For the upcoming Karnataka Assembly elections, the Election Commission of India (ECI) will introduce facial recognition technology at a polling booth in Bengaluru. You can skip the long queue at this polling booth on May 10. Watch the video for details

For the upcoming Karnataka Assembly elections, the Election Commission of India (ECI) will introduce facial recognition technology at a polling booth in Bengaluru. Watch the video for the details

Decoded: The facial recognition pilot for Karnataka Assembly elections 2023

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The Bombay High Court on Wednesday granted bail to researcher Rona Wilson and activist Sudhir Dhawale, arrested in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, noting that they were in jail since 2018 and the trial was yet to start.  A division bench of Justices A S Gadkari and Kamal Khata said the two had spent more than six years in jail as under-trial prisoners.
"They are in jail since 2018. Even the charges in the case are yet to be framed. The prosecution has cited over 300 witnesses, and thus there is no possibility of the trial to conclude in the near future," the court said.  A trial starts after the charges are framed.
The NIA, the prosecution agency, did not seek a stay to the HC order.
Defence lawyers Mihir Desai and Sudeep Pasbola had argued that the two accused were incarcerated since their arrest in the case.
While granting relief, the high court said it was not dealing with the merits of the case at this stage.  Wilson and Dhawale were directed to submit a surety of Rs one 

While granting relief, the high court said it was not dealing with the merits of the case at this stage

Industry body CII expects the RBI to cut the benchmark interest rates next month to support sagging growth, its President Sanjiv Puri said on Wednesday and stressed the need to boost job creation through targeted interventions for labour-intensive sectors in the upcoming Budget.
In an interview with PTI, Puri flagged "sticky" food inflation, highlighting the need to build agricultural resilience and de-linking it from the interest rates under the inflation targeting framework, arguing that it is on account of climate change and not really influenced by the monetary policy.
Puri is also the Chairman and Managing Director of ITC.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is slated to present the Budget in Parliament on February 1.
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) chief also expressed optimism that much-needed labour reforms will be taken up by the BJP-led NDA government in the third term, stressing that it would benefit the economy and create more jobs.
Puri also raised the issu

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National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI) on Wednesday asked the government to grant industry status to the food services sector while seeking an equitable and fair e-commerce policy to provide a level-playing field to protect restaurants, delivery partners and consumers from potentially exploitative practices of platforms.
In its pre-Budget recommendations, National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI) said restaurants should be allowed to operate for longer hours, and also sought targeted subsidy schemes and access to debt financing for SMEs.
NRAI said the industry is expected to reach Rs 7,76,511 crore and grow at an 8.1 per cent CAGR by 2028, making it the third-largest food services market globally.
"Given the size (and) immense contribution of the food services industry to the country's economy, it should be accorded an industry status," NRAI said in a statement.
Industry status helps in getting lower utility tariffs, reduced property taxes, easier access to finance, 

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Decoded: The facial recognition pilot for Karnataka Assembly elections 2023

For the upcoming Karnataka Assembly elections, the Election Commission of India (ECI) will introduce facial recognition technology at a polling booth in Bengaluru. You can skip the long queue at this polling booth on May 10. Watch the video for details

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