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UPI charge akin to 'chungi', aims to extract money from people: Akhilesh

LUCKNOW, Sept. 18 -- Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday attacked the BJP government over the newly announced Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on select UPI transactions. He likened the c... Read More


Retail onion prices stay near Rs.50 a kg despite intervention from Union govt

New Delhi, Sept. 18 -- Retail onion prices are refusing to budge from the Rs.50-per-kg mark despite government intervention, with supply constraints expected to keep the market firm through September ... Read More


Assert autonomy, build capacity

India, Sept. 18 -- The US Congress on Wednesday passed a sweeping new bill targeting Russia's economy, marking one of the most significant legislative actions against Russia in recent years. President... Read More


GDP row is a fight over the donkey's shadow

India, Sept. 18 -- The recent announcement about India's gross domestic product (GDP) growth in the last quarter has set up a furious debate about whether this is the right figure or has been fudged b... Read More


EU gets serious about social media's dangers

India, Sept. 18 -- The European Commission plans to keep children under 13 off social media across the European Union (EU). Ursula von der Leyen, the Commission's president, set out tiers on Wednesday... Read More


Heed Amodei and Altman, frame AI regulations now

India, Sept. 18 -- Recently, the head of one of the world's two most powerful Artificial Intelligence (AI) labs asked his own industry to slow down. Dario Amodei of Anthropic published an essay, We Mu... Read More


Companies need to prove their safety measures work

India, Sept. 18 -- As Artificial Intelligence (AI) models are improving in efficacy and efficiency, fears of an AI apocalypse are gaining ground. Evan Hubinger, Anthropic's alignment stress testing le... Read More


oppn slams govt, rahul urges pm to withdraw levy

New Delhi, Sept. 17 -- The opposition on Wednesday alleged that the government has bowed before "American imperialism" by introducing the MDR framework for UPI and took a swipe at Prime Minister Naren... Read More


Kalkal ready to build on India's 65kg legacy

LUCKNOW, Sept. 17 -- At 23, Sujeet Kalkal has etched his name among India's most promising freestyle wrestlers. Unbeaten through 2026 and now ranked world No.1 in the 65kg category, he heads into his ... Read More


The Sooryavanshi factor in Samson's future as opener

New Delhi, Sept. 17 -- When the noise gets too much, Sanju Samson just switches off the Wi-Fi. Sometimes, though, it switches itself back on. He knows there is no escaping the noise that comes with pl... Read More