Jan 3 (Thomson Foundation) – Divyendra Singh Jadoun was busy making artificial intelligence-based visual effects and voice clones for film and television in India, when he began getting calls from politicians: could he create AI videos, or deepfakes, for their election campaign? With a hotly-contested local election in his home state of Rajasthan last November, … Read more
Nothing about flying is as exasperating as getting your flight delayed, cancelled or disrupted. Arriving at or departing from a destination on time is one of the most important considerations a traveler takes before deciding whether to book a subsequent flight from the same airline. Latest results from travel data analytics firm Cirium revealed that … Read more
LUCKNOW: Sonia Gandhi is the only invitee from Congress’s first family to the January 22 consecration of the Ram temple in Ayodhya as siblings Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra ostensibly do not qualify to receive invitations based on the criteria set by the Ram Mandir Teerth Kshetra Trust.Sources said Sonia was invited by temple … Read more
Mumbai: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday said he felt proud and happy to have been present when the ‘kar sevaks’ brought down the Babri structure on December 6, 1992. He made the statement while speaking to reporters here. Responding to the opposition’s criticism that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) uses the Ram … Read more
Chennai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday dedicated to the nation the Rs 400 crore Demonstration Fast Reactor Fuel Reprocessing Plant (DFRP) at the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), Kalpakkam. The plant is a pilot for the bigger facility that would come up to reprocess the fuel that would come out of the … Read more
NEW DELHI: The Border Security Force (BSF) jawan injured in an attack by militants in Manipur’s Moreh on Tuesday is stable and has been shifted to the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) in Imphal.Four police commandos and one Border Security Force (BSF) jawan were reported injured on Tuesday in an ambush attack by militants … Read more
SRIHARIKOTA: Isro ushered in the New Year with the successful launch of XPoSat (X-ray Polarimeter Satellite), India’s first satellite to conduct research on black holes and other celestial objects. Workhorse PSLV placed the satellite on its 60th flight in a 650km orbit. The final stage of PSLV-C58 then turned into an orbital experimental module (POEM) … Read more
AHMEDABAD: Police officials investigating a Bulgarian women’s rape charges against Rajiv Modi, chairman and managing director of Cadila Pharmaceuticals, said the complainant on Monday underwent a medical test at Sola Civil hospital.Inspector R H Solanki of Sola police said, “On Monday, we conducted the complainant’s medical test, which is necessary under law,” adding that her … Read more
NEW DELHI: Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Monday opted not to escalate the controversy surrounding the Supreme Court’s unanimous decision affirming the annulment of Article 370 of the Constitution, which conferred special status on the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir. He succinctly remarked that judges base their decisions “according to the Constitution … Read more
New Delhi: Ola Electric on Monday, January 1, announced that it clocked its highest ever monthly registrations in December 2023, recorded 30,219 registrations, and captured a 40 percent market share in the EV 2W segment (as per the VAHAN Portal). The company posted year-on-year growth of 74 percent compared to the same month in 2022. … Read more
