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NEW DELHI: With power demand likely to touch 265-270 gigawatts (GW) this year, Central Electricity Authority (CEA) chairman Ghanshyam Prasad said the system was “well-prepared” to meet the requirement and that it was now for distribution companies to ensure reliable supply to consumers.Talking to TOI, Prasad said the government was ready to meet the 270…
NEW DELHI: The Kerala High Court on Thursday issued an interim stay on the release of the film ‘The Kerala Story 2: Goes Beyond’, for 15 days, a day before its scheduled to release on February 27.The Court observed that, prima facie, there appeared to be non-application of mind by the censor board while granting…
NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi amid the row over the arrest of Youth Congress members following the controversial ‘shirtless’ protest at the India AI Impact Summit, accusing the Centre of suppressing peaceful dissent.“The world’s largest democracy is being slowly pushed in a direction where dissent is branded as…
NEW DELHI: Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday said user consent must be mandatory for “all synthetically generated” content and called on digital platforms to take proactive steps to curb cyber fraud.Speaking at the Third Annual Storyboard18 Digital News Publishers Association (DNPA) Conclave 2025 in New Delhi, Vaishnaw said, “Platforms must take responsibility of what…
Anil Ambani appears before ED in money laundering case NEW DELHI: Reliance Group chairman Anil Ambani appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in New Delhi on Thursday for a second round of questioning in connection with a bank fraud-linked money laundering investigation involving his group companies.The 66-year-old businessman reached the agency’s office in central Delhi…
Digital News Publishers Association (DNPA) chairperson and Manorama Online CEO Mariam Mammen Mathew on Thursday opened the DNPA conclave and said that artificial intelligence and rapid shifts in the digital ecosystem are fundamentally reshaping how news is created, distributed, discovered and monetised.Speaking at the Third Annual Storyboard18 DNPA Conclave 2025 on the theme, “Transformation of…
Representative image (ANI) NEW DELHI: A Maoist commander, carrying a reward of Rs 22 lakh on his head, was allegedly killed by his leader for intending to surrender to the Odisha Police, a senior officer said.Anwesh, alias Renu, a native of Sukma in neighbouring Chhattisgarh, was allegedly killed by notorious Naxal leader Sukru on January…
Mark Carney (Image/AP) NEW DELHI: Canada on Wednesday clarified that it does not believe India is linked to violent crimes on its soil, signalling a diplomatic thaw with New Delhi ahead of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s visit to India. This marks a notable shift after months of strained ties between the two countries, as the…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Wednesday stayed proceedings in the ED case against Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren for disregarding repeated summons in relation to an alleged land amassment case and in respect of properties owned, possessed and occupied by him.A bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi issued notice to…
NEW DELHI: It begins innocently. One short video while waiting for a cab. Another before dinner. A few more before sleeping. Somewhere between swipe and scroll, 40 minutes pass.Short-form videos are everywhere – on Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts and similar platforms. But a global review of nearly 98,000 people, published in Psychological Bulletin, suggests that…
