Chennai, Sep 27 (PTI) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay will launch the Thaaimaman Thanga Mothiram Thittam, a welfare scheme, on Monday, under which the government will provide a one-gram gold ring to babies born in state-run hospitals. Sources
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Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 27 (PTI) Keralam Chief Minister V D Satheesan on Sunday said CEC Gyanesh Kumar should not continue in office, alleging that he acted as a BJP agent and “sentenced Indian democracy to death”. In similar social media posts
Last January, while I was in Kerala, I received a notice that surprised and disturbed
Georgia (US), Sep 27 (The Conversation) Amid the chorus of voices calling for a slowdown
Mumbai, Sep 25 (PTI) The rupee appreciated 19 paise to close at 95.80 (provisional) against the US dollar on Friday, holding above the 96-mark,
Mumbai, Sep 25 (PTI) Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty rebounded on Friday after value buying in blue-chip banking, oil & gas, and auto
Mumbai, Sep 25 (PTI) Market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty faced volatile trends after rebounding in early trade on Friday as elevated crude oil
Mumbai, Sep 25 (PTI) The rupee gained 14 paise 95.85 against the US dollar in early trade on Friday amid a positive trend in
MUMBAI, Sept 25 (Reuters) – RBI (Reserve Bank of India) likely sold dollars before the local spot market opened on Friday, four traders told
Loughborough (UK), Sep 25 (Conversation) A study has raised a question that many women would understandably want answered: could hormone replacement therapy (HRT) protect
London, Sep 25 (Conversation) Around 8 million people in the UK take five or more medications each day (known as polypharmacy), with a further
Washington, September 24, 2026 (Conversation) At least a quarter of Americans suffer from high levels of cholesterol or fatty acids in their bloodstream, a
Melbourne, Sep 24 (Conversation) Australia’s Medicare system manages health and medical data for over 27 million people. So it makes sense there has been
Sydney, Sep 24 (Conversation) Pregnant women are routinely advised to avoid certain soft cheeses and take care when handling cat litter due to the
Melbourne, Sep 25 (The Conversation) In some parts of the world, the sea barely rises and falls with the tides. In others, the difference between high and low tide is dramatic. Along Western Australia’s Kimberley coast, for example, it can exceed ten metres – roughly the height of a three-storey building. Ocean tides shape coastlines and marine ecosystems, affect coastal
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BENGALURU, India, September 23, 2026 (AP) — This year’s powerful El Nino
Bozeman, Sep 18 (The Conversation) In 2021, a three-year-old female African wild
18 September, 2026 (Conversation) For most of Australian history, “going off-grid” meant
BENGALURU, India, September 17, 2026 (AP) — Human-caused global warming thinned glaciers
Chandigarh, Sep 25 (PTI) Haryana Congress on Friday protested here demanding the arrest of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and a review of his decisions, with police using water cannons against the protesters to prevent the gherao of office of the chief electoral officer. The protest was organised under the leadership of former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Haryana Congress
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Guwahati, Sep 25 (PTI) Assam Congress president Gaurav Gogoi and several senior
New Delhi, Sep 25 (PTI) Wearing masks bearing Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh
New Delhi, Sep 25 (PTI) A petition has been filed in the
New York/ New Delhi, Aug 11 (PTI) A US court has dismissed with prejudice the criminal charges against Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani and his nephew, bringing to an end nearly two years of proceedings in an alleged fraud and bribery case. The US District Court for the Eastern District of New York granted the Justice Department’s Rule 48(a) motion
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New Delhi, Jul 17 (PTI) The CBI on Friday filed its second
NEW DELHI, July 16 (Reuters) – Indian customs authorities have joined the
NEW DELHI, July 13 (Reuters) – The Indian government has argued the
New York, Jul 7 (PTI) US legal experts said it would be
Sept 24 (Reuters) – Alphabet’s Google said on Thursday it will launch a prototype satellite next week in its first in-orbit test of Project Suncatcher, a research effort to explore whether space could potentially host large-scale AI computing infrastructure. Companies including SpaceX
UNITED NATIONS, September 24, 2026 (AP) — The heads of major artificial intelligence firms pleaded with the United Nations on Wednesday to save the world or at least its people — by somehow regulating the fast-expanding technology that they have been designing.
NEW YORK, September 22, 2026 (AP) — Bill Gates told his foundation’s Goalkeepers gathering that “increased generosity” and “the smart use of AI” together could accelerate the fight against inequality, urging the world’s richest countries to expand international aid and apply artificial
Sheffield (UK), Sep 21 (The Conversation) In August 2026, an experiment using “frontier”, or cutting edge, artificial intelligence models went further than planned. An AI agent (a system that performs tasks autonomously) fabricated online identities in order to pressurise a human to
BOSTON, Sept 15 (Reuters) – A federal judge on Monday blocked U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration from implementing a new rule that would limit how long foreign students and journalists can remain in the U.S. without applying for extensions. U.S. District Judge F. Dennis Saylor in Boston in favor of a coalition of unions and higher education advocacy groups a
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September 11, 2026 (AP) — When children forget their lunch, can’t solve
September 8, 2026 (Conversation) Universities are increasingly introducing artificial intelligence (AI) teaching
Perth, Sep 23 (Conversation) The results of Australia’s first live facial recognition trial have been released. Since June 2026, the Western Australian Police Force has been trialling the technology across metropolitan and regional WA. During the trial, more than 900,000 faces were
If you’ve priced a new PC build recently, you already know the figures aren’t pretty. Less obvious from any single glance at a storefront is that this doesn’t represent a simple hiccup in the economics of the market. This represents a fundamental
New Delhi, Sept 15 (PTI) Meta has agreed to report child safety-related matters to appropriate law enforcement agencies, government sources said on Tuesday, asserting that online safety of children is a “fundamental principle” for any social media platform operating in India and
BENGALURU, Sept 10 (Reuters) – Apple raised prices on its existing iPhone lineup in India by as much as 41% within hours of unveiling newer models, bucking its usual practice of discounting older variants and marking one of the steepest hikes in
Chennai, Sep 27 (PTI) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay will launch the Thaaimaman Thanga Mothiram Thittam, a welfare scheme, on Monday, under which the government will provide a one-gram gold ring to babies born in state-run hospitals. Sources here on Sunday said the CM will arrive in Madurai to launch the scheme at the Government Rajaji Hospital. Arriving by a special flight, Vijay will inaugurate the scheme at the GRH auditorium and present gold rings to 25 newborns. He is also scheduled to visit the maternity ward to personally present rings to infants born on the day. To
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 27 (PTI) Keralam Chief Minister V D Satheesan on Sunday said CEC Gyanesh Kumar should not continue in office, alleging that he acted as a BJP agent and “sentenced Indian democracy to death”. In similar social media posts on Facebook and X, the CM said the claims made by former Keralam Chief Secretary Jiji Thomson about the CEC were extremely serious. Revelations Against the Chief Election Commissioner Are Grave: Gyanesh Kumar, Who Sentenced Indian Democracy to Death, Has No Right to Continue in Office The revelations made by former Kerala Chief Secretary Jiji Thomson against Chief Election Commissioner
Last January, while I was in Kerala, I received a notice that surprised and disturbed me. I was informed that unless I appeared at the village office with the necessary documents to establish my eligibility, my name could be removed from the electoral roll. I found it rather strange because I had voted in the previous three or four consecutive elections without any problem. Suddenly, I was being asked to prove all over again that I was entitled to remain a voter! Being an NRI, my immediate concern was about thousands of others who might not have been present in
Georgia (US), Sep 27 (The Conversation) Amid the chorus of voices calling for a slowdown in AI advancement and more government regulation and oversight of the technology, one prominent contrarian voice stands out: that of Donald J. Trump. The U.S president has repeatedly argued that the introduction of robust regulations to slow down progress on AI threatens U.S. national interests by enabling China to seize the advantage. “Whoever wins AI, WINS!” Trump posted on social media on Sept. 21, 2026, and singled out China as the primary threat to America “winning” AI. He followed up with a speech at the
