Google: The globe’s search engine or just India’s cheerleader?

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Google: The globe’s search engine or just India’s cheerleader?

Google, the world’s largest search engine, found itself at the centre of controversy after a seemingly innocent Champions Trophy match result triggered a storm. A post celebrating India’s win against Bangladesh, captioned "Aaj neend acchi aayegi 💙" (Tonight, sleep will be peaceful), left many wondering—has Google dropped its neutrality? When search turns to support The tech giant, which is led by Indian-born CEO Sundar Pichai, has long been acc…

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Bangladesh: 150 injured in clashes after BNP tries to recruit students at engineering college

The clashes began on Tuesday afternoon when the members of the youth wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) allegedly ran a recruitment campaign at the campus of the Khulna University of Engineering and Technology

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Bangladesh unrest reveals bias at the heart of Google search engine

Google’s search engine handles the vast majority of online searches worldwide. By one estimate, it fields 6.3 million queries every second. Because of the search engine’s enormous scale, its outputs can have outsized effects. And, while Google’s search results are shaped by ostensibly neutral rules and processes, research has shown these algorithms often produce biased […] The post Bangladesh unrest reveals bias at the heart of Google search eng…

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Bangladesh campus clashes leave 150 students injured

2 Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) platoons called in at Khulna University of Engineering and Technology in southwestern Khulna district after clashes - Anadolu Ajansı

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More than 150 students were injured on Tuesday, February 18, in Bangladesh during clashes on a university campus, a result of serious disagreements between the political groups behind the "revolution" of the summer of 2024.