In 2018, India produced 10 times more patents than it did in 2012. However, it still ranks 10th globally among AI patent producing countries. India’s AI maturity stands at 2.45 out of 4, suggesting that we have a long way to go to become a global AI leader.

Hailed as the largest women's network in the world with over 4.48 million members, Kudumbashree has contributed immensely to women's empowerment and self-reliance, bringing about significant transformation in Kerala's socio-economic and cultural setting.

We need to be vigilant and technologically empower the armed forces to deal with the inimical contingencies. Certainly, the doctrine of Salami Slices is expected to continue as a tried and tested mechanism with a high and coercive hegemonic content in the Chinese playbook as a pan-global phenomenon.

Nepotism, the creation of large circles of the family clan and giving them a free hand in accumulating wealth at the cost of deterioration of national wealth and economic stability - has been the main contributor to the mess in Sri Lanka perpetrated by the Rajapaksa brothers and their lust for money and power.