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AWS) has launched a two-week pop-up, GenAI Loft, aimed at fostering innovation and community in the evolving landscape of generative artificial intelligence technology in Bengaluru on July 29. The loft is open to visitors till August 9.

New Delhi: The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)organized a photo exhibition titled "Coal Dependence: Lives in an Extractive Economy" at its headquarters at the Indian Habitat Centre on July 25 and 26.Thetwo-day exhibition was part of a project “Just Transition: Understanding and the Implications of Moving Away from Coal", supported by the MacArthur Foundation.The exhibition strove to illuminate the lives of communities that are intricately connected to the coal economy, which is at the heart of the just energy transition debate.Through a series of compelling photographs, the exhibition examined the everyday realities of individuals engaged in selling, extracting, and transporting coal which happens in the absence of alternate lucrative means of income. These images highlighted the vulnerabilities faced by these communities as we aspire to transition towards cleaner energy sources.The photo exhibition was inaugurated by Dr Vibha Dhawan, Director-General, TERI, and attended by Mr Ajay Shankar and Mr Jiwesh Nandan, Distinguished Fellows at TERI.

Compound Finance, a leading decentralized lending and borrowing protocol, is embroiled in controversy over a possible governance attack.

Manipur Police has arrested four members of the United National Liberation Front (Pambei) in connection with a firing incident, assault of civilians, and outraging the modesty of a woman, officials said.

Residents of Slocan, B.C. and surrounding areas have been ordered to evacuate.

HD Kumaraswamy was taken to hospital after his nose started bleeding while he was attending a press conference in Bengaluru on Sunday.

Kamala Harris. But it's not just Harris's late entry that has electrified things. It's also the history to be made if the likely Democratic nominee becomes the first female president who is also multiracial.

The Washington Post, is widely credited with the truism: “Journalism is the first rough draft of history." But this claim can be equally staked by writers of fiction and poetry. For it is through the alchemy of their experience and imagination that the history of our distant past, or vanishing present, begins to assume a human face. Scholar, journalist and writer Uddipana Goswami’s latest collection of stories, The Women Who Would Not Die: Stories, drives home the truth behind this sentiment with a raw force.

Among the leading causes of human absurdity is people identifying with the famous just because they have one thing in common. As we will see in the coming days when Kamala Harris intensifies her campaign to become the next American president. Three kinds of people will extol her because they would misunderstand her as a beacon of hope and pride.

terrorist activities in the otherwise peaceful Jammu region, security experts have suggested a comprehensive reassessment of the existing counterterrorism strategies employed by security forces. Retired Lieutenant General D S Hooda, former General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Udhampur-based Northern Command, emphasised the urgent need for a proactive approach to counter the evolving terrorist tactics.

Jasper National Park found out on Saturday for certain whether or not they have a property to return to.The municipality of Jasper released a high-resolution map and list of properties showing the structures destroyed this past week (go to bottom of this story to see map and list), which includes single-family homes, apartments, townhouses, a hostel, church, senior’s manor, gas station and other businesses.Parks Canada has estimated that 30 per cent of Jasper’s structures were damaged by the wildfire, with 358 of the town’s 1,113 structures destroyed.Christine Nadon, the incident commander for the Municipality of Jasper, said it was an all-or-nothing situation — buildings were either razed to the ground or not affected at all.“Most structures were destroyed and very few were damaged,” she said during an update Saturday afternoon alongside Parks Canada officials.“Many of you will have your worst fears confirmed today.”Nadon’s regular job sees her in charge of the fire department.On Wednesday night as flames bore down on the mountain community, Nadon said she was inside the fire hall listening to scanners, monitoring maps and trying to keep track of her people as the fire consumed home after home — hers included.“It’s heartbreaking is what it is. Some of those structures we will rebuild.

Adidas has issued an apology to supermodel Bella Hadid for the “negative impact” of a shoe campaign that paid tribute to the 1972 Munich Olympics.The apology is the second from the sportswear brand, which just last week removed Hadid from the campaign and said it would be “revising” its advertising over criticism from Israel.Hadid, who is half-Palestinian, was photographed for Adidas’ relaunch of the retro SL72 trainers.The shoe was originally created to mark the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, where eight members of the Palestinian militant group Black September invaded the Olympic Village and killed two Israeli athletes. Nine other Israelis were taken hostage.The hostages, five Black September attackers and a German police officer were killed in a failed rescue attempt.After Hadid’s Adidas campaign was launched, Israel accused the 27-year-old model of antisemitism “and calling for violence against Israelis and Jews.”Hadid has faced criticism from Israel in the past, namely for her vocal pro-Palestinian support and her advocacy for relief efforts for Palestinians in Gaza during the Israel-Hamas conflict..@Adidas recently launched a new campaign for their shoes to highlight the 1972 Munich Olympics.Eleven Israelis were murdered by Palestinian terrorists during the Munich Olympics.Guess who the face of their campaign is? Bella Hadid, a half-Palestinian model who has a history… pic.twitter.com/IgdGq2OLmd— Israel ישראל (@Israel) July 18, 2024In a statement last week, Adidas said any connections to “tragic historical events” were “unintentional.”“We apologise for any upset or distress caused,” the company wrote.

firefighters were battling a rapidly growing wildfire in northern California on Saturday after the blaze more than doubled in size in a 24-hour span.

savarna has taken advantage of India’s hard-won reservation policy by pretending to be from an oppressed caste, the “jokes" that immediately arise are about the oppressed caste. In the case of Khedkar, shouldn’t shame be radiating from the idea of a civil servant without disability perpetuating fraud? Why wouldn’t you at this moment look around with discomfort and ask what chance has allowed you, a mediocre person surrounded by other mediocre persons, to get where you have gotten? Instead, the pivot manifests usually in the form that Sabharwal’s tweet has taken. Of questioning the “merit" of persons with disabilities instead.

Farmers’ markets and business groups say they are “sad and disappointed” in NoFrills and its parent company Loblaw after the company sent a mass-advertising text message encouraging customers to “skip the line” at their local farmers’ market and visit their stores instead.

US President Joe Biden’s decision to end his election campaign may have been well received by his party members. However, his decision to continue to serve as the US President is what is raising concerns among some members belonging to the medical fraternity. The president’s cognitive decline has been extensively discussed in recent times, after the first presidential debate.

MIAMI — Nicole Crooks stood in the plaza of the historic Lyric Theater, a royal blue hat shielding her from the midday sun that baked Miami.

COCOMI) a valley-based Meitei organization has sought withdrawal of Assam Rifles from Manipur.

S Jaishankar on Saturday called on the international community to be robust in combating terrorism in all its forms and manifestations and dismantle terror sanctuaries and UN-proscribed terrorism financing networks. Jaishankar's remarks came as he participated in the 31st ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) in Laos' capital Vientiane.

Head and Neck Cancer Day observed on Saturday.

capital gains tax rates is a welcome and logical change by the government. Under the new tax rules, stock investing will now attract a 12.5% Long-term capital gains tax (previously 10%) and 20% Short-term capital gains tax (previously 15%). Excluding tax havens such as Hong Kong, Singapore and the UAE, India’s capital gains tax remains one of the lowest globally, especially as the amount of capital gains increases. And as Finance Secretary Somnath explains, analysis of the tax base shows that capital gains tax doesn’t really impact the middle class. 88% of the capital gains income is earned by individuals with an income above Rs. 15 Lakh and 62% by those with an income greater than Rs 1 crore. The investing community in India is a minority demographic that benefits from a tax rate much lower than the marginal rate, a standard tax rate for income earned by salaried and other business incomes. Even with the new rates, we’re still much below the marginal tax rate.