Global examples like #EU's RED-Alert, #US DARPA, & #Israel's predictive policing demonstrate #AI's role in counter-#terrorism. Can #India step up to build its own indigenous #AI models for enhanced CT capabilities? : Dr Soumya Awasthi or-f.org/34707

One step at a time…

Over 110,000 km of #OpticalFibreCable now links #China to #Gwadar via the #PoK, under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. With #Huawei’s Khunjerab-Rawalpindi line, #Beijing gains a secure alternative internet route, boosting footprint: Dr Soumya Awasthi or-f.org/35000

#Algorithms, initially designed for user engagement, have become enablers of #radicalisation. As states and non-state actors #weaponise the digital space, the #algorithm is a threat surface: Dr Soumya Awasthi or-f.org/35084

The Plot to Remove Modi… Coincidence or Global Conspiracy? 😱 When the IAF executed Operation Sindoor… Intelligence chatter hinted at a hidden Pakistani nuclear site.. possibly linked to secret U.S. stockpiles. And then… something strange happened. 🧵

#Terroristgroups use #AI to mass-produce tailored #propaganda, #deepfakes & encrypted #chatbots. Detection systems must evolve fast: Dr Soumya Awasthi or-f.org/35188

It’s high time India must invest in predictive analysis tools to counter rising use of AI by terrorists groups.

🎮 The #OnlineGamingBill2025 comes at a critical time. Beyond regulation & taxation, we must confront how extremists exploit gaming for recruitment, radicalisation & terror financing. I explore these risks in two pieces: 🔗 capsindia.org/wp-content/upl… 🔗 orfonline.org/expert-speak/g…

American Economist Jeffrey Sachs defends India better than Indian Opposition. Just hear him, he sounds more Indian than Rahul Gandhi

A very timely implemented Act by #GoI. In this short brief I discuss the reasons for the Act and how it can be implemented and Gaming industries could seek support of the government for ease of business. #OnlineGamingBill2025 #India

"Terrorists exploit gaming platforms to target digital natives" - Dr Soumya Awasthi, Fellow, ORF, says India has strengthened its legal framework with laws like UAPA, IT Act, and the new Online Gaming Bill 2025 to tackle technology-driven threats, though some gaps still remain

They fought, they bled, they conquered fear. From Abbakka Chowta to Kanaklata Barua — India’s unsung daughters who defied empires and carried the dream of freedom. Let’s remember the women who made history but were forgotten by it.

Indian Army Dropped a banger edit 🔥

.ORF hosted a discussion on 'Promoting Play, Protecting Society: Perspectives on the Online Gaming Act 2025' featuring Virag Gupta, Devhuti Bakshi, Dr Soumya Awasthi and Shravishtha Ajaykumar. The panel examined the intersecting risks of the Online Gaming Act 2025 with a

#Muttaqi’s visit to #Deoband is a political semiotics. The #Taliban are signalling independence from #Pakistan’s ideological orbit, seeking legitimacy through learning, not manipulation: Dr Soumya Awasthi or-f.org/35898

Clicking “sign” on an #onlinepetition may feel empowering. But you're often handing over personal #data such as name, phone, #Aadhaar, without real consent: Dr Soumya Awasthi & Sameer Patil, PhD or-f.org/35894

Clicking “sign” on an #onlinepetition may feel empowering. But you're often handing over personal #data such as name, phone, #Aadhaar, without real consent: Dr Soumya Awasthi & Sameer Patil, PhD or-f.org/35894

The #EchoLeak vulnerability (CVE-2025-32711) exposes how AI CoPilots like #Microsoft365 can become silent conduits for data theft and hybrid warfare: Dr Soumya Awasthi or-f.org/35940

By invoking #Deoband in #India, the #Taliban are not discovering new roots; they’re reclaiming old ones. This is theology returning to its birthplace, before #Pakistan’s deep state turned #Deobandism into an instrument of #war: Dr Soumya Awasthi or-f.org/35898

🚨🔻 Deputy Minister of Interior, Mawlawi Muhammad Nabi Omari's message to the Pakistani military regime: "If the Afghan tribes and nation once declare you an invader by religious decree, I swear by God, you will not find safety even up to the Indian border."