April 16, 2024 10:41 am | Updated 10:41 am IST Election season calls for a game of Real or Fake. Take this pithy declaration in WhatsApp circulation from 2019, ahead of India’s General Elections: UNESCO Declare India’s “Jana Gana Mana” the World’s Best National Anthem. By now, ‘UNESCO declares India’ …...Read More
From IT bots to AI deepfakes: The evolution of election-related misinformation in India
Bay Area Christians fight city over 'hostile and targeted' cross removal: 'Discriminatory action'
A California club is fighting to get its cross back on what they say is their private property after an atheist group campaigned for it to be removed. Fifty years ago, a devout Christian asked the Albany Lions Club to build and maintain a large lighted steel and plexiglass cross …...Read More
3 lasting lessons after losing a spouse and moving forward in life: 'Still evolving'
New York City-based author and essayist Warren Kozak, who lost his beloved wife to cancer on Jan. 1, 2018, has written "Waving Goodbye: Life After Loss" (Post Hill Press, April 2024), a new book that describes his wrenching experiences and the continuing fallout from the loss of his wife, Lisa …...Read More
Real earnings growth 'at its highest rate in nearly two and a half years'
A weaker than expected easing in the pace of pay rises means real earnings growth, when inflation is taken into account, is at its highest rate in almost two and a half years, according to the latest official figures. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said average regular pay, excluding …...Read More
At least six, including minors, dead as boat capsizes in Srinagar’s Jhelum river
April 16, 2024 10:11 am | Updated 05:45 pm IST - Srinagar Six people, including minors, were killed in a boat capsize incident in Srinagar on Tuesday, amid torrential rains in the past 24 hours in the Kashmir Valley. The incident took place between 7.45 a.m. to 8 a.m. at …...Read More
Boat capsizes in Jhelum river in J&K, some people feared missing
April 16, 2024 10:11 am | Updated 10:22 am IST - Srinagar A boat capsized in the Jhelum river on the outskirts of the city on Tuesday, April 16, 2024, and some people are feared missing, officials said. A rescue operation has been launched and the State Disaster Response Force …...Read More
Ozempic babies: Women claim weight-loss drugs are making them more fertile and experts agree
A new kind of baby boom could be taking place. Some women taking GLP-1 drugs, such as Ozempic and Wegovy, have reported that they’re getting pregnant unexpectedly. The term "Ozempic babies" has been coined on TikTok, with many women posting there about their unplanned pregnancies. OZEMPIC, OTHER WEIGHT LOSS DRUGS …...Read More
U.S. NSA Jake Sullivan postpones visit to India again
April 16, 2024 09:53 am | Updated 09:53 am IST The U.S. National Security Advisor (NSA) Jake Sullivan postponed his visit to India again on April 16. Mr. Sullivan was due to visit Delhi in February for an annual meeting of the Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies (iCET) launched …...Read More
Rama and Bharata meet
April 16, 2024 09:38 am | Updated 09:38 am IST Bharata sets out for the forest, with Sumantra, Shatrugna and the four queens of Dasaratha. He wants to seek forgiveness for Kaikeyi’s deeds. Bharata too now has matted locks, and is attired in a garment made of tree bark. If …...Read More
Trinamool to publish its manifesto in Nepali and Oi Chiki
April 16, 2024 09:32 am | Updated 09:33 am IST - New Delhi In an attempt to reach out to each section, the Trinamool Congress is releasing its manifesto in six languages including Nepali and Oi Chiki - the script for the Santhali language. The Santhals form the largest tribe …...Read More
