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#YoungVoices | #GenAI investment is booming, but adoption remains uneven. While organisational #AI use surged in 2024, many firms continue to struggle to turn pilots into measurable business value and long-term transformation: @IshitaDeshmukh8 https://t.co/dTJ0hssQy4

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#India’s photovoltaic module capacity has surged 17-fold in 8 years. #Solar manufacturing expansion coinciding with record losses among leading Chinese PV firm underscores a sharp divergence in sectoral trajectories and reveals global supply-chain rebalancing dynamics: @antaragsingh https://t.co/BcroYTiYxm #China

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Rising tensions around the Strait of #Hormuz have exposed the fragility of global energy supply chains, underscoring how critical maritime chokepoints and #OceanGovernance are to sustaining energy security and trade stability: Khaled EL Sakty https://t.co/0NIrlRvi1E

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As the #OceanEconomy expands amid climate shocks, technological change, and supply-chain disruptions, inclusive #OceanGovernance must place the tropical majority at the centre of decision-making rather than treating it as a passive policy recipient: Alfredo Giron https://t.co/eQuqeYWaaW

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India’s coastal economies drive trade, fisheries, and livelihoods—but they are increasingly vulnerable to sea-level rise and extreme weather. A new coastal urbanism is urgently needed: @dddorf https://t.co/wlVTwXB4Rz #CoastalCities #ClimateChange #ClimateAdaptation

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Women make up 60% of #India's agricultural workforce and perform nearly 80% of farming tasks — yet only 14% are recognised as operational holders. Without land titles, they're locked out of crop insurance. Policy must correct this disparity: Manjushree Banerjee https://t.co/VqATwVlqUG #Agriculture #CropInsurance

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Russian analysts view the #Trump-#Xi summit not as a breakthrough, but as a strategic truce. The meeting reinforced the reality that #US-#China competition has become systemic, long-term, and deeply tied to the emerging global order: @AlexisZakharov https://t.co/BnzJ0WJsjB

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The Eastern Maritime Corridor (EMC) is more than a shipping route—it is #India’s strategic bridge between the #IndoPacific and the Russian Far East, reshaping regional trade and maritime #geopolitics: @ray_basu73602 & Sreerupa Basu https://t.co/lzY41u1EXS #MaritimeTrade #Russia #Connectivity

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Airpower promises precision and low-cost coercion, but history—from the Balkans to #Ukraine—shows its limits. Wars are rarely decided from the air alone. When stakes are existential, states still turn to ground warfare and accept heavy losses to achieve political objectives: @KartikBommakan1 https://t.co/hxrIsM2oEJ #Geopolitics #Defence #NationalSecurity

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Seychelles demonstrates how #BlueEconomy strategies can align #ClimateFinance with ocean stewardship, using blue bonds, debt-for-nature swaps and marine protection to transform natural capital into long-term economic and environmental resilience: Malshini Senaratne https://t.co/NKI2VMkanI

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#Spain has emerged as the most outspoken #NATO critic of the #US-#Israel war with #Iran. By opposing the strikes on legal grounds, denying the use of US bases, and invoking the lessons of Iraq, Madrid has highlighted the limits of alliance solidarity and the enduring role of national interests: Abhishek Khajuria https://t.co/RCWYJ0cRIU

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Pakistan-backed narco-terror networks are increasingly targeting J&K’s youth through drug smuggling, drones, and local trafficking networks. The 100-day Nasha Mukt Abhiyan seeks to counter both addiction and terror financing through enforcement, awareness, and community action: @wani_ayjaz https://t.co/i3EJrzaHpF #JammuAndKashmir #Narcotics #Terrorism #Security

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Chinese scholars see the #Trump–#Xi summit as evidence that Beijing has moved from “surviving” #US pressure to “managing” relations with Washington. The key phrase emerging from the meeting—“constructive strategic stability”—has become central to #China’s narrative of great-power coexistence: Manoj Joshi https://t.co/lyogKKI5qh

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From the #G20 Common Framework to the #UN’s Sevilla Commitment, #debt governance is evolving, but key structural challenges persist, including creditor fragmentation, unclear rules, and limited private-sector participation: @lavanya_mani https://t.co/jUN1l2pHoP

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#Claude #Mythos Preview has turned #AI security from a future concern into an immediate policy challenge. In #SouthKorea, fears over AI-enabled cyberattacks are driving tighter oversight of banks, telecoms, and critical infrastructure—while reigniting debate on sovereign AI and technological dependence: @AVIRAL96 https://t.co/9lunML67no

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The #Hormuz blockade is exposing a hidden vulnerability in #CriticalMinerals supply chains: sulphur. As Gulf exports shrink, disruptions to lithium and cobalt processing could reverberate across global EV and battery markets: Veer Puri https://t.co/bOfIx9scYo

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Asia and the Pacific sit at the heart of global shipping, but maritime corridors remain governed primarily for transit, not development. Treating sea lanes as shared infrastructure can help distribute the benefits, costs, and risks of trade more equitably: Bambang Brodjonegoro https://t.co/v8xMqJ1CH7 #OceanGovernance #MaritimeTrade #Connectivity

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Pakistan's long-standing bet on a friendly Taliban government has unravelled. A permissive geopolitical environment, the TTP challenge, disputes over the Durand Line, and Afghanistan's outreach to India have pushed former partners into open confrontation: @Shivam05S & Maiwand Safi https://t.co/Gx9jbMajjR #Afghanistan #Pakistan #Geopolitics

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NFHS-6 shows #India’s Social Determinants of Health (SDH) story: gains in nutrition, schooling, water, sanitation, electricity, clean fuel, financial inclusion and health coverage. But progress is uneven; quality and continuity now matter as much as coverage: @oommen https://t.co/Apt3X2i0Yz #Healthcare #HealthPolicy

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As climate change reshapes routes and geopolitical tensions choke key straits, #MaritimeGovernance is failing to keep pace with the geography that underpins 80 percent of global trade: Matthias Catón https://t.co/Zj0l3FoHQa