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New Delhi: Elon Musk has intensified his legal battle against OpenAI by seeking the removal of CEO Sam Altman and President Greg Brockman. The move follows reports of Musk's ongoing challenge to the AI firm's transition toward a for-profit structure. In a Tuesday court filing, Musk stated that his lawsuit aims to reverse OpenAI's restructuring and restore its status as a non-profit research organization. He requested that the court direct any awarded damages to OpenAI's charitable arm, arguing ...Read More >
New Delhi, April 8: Elon Musk -- who was a co-founder of OpenAI -- has sought the removal of current CEO Sam Altman and President Greg Brockman as part of his legal challenge to the Artificial Intelligence firm's shift to a for-profit structure, according to reports. In a court filing on Tuesday, Musk said his lawsuit aims to reverse OpenAI's restructuring and restore its status as a non-profit research organisation, they said. He also requested that any damages awarded in the case be directed ...Read More >
New Delhi, April 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) Elon Musk -- who was a co-founder of OpenAI -- has sought the removal of current CEO Sam Altman and President Greg Brockman as part of his legal challenge to the Artificial Intelligence firm's shift to a for-profit structure, according to reports. In a court filing on Tuesday, Musk said his lawsuit aims to reverse OpenAI's restructuring and restore its status as a non-profit research organisation, they said. He also requested that any damages awarded in the ...Read More >
Bahraich: A court here has sentenced two British nationals to six months' imprisonment for illegally entering India from Nepal, officials said on Tuesday. Chief Judicial Magistrate Pratibha Chowdhry on Monday also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on each of the convicts. In case of default in payment of the fine, they will have to undergo an additional three months' imprisonment. The court, however, granted them bail after pronouncement of the sentence on the condition that they will not leave the c ...Read More >
MUMBAI: Months after his exit, former Sir Ratan Tata Trust (SRTT) trustee Mehli Mistry has challenged the positions of Venu Srinivasan and Vijay Singh on the board of the Bai Hirabai Jamsetji Tata Navsari Charitable Institution, arguing they are ineligible under the 1923 deed, which bars non-Zoroastrians and non-Mumbai residents, and has called for an official enquiry.The Bai Hirabai Institution is an associate trust of SRTT, a major shareholder in Tata Sons, which runs the $180 billion Tata con ...Read More >
Kochi, Apr 2 (PTI) The Congress-led UDF on Thursday released its manifesto for the April 9 polls to the Kerala Assembly, outlining key welfare measures and development plans for the state. The document states that welfare pensions are not charity but a right, and promises a law to guarantee pensions as a legal entitlement. The manifesto was released in Kochi, where Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy handed it over to Congress leader V D Satheesan. A major highlight is the "Indira Guarantee ...Read More >
Heart transplant patients in the United States typically spend months waiting for a donated organ. But Kayoko Hira was not a typical patient. Mrs. Hira, the wife of a hotel magnate in Japan, flew to the United States in September 2021, went to the University of Chicago Medical Center and, within days, got a new heart from an American teenager who had died. Soon after, The New York Times found, a charity run by her husband made a donation to a nonprofit group led by the heart surgeon's wife. It ...Read More >
NewsVoir New Delhi [India], December 16: India must urgently recognise prosthetic care as a core pillar of public health, social inclusion, and national productivity, according to a new policy paper titled "Fixing the Mobility Divide: A Policy Roadmap for Accessible Prosthetic Care in India." The paper has been prepared by Parashar Industries, in collaboration with the Kailash Kher Foundation, and was launched today for policymakers, government institutions, and key stakeholders. The policy ro ...Read More >
NEW DELHI : India Inc. is displaying diverging trends in its charity: businesses overshoot their legally mandated corporate social responsibility (CSR) budget when the spending obligation is low, but struggle to deploy these funds when CSR budgets are high. Businesses with small CSR budgets show "outsized intent" to do charity compared to their statutory obligation, while those with the largest budgets face challenges in the implementing agencies' absorption capacity, according to a study of go ...Read More >
Bilaspur (HP), Oct 3 (PTI) Union health Minister JP Nadda on Friday said that AIIMS Bilaspur has achieved remarkable milestones in a very short time and a regional-level viral research laboratory has also been established here. Speaking at the medical institute's third foundation day celebrations here, he said currently, 23 AIIMS operate in the country of which 13 were established during his tenure, according to an statement. Nadda said that the construction of AIIMS Bilaspur was completed in ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court's prima facie endorsement of non-arbitrariness of provisions of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, was principally based on a 100-year history of mismanagement and misappropriation of sprawling properties and valuable assets donated for charity by benevolent Muslims and the remedial regulations enacted since 1923.A bench of CJI B R Gavai and Justice A G Masih traced more than 100 years of documented history relating to regulation of waqfs starting from the Waqf Act of 1 ...Read More >
New Delhi: A beggars' home maintained by the state is not a discretionary charity and its administration must reflect the values of constitutional morality, the Supreme Court said while issuing a slew of directions to ensure that dignified living conditions are maintained continuously at such centres. A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan said all the states and Union Territories are required to institutionalise reforms in beggars' homes and analogous institutions under their contro ...Read More >
The top court says the failure to ensure humane conditions in such homes does not merely amount to maladministration; it constitutes a constitutional breach of the fundamental right to life with dignity A beggars' home maintained by the state is not a discretionary charity and its administration must reflect the values of constitutional morality, the Supreme Court said while issuing a slew of directions to ensure that dignified living conditions are maintained continuously at such centres. A b ...Read More >
Mumbai: A 40-year-old man has been arrested in Mumbai for allegedly strangling his five-year-old stepdaughter and dumping her body in the Arabian Sea. The body was discovered floating near Sassoon Dock in Colaba on Tuesday morning, leading to the swift arrest of the accused.According to the police, the child had been reported missing from the Antop Hill area in Central Mumbai a day earlier. Her mother, Nazia, who works as a housemaid, and Imran Shaikh, the accused, had approached the Antop Hill ...Read More >
Jalandhar, July 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Punjab Police on Wednesday arrested the man allegedly responsible for the hit-and-run incident that led to the death of 114-year-old marathon legend Fauja Singh on the Jalandhar-Pathankot highway. The accused, Amritpal Singh Dhillon, a 26-year-old non-resident Indian (NRI) originally from Kartarpur in Jalandhar, was apprehended two days after the incident. Dhillon, who resides in Canada with his family, had reportedly returned to India just a week ago. ...Read More >
His running club and charity, Sikhs In The City, said its upcoming events in Ilford, east London, where he had lived since 1992, would be a celebration of his life and achievements. The hit and run happened on Monday as the centenarian was walking in his birth village, Beas Pind, near Jalandhar. "A search is under way, and the accused will be caught soon," said Harvinder Singh, a top district police officer. As news of his death broke, tributes poured in. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi ...Read More >
DELHI -- Fauja Singh, a British-Indian man believed to be the world's oldest marathon runner, has died after being hit by a car in India at the age of 114. Police say Singh was crossing a road in the village where he was born in Punjab when an unidentified vehicle hit him. Locals took him to hospital, where he died. Singh, a global icon, set records by running marathons across multiple age categories, including when he was over 100. He began running at 89 and ran nine full marathons between 20 ...Read More >
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], July 15 (ANI): The Jammu and Kashmir Students Association (JKSA) on Tuesday wrote to Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, seeking his immediate intervention in an incident of alleged religious discrimination faced by Kashmiri female students at a nursing college in Bengaluru. The students, who wear the hijab or burkha in accordance with their religious beliefs, have reportedly been barred from attending classes and threatened with expulsion by the managem ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 15 (PTI) It's never too late to start over, goes the old adage and if ever there was proof needed that it actually isn't, one could always marvel at the life of Fauja Singh. The widely-admired 114-year-old, whose career as a marathon runner began when he was 89 and propelled him to the status of a global icon, died on Monday night. Also Read | Jorge Jesus Opens Up on Becoming Al-Nassr Head Coach, Says 'Without Cristiano Ronaldo's Invitation; I Wouldn't Be Here'. It was a heartb ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 15 (PTI) It's never too late to start over, goes the old adage and if ever there was proof needed that it actually isn't, one could always marvel at the life of Fauja Singh. The widely-admired 114-year-old, whose career as a marathon runner began when he was 89 and propelled him to the status of a global icon, died on Monday night. It was a heartbreakingly abrupt end despite his age. He was hit by a yet-to-be-identified vehicle while out for a walk at Beas Pind, his native villa ...Read More >
Mumbai: Salman Khan isn't just one of the biggest superstars in Bollywood - he's a full-blown brand himself. Known for blockbuster movies, lavish lifestyle, and massive fan following, Salman lives the life of a king. But did you know he's also a serious player in the business world? We all know his famous Being Human brand, right? But that's just the beginning. Salman Khan owns or invests in multiple business ventures that span across fashion, fitness, entertainment, travel, and even tech. Lau ...Read More >
Amritsar: BJP MP Nishikant Dubey from Jharkhand has claimed that Britain assisted India in executing the 1984 Operation Bluestar at the Golden Temple in Amritsar, stoking a new controversy.In a post on X on Monday, Dubey alleged that then PM Indira Gandhi "launched an attack on the Golden Temple in collaboration with Britain", with British Army officers present in Amritsar.He uploaded a classified British document, "Sikh Community", claiming that on Feb 23, 1984, the UK Foreign and Commonwealth ...Read More >
New Delhi: In the bustling visa offices of Delhi and Dhaka, there is a new buzz. It is not about real estate and launching companies. It is about a golden card to the Gulf minus the old baggage. For years, wealthy Indians dreaming of living in Dubai or Abu Dhabi had to buy properties worth crores or pour money into businesses. No papers, no penthouses, no visa. But that rulebook just got a rewrite. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has rolled out a nomination-based Golden Visa for Indians. You do ...Read More >
Baramulla, Jul 5: Hundreds of mourners from Delina and its neighbouring villages Saturday participated in the Muharram procession, the 9th day of the month of Muharram-Ul-Haram at Delina area of north Kashmir's Baramulla district. The procession was one of the series of processions being held in the month of Muharram, the first month of Islamic calendar. Dressed in black and carrying flags bearing religious inscriptions, participants from the villages of Hygam, Bulgam, Bohripora, Syedpora, Uri ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): Young Indian was created to revive Associated Journal Limited (AJL) and not to earn rent, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's counsel told the Rouse Avenue court, which is hearing the National Herald case. 'AJL is freedom-fighting legacy, our purpose is to save it, not to earn rent from its properties. It was founded by Jawaharlal Nehru, Rafi Ahmed Kidwai and other leaders before Independence. Motive was its revival, not to earn rent,' the counsel mentioned. Special ...Read More >
MUMBAI: Rising gold prices seems to have led to a shift in long-standing academic traditions. A prominent charitable organisation, which has been instituting gold medals at 14 leading institutions in the country for two decades, recently decided to discontinue the practice and replace the medal with a cash prize of Rs 25,000, which, it is felt, will also go a long way in helping in the students' education.The organisation, Nani A Palkhivala Memorial Trust, has been awarding gold medals to top LL ...Read More >
Srinagar, July 4: Security guards working for a U.S.-based aid group, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation -- reportedly part of an Israel-backed aid distribution effort -- allegedly opened fire on Palestinian refugees seeking food and aid, according to an investigation by the Associated Press and BBC. A former security subcontractor told the BBC that guards at the distribution sites used stun grenades and live ammunition, including machine gun fire, against unarmed civilians -- elderly people, wom ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea by HDFC Bank CEO and MD Sashidhar Jagdishan challenging an FIR of cheating and fraud registered against him on a complaint by the Lilavati Kirtilal Mehta Medical Trust, which runs the prominent Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai. A bench of Justices P S Narasimha and R Mahadevan noted that the matter was already listed for hearing on July 14 before the Bombay High Court. "We are not inclined to entertain the matter. We will not apply o ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 4 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea by HDFC Bank CEO and MD Sashidhar Jagdishan challenging an FIR of cheating and fraud registered against him on a complaint by the Lilavati Kirtilal Mehta Medical Trust, which runs the prominent Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai. A bench of Justices P S Narasimha and R Mahadevan noted that the matter was already listed for hearing on July 14 before the Bombay High Court. "We are not inclined to entertain the matter. We wil ...Read More >
HDFC Bank's Managing Director and CEO, Sashidhar Jagdishan, has approached the Supreme Court challenging an FIR filed by the trustees of Mumbai's Lilavati Hospital. Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi, representing Jagdishan, described the case as a "frivolous FIR" and alleged that it was an act of arm-twisting over pending financial recovery. "The FIR has been filed because we have to recover money from them," Rohatgi told the Supreme Court on Thursday, adding that the FIR was baseless and aimed at ...Read More >
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