Washington, Jan 29 (IANS) The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art has announced that it will return three historic South Indian bronze sculptures to India after provenance research established that the works had been illegally removed from temple settings decades ago.The museum on Wednesday (local time) stated that one of the sculptures, a Chola-period “Shiva Nataraja,” will remain in the United States on a long-term loan agreed upon with the Indian government, allowing the museum t…
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Mumbai, Jan 26 (IANS) Actress Esha Deol expressed her delight as her late father, Dharmendra, is being honoured with the Padma Vibhushan award, the second-highest civilian award of the Republic of India. Wishing everyone on Republic Day, Esha wrote on her official Instagram handle, “Happy Republic Day 🇮🇳 Really happy that our papa is being conferred with the prestigious Padma Vibhushan Award (folded hands emoji) (sic).”The ‘Dhoom’ actress uploaded a picture of herself posing with half-brot…
Seoul, Jan 14 (IANS) South Korea’s media watchdog said on Wednesday it has asked U.S.-based social media platform X to come up with measures to protect minor users from sexual content generated by the artificial intelligence (AI) model Grok.The Korea Media and Communications Commission (KMCC) said it delivered the request to the operator amid growing concerns over deepfake sexual content that can be generated by AI platforms, reports Yonhap news agency.”We have asked the operator of X to prevent…
Guwahati, Jan 13 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday expressed concern over the latest situation in Bangladesh, where Hindus have come under violent attacks. He said the Indian government stands with minority Hindu citizens in the neighbouring country.CM Sarma, while attending a government programme in the Sribhumi district, which shares a long boundary with Bangladesh, told reporters, “It is our concern that the Hindu community have been coming under frequent attacks in…
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) Elon Musk-run X Corp has acknowledged the presence of obscene imagery on its platform, mostly created by its Grok AI, stating that it will comply with Indian laws and remove such content.According to government sources on Sunday, the platform has blocked around 3,500 pieces of content and deleted more than 600 accounts in question. Sources further said that from now on, “X will not allow obscene imagery.”Earlier, X Corp, which runs the social media platform X, submitted …
Imphal, Jan 10 (IANS) The Indigenous Tribal Leaders Forum (ITLF), one of the apex bodies representing tribal communities in Manipur, on Saturday reiterated that the ten MLAs belonging to the Kuki-Zo tribal community would not, under any circumstances, participate in the formation of the state government.The ITLF maintained that its stand remained unchanged, asserting that the Kuki-Zo legislators would continue to stay away from any government formation process until their core demands are addres…
Lucknow, Jan 6 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, has approved the Standard Operating Procedure-2025 (SOP) for the effective implementation of the Uttar Pradesh Global Capability Centre Policy-2024. This move is expected to provide fresh momentum to global investments, high-level services, and large-scale employment generation across the state. Under the newly approved SOP, Invest UP has been designated as the nodal agency responsible for overseeing the …
Mumbai, Dec 29 (IANS) Reliance Industries on Monday refuted a media report, saying there is no claim of $30 billion from the Indian government against the company and BP.In a statement, Reliance Industries said the contents of the report titled “India claims $30 billion from Reliance Industries, BP for underproduction from gas field, sources say” are factually incorrect, adding that the “publication of a report such as this based on unnamed and unidentified sources is inappropriate and irr…
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) Former Indian Premier League (IPL) chairman Lalit Modi on Monday issued an apology to the Indian government, days after he referred to himself and liquor baron Vijay Mallya as the two “biggest fugitives” in a viral video, a comment that was widely perceived as a swipe at India. In a post on X, Modi, however, did not clearly specify what exactly he was apologising for.”I apologise if I have hurt anyone feelings especially the Indian Government who I have the highest respe…
Washington, Dec 27 (IANS) American technology giants are pouring tens of billions of dollars into India as the country emerges as a key global hub for data centres and Artificial Intelligence (AI) infrastructure, a New York Times report detailed on Saturday.The daily said that investments – led by Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and Meta – are reshaping India’s digital landscape and underscoring the scale of global demand for data storage and computing power.Microsoft has committed $17.5 billion to…