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1:35 PM

Use of AI for creating 'deep fake' problematic, media must educate people: PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday flagged the misuse of artificial intelligence for creating 'deep fakes', and said the media must educate people about this crisis in making.

Addressing journalists at BJP's Diwali Milan programme at the party's headquarters here, Modi also referred to his resolve to make India 'Viksit Bharat' (developed India), saying these are not merely words but a ground reality.

1:31 PM

Ashneer Grover, wife stopped at airport while travelling to New York

Ashneer Grover and his wife Madhuri Jain were stopped at the Indira Gandhi International Airport on Thursday while they were travelling to New York, The Economic Times (ET) reported on Friday, citing sources. The two were stopped on the basis of a look-out circular issued against them at the request of the Economic Offences Wing (EoW) of the Delhi Police.  The EOW, in May, registered a case against the couple for alleged misuse of funds of Resilient Innovations Private Ltd, which runs BharatPe. The startup alleged that the Grover family used Rs 81 crore of its money for their personal expenditure.

 

 

1:29 PM

Telangana Assembly polls: Rahul Gandhi takes a dig at CM KCR in his rally

In Pinapaka, Congres MP Rahul Gandhi says, "Chief Minister, the Hyderabad that you stole from for the last 10 years round the clock, was made the IT capital of the world by Congress party. This is an election between 'Dorala Telangana' and 'Prajala Telangana'.

 

1:22 PM

BJP central observers in B'luru for legislature meeting to finalise LOP

BJP's central observers -- Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and party's national general secretary Dushyant Kumar Gautam -- arrived in Bengaluru on Friday for the BJP Legislature Party meeting this evening where the Leader of Opposition in the assembly is slated to be chosen.

The newly appointed BJP state president B Y Vijayendra, son of party veteran B S Yediyurappa, received Sitharaman, a Rajya Sabha member from the State, and Kumar at the airport.

1:14 PM

Madhya Pradesh elections: Here's what former CM Digvijaya Singh had to say on incidents of violence

1:05 PM

Telangana polls: Congress President Kharge releases party manifesto in Hyderabad

12:54 PM

Economy still fragile, support from IMF to continue: Pakistan's FM

Pakistan's caretaker Finance Minister Shamshad Akhtar has said Pakistan's economy continues to remain fragile despite improvements and the cash-strapped nation would have to go for more IMF loans for some time, a media report said on Friday.

Akhtar also emphasised that Pakistan needs strong financial reforms to strengthen its economy, the Dawn newspaper quoted her as saying.

 

"The next International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme is very necessary for some time as the economy has returned to stability that was still very fragile. Until we are able to increase exports and domestic resources, we will need another programme," Akhtar said.

 

12:37 PM

Biden tells APEC leaders US 'not going anywhere' as he looks to build ties

President Joe Biden on Thursday made America's case to national leaders and CEOs attending the Asia-Pacific summit that the United States is committed to high standards in trade and to partnerships that will benefit economies across the Pacific.

We're not going anywhere, he declared. Fresh off his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Biden also told business leaders that the U.S. was de-risking and diversifying but not "decoupling from Beijing. But he did not mince words in suggesting the U.S. and friends in the Pacific could offer businesses a better option than China. He also noted that U.S. economies had invested some $50 billion in fellow Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation economies in 2023, including in clean energy technologies, aviation and cybersecurity.

 

12:18 PM

T'gana polls: Amit Shah to launch BJP manifesto, to address rallies on Nov 18

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will be releasing the BJP's manifesto for Telangana assembly polls on November 18, party sources said on Friday. Shah will also address poll rallies in Gadwal, Nalgonda and Warangal, they said.

 

"Amit Shah will release the manifesto at 10 AM before leaving for the rallies," they said.

 

11:58 AM

T'gana polls: Amit Shah to launch BJP manifesto, to address rallies on Nov 18

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will be releasing the BJP's manifesto for Telangana assembly polls on November 18, party sources said on Friday.

Shah will also address poll rallies in Gadwal, Nalgonda and Warangal, they said.

 

11:50 AM

Madhya Pradesh election gimmick: Free poha distributed to voters who cast vote before 9 am

11:42 AM

Drug abuse takes centre stage in Ganganagar ahead of polls in Rajasthan

Ramesh Kumar started injecting heroin while working in Bikaner and remained hooked to the needle for five years, before he decided to go cold turkey.

He battled the worst of pangs when he could not get his fix, at times spiralling into a debilitating despondence. Kumar is now on a steady yet precarious road to sobriety having seen the abysmal depths of heroin addiction.

11:33 AM

"Voting no less than a festival," says Union Minister Virendra Kumar amid MP polls; casts vote in Tikamgarh

Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Virendra Kumar on Friday said that the day of voting is no less than a festival and cast his vote at a polling booth in Tikamgarh district while polling is underway for the 230-member Assembly in Madhya Pradesh.

The Union Minister cast his vote at polling booth number 74 in Tikamgarh district and told ANI, "In a democracy, the voting day is no less than a festival. On this day, every voter should exercise their right."

11:33 AM

Biden and Mexico's leader will meet in California. Fentanyl, migrants and Cuba are on the agenda

President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andrs Manuel Lpez Obrador, two strong allies who don't always get along personally, will talk migration, fentanyl trafficking and Cuba relations on Friday.

The two leaders are in San Francisco for the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference, where Biden has held a series of face-to-face meetings with other leaders, including China's President Xi Jinping and the leaders of Japan and South Korea, as he seeks to reassure the region that the US and China are competitors, not zero-sum rivals.

11:13 AM

It is time for countries of Global South to talk in one voice for greater global good: PM Modi

It is time for countries of Global South to talk in one voice for greater global good: PM Modi

 

 

At Summit, PM Modi calls for cooperation under framework of five Cs - consultation, communication, cooperation, creativity, capacity building.