Dr Soumya Awasthi
@SoumyaAwasthi17
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Fellow, Observer Research Foundation
Joined September 2020
Once in a lifetime experience meeting THE EAM of India. Thank you so much Sir for taking out time to meet and receive the book. Team Nuclear Titans is much obliged. Thank you @VGK_India for making it possible. Feeling on top of the world.
Pleased to receive a copy of the book: India’s Nuclear Titans, edited by Soumya Awasthi and Shrabana Barua Important that the contributions of these Titans is recognized by the emerging generations.
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Clicking “sign” on an #onlinepetition may feel empowering. But you're often handing over personal #data such as name, phone, #Aadhaar, without real consent: @SoumyaAwasthi17 & @SameerP_IND
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Online petitions in India, while enabling civic engagement, pose significant risks through data mining, microtargeting, and cyber threats, impacting personal privacy and national security.
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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: @SoumyaAwasthi17
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Amir Khan Muttaqi’s visit to Darul Uloom Deoband highlights how India can leverage its historical and theological influence to engage the Taliban, reclaim the classical Deobandi legacy, and turn...
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The #EchoLeak vulnerability (CVE-2025-32711) exposes how AI CoPilots like #Microsoft365 can become silent conduits for data theft and hybrid warfare: @SoumyaAwasthi17
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APT36 phishing campaign from Pakistan targets India, exploiting BOSS Linux, highlighting urgent cyber security challenges and the need for strategic defensive measures.
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#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: @SoumyaAwasthi17
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Amir Khan Muttaqi’s visit to Darul Uloom Deoband highlights how India can leverage its historical and theological influence to engage the Taliban, reclaim the classical Deobandi legacy, and turn...
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Clicking “sign” on an #onlinepetition may feel empowering. But you're often handing over personal #data such as name, phone, #Aadhaar, without real consent: @SoumyaAwasthi17 & @SameerP_IND
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Online petitions in India, while enabling civic engagement, pose significant risks through data mining, microtargeting, and cyber threats, impacting personal privacy and national security.
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.@orfonline hosted a discussion on 'Promoting Play, Protecting Society: Perspectives on the Online Gaming Act 2025' featuring @viraggupta, Devhuti Bakshi, @SoumyaAwasthi17 and Shravishtha Ajaykumar. The panel examined the intersecting risks of the Online Gaming Act 2025 with a
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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.
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"Terrorists exploit gaming platforms to target digital natives" - @SoumyaAwasthi17, 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
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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
#India’s Online #GamingAct2025 is not just a regulation; it’s protection. It shields youth from addiction, secures livelihoods, curbs #financial leaks & blocks misuse for #crime & #radicalisation a step forward for national #security: @SoumyaAwasthi17
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American Economist Jeffrey Sachs defends India better than Indian Opposition. Just hear him, he sounds more Indian than @RahulGandhi
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🎮 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: 🔗 https://t.co/cqnn29NNgX 🔗
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It’s high time India must invest in predictive analysis tools to counter rising use of AI by terrorists groups.
#Terroristgroups use #AI to mass-produce tailored #propaganda, #deepfakes & encrypted #chatbots. Detection systems must evolve fast: @SoumyaAwasthi17
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#Terroristgroups use #AI to mass-produce tailored #propaganda, #deepfakes & encrypted #chatbots. Detection systems must evolve fast: @SoumyaAwasthi17
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From deepfakes to chatbots, jihadist groups are exploiting AI to radicalise young minds and outpace counterterror efforts online.
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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. 🧵
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#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: @SoumyaAwasthi17
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Algorithms on social media now fuel radicalisation and disinformation—posing a growing national security threat that regulators are racing to contain.
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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: @SoumyaAwasthi17
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Grey-zone warfare targets India’s sovereignty through covert tactics. Learn how China-Pakistan collaborate to wage sub-threshold conflict.
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One step at a time…
A strong affirmation of India-US counter-terrorism cooperation. Appreciate @SecRubio and @StateDept for designating TRF—a Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT) proxy—as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) and Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT). It claimed responsibility for the
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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? : @SoumyaAwasthi17
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ai enabled tech for terrorism,ai for anti terrorism,ai for counter terrorism,ai for national security,ai for terrorism,ai for terrorist activities,ai in terrorism
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#China isn’t just arming #Pakistan it’s digitally enabling militancy in #Kashmir. From encrypted comms to dual-use drones, Chinese systems are shaping a stealthier insurgency: @SoumyaAwasthi17
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Chinese encrypted tech and telecom systems are reshaping militancy in Kashmir—amplifying cross-border ops and eroding India’s surveillance edge.
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