NEW DELHI: Delhi on Wednesday reported it first case of Covid-19 JN.1 variant infection.“Delhi has reported the first case of JN.1, a Sub-Variant of Omicron. Out of the 3 samples sent for Genome Sequencing, one is JN.1 and the other two are Omicron,” Delhi health minister Saurabh Bharadwaj told ANI.“JN.1 is a sub-variant of Omicron … Read more
The New York Times on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against Microsoft and OpenAI, the company behind popular AI chatbot ChatGPT, accusing the pair of infringing copyright and abusing the newspaper’s intellectual property to train large language models. Microsoft both invests in and supplies OpenAI, providing it with access to the Redmond giant’s Azure cloud computing technology. The NYT … Read more
An influx of Venezuelan migrants to Carbondale that received national attention has prompted state legislators to authorize $5 million in emergency funding to support local efforts across the state to aid migrants. Local nonprofit Voces Unidas de las Montañas in early November discovered about 80 adult migrants living under a bridge in the mountain town … Read more
NEW DELHI: BJP president J P Nadda on Tuesday removed West Bengal leader Anupam Hazra from the post of the party’s national secretary. A former Lok Sabha MP, Hazra has been critical of the party’s functioning in the state for some time.The BJP’s decision came on a day when Nadda and home minister Amit Shah … Read more
NEW DELHI: More than 3,200 applications for transgender ID cards were pending for more than the 30 days time for issuing of ID card for transgender persons, as per data shared by the ministry of social justice and empowerment in Parliament in the recently concluded winter session. On the National Portal for Transgender Persons a … Read more
BENGALURU: Former Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa and his son, state BJP chief BY Vijayendra, have consolidated their influence within the revamped state unit, with key positions filled by their loyalists.The appointments made by Vijayendra on Saturday indicate a dominance of BSY’s camp. Of the 10 vice presidents appointed, six, including Murugesh Nirani, Raju Gouda Nayak, … Read more
NEW DELHI: Foreign minister S Jaishankar will visit Russia from December 25 to 29 as a part of the ongoing high-level exchanges between the two countries, said the government.Apart from meeting his counterpart Sergey Lavrov, Jaishankar will also hold talks with deputy PM and trade minister Denis Manturov to discuss ways to enhance economic engagement.With … Read more
RAIPUR: Chhattisgarh chief minister Vishnu Deo Sai stated on Sunday that Union Home Minister Amit Shah has assured him of a strong fight against the Maoist menace in the state.Upon his return to Raipur airport on Sunday evening after his meeting with the Union Home Minister in Delhi, the Chhattisgarh Chief Minister told reporters that … Read more
Elisabeth Francis keeps a small glass bottle on her desk. Inside is a printout of the heartbeat of a man that she knew for more than 10 years after meeting him in the early days of her career as a homeless outreach worker in Denver. John Hull died in July in a hospital. “I was … Read more
WASHINGTON: A Japanese-owned chemical tanker struck Saturday off the coast of India was targeted by a drone “fired from Iran,” the Pentagon said, a sign of expanding risks to commercial shipping beyond the Red Sea.The attack came amid a flurry of drone and missile strikes by Yemen’s Iran-backed Huthi rebels on a vital Red Sea … Read more
