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ET Sustainability Forum. Today’s technological advancements in data capturing and data management using internet of things (IoT) are helping companies monitor all the operations in real time to track performance and improve energy efficiency, said Dr Pradeep Panigrahi, Head, Corporate Sustainability, Larsen & Toubro.

gender reveal party in Sinaloa, Mexico, took a horrific turn as a small plane involved in the celebration crashed, leading to the pilot's sudden death. The couple had gathered with family and friends to mark the joyous occasion of their impending parenthood & announce the gender of their unborn baby.

NEW DELHI : The artwork of three modern Indian masters, Sayed Haider Raza, Francis Newton Souza and Tyeb Mehta, fetched record bids at Mumbai’s Pundole’s auction house over the weekend. While Raza’s ‘Gestation’ fetched ₹51.75 crore, including commissions, making it the most expensive Indian artwork ever sold at auction, Souza’s work titled ‘Hunger’ sold for ₹34.5 crore, setting a world auction record for the artist. Tyeb Mehta’s sculpture ‘Two Heads’ fetched ₹14.95 crore, gaining the world auction record for a Modern Indian sculpture.

Google, which turns 25 on Monday, has come a long way from being born as a search engine in the garage of Susan Wojcicki — the future boss of YouTube — in a new tech landscape of generative AI, chatbots and social media. Google was founded on September 4, 1998, by American computer scientists Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were PhD students at Stanford University in California.

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Stalin's son's «eradicate» Sanatana Dharma" remarks triggered a political slugfest, political analyst Tehseen Poonawalla condemned the language used by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) minister. Speaking to ANI, Poonawalla said "...This kind of language in our political discourse is absolutely unacceptable. I believe that while every way of life does require reform, those reforms must happen through legislation, political movements, dialogue, through conversation… I think that this kind of language must be condemned." Addressing a conference on Saturday, Udhayanidhi, the minister for Sports and Youth Affairs in the Tamil Nadu government, equated 'Sanatana' (Sanatan Dharma) with «mosquitoes, dengue, malaria, fever and corona», adding that it should be stamped out like these ailments. Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief K Annamalai on Sunday launched fresh attacks on the DMK leader over his remarks on 'Sanatana Dharma' and said that the eradication of a particular culture is called genocide. «What Udhayanidhi spoke yesterday should be condemned by the 142 crore people of the country because hatred for a particular religion came out yesterday.

Amidst the dynamic cryptocurrency landscape, Litecoin (LTC) is garnering attention, not only for its appreciable price movement but also for its soaring trading volume, placing it among the top 10 most traded coins. 

Sanatan Dharma landed him in hot waters with the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP)'s senior leaders launching sharp retorts at Udhayanidhi and his father MK Stalin. Udhyanidhi was quoted saying,"Sanatan Dharma is like malaria and dengue and so it must be eradicated and not opposed" by news agency ANI. This remark saw a Supreme Court lawyer on Sunday filed a complaint with Delhi Police against Udhayanidhi Stalin.

Modi has said while seeking global cooperation to deal with cybercrimes. In an exclusive interview with PTI, he said the World Bank has estimated that cyber attacks could have caused losses of around USD 5.2 trillion to the world during 2019-2023, but their impact goes beyond just financial aspects into activities that are deeply worrying.Read the full interview here He said these can have social and geopolitical implications. «Cyber terrorism, online radicalisation, use of networked platforms to move funds from money laundering to drugs and terrorism — are just the tip of the iceberg,» he said. Modi said cyberspace has introduced an entirely new dimension to the battle against illicit financial activities and terrorism. «Terrorist organisations are using technology for radicalisation, moving money from money laundering and drugs into terror funding, and capitalising on emerging digital avenues such as the dark net, metaverse, and cryptocurrency platforms to fulfil their nefarious aims,» he said. Stressing the need for taking the cyber threats very seriously, the prime minister said one angle of their adverse impact is the financial losses they cause. Further, he said, cyber attacks can also have implications for the social fabric of nations. Modi said the spread of 'deep fakes' can cause chaos and loss of credibility of news sources.

In the ever-evolving cryptocurrency landscape, Bitcoin price appears to be showcasing a resilient stance as bulls firmly clutch the $25,800 mark. 

sustainability and brand connect, founders of D2C and new-age companies feel their stories convince consumers for repeat purchases, but others feel that it is the product which convinces the consumer, because it solves a problem for them. Shark tank fame oral care brand Perfora's founder Jatan Bawa said that people buy into the narrative of a young brand which is challenging the status quo, unlike legacy brands whose founders or brand building story is not well-known.

BJP Spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla on Sunday lambasted Tamil Nadu Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin for his 'Sanatana Dharma should be eradicated' remark and termed it as 'genocidal call'. «Once again, the INDIA alliance has shown its true face, 'Bharat Virodhi face', the 'Hindu Virodhi face'. This is nothing less than a genocidal call, and it has been supported by Karti Chidambaram of the Congress party,» he said. Poonawalla further questioned the opposition block alliance and said, «Is this 'Mohabbat ki dukaan, or is this Nafrat ke bhaijaan'?» Poonawalla then went on to question Uddhav Thackeray and the members of the INDIA Alliance and said — «Is this the manner in which India will unite by calling for the extermination and termination of that faith in which 80 per cent of the population has faith?» Meanwhile, the BJP's Tamil Nadu chief, K Annamalai, accused Tamil Nadu Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin of peddling a «bought-out idea from Christian missionaries». Addressing a conference in Chennai on Saturday, the minister for Sports and Youth Affairs in the Tamil Nadu government railed against Sanatan Dharma, saying, «Few things cannot be opposed, they should only be abolished.

Indian Air Force aircraft performed air-to-air refuelling of Egyptian Air Force Aircraft on Sunday. The IAF IL-78 air-to-air refuelling aircraft took part in the ongoing Bright Star-23 Exercise in Egypt. Sharing the photos of the air-to-air refuelling on X, formerly Twitter, IAF said, “Showcasing the bonds of friendship in the skies over Egypt during Exercise Bright Star, where the Indian Air Force IL-78 air-to-air refuelling aircraft refuelled aircraft from the Egyptian Air Force".

ANI. The remarks sparked a significant backlash on social media, with numerous individuals urging for legal action to be taken against the Tamil Nadu minister. BJP's Amit Malviya took to X and slammed MK Stalin adding, “Rahul Gandhi speaks of 'Mohabbat ki dukaan' but Congress ally DMK's scion talks about eradicating Sanatana Dharma.

Sanatan Dharma is upholding humanity and human equality," Tamil Nadu Minister for Youth Welfare Udhayanidhi Stalin said while clarifying that he had not called for "genocide". «I never called for the genocide of people who are following Sanatan Dharma. Sanatan Dharma is a principle that divides people in the name of caste and religion.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has secured approval to collaborate with South Korea in its probe against Terraform Labs and its co-founders, Daniel Shin and Do Kwon. This decision, sanctioned by District Judge Jed Rakoff on August 16, allows the SEC to question Shin and access documents from Chai Corporation, a Seoul-based payments provider he founded.

I cover education technology at The New York Times. And I've been thinking a lot about how artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT, which can manufacture school essays and other texts, might reshape the college application process. I was particularly interested to learn whether admissions officials were rejiggering their essay questions — or even reconsidering personal essays altogether. Amid a deluge of high school transcripts and teacher recommendations, admissions officers often use students' writing samples to identify applicants with unique voices, experiences, ideas and potential. How might that change now that many students are using AI chatbots to brainstorm topics, generate rough drafts and hone their essays? To find out, I contacted admissions officials at more than a dozen large state universities, Ivy League schools and small private colleges, including Juan Espinoza, the director of undergraduate admissions at Virginia Tech.

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IOTA's price landscape is becoming increasingly intriguing. As of today, IOTA stands at $0.162407, marking a modest increase of 0.63% within the past 24 hours. 

More than 85,000 highchairs sold at major retailers across North America are being recalled over a fall hazard after a handful of injuries were reported, federal regulators say