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Lok Sabha elections 2024: As polling kicks off, is extreme heat a threat to voters?

Anxious to avoid tragedies, the Election Commission of India has instructed electoral officers in each state to raise awareness about the dangers of extreme weather conditions and take steps to help voters cope with the scorching heat.

19 April 2024, 03:55 IST

Lok Sabha elections 2024: As polling kicks off, is extreme heat a threat to voters?

Lok Sabha elections 2024: As polling kicks off, is extreme heat a threat to voters?

Lok Sabha elections 2024: As polling kicks off, is extreme heat a threat to voters?

19 April 2024, 03:55 IST

Doxxing and hate speech: Transgenders in Bangladesh demand safety online

an increase more recently in anti-trans social media posts has alarmed trans rights advocates in the country.

28 March 2024, 04:08 IST

Doxxing and hate speech: Transgenders in Bangladesh demand safety online

Doxxing and hate speech: Transgenders in Bangladesh demand safety online

Doxxing and hate speech: Transgenders in Bangladesh demand safety online

28 March 2024, 04:08 IST

Twitter ban hits businesses, news in Pakistan

Since the ban began on February 17 in Pakistan, businesses and newsrooms, among others in the country, have been hit hard by the unavailability of the social media platform X. Pakistanis want the government to restore regular access to the platform.

08 March 2024, 04:06 IST

Twitter ban hits businesses, news in Pakistan

Twitter ban hits businesses, news in Pakistan

Twitter ban hits businesses, news in Pakistan

08 March 2024, 04:06 IST

Biased GPT? Singapore builds AI model to 'represent' Southeast Asians

There are over 7,000 languages spoken worldwide. Yet LLMs including Open AI's GPT-4 and Meta's Llama 2 that are used to build AI systems such as chatbots and other tools, have largely been developed for, and are trained on, the English language.

08 February 2024, 03:34 IST

Biased GPT? Singapore builds AI model to 'represent' Southeast Asians

Biased GPT? Singapore builds AI model to 'represent' Southeast Asians

Biased GPT? Singapore builds AI model to 'represent' Southeast Asians

08 February 2024, 03:34 IST

Bollywood star or deepfake? AI floods social media in Asia

More than 90 per cent of deepfake videos online are pornographic, according to tech experts, and most are of women.

14 December 2023, 04:12 IST

Bollywood star or deepfake? AI floods social media in Asia

Bollywood star or deepfake? AI floods social media in Asia

Bollywood star or deepfake? AI floods social media in Asia

14 December 2023, 04:12 IST

Russia to hold presidential election in four annexed Ukrainian regions

Ukraine has already said that any Russian vote in the Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions will be null and void, and that it will prosecute any observers sent to monitor voting.

11 December 2023, 13:34 IST

Russia to hold presidential election in four annexed Ukrainian regions

Russia to hold presidential election in four annexed Ukrainian regions

Russia to hold presidential election in four annexed Ukrainian regions

11 December 2023, 13:34 IST

Climate-hit nations seek COP28 action on 'adaptation emergency'

On Saturday, Collins Nzovu, Zambia's green economy and environment minister, told journalists adaptation is 'a matter of survival for us in Africa' to curb the damage to lives and livelihoods from more extreme weather fuelled by climate change.

10 December 2023, 23:56 IST

Climate-hit nations seek COP28 action on 'adaptation emergency'

Climate-hit nations seek COP28 action on 'adaptation emergency'

Climate-hit nations seek COP28 action on 'adaptation emergency'

10 December 2023, 23:56 IST

AI might help meet COP28 climate targets—but at what cost?

From making solar panels work better to more accurately predicting weather, machine learning tools could accelerate action on everything from reducing fossil fuel emissions to preparing for disaster threats.

04 December 2023, 15:30 IST

AI might help meet COP28 climate targets—but at what cost?

AI might help meet COP28 climate targets—but at what cost?

AI might help meet COP28 climate targets—but at what cost?

04 December 2023, 15:30 IST

India turns to AI to capture its 121 languages

The Indian government, which aims to deliver more services digitally, is also building language datasets through Bhashini, an AI-led language translation system that is creating open source datasets in local languages for creating AI tools.

04 December 2023, 03:17 IST

India turns to AI to capture its 121 languages

India turns to AI to capture its 121 languages

India turns to AI to capture its 121 languages

04 December 2023, 03:17 IST

Afghans fight drought with small dams as Taliban shut out of COP28

The south Asian country is one of the most vulnerable to climate change with increasing droughts and flash floods destroying livelihoods and fuelling hunger.

27 November 2023, 09:45 IST

Afghans fight drought with small dams as Taliban shut out of COP28

Afghans fight drought with small dams as Taliban shut out of COP28

Afghans fight drought with small dams as Taliban shut out of COP28

27 November 2023, 09:45 IST