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MCD to soon launch prosecution against tax evaders for dues above Rs 25 lakh

New Delhi [India], November 25 (ANI): The Assessment and Collection Department of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) will soon take legal action against property tax defaulters and will file prosecution against them. After analysing data related to property tax dues, MCD has recognised owners whose property tax dues are above Rs 25 lakh. According […]

Updated: Nov 25, 2023
Israeli startups forge ahead despite war

Tel Aviv [Israel], November 24 (ANI/TPS): Israel’s high-tech leaders want the world to know that they are open for business, despite the war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. That’s why Start-Up Nation Central, a Jerusalem-based nonprofit that works to foster Israeli innovation, created the nomatterwhat campaign in partnership with the Viola Ventures venture capital […]

Updated: Nov 24, 2023
Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw orchestrates unprecedented offensive against Deepfakes, four-pillar strategy unveiled

New Delhi [India], November 23 (ANI): In response to the escalating menace of deepfake technology, Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology and Communications, Ashwini Vaishnaw, spearheaded a meeting with key stakeholders, including social media platforms, government officials, and cybersecurity experts. Minister Vaishnaw said, “We need to take very urgent steps as far as possible […]

Updated: Nov 23, 2023
Germany, France, Italy reach agreement on self-regulation of AI

BERLIN, Germany: Reuters reported that France, Germany, and Italy have reached an agreement on artificial intelligence (AI) regulation, which is expected to accelerate negotiations at the European Union (EU) level. While they oppose “un-tested norms,” the three countries support “mandatory self-regulation through codes of conduct” for “AI foundation models,” developed to produce a broad range […]

Updated: Nov 22, 2023
Ukraine Fires Top Cyber Defense Officials for Graft

Two Ukrainian senior cyber defense officials were fired Monday for alleged embezzlement in the government’s cybersecurity agency, a government official said. Yurii Shchyhol, head of the State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection (SSSCIP) of Ukraine, and his deputy, Viktor Zhora, were dismissed by the government, senior cabinet official Taras Melnychuk wrote on Telegram. […]

Updated: Nov 21, 2023
Yemen’s Houthi Rebels Seize Cargo Ship in Red Sea

Yemen’s Houthis, an Iran-backed rebel group, seized a cargo ship in the southern Red Sea and say they have taken it to a Yemeni port. ‘We are treating the ship’s crew in accordance with Islamic principles and values,’ a spokesperson of the group’s military said in a statement. The group said the ship was an […]

Updated: Nov 19, 2023
SpaceX’s Starship explodes in second test flight

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) — SpaceX’s giant new rocket Starship on Saturday blasted off on its second test flight, but exploded minutes after launch. Starship successfully lifted off under the power of all 33 Raptor engines on the Super Heavy Booster at about 7:04 a.m. Central Time (1304 GMT) from SpaceX’s Starbase in U.S. […]

Updated: Nov 19, 2023
China buys advanced US chipmaking equipment despite new restrictions

WASHINGTON D.C.: A report released this week showed that despite Washington’s new export restrictions to curb advances in China’s semiconductor industry, Chinese companies are still buying U.S. chipmaking equipment to make advanced semiconductors. The 741-page annual report, released by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, criticized the Biden administration’s restrictions, announced in October 2022, […]

Updated: Nov 18, 2023
Alex Jones releases video game

The conservative shock-jock still owes $1.5 billion to the family members of victims of the Sandy Hook school shooting Infowars provocateur Alex Jones released an arcade-style video game called New World Order Wars based on his political escapades on Thursday. Players get to “save the world from the evil globalists’ plot to turn everyone into […]

Updated: Nov 16, 2023
Taiwanese election tilts in China’s favor

Opposition parties have agreed to join forces in Taipei, raising chances that a more Beijing-friendly government will take power Taiwan’s leading opposition parties have agreed to combine forces with a joint ticket in January’s presidential election, consolidating their political support and boosting their chances of forming a more China-friendly government in Taipei. The Kuomintang (KMT) […]

Updated: Nov 15, 2023