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Ontario Provincial Police say they have uncovered a door-to-door sales fraud operation that victimized more than 200 older and vulnerable residents in Ontario.

Nara Lokesh on Saturday said that creating 20 lakh jobs is the single agenda of the TDP-led NDA government in the state, which was given a massive mandate of 93 per cent seats in the 2024 elections. Addressing a special plenary session of the CII Southern Regional Council 2024-25 here, he highlighted that creating 20 lakh jobs in five years was one of the six primary promises NDA made in the run-up to the polls. «That is the single agenda (20 lakh jobs) with which your government is going to actually work here in the state of Andhra Pradesh,» said Lokesh, adding that the southern state aspires to become one of the first three states to achieve a GSDP of $1 trillion. Observing that CII has always played a collaborative role, he said that Andhra Pradesh, which has been a hub for agriculture, MSMEs and other sectors, now aims to move faster in Information Technology.

YouTube channel, which was hacked on Friday, has resumed. «This is to inform all concerned that the YouTube channel of Supreme Court of India is live and up. The services on YouTube channel of Supreme Court of India has been resumed,» said a notice uploaded on the apex court's website on Friday. The top court's YouTube channel was hacked on Friday and showed videos promoting a cryptocurrency developed by US-based company Ripple Labs. A blank video with the title «Brad Garlinghouse: Ripple Responds To The SEC's $2 Billion Fine! XRP PRICE PREDICTION» was live on the hacked channel.

Artificial intelligence (AI) too could be capable of 'learning by thinking', which is known to be core to a great discovery, according to a review. Cognitive scientists have documented how people learn from observation, in which one acquires knowledge by observing the external world. However, another way of learning — a relatively neglected one — is 'learning by thinking', in which one gains knowledge without input from the external world, such as through thought experiments or self-explanations, according to Tania Lombrozo, a professor of psychology at the Princeton University and the author of the review published in the journal 'Trends in Cognitive Sciences'. In a thought experiment, one hypothetically explores a theory or a principle by thinking through its consequences, whereas in learning through self-explanations, one makes a sense of new information by relating it with what they already know.

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SEBI's refusal to disclose instances when its chairperson Madhabi Buch recused herself due to conflict of interest and said that this makes a «mockery» of public accountability and transparency. The cases where Buch recused herself due to potential conflict of interest is not «readily» available and collating them would «disproportionately divert» its resources, the securities market regulator said in an RTI response on Friday. In the response furnished to transparency activist Commodore Lokesh Batra (retd), the regulator also refused to provide copies of Buch's declarations to the government and SEBI Board on the financial assets and equities held by her and her family members on the grounds of these being «personal information» and that their disclosure may «endanger» personal safety. Reacting to the development, Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said, «The multiple conflicts of interest of the SEBI Chairperson that have been revealed so far are shocking in themselves. Now in a move that adds more fuel to the raging fire, SEBI has simply refused to divulge information to a RTI activist on instances of the SEBI Chairperson recusing herself on issues where there have been potential conflicts of interest.»

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Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has advised banks to seek legal remedy in case of a stand-off with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) over matters classified as fraud. The RBI's advice was in response to the CBI returning complaints filed by some banks to probe accounts tagged as fraud and where they have already filed an FIR (first information report). In several cases, the investigative agency has informed the lender that its complaint has been returned because the borrower concerned has not been given an in-person hearing before the account was classified as fraud.

Dr Reddy's Laboratories (DRL) on Friday said the United States Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has completed a routine Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) inspection at its plant with zero observation. In a filing, the company said the inspection was carried in their integrated product development organisation (IPDO) in Bachupally, Hyderabad. «This is to inform you that the United States Food & Drug Administration (USFDA) today completed a routine Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) inspection at our R&D centre (Integrated Product Development Organisation or IPDO) in Bachupally, Hyderabad,» the company said in a stock exchange filing.

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Friday wrote a letter to PM Modi, stating that «Bengal is now facing the biggest flood in Lower Damodar and adjoining areas since 2009», with more than 8 districts under water and «nearly 5 million people» affected. She requested immediate release of central funds to address the devastation. Union Minister of Jal Shakti CR Patil, responding to Banerjee's letter, said that West Bengal officials were consulted and following «request from Bengal officials, releases from the two reservoirs was initially curtailed to almost 50% from Sept 14-17.» «However, due to very heavy rainfall on Sept 16 and Sept 17, it became imperative for the Committee to substantially enhance the releases to avoid any catastrophic impact due to possible dam failures. Even during this event, though the maximum inflow to the two reservoirs is estimated to be 4.23 lakh cusec, the combined releases from them was regulated to about 2.5 lakh cusec,» the letter read.

MHA) has accorded the much-awaited sanction to prosecute former railways minister Lalu Prasad in land-for-jobs case. CBI informed this to a local court on Friday. The agency's counsel also apprised the court that there are nearly 30 co-accused for whom prosecution sanction is awaited from the relevant authorities. CBI has sought a fortnight to obtain sanctions against other accused. The court has directed the agency to expedite the process to obtain sanctions for the co-accused.

safeguard duties on its steel imports and has begun an exercise to firm up the list of items. “We are working on the products that would be subject to higher tariffs. These will mostly be steel products,” an official told ET. The two sides failed to reach an agreement on the concessions that the EU can offer India to mitigate the adverse impact of the safeguard duties it levies on some steel imports, which it extended by two years till 2026.

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Bombay High Court on Friday held as unconstitutional and struck down the amended Information Technology (IT) Rules which sought to identify fake and false content on social media against the government. The matter was assigned to Justice A S Chandurkar as 'tie-breaker judge', after a division bench in January delivered a split verdict on the petitions challenging the amended IT rules. Justice Chandurkar on Friday held that the rules violated constitutional provisions. «I have considered the matter extensively. The impugned rules are violative of Article 14 (right to equality), 19 (freedom of speech and expression) and 19(1)(g) (freedom and right to profession) of the Constitution of India,» the judge said.

SpiceJet to negotiate with the lessors on the weekend and refused to interfere with the previous HC order that asked the airline to ground three engines and return them to its lessors — Team France 01 SAS and Sunbird France 02 SAS — in 15 days for non-payment of lease rentals. The Chief Justice of India told the airline, «If you don't comply, then you have to return the engines.» During the hearing, SpiceJet informed the Supreme Court that it was already in talks to make payments and was «ready to pay even today.»

quick-commerce platforms like Blinkit and BB Now it will be delivered to your doorstep within minutes. Albinder Dhindsa, the co-founder and CEO of Blinkit, informed in a social media post on Friday that the company will deliver the iPhone 16 in Delhi, NCR, Mumbai, Pune, and Bengaluru on the very launch day of the iPhone. «Get the all-new iPhone 16 delivered in 10 minutes! We've partnered with @UnicornAPR for the third year in a row, bringing the latest iPhone to Blinkit customers in Delhi NCR, Mumbai, Pune, Bengaluru (for now) — on launch day! P.S — Unicorn is also providing discounts with select credit cards and EMI options are available too,» said Dhindsa.

watermarking techniques that balance content protection with privacy concerns. The report highlights India’s potential to play a pivotal role in building a secure and trustworthy AI ecosystem. It notes that with the rapid advancement of AI technologies, concerns around the authenticity of digital content are on the rise. It further calls for a multi-layered approach, combining technological innovations with global frameworks. Policymakers worldwide are beginning to develop open-source tools and regulations to support the widespread adoption of watermarking, it noted.

Supreme Court on Friday asked the Centre to provide information about the numbers and names reiterated by the apex court Collegium for appointment as judges in higher judiciary with reasons why they were not considered so far and at what level they were pending. The direction was passed by a bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud while hearing a PIL seeking a direction that a time limit be fixed for the Centre to notify the appointment of judges recommended by the Supreme Court Collegium. «The Supreme Court Collegium is not a search committee (for judges) whose recommendations can be stalled,» said the bench which also comprised Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra. The bench asked Attorney General (AG) R Venkataramani, appearing for the Centre, to provide it with a list of names reiterated by the Collegium and say «why they are pending and at what level».

Trilokpuri area of the national capital. Aam Aadmi Party MLA Rohit Kumar Mehraulia said that the pit may have been caved in due to heavy rain this year. «This incident happened around 9 pm...we informed the police, and they came here and placed barricades and stopped people from going there. This pit must have formed due to heavy rain this year,» he said on Thursday.