Indian news agency ANI sues OpenAI for unsanctioned content use in AI training

Indian news agency ANI has sued OpenAI in a New Delhi court, accusing the ChatGPT creator of using its published content without permission to help train the artificial intelligence chatbot, something that OpenAI says it has stopped doing. ANI is the latest news organisation globally to take OpenAI to court following lawsuits in the US […]

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COP29: Rizwana urging grant-based allocations in climate finance negotiations

Syeda Rizwana Hasan, Advisor to the Ministry of Environment, Forest, Climate Change, and Water Resources, has called for grant-based allocations for adaptation, loss and damage, and other critical areas in the ongoing New Collective Quantified Goals (NCQG) negotiations at the World Climate Conference (COP29). Speaking at the plenary session on NCQG, Ms. Hasan emphasized the […]

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Iran Pledges $6B Investment in Afghanistan’s Transportation Infrastructure

Seyed Hossein Mirshafi, advisor and representative of Iran’s Minister of Roads and Urban Development in infrastructure development and special projects, stated that his country is ready to invest $6 billion in Afghanistan’s transportation infrastructure. In an interview with an Iranian media outlet, the advisor and representative of Iran’s Minister of Roads and Urban Development further […]

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Ex-pres Maumoon asks if rushed constitutional amendment a world record

Former Maldivian President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom has asked if the constitutional amendments submitted, passed and ratified in quick succession on Wednesday had set a world record. The new amendments enacted on Wednesday included adding anti-defection provisions to the Constitution. The first reading of the bill was conducted just after 09:00 am and the debate ended […]

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Nu 180 million for highland communities in 13th Plan

The government has earmarked Nu 180 million to support highland communities, focusing on increasing livestock population, productivity, and economic growth. This was announced by the Minister of Agriculture and Livestock Younten Phuntsho during the National Assembly’s question and answer session on November 19. Bji-Kartshog-Uesu MP Lhendup Wangdi and Radhi-Sakteng MP Tashi Tenzin inquired about plans […]

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Putin to visit India soon, says Russian govt

“Specific dates of Vladimir Putin’s visit to India will be announced soon,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit India soon, the Kremlin’s press secretary announced on Tuesday. “Specific dates of President Vladimir Putin’s visit to India will soon be announced and Russia will begin preparing for it,” Dmitry Peskov, the […]

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Gautam Adani charged in US for ‘bribes worth $265 million to Indian govt officials’, fraud

Gautam Adani, the chairperson of the Adani Group of companies, has been indicted in the US over his role in an alleged multibillion-dollar bribery and fraud scheme involving his solar projects in India. US prosecutors said Wednesday that Adani and seven others, including his nephew Sagar Adani, agreed to pay about $265 million in bribes […]

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Nepal exports electricity worth Rs 12.72 billion to India in first quarter of current fiscal

In the first quarter of the current fiscal year, Nepal supplied electricity worth Rs 12.72 billion to India. According to the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), one billion 667 million and 892 thousand units of electricity, the surplus during the rainy season, was exported to India. The export rate per unit was Rs 7.63. The NEA […]

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