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A women's organization in Mumbai, India, is training a chatbot powered by artificial intelligence with the help of women like 32-year-old Komal Vilas Thatkare

Agar kisi ko dil se chaaho to pura comment section usse tumse milane ki koshish mein lag jata hai" — but what if the only person replying to you in the comment section, is you? As Shaadi.com said, "Jodiyan kabhi uparwala banata hai aur kabhi comment section", a screenshot showed a man chatting with himself on the platform's comment section. As the screenshot went viral, a few X users urged Shaadi.com "to find a match for greenflagvivek". 'greenflagvivek' was the name of the handle which posted comments under a "pinned post" of Shaadi.com.

₹1 crore will pay 10 percent, while temples with income between ₹10 lakh and ₹1 crore will pay 5 percent to the government. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders slammed the Chief Minister Siddaramaiah-led state government over the new bill.

The mountain of cash at Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway just keeps growing. Berkshire’s tally of cash and equivalents has marched skyward for five consecutive quarters, reaching a record $157.2 billion at the end of September. Whether it finished 2023 at new heights is one question investors will look to answer when the Omaha, Neb., company releases its annual report Saturday.

Muzrai Minister Ramalinga Reddy denied the allegations while urging the BJP leaders to read the law. In a brief chat with ET’s KR Balasubramanyam, he responded to specific allegations. Edited excerpts: Your government’s amendment to the Hindu Religious Institutions and Charitable Endowment Act has sparked a lot of debate. What is this Bill about? The law, Karnataka Hindu Religious Institutions and Charitable Endowments Act, 1997, in fact, has been around since May 2003. Section 17 of this law provides for setting up of a Common Pool of Funds. In 2011, the BJP government amended the law, enabling the government to collect funds from high income group (A category) temples to support temples with poor incomes (C category) using the common pool fund. As per this change, temples with annual incomes of between Rs 5 lakh and Rs 10 lakh had to part with 5% of their net income, and 10% if the annual income exceeded Rs 10 lakh. The Rajya Dharmika Parishat (quasi-judicial body formed under the law) could use funds from the common pool only for purposes specified in the law including a poor Hindu religious institution.

₹316 crore in funding, bringing the total raised through its preferential issue to ₹1,060 crore. The funding, which comes amid a severe cash crunch, will allow the struggling airline to pursue expansion plans. The budget carrier had to lay off about 15% of its staff, or about 1,500 employees, following a two-thirds reduction in its fleet size for want of funds.

Two significant political events will intersect Saturday—the South Carolina Republican presidential primary and the second anniversary of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. The coincidence goes beyond this weekend. In the grand opera that congressional Republicans have become, no major legislation can pass until Donald Trump sings.

NBC News. She saidthis in reference to an issue that resonates with conservative voters three days prior to South Carolina’s primary contest.

Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes on Wednesday: Palo Alto Networks, Keysight fall; Garmin, Toll Brothers rise

A U.S. appeals court has struck down a moratorium on coal leasing from federal lands

A new report says activists want stricter regulations of short-term rentals in Puerto Rico as the U.S. territory sees a growing number of displaced renters and a spike in housing costs

Karnataka government’s latest direction, asking multinationals to declare the number of Kannadigas they employ, has surprised sections of industry in the state. Calling the policy “intrusive” and “discriminatory”, former Infosys board member TV Mohandas Pai told ET that it could leave companies open to the risk of vandalism in the name of linguistic pride. “IT companies require talent. They hire people on the basis of open tests and don’t discriminate. If a Kannadiga candidate passes the test, they too get selected,” Pai, who is the chairman of venture capital fund Aarin Capital Partners, said. Karnataka, he added, has historically had a very open culture, especially in Bengaluru, and policies like this — which can cause hooliganism — create a perception of a government that is unable to protect its people.

The Hong Kong government aims to submit licensing bills for stablecoin and over-the-counter (OTC) crypto trading frameworks in order to regulate the crypto industry and enhance investor protection.

Oil India Limited (OIL) and and private sector producers contributed 0.3 MMT and 0.6 MMT, data released by the Oil Ministry showed. Crude oil imports increased by 5.7 per cent and 0.9 per cent during January 2024 and April-January 2023-24 respectively, compared to the corresponding period of the previous year. The net import bill for oil and gas was $11.7 billion in January 2024 compared to $10.6 billion in January 2023, according to PPAC.

Assam government tabled Assam Healing (Prevention of Evil) Practices Bill, 2024 in state assembly whereby any person found guilty of committing the illegal act in the name of treatment/magic healing shall be punished with imprisonment and a fine. The Bill was introduced by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pijush Hazarika on behalf of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. Assam Healing (Prevention of Evil) Practices Bill, 2024 aims to bring social awakening in the society and to create healthy, science-based knowledge and safe environment to protect human health against the evil and sinister practices thriving on ignorance and ill-health of people to eradicate the non-scientific healing practices with ulterior motives for exploiting the innocent people and thereby destroying the fibre of the public health of the society. As per the Bill, no person shall take any part in healing practices and magical healing propagation for treatment of any diseases, any disorder or any condition relating to the health of a person (relating to human body) directly or indirectly giving a false impression of treatment to cure diseases, pain or trouble to the human health.

Rasta Roko' on 3 March. Jarange plans to implement the Rasta Roko demonstration to demand implementation of 'Sage Soyare' ordinance notification. Activist Manoj Jarange on Wednesday claimed the bill providing 10 per cent reservation to the Maratha community would not stand legal scrutiny and reiterated his demand that the Maharashtra government's draft notification on 'blood relatives' of Kunbi Marathas be converted into a law.

Karnataka government banned the use and sale of both tobacco and non-tobacco hookah at public places across the state with immediate effect with an aim to safeguard the health of its citizens and stem the tide of tobacco-related diseases. In a statement by Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao's office, it said, “The state government has taken this action with the conviction that it will be met with support from all responsible citizens who place the health and well-being of the people as a paramount concern." This action was backed by "alarming data" from the WHO Global Adult Tobacco Survey-2016-17 (GATS-2), which stated that 22.8 per cent of adults in Karnataka use tobacco, with 8.8 per cent being smokers.

Investing.com — Palo Alto Networks reported Tuesday guidance for the current quarter that missed Wall Street estimates offsetting better-than-expected fiscal second-quarter results. 

Influential labor groups now say they are opposing efforts to move two professional sports franchises from the nation’s capital to northern Virginia, partially due to the apparent inability to reach a satisfactory deal for union workers on the construc...

Karnataka Assembly on Tuesday passed a bill to slash the penalty on property taxes in Bengaluru city limits by 50 percent. The bill is titled Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Amendment Bill 2024. Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar, who holds the Bengaluru development portfolio, tabled the bill in the Legislative Assembly. «With the passing of this Amendment Bill, the penalty amount is halved, saving Bengalureans a whopping Rs 2,700 crores. The BBMP will be able to collect penalties worth Rs 1000 crore,» a statement issued by Shivakumar's office said.

Walmart is buying the smart TV maker Vizio for $2.3 billion as it attempts to expand its rapidly growing advertising business to compete with Amazon