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Will 2021 be the year of solutions for Modi?: Statesman columnist
The writer says Modi s second term has so far been challenging both in the health sector and the economy.
India s Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a gathering in Ahmedabad, India, on March 12, 2021.PHOTO: REUTERS
Kalyani Shankar
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Artificial intelligence and privacy rights: Daily Star columnist
The writer says that machines may inherit our biases and preferences, and there is increasing support to debias the algorithms .
Humanoid robot Sophia, developed by Hanson Robotics, holds a brush during a demonstration before her non-fungible token (NFT) artwork is auctioned, in Hong Kong on March 16, 2021.PHOTO: REUTERS
Abdullah Shibli
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DHAKA (THE DAILY STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - As much of the world continues to reel under the coronavirus crisis, there is an increasingly frantic scramble for more and more vaccines in countries seeking to protect their people against the disease. One of the possible solutions to the vaccine crunch which is being talked about now, particularly in low and middle-income countries, is a temporary waiver of intellectual property rights for Covid-19 vaccines under the umbrella of the 164-member World Trade Organisation (WTO).
The patent waiver was proposed jointly by India and South Africa at the WTO in October last year to temporarily do away with the provision relating to not only vaccines but all Covid-related medicines and technologies under the agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS). Interestingly, there has been no mention as to how long the waiver should be in place. More than 100 countries have so far backed the waiver move.
In the article, the writer says that the EU Strategy for Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific is good news for Southeast Asia and, within it, Indonesia.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SEOUL (THE KOREA HERALD/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - The two-and-a-half year prison sentence given to Lee Jae-yong, leader of the Samsung business group convicted of bribery, is to end in July next year.
Speculations are rising over whether President Moon Jae-in will keep the richest man in South Korea in jail as long as he remains in the Blue House, or give the 51-year-old a special pardon using his prerogative.
Calls for Mr Lee s early release are coming from individuals and organisations that cite the need for his role in helping revive the national economy from the devastating impact of Covid-19.