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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: The onslaught of artificial intelligence has polarized many, but innovators, inventors, and investors all agree that its impact will be felt across all facets of life. More important, it is critical to define both the benefits and risks from AI.

Meta's independent content watchdog said Thursday there were «serious questions» about how the social media giant deals with anti-immigrant content, particularly in Europe. The Oversight Board, established by Meta in 2020 and often called its «supreme court», launched a probe after seeing a «significant number» of appeals over anti-immigrant content. The board has chosen two symbolic cases-one from Germany and the other from Poland-to assess whether Meta is following human rights law and its own policies on hate speech.

India had at least 26 extradition requests pending with Canada, the South Asian nation’s foreign ministry said on Thursday, amid a diplomatic row between the two countries.

Bill Clinton shared a personal anecdote during the funeral of American human rights advocate Ethel Kennedy, which took everyone by surprise.

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Jitendra Sriram, Senior Fund Manager, Baroda BNP Paribas MF, says post the recent correction in the market, the utility space is definitely looking promising because of the energy demand that is coming in our economy and the kind of reactive steps that the utility sector is taking is definitely positive. That looks fairly interesting and even pockets of industrials are looking fairly interesting because the government was a little slow in the first half because of all the election dynamics, code of conduct and all these things. Further, Sriram says, one needs to keep the auto sector on the radar, but it could still shape up much better than what people are expecting. What is your take on the FMCG sector because over the last six or three months or so, we have been betting on the FMCG sector and there have been murmurs around the fact that a rural recovery is underway, the urban recovery is already there and maybe things will look better for the FMCG sector? Jitendra Sriram: It should happen because the monsoons have been fairly normal, and we would expect that at least the rural demand should start picking up.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: Jamshyd N Godrej, chairman of consumer goods to engineering solutions firm Godrej & Boyce, has pitched for a new government policy to phase out old and inefficient cooling products such as air-conditioners and refrigerators from the Indian markets by incentivising the switch to appliances that consume less energy.

KumKum Dasgupta, Mercedes-Benz board member Renata Maria-Anna Jungo Brüngger lays out the luxury and commercial carmaker’s elaborate plans for a sustainable business – they go beyond climate protection. India is a growing market for Mercedes-Benz. Recently, it sold 5,117 vehicles in Q3 2024, marking a robust 21% growth. The company's battery EV portfolio has also garnered customer traction, growing by 84% y-o-y. However, the company’s commitment to sustainability extends far beyond automobile tech, says Renata Maria-Anna Jungo Brüngger, member, board of management, Mercedes-Benz Group AG for Integrity, Governance & Sustainability, who was in New Delhi this month.

RTX Corporation, the defense contractor formerly known as Raytheon, has agreed to pay the U.S. government $252 million to resolve criminal charges alleging it paid bribes to secure contracts with Qatar

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Amnesty International announced on Wednesday that Pakistan is set for its second review by the UN Human Rights Committee in Geneva on October 17 and 18, emphasizing that "human rights violations and abuses are still widespread." This review falls under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), to which Pakistan is a signatory, according to the rights organization's statement. The organization highlighted several concerning issues reported in the past month, including two extrajudicial killings of blasphemy suspects by police, crackdowns on protests, the enactment of the restrictive Peaceful Assembly and Public Order Act 2024, arbitrary detention and mass arrests of opposition workers and leaders, a ban on the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM), and harassment of human rights defenders like Mahrang Baloch.

Nikhil Kamath, co-founder of Zerodha, gathered industry titans to discuss one of the most debated topics in personal finance: buying a home versus renting. Kamath was joined by Irfan Razack, Chairman & MD of Prestige Group, Nirupa Shankar, Executive Director at Brigade Group, and Karan Virwani, CEO of WeWork India. The discussion revealed key insights into the advantages and challenges of each option. Kamath, who has long favored renting, shed light on the uncertainty that often comes with renting. “The thing with renting, of all the advantages of renting, there is one disadvantage: you don’t have foresight as to when you can move out of the house. I had to move out of this house, whereas I might have liked to stay longer in this house,” he said. Kamath explained that the inconvenience of having to move often sways people toward buying their own homes.

Simon Chandler is a Brighton-based writer and journalist with over ten years of experience writing about crypto, technology, politics and culture. He has written for Cryptonews.com since late 2017,...

Since graduating with a degree in economics from the University of Birmingham in 2018, Joel has worked as a financial market/cryptocurrency analyst. He firmly believes that emerging crypto technology...

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. John Coleman has learned to live with his coffee habit, but most Starbucks baristas can’t stomach his request for eight packets of sugar and just the right amount of milk. Starbucks moved the sugar and milk behind the counter during the pandemic.

Some of the lowest-paid health care workers in California are getting a pay bump under a state law

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Elon Musk’s space company sued regulators in California after officials rejected a request to allow more SpaceX rocket launches, claiming the decision was politically motivated. The suit, filed Tuesday in California’s central district, marks the billionaire’s latest volley in a long-running feud with the Golden State.

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A group of Democrats in Congress is appealing to the largest U.S. companies to hold onto their diversity, equity and inclusion programs

King Charles III will travel halfway around the world to Samoa this month to take his seat as the head of the Commonwealth and highlight the existential threat climate change poses for Pacific island nations