Demi Lovato is incredibly happy that their family tries to use the ‘they/them’ pronouns for them. The 28-year-old singer, who recently shared with the world that they identify as genger non-binary, revealed in a recent interview that while their family is still adjusting to using the pronouns, they are doing […]
Mountain View, California-based Google has told Reuters this week it is developing an alternative to the industry standard method for classifying skin tones, which a growing chorus of technology researchers and dermatologists says is inadequate for assessing whether products are biased against people of colour. At issue is a six-colour […]
Uniform Decorum A senior officer of the prisons department visiting Mantralaya was stopped by a security officer as the top buttons of his shirt were undone, revealing a chunky gold chain too. The security officer deemed it a violation of civil service rules. The senior officer complied to be permitted […]
NEW DELHI: Vegetable prices have risen sharply in the past 10 days following increase in diesel prices and rain at various places. The prices have increased marginally in the wholesale markets, but the retail prices have shot up significantly affecting the household budget of several families many of which have […]
MDMK general secretary Vaiko on Sunday urged the government to hasten the process of hearing of the Mekedatu dam case pending in the Supreme Court and ensure that Karnataka’s plan to construct a dam is stopped. Mr. Vaiko accused the National Green Tribunal of acting one-sided in favour of Karnataka […]
A clash broke out between police and workers of the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) and Samajwadi Party in Baghpat’s Barut town in Uttar Pradesg on Saturday after a SP-backed Zila Panchayat member’s brother and two sons were arrested. The protesters also blocked the Meerut-Baraut link road for over three hours, […]
VADODARA: The first offence in the state under the amended Gujarat Freedom of Religion Act that deals with forcible or fraudulent religious conversion by marriage, also termed ‘love jihad’ by its proponents, was registered at the Gotri police station in the city. A man in his mid twenties from the […]
The relay hunger strike being organised by the various trade unions and people’s organisations, opposing the Centre’s decision to privatise Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP), continued for the 80th day at the Gandhi statue, near the GVMC, here on Sunday. Addressing the participants, Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) Pedagantyada Zone […]
The number of “excess deaths” registered by the Civil Registration System (CRS) in Karnataka ever since the COVID-19 pandemic hit (from April 2020 to May 2021), was 1,67,788, which is 5.8 times the official reported figure of 29,090 deaths for the same period. This high number was largely due to […]
It is under Kerala High Court jurisdiction now. The Lakshadweep administration, which has been facing widespread protests over its policies, has mooted a proposal to shift its legal jurisdiction from the Kerala High Court to the Karnataka High Court, officials said. The proposal was initiated by the administration after several […]