Archive for September 2025

Pioneering social work educator, champion of gender justice, and former University Grants Commission (UGC) chairperson and director of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Dr Armaity Desai, breathed her last in the early hours of Saturday. She was 91.

In just a few years, artificial intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot and Google Gemini have gone from a mere novelty to an integral part of trip planning for millions of people…. While these programs can offer valuable travel tips when they’re working properly, they can also lead people into some frustrating or even dangerous situations when they’re not. This is a lesson some travellers are learning when they arrive at their would-be destination, only to find they’ve been fed incorrect information

International financial institutions, foreign state-owned development banks, and private investors have fueled a crisis of over-indebtedness in Cambodia through their investments in the microfinance sector. Cambodian banks and microfinance institutions (MFIs) that have received foreign investment have engaged in predatory lending and collection practices, ensnaring millions of Cambodians in debt traps and leading to forced land sales, loss of means of subsistence, child labor, reduced food consumption, and debt suicides. Above: Kreung Indigenous borrowers walking home from work on their farm in O Chum commune, Ratanakiri, Cambodia

These numbers highlight not only the persistence of racial disparities in confinement, but also the compounded risks faced by children with diagnoses such as ADHD, dyslexia, and autism.

Statement from The British Association of Social Workers

The study found users rated Therabot similar to a therapist and had meaningfully lower symptoms after eight weeks compared with people who didn’t use it. Every interaction was monitored by a human who intervened if the chatbot’s response was harmful or not evidence-based. Do you think this might have impacted the overall results?