A scramble for rice when monsoon failed and rationing policy was introduced in early 1950s

A scramble for rice when monsoon failed and rationing policy was introduced in early 1950s

Paid hefty price: C. Subramaniam said the implementation of rationing was left to “petty officials” and there was “a good deal of corruption in assessing the surplus. Big farmers had their surpluses estimated at a low level”. | Photo Credit: THE HINDU ARCHIVES Any discussion on the subject of rice in the public distribution system … Read more

Telangana CM Revanth Reddy for comprehensive sports policy with eye to 2036 Olympics

Telangana CM Revanth Reddy for comprehensive sports policy with eye to 2036 Olympics

Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has directed officials concerned to prepare a comprehensive sports policy that will help in honing the skills of sportspersons and ensuring that they bring laurels to Telangana in international sports arena. The new sports policy should focus on long-term objectives with Olympics 2036 in view so that sportspersons from Telangana … Read more

Policy gaps hindering widespread adoption of AI in Indian healthcare ecosystem: ISB study – ET HealthWorld

Policy gaps hindering widespread adoption of AI in Indian healthcare ecosystem: ISB study – ET HealthWorld

Hyderabad: A new study by the Indian School of Business (ISB) highlights the potential to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to revolutionise the Indian healthcare ecosystem while underscoring the need to address the policy gaps hindering the widespread adoption of AI. A new study titled ‘Understanding the Canvas of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Healthcare in India’ … Read more

OpenAI, Microsoft, and Adobe Back California’s AI Watermarking Bill

OpenAI, Microsoft, and Adobe Back California’s AI Watermarking Bill

OpenAI, Microsoft, and Adobe are publicly supporting the AB-3211 bill that would require tech companies to label AI-generated content in California. Watermarks must be added to the metadata of photos, videos, and audio recordings that were produced or significantly modified by generative AI systems, according to the legislation. The bill will also require large social … Read more

Excise policy scam: Supreme Court to hear today Arvind Kejriwal’s pleas against arrest by CBI

Excise policy scam: Supreme Court to hear today Arvind Kejriwal’s pleas against arrest by CBI

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal being brought to Rouse Avenue Court by CBI in connection with the Excise policy case, in New Delhi. File photo | Photo Credit: ANI The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Wednesday (August 14, 2024) Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s plea against the Delhi High Court order upholding his arrest … Read more

As EAM Jaishankar pads up for a second term with a new team, foreign policy challenges remain the same

As EAM Jaishankar pads up for a second term with a new team, foreign policy challenges remain the same

BJP MP S Jaishankar takes charge as the External Affairs Minister, in New Delhi, on June 11, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI External Affairs Minister for a second term, S. Jaishankar hit the floor running on June 10, sending out a message of continuity and “business as usual” for Indian foreign policy in the new … Read more

Delhi court extends Manish Sisodia’s judicial custody till May 30 in excise policy case

Delhi court extends Manish Sisodia’s judicial custody till May 30 in excise policy case

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia. File | Photo Credit: ANI A Delhi court on Wednesday extended the judicial custody of AAP leader and former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia till May 30 in a corruption case related to an alleged excise scam. Special judge for CBI and … Read more

IIM Raipur, Digital Health Associates to set Centre for Health, Innovation, Policy and Digital Health – ET HealthWorld

IIM Raipur, Digital Health Associates to set Centre for Health, Innovation, Policy and Digital Health – ET HealthWorld

Raipur: IIM Raipur has partnered with Digital Health Associates (DHA) to set up the consulting arm, Centre for Health, Innovation, Policy and Digital Health (CHIP-DH). Given the massive push from the government on the Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojna( PM-JAY) and the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM), India will need niche expertise at all levels … Read more

UoH to frame transgender policy after recent incident of transphobia 

UoH to frame transgender policy after recent incident of transphobia 

The University of Hyderabad. File photo | Photo Credit: THE HINDU The University of Hyderabad has set up a transgender committee and entrusted it to frame ‘The Transgender Policy’, after a recent incident on its campus exposed acts of hatred against transgender students on the campus. “The university severely condemns the recent incident of hatred … Read more