Spread the love Pilibhit: A pothole on Bareilly-Haridwar NH-74 turned out to be a blessing for a 50-year-old woman from Uttar Pradesh, reviving her, quite literally, after there was clinically “no sign of life in her”.Declared ‘brain-dead’ by doctors and discharged from a Bareilly hospital with almost “no hope of survival”, Vineeta Shukla was being brought back home by her...
Flagging dangers of social media, SC to hear Centre plea on fact-check units
Spread the love NEW DELHI: SC Tuesday agreed to test correctness of a Bombay HC judgment striking down amendments to Information and Technology Rules that allowed Centre to set up fact-check units to flag fake social media content that would make it obligatory for intermediaries to take down the content or lose ‘safe harbour’ protection.Solicitor general Tushar Mehta told SC...
Iranians in India pull down anti-regime posts after Tehran threatens property seizure
Spread the love DEHRADUN: Iranians in India, many of them long vocal against the regime in Tehran, have begun limiting their social media presence and deleting anti-regime posts after statements and warnings by the Iranian prosecutor general’s office on Monday said the govt there would confiscate properties of Iranians living abroad for backing US-Israel attacks on the country. The office...
‘Don’t want to see you in fridge’: Dentist dies by suicide in Mumbai, ex-boyfriend held for abetment
Spread the love A six-page suicide note left behind by a 24-year-old dentistry graduate from Antop Hill who was pursuing her post-graduation while working part-time MUMBAI: A six-page suicide note left behind by a 24-year-old dentistry graduate from Antop Hill who was pursuing her post-graduation while working part-time, led to the arrest of her former boyfriend on Tuesday.The note said...
Army called out, Net blocked after 2 killed in violence in run-up to Meghalaya council polls
Spread the love GUWAHATI/SHILLONG: The Army was called out in Meghalaya’s West Garo Hills Tuesday and mobile internet services were blocked after two people died in overnight violence involving the Garo community and supporters of non-tribal candidates seeking to contest the April 10 elections to the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council.Both sides clashed amid a night curfew clamped by the...
UCC key to end gender bias in laws: SC
Spread the love NEW DELHI: In yet another strong pitch for “one nation one law”, Supreme Court on Tuesday said Uniform Civil Code (UCC) is the most effective tool to remove the prevailing discrimination against women in marriage, succession, inheritance and property rights under Muslim personal law and other customary laws.This statement – “most effective answer is UCC” – came...
How AI may have handed Iran’s proxies a map to US infra
Spread the love BENGALURU: Within hours of US and Israeli strikes hitting Iran on Feb 28, over 50 hacktivist groups aligned with Iranian interests had activated on Telegram. Many possibly had no background in industrial control systems and no state direction.What they had was an internet connection and an AI tool that could hand them a working map of vulnerable...
OpenAI, Google staff back Anthropic in court brief; say they build large-scale AI systems
Spread the love Several employees of OpenAI and Google, including Google DeepMind chief scientist Jeff Dean, have filed an amicus brief in support of Anthropic in its legal fight against the US government. Amicus briefs are legal filings submitted by parties that are not directly involved in a court case but that have expertise relevant to it. The brief was...
Tina Ahuja reacts to Govinda–Sunita divorce rumours, admits turbulent years
Spread the love Sunita Ahuja’s latest vlog turned into a heartfelt family moment after her daughter Tina Ahuja surprised her on Women’s Day with flowers, gifts and a solitaire ring. The vlog also saw Tina briefly addressing rumours about her parents’ marriage and admitting that the last couple of years have been challenging. Sunita Ahuja’s latest vlog turned into a...
Indian shops, restaurants in UK’s Wembley vandalised in targeted attacks
Spread the love AI-generated image LONDON: Gangs of suspected Somalian men have allegedly been terrorising Indian-origin shopkeepers and restaurant owners in Wembley and trashing their shops in targeted attacks of late. This follows the attack in Harlow last week, wherein a gang attacked Holi revellers. Wembley shopkeepers felt it could be the same group.Bob Blackman MP raised the Harrow attack...
