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NEW DELHI: French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday concluded his three day visit to India with a “Thank You India!” message, after attending the India AI Impact Summit 2026 and holding bilateral talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.In a post on X, Macron shared a video of moments from his visit along with a note…
Former UK PM Rishi Sunak (left) and UK deputy PM David Lammy NEW DELHI: UK deputy prime minister David Lammy hailed former prime minister Rishi Sunak as “a great son of India” while highlighting his own Indian roots during a fireside chat in New Delhi.Speaking at the British High Commission, introducing Sunak, Lammy said, “I…
Raipur: Chhattisgarh HC has dismissed a juvenile’s appeal for bail in a 2025 murder case, saying such relief can’t be treated as an absolute or automatic rig-ht and release will “defeat the ends of justice” given the gravity of the offence.Justice Arvind Kumar Verma upheld earlier orders of Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) and a sessions…
Jodhpur: Rajasthan HC‘s principal bench in Jodhpur has granted statutory bail to a juvenile arrested in a Pocso case, holding his detention beyond 90 days without a chargesheet as a violation of his right to personal liberty.Justice Farjand Ali also ordered an investigation into what he noted was a “chronological imposs-ibility” in the case records.An…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi pushed on Thursday for democratisation of AI, saying it must become a tool for inclusion and empowerment and a force for global good, especially across the Global South, while taking aim at countries and companies that consider AI to be a strategic asset that must be developed in secrecy….
MUMBAI: A suit dating back to the year India got independence finally stood disposed of by the Bombay high court this month, with the fourth generation of the original land owner amicably settling a property dispute. The estate included vast portions of the village of Dahisar in north Mumbai. The area was a whopping 2,891…
Nagpur: A four-year-old boy was accidentally locked overnight inside his school classroom in Nagpur’s Khaparkheda, sparking panic in his family. Himanshu Bagde, living just half a kilometre from the school, had wandered into the classroom while playing Wednesday, unaware that staff would later lock the premises without checking the rooms, reports Soumitra Bose. When Himanshu…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with French President Emmanuel Macron. PM Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday spoke on the need to shield children from the harms of AI and social media. “We must become even more vigilant about children’s safety. Just as a school syllabus is carefully curated, the AI space too…
Decision taken after national review NEW DELHI: Two medicines used widely – antibiotic doxycycline and thyroid drug carbimazole – will soon carry stronger safety warnings, following a national review of adverse drug reaction reports.After examining patient-level safety data, regulators have flagged possible mental health symptoms linked to doxycycline and a rare but potentially life-threatening blood…
V Umashankar (File photo) NEW DELHI: Mere awareness drives or campaigns will not be enough to reduce violations of road traffic rules and road crashes; rather, the “certainty of enforcement” will have a greater deterrent impact, Union road transport secretary V Umashankar said on Thursday while sharing details of the recently notified e-challan rules. Speaking…
