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Ankita M. Kumar

Los Angeles, San Francisco, United States

Contributor at Freelance

Award-winning journalist. Film direction @ucla. Alum: @medillschool, @lsenews. Past: @ucbsoj, @pulitzercenter, @dwnews. @spjregion11 director. 🔁 ≠ endorsements

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  • Feb 14, 2025 | fairobserver.com | Glenn L. Carle |Atul Singh |Claire Whitaker |Ankita M. Kumar

    A recent breakthrough from DeepSeek, a new Chinese artificial intelligence startup, has sparked global interest. Not only has the company released a language learning model (LLM) that rivals OpenAI’s GPT-4o, it claims to have developed it in just two months using a minimal investment of $5.6 million. This audacious claim has caused controversy in the tech world. Industry leaders like Elon Musk question the truth behind the Chinese company’s claim.

  • Feb 10, 2025 | fairobserver.com | Glenn L. Carle |Atul Singh |Claire Whitaker |Ankita M. Kumar

    Just days after entering office, US President Donald Trump swiftly revoked 78 of his predecessor Joe Biden’s executive actions. These include executive orders, which carry the greatest weight, along with lesser memoranda and proclamations. While executive orders carry the force of law and are difficult to overturn, memoranda and proclamations are harder to track and enforce.

  • Feb 8, 2025 | fairobserver.com | Glenn L. Carle |Atul Singh |Claire Whitaker |Ankita M. Kumar

    [On December 31, 2024, we predicted seven developments for 2025 and boldly went where only fools, angels and astrologers dare to go. So, what can we expect in 2025? To borrow words from the military, a more volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) world. This is Part 7 of a seven-part series. You can read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5 and Part 6 here.]France and Germany are the two beating hearts of Europe. Both of them ended 2024 without a budget.

  • Feb 6, 2025 | fairobserver.com | Glenn L. Carle |Atul Singh |Claire Whitaker |Ankita M. Kumar

    [On December 31, 2024, we predicted seven developments for 2025 and boldly went where only fools, angels and astrologers dare to go. So, what can we expect in 2025? To borrow words from the military, a more volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) world. This is Part 6 of a seven-part series. You can read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 and Part 5 here.]In 2024, militant Islamist violence in Africa reached a record high. Fatalities have nearly tripled since 2020 to approximately 11,000.

  • Feb 4, 2025 | fairobserver.com | Glenn L. Carle |Atul Singh |Claire Whitaker |Ankita M. Kumar

    [On December 31, 2024, we predicted seven developments for 2025 and boldly went where only fools, angels and astrologers dare to go. So, what can we expect in 2025? To borrow words from the military, a more volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) world. This is Part 5 of a seven-part series. You can read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4 here.]Former CIA officer Glenn Carle and Fair Observer Editor-in-Chief Atul Singh disagree on the global economy.

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Ankita M. Kumar
Ankita M. Kumar @muk_ankita
24 May 25

This is exactly why, a Mumbaikar like me, took up a job in Gurgaon and never looked back

Out of Context Human Race
Out of Context Human Race @NoContextHumans

Women only passenger trains in India 🇮🇳 https://t.co/dAGWPTUd2a

Ankita M. Kumar
Ankita M. Kumar @muk_ankita
23 May 25

Going through the logs of my next project and realizing that I'm actually a wee bit crazy for driving to Chennai in the middle of a cyclone. Guess I do love my work 😄

Ankita M. Kumar
Ankita M. Kumar @muk_ankita
11 May 25

RT @akm1410: You can immediately feel the need for a credible, global, media company to represent India at a global scale. This needs money…