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Manipur unrest: Curfew relaxed in 3 districts, Internet restored

Curfew was relaxed in three Imphal Valley districts on Tuesday and the suspension on broadband internet lifted with conditions, even as Chief Minister N Biren Singh blamed the Congress for the......

'AI Might Enslave Or Annihilate Us'

'It is the first technology in history which is not just a tool, it is an agent.' Yuval Noah Harari on the dangers of AI. Kindly note the image has been published only for representational......

Genetic Destiny Or Hard Work?

Just as the atom and the byte needed careful societal control to prevent damage to society, perhaps, so does the gene, particularly in debates like 'genes vs merit', explains Ajit Balakrishnan.......

SC puts Centre's fact-checking unit on hold

In a jolt to the Centre, the Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the notification setting up a fact-checking unit under the Press Information Bureau (PIB) to identify fake news about the Union......

Markets crash: Pollster Pradeep Gupta 'open to probe'

Facing opposition fire for exit polls allegedly being used for stock market manipulation, Axis My India's chief Pradeep Gupta has said he is open to facing all kinds of investigations and it would......

Small Town India Falls In Love With MFs

More than 50 per cent of SIP accounts come from semi-urban and rural areas. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com India's smaller cities and rural areas give a wider picture of how the economy is......

India is Wikipedia's fifth largest market

Online encyclopedia Wikipedia has a long-term commitment to India and is focussing on bringing more users to its platform by meeting language needs of communities and introducing tools to ease......

Investing in money-making Internet schemes? Beware!

Before participating in such schemes, do a detailed background check of the company's credentials, especially if the promised returns are unrealistic, says Sanjay Kumar Singh.Illustration: Uttam......

WhatsApp ruling: Experts seek privacy law

WhatsApp was told to delete data of users who chose to opt out of its policy changes before September 25 The recent Delhi high court ruling that messaging app Whatsapp cannot share user data......

Accessing pirated content might lead to prison term & Rs 3-lakh fine

The recent blocking of websites by Internet service providers was prompted by court orders to prevent piracy of Dishoom, the Bollywood movie The central government is putting the onus of......

'Women in Pakistan feel like they are being watched'

'There's this presence, a sense of patrolling and surveillance. And it's not coming from a place of safety.''It's coming from a place of 'You don't belong here'.''It's a malevolent force, the......

India becoming a Global Chess Superpower

Since 2012, 44 Indians have been anointed as grandmasters -- the highest achievement in chess, points out Arvind Subramanian, economist and former chief economic adviser to the government. IMAGE:......

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