in India has surprised many, even within the NDA...

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  How many times must Assange be proven right?

  | Updated at 12:00am on May 27, 2019

  The espionage charges against Assange bear out what he has been saying and should open ears to what he has also said about the non-Russian...

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  Modi won. Has India?

  by Ashraf Jehangir Qazi | Updated at 12:00am on May 27, 2019

  MODI’S repeat landslide victory has taken India by storm and the world by surprise. It is not a good omen for India and its neighbourhood,...