Games Saw it Coming: Decoding Generative AI Controversy Through the Lens of Play

Artificial intelligence, particularly its generative variant, is rapidly transitioning from a futuristic concept to a present-day disruptor across industries. While it feels like welcome progress when „the algorithm” develops a knack for predicting our …

SC Issues Lookout For Russian Woman Who Disappears With Son, Spy Links Under Lens

In a striking cross-border custody dispute, the Supreme Court of India has issued a lookout circular for Victoria Basu, a Russian national accused of absconding with her five-year-old son amid a pending divorce case with her Indian husband, Saikat Basu. …

Celebi, barred from Indian airports, has been under security lens for long

Celebi, the Turkish multinational ground handling agency (GHA), whose security clearance to operate in Indian airports was revoked by the Centre during the India-Pakistan conflict, has been in the crosshairs of security agencies for almost a decade, …

Bribery complaint puts cops under lens

Complainant submits audio-visual evidence of police extorting money under guise of enforcing tobacco sale laws; Commission seeks detailed report by Sep 10 The Karnataka State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has ordered an inquiry into allegations of …

True Crime (1) Killer behind the lens

Have you ever imagined what it would be to get a glimpse of someone’s final moments, before life slips away? It’s a disturbing thought, but death makes headlines. In 1982, a South Korean photographer was consumed by the desire to witness and capture death. …

Conversion racket: ED raids Chhangur Baba’s network in UP, Mumbai; Rs 100 crore foreign funding under lens

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted searches at 14 locations linked to Chhangur Baba, the alleged mastermind of a religious conversion syndicate, following a PMLA case. These searches, spanning Balrampur and Mumbai, uncovered a suspected Rs 100- …

Through the Lens: Malaysia's Mahathir turns 100 and Japan's emperor visits Mongolia

Mahathir Mohamad, one of the world's oldest living former heads of government, celebrates his 100th birthday. Born in 1925, he entered politics in the 1940s and twice served as Malaysia's prime minister, first for a 22-year term from 1981 and then …

Bihar polls: PAC lens on EC’s SIR drive, fake ID cards

PAC lens on EC’s SIR drive, fake ID cards

Through the Lens: Photographs And Memories

First before I begin my story, it is important for you to know that I can’t carry a tune in a bucket these days. I will also tell you that back in the late sixties I was the lead singer in a local group known as the Military Comb. Our name was a reference …