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A curious citizen out on a Sunday stroll says he found an intact iPhone — still in perfect working condition — that appears to have been sucked out of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, which suffered a catastrophic failure to its fuselage on Friday.

Generative AI, Tamil Nadu's minister for IT and digital services Palanivel Thiaga Rajan (PTR) said during the Global Investors Meet (GIM) in Chennai. «As much as Generative AI can replace human beings, you can also do a lot of deep fakes. So, authentication of content and origination of source are going to be very important,» he said. «We have seen election manipulation in many countries through AI, deep fakes and content manipulation.»

asylum in Germany last year rose to 3,51,915, an increase of 51.1 per cent compared with the year before. The largest number of asylum-seekers came from Syria, with 1,04,561 applications, followed by Turkish citizens with 62,624 asylum pleas and 53,582 Afghans, Germany's Federal Office for Migration and Refugees said Monday. Migration has become a huge political problem for the government and a hot-button topic in Germany as local communities are struggling to house the many newcomers.

It is that time of the year when most of the taxpayers, who if already haven’t exhausted their tax-saving investment limit, start looking for various investment options to save as much tax as possible. For, this remains the last chance to save tax for the current financial year as salaried individuals are required to submit investment proof to their HR department. Else tax will start getting deducted from their salary.

By Siddharth Singhal

Calcutta and Bengal were the centres of culture, commerce, and creative expression across undivided India. The state and her citizens stood as a beacon of intellectual and cultural prowess in India. The idea of Mother India – Bharat Mata – arose in Bengal with Bankim Chandra Chaterjee’s ‘Bande Mataram’. Religious reform and modernisation arose with the tireless work of Raja Ram Mohan Roy and the Bhramo Samaj.

As 2023 nears its end, top crypto coins like Dogecoin (DOGE) have recorded notable gains. However, novice investors who missed the 2023 rally are now searching for low-priced tokens that promise better returns. This explains why Rebel Satoshi ($RBLZ), an upcoming meme coin, is enjoying massive investor interest after surging 100% during its presale.

climate change have sort of become a sing-along anthem in many jurisdictions around the world. The recent COP 28 meeting was primarily about climate change and the action that the world needs to take collectively. However, while governments continue to talk, establish conventions, and introduce policies, citizens across the globe need to realise that they too have an equally important role to play. But the problem is worse than people think. According to the WHO, there are 3.6 billion people already living in places that are highly susceptible to climate change. A recent report in the Washington Post shows that the world is set to pass a catastrophic warming threshold by the 2030s. The report was based on findings by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which revealed that the world will surpass its warming limit of 1.5 degrees Celsius, leading to climate disasters that will be too severe for people to adapt. When a person is obese, or at risk of cancer, diabetes, or heart disease, they make crucial lifestyle changes. In the same vein, making lifestyle changes can be a crucial step towards averting the gloomy future that climate change portends if no action is taken. One of the smartest decisions a person can take is future-proofing their lifestyle by making climate-friendly choices, such as embracing the electric vehicle.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the three new criminal justice laws were enacted with the spirit of "citizen first, dignity first and justice first" and that the police now need to work with data instead of 'danda'. Addressing the 58th conference of Director Generals of Police (DGPs) and Inspector Generals of Police (IGPs) here, Modi exhorted the police to focus on the safety of women to ensure they can work fearlessly «kabhi bhi aur kahin bhi (anytime, anywhere).» He emphasised that the new criminal laws were framed with the spirit of «citizen first, dignity first and justice first' and instead of working with 'danda', police now need to work with „data“.

development under the union government is to ensure that it reaches the farthest and the most vulnerable sections of the population, Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri said on Sunday. Addressing a press conference as part of the ongoing Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra (VBSY), Puri said that citizens benefit directly from it. He added that various schemes are formulated and are being implemented, giving priority to women.

Mumbai has stirred concerns about passenger safety as a citizen captured footage of an Uber driver watching videos on his mobile phone while navigating through busy streets. The passenger, identified as Venkat, shared the video on social media, expressing alarm over the driver's unsafe behaviour during the ride. In the video, the Uber driver is seen scrolling through content on his phone, which was placed on his lap while driving. Venkat took to social media, posting, «I am not feeling safe to travel in @Uber_India these days as the drivers are driving dangerously.

Bangladesh Elections 2024: Bangladesh began voting for its general elections early today January 6, amid pre-poll violence and opposition calls for a boycott of the incumbent government and its candidate, current Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Notably, however, despite the opposition, protests, and claims of coercion, Hasina looks set for a fifth clean sweep in the country amid a lack of a significant rival option. This election has unfolded against the backdrop of Hasina's government tamping down on the boycotts by opposition party representatives via widespread arrests.

Bengaluru, there's a discussion about extending the Namma Metro rail network to suburban areas, and not everyone is excited about it. Many people are asking, «Why go outside the city when the main parts are still not connected?» The deputy chief minister, DK Shivakumar, recently talked to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to get permission for this extension. The plan is to reach places like Bidadi, Hoskote, Harohalli, and Nelamangala. However, some are not happy with this idea.

appeals court on Saturday allowed a judge's ruling that barred California from enforcing a new law that bans the carrying of guns in most public places on the grounds that it was unconstitutional to take effect. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals dissolved an order by a different 9th Circuit panel from a week earlier that suspended an injunction issued by a judge who concluded the Democratic-led state's law violated the right of citizens to keep and bear arms under the U.S. Constitution's Second Amendment.

Officials in New York say most of the 23 people on board a bus that crashed on U.S. Highway 87 Friday, leaving at least one person dead, were Canadian citizens.

Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud said on Saturday that optimising tech within the judiciary is not just about modernisation but also a strategic move towards democratising access to justice, and underlined the need to train lawyers to use technology. Leveraging these advancements will help bridge gaps, enhance efficiency, and ensure that justice delivery is not impeded by geographical and technological barriers, he said while addressing a gathering at the inauguration of a new district court building in Rajkot.

North Korea's shells landed in a buffer zone created under a 2018 tension-reducing deal, which fell apart in November after the North launched a spy satellite. Seoul's military said Saturday that "the repeated artillery fire within the prohibited hostile act zone by North Korea poses a threat to the peace on the Korean Peninsula and escalates tensions". They issued "a strong warning", and urged North Korea to immediately stop such actions.

online scam operations in another blow to the embattled junta. The military is facing its biggest threat since seizing power in a 2021 coup after three armed ethnic groups — known as the Three Brotherhood Alliance — launched a sweeping October offensive in northern Shan state. Since November people have been fleeing Laukkai town, located in a district bordering China that is run by a Myanmar military-aligned militia and notorious for gambling, prostitution and online scams run out of compounds staffed by thousands of people, many trafficked. The alliance — made up of the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), the Arakan Army (AA) and the Ta'ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) — said the town was now under their control. «All members from the Myanmar Army's Military Operational Command in Laukkai were disarmed and Laukkai became a clean area where there are no more members of the Myanmar Army,» the alliance said in a statement. It added that scores of junta soldiers, including some officers, had been captured and disarmed. The junta has not commented. TNLA Brigadier-General Tar Bhone Kyaw confirmed Saturday that the MNDAA had taken Laukkai. «It is their land, they got it back now,» he told AFP.

Police are investigating the fires in Gazipur, on the outskirts of capital Dhaka, but suspected that wrongdoers aiming to disrupt Sunday's election had set fire to the schools in the middle of the night.

China's envoy's team visited the RSS headquarters in Nagpur, Maharashtra. In a post on X, Kerala Congress captioned a media report, saying, “Ab Ki Baar Xi Jinping?" However, according to the TOI report, the group of Chinese scholars specializing in Hindi participated in a workshop at Wardha's Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya (Hindi University) in Nagpur on December 7th.

ARY News reported. The resolution which was presented by Senator Dilawar Khan, was approved by the majority of lawmakers.