Partha Pratim Ray

New Delhi

Communications Professional, News Contributor, Content Editor at Freelance

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Monetary Policy, Financial Inclusion, Financial Stability, and Markets

1 week ago | epw.in | Partha Pratim Ray

This special issue of the Economic & Political Weekly is devoted to several leitmotifs of money, banking, and finance. With an emphasis on diversity and spanning over seven papers, this special issue delves into various themes. While some of the themes are contemporary, some are more classical. Dear Reader, To continue reading, become a subscriber. Explore our attractive subscription offers. OrTo gain instant access to this article (download).
Loans in the Time of Terrorism

1 week ago | epw.in | Biju Paul Abraham |Partha Pratim Ray

Pakistan and the IMF Lending The IMF, being a quota-based organisation, is often run at the behest of the bigger quota holders, dominated by the US, European countries, and China. Pakistan, despite being a serial borrower, exhibiting the features of a classic rentier state, was able to obtain continuous support from the US, China, and select countries in the Arab world on account of its strategic location and ability to build alliances.
Democratization of Point-of-Care Viral Biosensors: Bridging the Gap from Academia to the Clinic

1 month ago | preprints.org | Partha Pratim Ray |Westley Van Zant

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The Tariff Tantrum and Its Justification

1 month ago | epw.in | Parthapratim Pal |Partha Pratim Ray

Dubious Foundation of Questionable Economics The United States authorities try to justify the imposition of tariffs as a response to persistent US trade deficits and the perceived decline of domestic manufacturing, arguing that trade imbalances undermine advanced manufacturing capacity and critical supply chains. However, this argument overlooks several other factors that influence the US trade deficit and domestic economy.
Endure or perish with use of artificial intelligence in clinical genetics settings - European Journal of Human Genetics

1 month ago | nature.com | Partha Pratim Ray

The integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into clinical genetics represents a transformative frontier in medicine, driven largely by advancements in machine learning (ML), deep learning (DL), and generative AI techniques. The comprehensive review by Dat Duong and Benjamin D. Solomon effectively outlines the current state, highlighting the rapid acceleration of AI-driven applications across diagnostics, management, and clinical support in clinical genetics [1].
The Fight for Supremacy in Artificial Intelligence

2 months ago | epw.in | Parthapratim Pal |Partha Pratim Ray

The Beginning of a Sino-US Technology War The article focuses on the escalating competition between the United States and China in the field of artificial intelligence. Despite US-imposed restrictions on graphics processing unit exports to China, the launch of the AI chatbot (R1) of the Chinese company, DeepSeek, seemed to have matched or surpassed the performance of US-based AI models at a much lower cost.
Will the Centre Hold or Will it be Anarchy for the World Economy?

2 months ago | theindiaforum.in | Partha Pratim Ray |Parthapratim Pal |Sandeep Bhardwaj

United States President Donald Trump has emerged as an essential ingredient of a VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, and Ambiguous) world, characterising the present state of the global economy. Trump has made a number of statements and taken decisions that defy traditional economic logic, in the process undermining the global economic order put in place at the end of World War II. Is the old liberal order then going to be replaced by the new mercantilist policies of trade war and tariff arsenals?
Prompting large language models for inner gains in radiology studies

Feb 4, 2025 | clinicalimaging.org | Partha Pratim Ray

Get full text accessLog in, subscribe or purchase for full access. References1. Nguyen, D. ∙ MacKenzie, A. ∙ Kim, Y.H.Encouragement vs. liability: how prompt engineering influences ChatGPT-4's radiology exam performanceClin Imaging. 2024; 115, 1102762. Gupta, M. ∙ Virostko, J. ∙ Kaufmann, C. Large language models in radiology: fluctuating performance and decreasing discordance over timeEur J Radiol. 2025; 182, 1118423. Zhang, Y.
op-ed | A balancing act: The Union budget has ticked the right boxes - Telegraph India

Feb 1, 2025 | telegraphindia.com | Partha Pratim Ray

The finance minister seems to have ticked all the right boxes with the wish lists of a diverse group of people Partha Ray Published 02.02.25, 08:23 AM Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman with Union Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary and other officials upon her arrival at the Parliament House complex to present the ‘Union Budget 2025-26’ PTI photo In view of the hype and the hoopla associated with the annual Union budget in India, the budget announcements of the finance...
Financial and Fiscal Policies: Crises and New Realities

Nov 25, 2024 | academic.oup.com | Y V Reddy |Partha Pratim Ray |Pinaki Chakraborty

What started as a sub-prime mortgage crisis in the US in 2007 snowballed into global recession soon after. It has turned itself into an economic crisis, if not a sociopolitical one. While the period covering 2014–19 was one of return to the growth trajectory, albeit of the new normal variety, there were various headwinds affecting growth—the US-China trade war, initial confusing signals of Brexit finally culminating in the UK’s exit from the European Union—to name a few.