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'EU & India can forge strong AI partnership'

New Delhi, Feb. 18 -- Europe and India can build a strong partnership in artificial intelligence (AI) by focusing on real-world deployment rather than engaging in a technological arms race, Brando Ben... Read More


India AI Impact Summit enters Guiness World Records

New Delhi, Feb. 18 -- The India AI Impact Summit 2026 has entered the Guiness World Records for the highest number of pledges taken by students for the responsible use of AI within 24 hours, the Briti... Read More


TN tables interim budget, slams Centre for withholding funds

Chennai, Feb. 18 -- Tamil Nadu finance minister Thangam Thenarasu on Tuesday presented a Rs.2.55 lakh crore interim budget for 2026-27 in the state assembly, making allocations towards all flagship sc... Read More


A plea in SC is asking tough questions about air travel costs. Rightly so.

India, Feb. 18 -- On August 11, a frequent flier and social activist S Laxminarayan filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court seeking regulatory guidelines to check the unpredictable fluctuations in ... Read More


SC to accord final hearing on pleas challenging Places of Worship Act

New Delhi, Feb. 18 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to list for final hearing the pleas challenging the validity of certain provisions of a 1991 law which prohibit filing of a lawsuit to recla... Read More


300 Naxals on target of security forces to meet March deadline

New Delhi, Feb. 18 -- About 300 Maoists, including four senior commanders, are on the radar of the security forces as they undertake intensified operations to meet the Union government's March 2026 de... Read More


Bengal SIR: 1.14L voter docus pending upload; TMC seeks portal reopen

Kolkata, Feb. 18 -- Fresh complications have surfaced in West Bengal's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, with 1,14,772 voter documents still pending for upload even after the hearing period e... Read More


By-elections to Bogura-6, Sherpur-3 soon after Eid: EC Masud

Dhaka, Feb. 18 -- The Election Commission will hold by-elections to two parliamentary seats - Bogura-6 and Sherpur-3- soon after Ramadan. "We don't want any election in (the month of) Ramandan. We'll... Read More


ED 'weaponised' by Centre, Bengal tells SC in I-PAC raid case

Kolkata, Feb. 18 -- A war of words broke out in the Supreme Court of India on Wednesday as the West Bengal government reportedly accused the Centre of "weaponising" the Directorate of Enforcement (ED)... Read More


With China and America in an AI-catapulted space race, the world needs a global treaty on AI warfare

New Delhi, Feb. 18 -- India opened its space sector to private players at a time of covid paralysis. Since then, some progress has indeed been made. Poised for a breathtaking leap into space, however,... Read More