Supreme Court slams Uttarakhand, says state’s approach in controlling forest fires ‘lackadaisical’

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New Delhi: Coming down hard on the Uttarakhand government, the Supreme Court said Wednesday it was at pains to say that the state's approach in controlling forest fires was ‘lackadaisical’. A bench headed by Justice BR Gavai directed the Chief Secretary of Uttarakhand to be present personally before it May 17. The bench, also comprising Justices SVN Bhatti and Sandeep Mehta, observed that though multiple action plans are prepared, no steps...

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Rajasthan mine accident: Chief vigilance officer dies, 14 rescued

Rajasthan mine accident

Jaipur: A senior vigilance officer at Hindustan Copper Limited died after a lift collapsed at the Kolihan mine in Rajasthan's Neem Ka thana district, said officials, adding that 14 trapped people have been rescued. Fifteen employees, including vigilance officers and workers of Hindustan Copper Ltd, were trapped at 1,875 ft in a mine at Kolihan near Khetri in the district after the lift broke down. "Fourteen out of the 15 employees,...

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PoK residents must be comparing their situation with people living in J&K: EAM Jaishankar

PoK residents must be comparing their situation with people living in J&K: EAM Jaishankar

New Delhi: Commenting on the unrest in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said that he has no doubt that people residing in PoK will be comparing their situation with the people living in Jammu and Kashmir. “There is a ferment happening in PoK. You can see it on social media or television. The analysis of it is very complex but definitely I have no doubt in my...

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SC declares arrest of NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha ‘invalid’, orders immediate release 

NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday declared as ‘invalid in the eyes of law’ the arrest of NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha in a case under the anti-terror law, and directed that he be released from custody. The apex court observed that a copy of the remand application in the "purported exercise of communication" of grounds of arrest in writing was not provided to Purkayastha or his counsel before the passing of...

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CAA gets rolling, first set of 14 people granted citizenship

New Delhi: The first set of citizenship certificates under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act was issued Wednesday here to 14 people, nearly two months after rules under the contentious law were notified to grant Indian nationality to persecuted non-Muslim migrants from three neighbouring countries. Union Home Minister Amit Shah termed it a "historic day", saying the decades-long wait...

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‘Noise’ in machine: Human differences in judgment lead to problems for AI

Los Angeles: Many people understand the concept of bias at some intuitive level. In society, and in artificial intelligence systems, racial and gender biases are well documented. If society could somehow remove bias, would all problems go away? The late Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman, who was a key figure in the field of behavioral economics, argued in...

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India surpasses Australia, Japan, Hong Kong in data centre capacity

New Delhi: India has surpassed major countries like Australia, Hong Kong SAR, Japan, Singapore and Korea becoming the country with the highest data centre capacity of 950 MW in the Asia-Pacific region (excluding China), according to a private report released Wednesday. India is also likely to record the highest capacity addition of 850 MW during the 2024-2026...

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Kylian Mbappé to miss match against Nice due to hamstring pain

Paris: Departing Paris Saint-Germain striker Kylian Mbappé was left out of the squad traveling to Nice in the French league because of pain in his left hamstring, the club said. PSG has already secured a 12th league title and plays the Riviera club later Wednesday in a rearranged fixture. PSG will then conclude its league campaign Sunday...

 

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