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File photo: Former Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Girish Chandra Murmu gestures as he assumes the office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India, in New Delhi on August 8, 2020.

Who is Girish Chandra Murmu, CAG and trusted aide of PM Modi since Gujarat days?

Hundreds of ethnic Serbs carry a giant Serbian flag through the town of Zvecan, in northern Kosovo, on May 31.

Explained | What is the Kosovo-Serbia conflict all about? Why have tensions flared again?

The Department of Telecommunications aims “to use facial recognition-based indigenous and NextGen platform called Artificial Intelligence and Facial Recognition powered Solution for Telecom SIM Subscriber Verification to analyse the whole subscriber base of all telecom service providers”.

Explained | Will facial recognition AI tools help detect telecom fraud?

Move Forward Party leader and prime ministerial candidate Pita Limjaroenrat (centre L) and Pheu Thai Party leader Cholanan Srikaew (centre R) hold a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed by eight Thai political parties agreeing to form a new government, in Bangkok on May 22, 2023.

Explained | Does the 2023 Thailand election result mark the start of a new era? Who will form the government?

Linda Yaccarino | Twitter’s ‘velvet hammer’

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Explained | What is the PoSH Act and why has the Supreme Court flagged lapses in its implementation?

The DGCA issued GoFirst a showcause notice for its “failure to continue the operation of the service in a safe, efficient and reliable manner”.

Explained | The troubles of India’s aviation industry

A view of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, DC. United States Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned on June 1 that the country could default on its debt as early as June 1 if a deal is not reached in Congress to hike the debt ceiling. (Image for representation)

Explained | What is the stalemate over the U.S. debt ceiling and what happens if the government defaults?

File photo: European Union flags fly outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, March 1, 2023.

Explained | Why is the EU’s carbon border tax worrying other countries including India?

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Explained | What is the EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act and how does it plan to rein in tech like ChatGPT?

Police officers guard the proposed site of the Nuclear Power Project near Jaitapur in 2011.

Explained | What are the ambiguities in India’s nuclear liability law?

The Hindu explains what the EU’s new crypto-legislation is. Image for representational purposes only.

Explained | What is the EU’s new crypto-legislation?

DNA helix model (Image for representation only)

Explained | What is genome sequencing and why does the Genome India Project matter?

Ajay Banga | World Bank’s face of change