On 17 December, Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan delivered a speech using an AI-generated audio clip at a ‘virtual rally’ hosted by the PTI. Cartoon by Gihan de Chickera
On 17 December, Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan delivered a speech using an AI-generated audio clip at a ‘virtual rally’ hosted by the PTI. Cartoon by Gihan de Chickera 
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Podcast: INDIA Opposition MPs suspended, Imran Khan’s virtual rally, flooding in Tamil Nadu and more

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In this episode, we talk about flooding in Tamil Nadu, the mass suspension of India's opposition MPs and key bills passed in the Lok Sabha, Imran Khan using AI to participate in a virtual Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf rally, a large Bangladesh Nationalist Party rally ahead of Bangladesh's elections, Maldives ending a hydrographic survey of India, 56 Sri Lankans being held captive at the Thai-Myanmar border, Bhutan's upcoming national assembly elections, Myanmar overtaking Afghanistan as the world's largest opium producer and a landmark decision on caste discrimination in Nepal.

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