South Asia Youth Dialogue Forum

Poverty alleviation has been a major point of discussion over the past few months. This is as Artificial Intelligence (AI) is expected to raise unemployment causing more people to plunge into poverty. Furthermore, various proponents of Universal Basic Income (UBI) have also changed their views on it after seeing the rise in AI. With regard to this, SAYDF organized a discussion on various ways to reduce poverty. This is relevant given that global poverty reduction has now sl

The past quarter has seen lots of changes to the global world order. The United States has formally exited the World Health Organization, AI models have drastically increased in complexity since the start of the year and adoption of AI has also increased. The hype around AI has raised the question regarding who is to blame if AI Models make mistakes. With regards to this SAYDF organized a discussion on the idea if Arendt’s Banality of Evil concept is relevant to the field of

Insurance is essential to protect against various types of financial risks. Some of these risks are healthcare crises, damages to objects such as cars and homes, and sometimes even life. Given the recent long wait times to get an appointment at hospitals run by the National Health Service (NHS) in the United Kingdom, as well as expected increases in the premium for government provided health insurance (Medicaid) in the United States of America, there has recently been support

The past quarter has been a big one for sports. India and Sri Lanka are hosting the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup next month, Philippines recently hosted the Mens Volleyball World Cup, and the FIFA Club World Cup in the United States of America. There has been big debate behind the choice of these venues for these events with some believing these events are shown more as a sign of soft power instead of its purpose which is to celebrate the sport. At the same time, there has a

Criminal justice has been a major point of discussion in South Asia over the past few months. Various nations across the region have recently toughened the stance on criminal activities such as illegal immigration. Moreover, there has also been a rise in the crackdown on trafficking and organized drug crime. With regard to this SAYDF organized a session where participants discussed and debated the concept of retribution vs rehabilitation, given the rise in retribution in the

Trade has been a major point of discussion in the news in the past quarter. This has primarily been due to expectations that the United States of America will place high tariffs on various countries with which it had trade deficits. This announcement of tariffs is expected on 2nd April, 2025. As a result of this in addition to the trend towards self sufficiency in the South Asia region (India's Aatmanirbhar Bharat and Make in India scheme, Bangladesh diversifying its exports

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has developed vastly in past few months, and is expected to change the world over the next decade. This potential of AI has already been recognized with the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics being given for research on neural networks, an integral part of AI. Moreover in the past year the rise of chatbots such as ChatGPT, has also changed the way education is approached with various students utilising these chatbots to overcome barriers to learning. Des