Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming concentrated in the hands of a few companies and countries, creating serious risks for India despite its strong technology talent, IndiaAI Mission CEO Abhishek Singh said on Friday. “When a strategic technology like AI is controlled by a handful of corporations and countries, it creates a huge risk for India,”
A political controversy over investments and job creation erupted in Andhra Pradesh with the ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP) accusing YSRCP of filing public interest litigations (PILs) to stall big-ticket projects and the Opposition party blaming the government for allotting valuable land at throwaway prices. Andhra Pradesh Minister for IT, Electronics and Communications Nara Lokesh
NEW DELHI: Corporation tax collections overtook the non-corporate tax mop-up, which went up 1.3%, pulling down the gross direct tax collections growth to 4.2% till mid-Dec with the overall kitty swelling past the Rs 20 lakh crore mark. Latest data released by the income tax department pegged corporation tax collections up to Dec 17 at
Published on: Dec 21, 2025 07:36 am IST Chandigarh’s Air Quality Index crosses 300 for first time since Diwali; day temperature plunges to season’s lowest at 18.3°C AI Quick Read Chandigarh faced a worsening spell of air pollution and winter chill on Saturday, with the Air Quality Index (AQI) soaring to 302 — the highest
Published on: Dec 21, 2025 07:34 am IST A CBI court in Mohali acquitted Mayor Amarjit Singh Sidhu in a 15-year-old murder case, citing insufficient evidence to prove his involvement. AI Quick Read A special CBI court in Mohali on Saturday acquitted city mayor Amarjit Singh Sidhu in a 15-year-old murder case, ruling that the
Published on: Dec 21, 2025 07:32 am IST The arrested snatchers have been identified as Vinit, 20, and Ganesh, 20, both residents of Small Flats, Dhanas AI Quick Read Nearly after 10 days of snatching a mobile phone from a maid near Sector 29, police have apprehended the two accused. The arrested snatchers have been
ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh Published on: Dec 21, 2025 07:30 am IST Chandigarh waste collectors protested against the MC over a controversial MoU, demanding changes. Former mayor promised to address their concerns. AI Quick Read The door-to-door waste collectors union (regd), Chandigarh, staged a protest on Saturday in Sector 31 against the municipal corporation (MC), alleging
Published on: Dec 21, 2025 07:20 am IST Farmer groups say state government has agreed to oppose the Electricity (Amendment) Bill; further action plan to be announced if nothing concrete comes out of Monday meet, says Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee; AI Quick Read Farmers organisations, under the banner of the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM), have
The officer-in-charge (OIC) of Dasamantapur Police Station in Koraput district, Sukma Hansda, has been suspended following her arrest by the Vigilance Department in a bribery case. Koraput lady police officer suspended after Vigilance arrest in bribery case Photograph: (OTV) The officer-in-charge (OIC) of Dasamantapur Police Station in Koraput district, Sukma Hansda, has been suspended following
A minor girl in Bhubaneswar has accused two individuals of gang-raping her in a rented house under the Saheed Nagar police jurisdiction. This incident follows another recent gang rape along the Daya riverbed at Lingipur. Minor girl lured on pretext of job, ‘gang raped’ in Bhubaneswar; 2 arrested Photograph: (OTV) Barely days after the gang