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Technology alone is not enough to combat deepfakes, we need a concerted effort “…From today onwards, MeitY and the Government of India will nominate a Rule Seven officer and will take a 100% compliance expectation from all the platforms". Elections near and deepfakes loom: Seeing isn’t believing “The Rule Seven officer will be a person who will create a platform where it will be easy for citizens to bring to the attention of the Government of India their notices allegations or reports of violation of law by the platforms.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has asked ITC chairman Sanjiv Puri to draft a team from his company to Karnataka and facilitate procuring Sri Anna millets from drought-hit farmers. Her intervention with ITC followed a meeting Revenue Minister Krishna Byre Gowda and Agriculture Minister N Cheluvarayaswamy had with her in Delhi on Thursday. She has asked Puri to also consider other measures that can help the state's farmers, the FM said in a post on social media platform X. Sitharaman added that she had explained the initiatives the Centre was taking on the subject during her discussion with the ministers. Karnataka has declared 224 out of its 236 taluks as drought hit. Commenting on Sitharaman speaking to the ITC Chairman, Gowda told ET that the government procurement was the only way to protect and encourage farmers for major millets like ragi, jowar and bajra (pearl millet).

Raymond's founder, Vijaypat Singhania, in an interview to Business Today, expressed his regrets about handing over his business entirely to the current Managing director, Gautam Singhania. Vijaypat Singhania handed over the authority of his company to his son, Gautam Singhania in 2015. Soon after, Gautam Singhania allegedly drove Vijayapat Singhania out of his JK House building in South Mumbai in 2017, according to various reports.

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The Rainbow Bridge border crossing between Canada and the United States was reopened Thursday evening as the investigation into a “horrific” vehicle explosion the day before continues.

By Laurie Chen

Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India, declared in a speech recently that he himself had become a victim of a ‘deepfake.’ He was shown participating in a folk dance that he did not participate in. He went on to say that he had personally talked to ChatGPT’s maker OpenAI about it. A few days before that, India’s IT minister had warned AI and social media firms that they needed to weed out deep-fakes.

By Farah Saafan and Suleiman Al-Khalidi

Blast, a newly launched Ethereum-based layer 2 network, is already gaining traction in the market after one unidentified whale deposited a massive 10,000 ETH to the network.

By Alexandra Valencia

(Reuters) -ChatGPT-maker OpenAI on Tuesday said it reached an agreement for Sam Altman to return as CEO days after his ouster, and also agreed in principle to partly reconstitute the board of directors that had dismissed him.

Nigeria's Minister of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani, has   announced   a landmark achievement in the nation's digital transformation journey. The 3 Million Technical Talent (3MTT) initiative, a strategic program designed to advance artificial intelligence (AI) skills among Nigerians, has successfully attracted over one million applicants. This remarkable response, disclosed on November 8, 2023, on a platform formerly known as Twitter, represents a significant stride in Nigeria's ambition to become a hub of technological talent.

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Charley Webb and Matthew Wolfenden have announced their separation. The three children of the couple, who met on the Emmerdale set, are three-year-old Ace, six-year-old Bowie, and twelve-year-old Buster. They started dating in 2007. In an attempt to show a unified front, they confirmed the separation with a joint Instagram statement. We both have decided to split with all love and respect.

BJP, senior leader Rajnath Singh has said. Talking to ET, Singh said that BJP fielded several parliamentarians for the assembly polls as the party felt that their candidature may prove crucial in winning elections. BJP has fielded around one-and-a-half dozen Lok Sabha MPs, including Union ministers, in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Telangana. Singh has been addressing several rallies in the last few days in Rajasthan.

Ronald D. Lee is Director of the Center on Economics and Demography of Aging at the University of California, Berkeley. Speaking to Srijana Mitra Das, he outlines work, health and wealth in a world that is maturing: Q. What is the core of your research? I am interested in the web of connections among people of different ages — these include economic connections which are mostly outside the market, such as in the family or public sector, and how those get affected by changes in population age.

ShareChat and Moj was elevated to a newly created role of CBO on Thursday. Betting big on the short-form video boom in the country, Jain told ET that he was focussed on helping marketeers understand how to leverage the power of the medium, building the ad business and strengthening ties with digital agencies.

By Holger Hansen and Kirsti Knolle

Siddaramaiah on Thursday announced that under the program, the state had ferried 100 crore women across the state in government owned buses free of charge. Till now, the corporations have provided around Rs 2,200 worth of free tickets in the five months since the scheme was launched, according to data released by the transport department. Taking to social media platform X, the CM called the scheme a boon for women travelling regularly.

Russia's parliament has approved a federal budget that increases spending by around 25% in 2024-2026 and devotes a record amount to defense

The new president and CEO of Philanthropy Roundtable says she plans to fight for the principles the advocacy organization has always prized