India’s first clinics for the transgender community, aiding over 5,000 beneficiaries, closed due to the US stopping funding through USAID. The clinics in Hyderabad, Kalyan, and Pune provided hormone therapy, mental health services, and HIV support, and now seek alternate funding to continue essential services.
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IT ministry has come out with draft rules on Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) law which seek parental consent for children to join social media. IT secretary S Krishnan does not feel the need to follow the Australian model where children should be banned completely. Excerpts from an interview with TOI‘s Pankaj Doval.
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DeepSeek, a Chinese company, demonstrated its capability to train AI systems with a fraction of Nvidia's chips, causing Nvidia's shares to plummet by over 17%. Despite the setback, Nvidia praised DeepSeek's R1 model as a significant AI advancement, emphasizing the compliance with export controls and potential demand for its GPUs.
Home Minister Amit Shah informed a parliamentary panel that the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) has blocked 805 applications and 3,266 website links. With the help of AI, efforts are in place to identify and close mule accounts used by cybercriminals. The ministry aims for zero cybercrime cases through enhanced coordination and public awareness.
The Karnataka high court rejected the plea to transfer the MUDA scam investigation involving CM Siddaramaiah to the CBI. The court directed the Karnataka Lokayukta to continue its probe. Allegations suggest Siddaramaiah used his political influence for personal gain, with his wife also implicated.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk linked the explosion of a Cybertruck outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas to a similar attack in New Orleans. He suggested these incidents might be acts of terrorism and rented from the same site. The explosion, caused by fireworks or a bomb, killed one person and injured seven.
Three terrorists and three police officers were killed, and seven others injured, including a deputy superintendent, in an intense battle in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district. The clash, involving heavy gunfire and explosions, targeted militants from the Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad group. Operations were halted for the night but will resume at dawn on Friday.
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Panic gripped Rajgarh district hospital in Madhya Pradesh late Tuesday night when an oxygen supply pipe to the NICU was stolen, jeopardizing the lives of 12 newborns. The missing copper pipe disrupted oxygen flow, causing breathing difficulties and triggering alarms. Swift action by medical staff, who connected a backup oxygen cylinder, averted a potential tragedy.