New Delhi, July 18 -- This week a look at Chinese President Xi Jinping spotlighting his country as the champion of a new global AI order, promoting open-source technology.

It was also a week that saw 60 US Senators backing a new bill proposing up to 100% tariffs on India and four others for purchasing Russian oil.

And protests in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (POK) have been going on for more than a month. Reports say Pakistan has deployed 8,000 security personnel in the region, which it calls "Azad Kashmir" (the irony here is stark, given Pakistan has treated POK like a colony mostly).

The competition between the US and China over the next frontier of technology is intensifying. If the unveiling of Chinese start-up DeepSeek's AI model wit...