Governance + Institutions

National conclave at Vigyan Bhawan deliberates on implementation of National Cooperation Policy 2025 to realise 'Sahkar Se Samriddhi

At Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi, the Ministry of Cooperation and Tribhuvan Sahkari University hosted a National Conclave titled “Implementation Pathways for National Cooperation Policy 2025 and the Way Forward.” Union Minister of State for Cooperation Krishan Pal Gurjar said the new policy is meant to turn the cooperative sector into a second engine of national growth by accelerating inclusive development, energising the rural economy, and contributing to India’s goal of becoming a developed country by 2047. He stressed that the policy was crafted through an extensive consultative process (17 meetings and four regional workshops led by a 48-member national committee) and rests on pillars such as strengthening cooperative foundations, expanding cooperative structures, building a vibrant business ecosystem, professional and transparent management, member-centric governance, expansion into new sectors, and youth participation. Gurjar highlighted ongoing institutional reforms aligned with the policy: transforming over 80,000 Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) into multi-functional, computerised, business-oriented units; creating “Tribhuvan” Sahkari University; rolling out a National Cooperative Database and Cooperative Ranking Framework; and launching initiatives like Bharat Taxi and “White Revolution 2.0.” Ministry Secretary Ashish Kumar Bhutani underscored decentralised storage via PACS and fair prices for farmers as priorities. Other speakers, including Economic Advisory Council Chair S. Mahendra Dev and RBI board member Satish Marathe, called for tripling the cooperative sector’s contribution to GDP and said cooperatives are the most effective vehicle for affordable last-mile credit. The conclave organised thematic sessions on digital public infrastructure, cooperative credit and banking, member education, and gender and youth participation, and is intended to guide institutional reforms and state-level policies under the Cooperation Ministry’s new framework.

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Govt launches Work Integrated Learning Policy to boost youth employability

Namibia’s government has launched a National Work Integrated Learning Policy 2025–2030 to formalise and expand work placements, apprenticeships and industry partnerships in order to tackle youth unemployment and better align education with labour-market needs.

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Israel passes law to give death penalty to Palestinians convicted of lethal attacks | Israel

Israel’s parliament approved legislation establishing capital punishment as the default sentence for Palestinians in the occupied West Bank who are found by military courts to have intentionally carried out deadly attacks deemed acts of terrorism. The law allows death sentences to be imposed by simple majority, without a prosecution request and with significantly restricted avenues for appeal or clemency for Palestinians tried under occupation. Those sentenced will be held in segregated facilities with sharply limited visits and are to be executed within 90 days of sentencing; public broadcaster KAN reported executions would be by hanging. The measure was championed by far‑right national security minister Itamar Ben‑Gvir, who has worn a noose‑shaped lapel pin and publicly floated hanging, the electric chair or “euthanasia” as methods. Israel historically has almost never used the death penalty, with Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann’s 1962 execution the last confirmed case. UN human rights experts, the EU’s diplomatic service, and European governments including Britain, France, Germany and Italy warned the law violates the right to life, risks amounting to torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment, and singles out Palestinians in a way that entrenches “institutionalised discrimination and racist violence,” according to the Association for Civil Rights in Israel, which has appealed to the Supreme Court. Israeli military officials and ministries have cautioned that the measure may breach international humanitarian and human rights law and could expose Israeli personnel to criminal liability abroad. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu voted for the law but it remains subject to possible review by Israel’s Supreme Court. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas denounced the statute as an illegal attempt to intimidate Palestinians that will not deter their pursuit of self‑determination and statehood.

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Exiled Intelligence Expert Andrei Soldatov Jailed 4 Years in Absentia for Breaking ‘Foreign Agent’ Law

A Moscow court sentenced exiled investigative journalist Andrei Soldatov in absentia to four years in a medium‑security penal colony for alleged repeated violations of Russia’s “foreign agent” law and involvement with an “undesirable” organization, continuing the Kremlin’s use of administrative and criminal law to silence critics abroad.

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ED moves Delhi HC against acquittal of AAP’s Kejriwal in January over skipping summons

India’s Enforcement Directorate has appealed to the Delhi High Court to overturn a trial court’s January acquittal of former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on charges of criminally disobeying summons under IPC Section 174 in the agency’s liquor policy money‑laundering probe, challenging the lower court’s finding that email service of summons was invalid and non‑appearance not proven intentional.

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You are asking for FIR in nearly half century old issue ': Delhi court to complainant while hearing Sonia Gandhi's voter list inclusion case

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Man charged with murder of Denis Donaldson

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Man (49) appears in court charged with murder of former IRA member and MI5 spy Denis Donaldson

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Digital Society

Explained: Why OpenAI is retreating from ‘erotic’ ChatGPT?

According to this analysis, OpenAI has abandoned plans to roll out an explicit “erotic mode” for ChatGPT (internally called “Citron mode”), which CEO Sam Altman had floated in October 2025 as part of a push to “treat adult users like adults”. Testing reportedly showed the system could not reliably avoid generating references to bestiality and incest. Staff raised deeper concerns that sexualised chatbots might foster unhealthy emotional dependence, blur boundaries for vulnerable users, and expose minors to sexual content in the absence of robust age‑gating. The piece recalls a 2021 OpenAI product‑safety crisis in which a text‑adventure game built on its models devolved into user‑ and AI‑generated sexual fantasies, including abuse of children and violent abductions; an internal analysis found over 30% of conversations were explicitly lewd, and OpenAI lacked tools to monitor or constrain such use. Civil society groups had already criticised the adult‑mode idea—Tech Oversight California warned the firm had not shown it could keep minors out, and the National Center of Sexual Exploitation called sexualised AI inherently risky. OpenAI has also been hit with multiple US lawsuits alleging ChatGPT acted as a “suicide coach” and emotionally manipulated users, and was sued by a family who blamed the system for their child’s suicide. Against this backdrop, an OpenAI adviser reportedly warned internally that the company risked building a “sexy suicide coach”. The erotica feature is now on hold “indefinitely”, with no release timeline, underscoring how safety, mental‑health harms, and regulatory risk are constraining the evolution of conversational AI content policies.

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Vulnerability Research Is Cooked

Argues that frontier AI coding agents will soon be able to autonomously discover large numbers of serious software vulnerabilities, transforming exploit economics, straining open‑source maintainers, and likely provoking clumsy regulatory responses on security research.

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CoinDCX CEO announces Rs.100 crore cyber safety fund days after his arrest in ‘shocking and disheartening’ scam

Details CoinDCX CEO Sumit Gupta’s announcement of a Rs 100‑crore ‘Digital Suraksha Network’ to combat cyber‑fraud and brand impersonation after his arrest in a scam case involving a fake site misusing the exchange’s name.

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Penang DOSH issues stop-work order after fatal construction site mishap

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75% of Japan's prefectures boosting programs for coexistence with foreigners

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Migration + Demographics

Bouayach Warns of Rising Restrictions on Migrant Rights at African Group Meeting

Speaking in Geneva as chair of the African Migration Group, Morocco’s National Human Rights Council (CNDH) president Amina Bouayach said migrants’ rights are increasingly “under pressure” amid global political and economic tensions. She argued that governments—especially in the Global North—are treating migration primarily as a security problem, leading to unilateral measures, reduced international solidarity and fewer resources for protection. Citing data from the International Organization for Migration and the UN human rights office, she noted migrants are at heightened risk of labour exploitation, unsafe housing and limited access to justice, particularly during crises. Bouayach pointed to a widening gap between states’ legal obligations and migrants’ everyday realities, driven by nationalism and politicisation of migration debates. She stressed the ongoing role of national human rights institutions in documenting abuses, advocating for policy change and encouraging ratification and implementation of migrant rights conventions. Morocco currently leads the migration working group within the African Network of National Human Rights Institutions and signed a 2025 cooperation agreement with the UN Committee on Migrant Workers to improve monitoring and coordination. The Geneva session ran alongside the annual meeting of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions, underlining efforts to keep migrant protection on crowded international agendas.

Sara Zouitenwww.moroccoworldnews.com2 min read

Education

How the French Empire built power through language, schooling and cultural assimilation and what it means today.

The film “How the French Empire built power through language, schooling and cultural assimilation and what it means today” explores education as a central instrument of French colonial control. Under the “mission civilisatrice,” colonial administrations in Algeria, Indochina and West Africa used schools, legal systems and bureaucracies to reshape colonised peoples’ identities, loyalties and cultures, replacing local traditions with French norms while maintaining political and economic subordination. Case studies show how education and exams became gateways to limited advancement for colonial subjects, but also incubators of anticolonial intellectual and political movements. Resistance to assimilation—through nationalist organising, critical thought and uprisings—ultimately challenged both the legitimacy and practices of French schooling and governance. The documentary then links these histories to contemporary debates: it argues that modern university systems, academic publishing, language policies and state institutions still reflect hierarchies first solidified under empire, influencing what knowledge is legitimised and who accesses elite education. It also compares French and US “soft power,” suggesting that today’s global media and higher‑education dominance echo earlier cultural strategies of empire, with ongoing implications for global inequality and postcolonial education policy.

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Knesset set to hold final 2 votes on passing 2026 state budget

Israel’s draft 2026 state budget directs about NIS 2.2 billion in discretionary coalition funds to ultra‑Orthodox education networks, drawing opposition criticism because the money goes largely to Torah institutions and partially core‑curriculum schools while other ministries face cuts for defense needs.

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Champions Oncology Names Brian Alexander to Board as Company Advances Data-Driven Oncology Strategy

Champions Oncology has appointed oncologist and data‑science executive Brian Alexander to its board, underscoring a strategy to link patient‑derived tumour models with rich clinical and molecular data to guide oncology drug R&D.

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