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Afghanistan embassy on Friday announced the permanent closure of the embassy in New Delhi and asked the Indian government to give permission to the flag of the erstwhile Afghan republic to be hosted in its premises. Prior to this decision, the Afghanistan embassy almost two months ago announced that it will be shutting down the embassy’s operation in India. In the statement issued by the Afghanistan ambassador to India, it states that it was a matter of regret that Afghanistan republic has to announce the closing of its embassy in New Delhi that will come into force from 23 November…

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The Information Technology had a meeting on Thursday to cater and make regulations for the impending danger lurking on people’s safety and security due to deepfakes. In the meeting flagged by the Information Technology ministry, it has been concluded that the government needs to make rules and regulations regarding this issue at the earliest possible time and announced that a draft for these regulations will be ready soon. Image Source- Times of India Concerns raised during the Information Technology meeting Information Technology had a meeting with various social media platforms and AI companies and further the IT minister, Ashwini Vaishnaw…

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Israel and Hamas have locked the deal on Wednesday to release at least 50 prisoners kept as hostages with Israel and Hamas militant group. Israel has also promised a four day humanitarian truce for safe evacuation of Palestinian people. In this diplomatic breakthrough between Israel and Palestine after the war, Palestantine will be releasing the 50 people kept as hostages including women and children that were kidnapped during the very first attack by Hamas militant group on 7 October. Image Source- India Today Qatar’s mediator role between Israel and Hamas Qatar had acted as the negotiator between the two two…

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Alcoholic man from Delhi tried to allegedly try to kill his two minor kids after he had an argument with his wife. The man was 35 years old and was in the habit of drinking alcohol. Being intoxicated, alcoholic man later attempted suicide. The police informed that both the minor kids and the man are receiving medical treatment at the nearby hospital. Image Source- NDTV Police reports state that the man was named Rakesh and he was the resident of JJ Colony in Delhi. He was unemployed for a long period of time and gradually fell into the habit of…

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PM Modi has recently talked to the CM of Uttarakhand to know about the situation of the tunnel collapse. PM Modi had a telephonic conversation with CM Pushkar Singh Dhami on Monday morning to discuss the tunnel collapse incident that took place on 12 November 2023 in Uttarakhand. PM Modi assured people that all the necessary equipment and rescue services will be provided by the central government to ensure a more speedy and successful rescue mission. Image Source- MINT PM Modi discussed about the tunnel collapse incident The CMO informed the media that PM Modi had a telephonic conversation with…

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Israel-Hamas conflict enters its seventh week and India has sent the second batch of humanitarian aid to victims in Gaza to maintain humanity and protect the lives of innocent people amid a situation of grave danger. The war between Israel-Hamas continues to accelerate and Israel has further retaliated with massive strikes on Gaza. Thus, further escalating the war and tensions between Israeli forces and Hamas militant group which led to the killing of more than 12,000 people in due course of the conflict. India emerged in the scene and dispatched a second batch of humanitarian aid in Gaza city. Image…

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Uttarakhand tunnel collapse accident happened on 12th November 2023 morning. After which an intensive rescue operation started at the site to rescue trapped workers. Now to meet the challenges of the rescue operation, experts from Norway and Thailand were consulted to carry out the evacuation of 40 trapped workers which needs penetration of 50 metres of debris to rescue them. Image Source- MINT On Friday, this was the sixth day of rescue operations and heavy drilling machines arrived at the site to dig through the debris to reach out to the trapped labourers. The officials at the site informed media…

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PM Modi addresses the issue of deepfake technology days after Rashmika Mandanna’s video went viral on social media platforms. Image Source- MINT Narendra Modi on Friday criticised the misuse of Artificial Intelligence and applied media to educate citizens about such a crisis of ‘deepfakes’. Deepfakes are basically Artificial Intelligence through which a person in videos or photos can be replaced by someone else’s lookalike. The first major case of deepfake that came into limelight was of actress Rashmika Mandanna. The original video was of a British influencer and the video was edited with Rashmika Mandanna’s face. The video surfaced on…

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PM Narendra Modi took a dig at Rahul Gandhi and regarded him as the Leader of stupid people, ‘Moorkhon ke sardar’ at a public event on Tuesday. While addressing people at his rally, PM Narendra Modi, without taking the name of any leader indirectly takes a dig at Rahul Gandhi over his remark that Indians use only made in China Mobile. PM Narendra Modi called him Moorkho ke sardar and asked him what type of glasses they wear that have foreign lenses which makes congressmen to ignore India’s achievements and its capability of standing independently in the world market. Substantiating…

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Image source- Times of India Asafaq Alam who was accused of sexually assaulting and murdering a 5 year old child very brutally in Kerala state has been sentenced to death as the punishment for his crimes by the Kerala district court set up for POSCO cases. Other than the death punishment, a total fine of around 7 lakhs has been imposed on the accused. Before the delivering of the judgement, Asafaq was presented before the court and he himself heard his sentencing to death and was explained his punishment by a translator. The special prosecutor in the case was Advocate…

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