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‘Centre wants to hand over Waqf land to its industrialist friends’: Uddhav Thackeray

3Apr

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Gaming

‘Centre wants to hand over Waqf land to its industrialist friends’: Uddhav Thackeray

Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday slammed the Centre over the Waqf (Amendment) Bill saying the BJP-led government is eying the Waqf land to meet the interests of industrialists. Thackeray said his party opposed the Waqf Bill in Parliament as it was against the seizure of Waqf land. “If the government wants to take over land then first take over the land which has been grabbed by Pakistan and China. We have opposed the Bill since the government’s intention is to grab the Waqf land and give it to its industrialist friends,” Thackeray said at a press conference in Mumbai after the Bill was passed in Lok Sabha. Thackeray said the controversial Bill was introduced in Parliament to divert attention from the issue of US’ reciprocal tax tariff that posed a challenge to India. ...

Tackling the disinformation threat in India

2Apr

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Opinion

Tackling the disinformation threat in India

India, poised to surpass 900 million Internet users, would find itself vulnerable without proper policy implementation to combat disinformation. Representational file image. | Photo Credit: Reuters The World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Risks Report 2025 underscores misinformation and disinformation as the highest ranked short-term global threat. The WEF defines “global risk” as an event that can adversely affect a sizeable portion of the population, the global GDP, and natural resources. The rapid rise of AI-generated content, algorithmic biases, and deep societal divides are making it harder than ever to separate facts from deception.Information disorder Also read | From IT bots to AI deepfakes...

Congress’s Sam Pitroda says China threat ‘blown out of proportion’, stirs fresh political row

17Feb

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Congress’s Sam Pitroda says China threat ‘blown out of proportion’, stirs fresh political row

New Delhi: Sam Pitroda, chairperson of the overseas unit of the Congress known for his tendency to make controversial statements, has stirred a fresh political row with his latest remarks that the “threat from China” is always “blown out of proportion”, prompting the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to demand a clarification from the opposition party. In an interview with the Indo-Asian News Service (IANS), Pitroda, who was reinstated as the Congress’s overseas chief after the last year’s Lok Sabha elections, suggested that China is often labelled a threat due to the tendency of the US to “define an enemy”. “I don’t know what is the threat from China. I think this issue is always blown out of proportion because the US has the habit of defining an enemy,” Pitroda said. Sho...

China begin building its national cricket teams in Sydney, shepherded by Cricket New South Wales & former Kiwi captain Lee Germon

31Jan

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China begin building its national cricket teams in Sydney, shepherded by Cricket New South Wales & former Kiwi captain Lee Germon

The Chinese Cricket Association has set up a training base for a 50-strong Men’s and Women’s National Cricket Teams in Sydney since the last two months, informed the former Kiwi captain Lee Germon, who is helping the program for Cricket New South Wales. On their website cricketnsw.com.au, the Cricket New South Wales (NSW) association noted that it had joint forces with Sydney Cricket Club and the Chinese Cricket Association, to kickstart China’s official foray into high performance T20 Cricket. CNSW signed a five-year memorandum of understanding that will see them and Sydney CC provide expertise to Chinese players, coaches and administrators. The Chinese teams are camped in Sydney – living and training there over the past two months. The teams in red are reportedly utilising CNSW’s facili...