The labour codes remain grossly inadequate in addressing issues plaguing female labour participation in India. My piece in @ttindia, Fifth Column, edit-page, today.
@leo_mukherjee@prasunch@SwachchhasilaB
OPINION | In India, the female labour force is largely concentrated in the informal sector with 95% (around 195 million) of women working in informal jobs https://t.co/Cb52XmZe6C
You all are uploading your photos to ChatGPT for a silly trend? Are you all not aware how desperate these AI companies are for this data? Are you not aware that OpenAI and other such AI companies are selling their services to defence departments of countries who are waging wars? Are you not aware that your data will be used to train their models for facial recognition? Are you not aware that various governments, including the union and state governments in India, and its police departments are weaponising facial recognition to surveil citizens?
"Sorry I'm a man and I am saying this"
Never before has a politician spoken about the incessant control the men of this country exercise on the lives of women in their own homes and how patriarchy has kept them out of any conversation. Prime Minister.
In 2026, four Asian nations achieved upper-middle-income status, including Vietnam and the Philippines, while India didnât, by a wide margin. @livemint
The Independent Scientific Panel on AI has just released its first assessment on the promises & risks of artificial intelligence.
The message is clear: The more AI advances without shared rules, the less say governments & people will have in the outcome.
I urge countries not to wait.
https://t.co/ijL4NrPnPo