The CPI (M) received an invitation from the National Assembly of Venezuela to nominate its parliament members to participate in the Parliamentarian’s Forum against Fascism, organised by it. The Party ...

Many people including AI experts have claimed that these tools show “sparks of artificial general intelligence” or human-like intelligence – the Holy grail of AI research. Fantastic claims are made ...

THE district sessions judge of Koppal, Karnataka, delivered a landmark judgment on October 24, 2024, convicting 101 people ...

Several other items of consumption too are seeing exorbitant price rise. One of them is cooking oils, which is partly attributable to the rise in crude palm oil prices by over 45 per cent in the past ...

The legal battle spanned over ten years, during which the case drew attention for its implications on caste-based oppression in the region. One of the key witnesses in the case, AIAWU cadre Comrade ...

The sugarcane farmers’ federation said the central government is “slowly removing pro-farmer provisions” in the existing sugar control order and taking away power from states. THE union government has ...

THE Students’ Federation of India (SFI) secured a significant victory in the Kannur University college union elections, winning 45 out of the 65 college unions spread across Kasaragod, Kannur and ...

THIS year’s Nobel Prize in economics (the Riksbank Prize to be more precise) has been awarded to three US-based economists for their research into what promotes or hinders the growth of wealth among ...

SEVERAL international organisations are now engaged in the business of measuring what they call “poverty”. The World Bank has been in it for some time, but now we have a new measure of ...

THE National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled (NPRD), in a statement issued on October 23, has lodged its strong protest against the amendments made to the Rights of Persons with Disabilities ...

THE National Alliance of Journalists (NAJ) and Delhi Union of Journalists (DUJ), in a statement issued on October 17, have expressed grave concern at the notice by the Press Council of India to ...

IN South Mumbai, BEST (electricity distribution company) has postponed the work of installing smart electricity meters. This company has 10.8 lakh residential and commercial consumers and it has ...