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Tailored To Lie: China’s AI bots deny COVID-19, bans people for asking 'bad' things about President Xi
In a recent demonstration of Baidu's Ernie AI bot, people found that the it will dodge questions about Covid-19's origin, or any role that China may have had to play. It was also found that the bot would ban users who asked a bad question about President Xi Jinping
A discriminatory affair: How Dalit advocacy group Equality Labs portrays Hindu religion as irredeemable in US
There is a concern that Hindu and Indian employees will now be looked at with suspicion because employers simply won’t want to deal with frivolous lawsuits, such as Cisco
'Splash Water to Wash Away Sins': Songkran festival returns to Hong Kong's 'Little Thailand'
It was time for water fights in Hong Kong’s 'Little Thailand, where the Thai community celebrated Songkran for the first time since the pandemic. The celebrations came with a carnival, competitions of combat sport Muay Thai, and the Miss Songkran pageant
Joe Biden signs bill ending COVID-19 national emergency
President Joe Biden on Monday signed a GOP-led resolution, bringing an end to the COVID-19 national emergency more than three years after it went into effect.
Teenage eating disorders more than doubled during the COVID-19 pandemic: Why is it alarming?
Eating disorders are among the most lethal of all mental health diagnoses. Research has shown that teens with eating disorders are more likely to die of suicide than the general population
WHO warns of ‘fake news’ after Elon Musk pandemic treaty tweet
The exchange came as negotiations proceed towards a global accord aimed at helping prevent and swiftly respond to future pandemics, with a final text expected to go to a vote among WHO member states in May 2024
Exodus of healthcare workers from poor countries worsening, WHO says
The trend for nurses and other staff to leave parts of Africa or Southeast Asia for better opportunities in wealthier countries in the Middle East or Europe was already under way before the pandemic but has accelerated since.
10 more people charged in $250M federal food program fraud
A total of 60 people have now been charged in the conspiracy, in which authorities say a group of people took advantage of rules that were relaxed during the COVID-19 pandemic and falsely claimed they were providing food to children.
WHO chief to 'push until we get the answer' on Covid origins
The World Health Organization will continue pushing until it finds an answer to how the Covid-19 pandemic started, the agency's chief said Wednesday following a report suggesting it had abandoned the search
Indian-origin businessman jailed for COVID loan abuse in UK
Kulwinder Singh Sidhu, from Stanwell in Surrey, pleaded guilty to offences under the UK Companies Act and the Fraud Act for having abused the Bounce Back Loan financial support scheme in 2020
2022 was the fifth warmest year ever recorded, says NASA
The past nine years have been the warmest years since modern record keeping began in 1880. This meant Earth in 2022 was about 2 degrees Fahrenheit, or about 1.11 degrees Celsius, warmer than the late 19th century average, the study said
90 per cent of people in China province infected with Covid, says official
Almost 90 per cent of people in China's third most populous Henan province have now been infected with Covid-19, a top official said Monday, as the country battles an unprecedented surge in cases.
17th edition of Pravasi Bharatiya Divas convention to begin in Indore today
More than 3,500 diaspora members from 70 countries will take part in the three-day convention, which is being organised in physical mode for the first time since 2019, an official said.
Brazil's Lula da Silva sworn in as president, vows accountability and rebuilding
Brazil’s Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was sworn in as president on Sunday, and in his first address expressed optimism about plans to rebuild while pledging that members of outgoing Jair Bolsonaro’s administration will be held to account.
China: Amid Zero Covid rollback, Chinese businesses hit by new Covid-19 surge
When the Chinese government started imposing Zero Covid restrictions after the coronavirus pandemic erupted in 2020, local authorities across China had rolled out several measures such as rent subsidies and consumer vouchers to support business. But such measures have been absent this year
WATCH: Uyghurs condemn China's Zero Covid policy
The hardships caused by the Zero Covid policy led to widespread protests across China in recent weeks that forced the Chinese government to relax some of the restrictions put in place to fight the Covid-19 pandemic
How Europe's rising energy crisis now costs equivalent to Poland’s GDP
The kind of money Europe has been spending on the energy crisis is not what it can afford
Gearing up for challenging time in world politics: Jaishankar on India's G20 Presidency
The 18th G20 Summit will be held from September 9-10 next year in New Delhi. Together, the member nations of the G20 comprise over than 80% of global GDP, 75% of global trade and 60% of the world’s population
India's G20 Presidency: Significance and challenges as world's biggest economic powers converge on Indian soil
The 18th G20 Summit will be held from September 9-10 next year in New Delhi. Together, the member nations of the G20 comprise over than 80% of global GDP, 75% of global trade and 60% of the world’s population
WATCH: Chinese citizens protest against Zero Covid policy, clash with police in Guangzhou
Even as China is ravaged by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Chinese government has chosen to deal with the crisis with a series of stringent methods, including a rather harsh lockdown, as part of its Zero Covid policy