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End of humanity?

With the gradual and inevitable integration of artificial intelligence, human civilization is undergoing unprecedented changes. The question of whether we are witnessing the final phase of genuine humanity has become…

Crimes against humanity

Noam Chomsky, the world-renowned scholar, author and activist, in a video message to a webinar organised by a Washington-based advocacy organisation named the Indian American Muslim Council observed “The pathology…

Kashmir: a sea of traumatized humanity

From a tourist’s lens, being born in Kashmir is a blessing to be cherished. To a Kashmiri, however, it equates to a lifelong imprisonment. From the moment a Kashmiri is…

Kashmir – a call to humanity

Kashmir cries. The world turns a deaf ear. The institutions play dumb. The governments prefer a blind eye. That has been the state of affairs for 70 years. What is…

Humanity dumbfounded against Coronavirus

It seems that the entire world has come to a standstill with uncertainty and fear ruling the roost. Even a light sneeze is enough to cause panic among people, who…

Humanity on profound trial

“Human Kind” and “Gentlemen” had become obsolete words in Pre-Corona era. Human beings were neither kind nor men / women were gentle to each other or to their habitat. The…

Champion for humanity

There are many dimensions to Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah, Aga Khan III’s demeanour in his public life. Born on the 2ndof November, 1877, Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah became the 48th…

Security without humanity

Shocking how little has been done to avert an entirely predictable catastrophic moral failure,” said Director General WHO Tedros Ghebreyesus. The vaccine grab is on. It is the survival of…

Humanity & the mob

WELL into the third decade of the 21st century, we slide inexorably towards mob rule. The lynching of a Sri Lankan factory manager in Sialkot was swiftly followed by an episode in…

Code red for humanity

The UN’s ‘Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’ (IPCC) has launched its Sixth Assessment Report (AR6), with the aim to provide a comprehensive assessment of the physical science of climate change.…