The same generative AI that allows criminals to craft perfect phishing emails in Sinhala (or Hindi, Bangla and Urdu) or clone a Chief Financial Officer's voice from a YouTube clip, can also detect those emails before they reach an inbox and flag that voice as synthetic before a payment is authorised. The technology exists. The question is whether South Asia's institutions will deploy it in time.
Artificial intelligence has the potential to transform border surveillance, maritime security, intelligence gathering, missile defense, logistics, and cyber warfare. In a country facing simultaneous challenges from China and Pakistan, AI-driven systems could substantially improve decision-making speed and operational efficiency. Conversely, the absence of such capabilities could expose critical weaknesses during future crises.
Companies are beginning to realise that AI may not merely deliver incremental improvements of five or ten percent. In some workflows, it may produce tenfold or even hundredfold gains in speed and efficiency. That is the speed businesses are now trying to capture. The race is no longer about experimenting with AI; it is about integrating AI into operational systems before competitors do.
South Asia’s future depends on reliable infrastructure and trustworthy public services. Artificial intelligence—especially advanced technologies such as Graph Attention Networks—offers governments a powerful tool to reduce corruption in procurement, improve healthcare delivery, strengthen energy security and enhance public trust.
India's IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, whose ministry has had a running war with a recalcitrant Google, has said removal of offensive posts by social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram and Google in pursuance of the new IT rules is a "big step towards transparency"
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Facebook took down over 30 million content pieces across 10 violation categories and Instagram took action against about two million pieces across nine categories during May 15-June 15 in the country, the social media giant said in its maiden monthly compliance report as mandated by the Indian IT rules
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UAE's second flag carrier Etihad Airways has extended its ‘Verified To Fly’ travel document initiative, enabling travelers to validate their Covid-19 travel documents before arriving at the airport, to routes across its global network
Brazil has announced the suspension of the $324 million contract to buy 20 million doses of Bharat Biotech's anti-COVID-19 vaccine, Covaxin, some media reports said
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Indian bicycle maker Hero Cycles has delivered its first batch of Made in India e-bikes of around 200 units to Germany
In a major boost to the export of the exotic fruit, originally not grown in India, a consignment of the fibre and mineral-rich dragon fruit has been exported to Dubai, UAE
The Serum institute of India, which started manufacturing the first batch of Novavax's Covid-19 vaccine in India under the name Covavax, said "a new milestone has been reached"
Nepal produces roughly 31500 tonnes of raw soybean, not enough to fulfill its own domestic demand, yet Nepali traders exported nearly 246300 tonnes of processed soybean to India, making it the most exported commodity of the country
Reliance Industries will fulfill the $15 billion oil deal with Saudi Aramco - the Saudi Arabian Oil Company - this year, Mukesh Ambani said at the 44th Annual General Meeting of Reliance Industries on Thursday
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Reliance Industries chief Mukesh Ambani, India's richest man and one of the world's wealthiest, Thursday said that the group exceeded performance expectations despite the pandemic, but what mattered most was the humanitarian service provided by the group during the crisis in the country
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