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Karnataka Congress leaders Wednesday sought BJP leaders to furnish registration documents of the RSS, maintaining that it was necessary for the authorities to grant permission for route marches in the state. While Karnataka IT/BT minister Priyank Kharge asked BJP to end the row by “throwing it (RSS registration documents) at my face”, Congress MLC BK Hariprasad demanded the RSS to reveal the source of funds collected since its formation a century ago. Kharge and Hariprasad have faced attacks from BJP leaders over ‘targeting’ RSS in the state. Story continues below this ad The Karnataka minister had written to Chief Minister…

One of the journalists, behind bars in Belarus for covering anti-government rallies, refused to seek a pardon despite his heart condition. Another, jailed in Georgia, defiantly stood up at her trial and urged the opposition to keep protesting “until victory.”On Wednesday, they were honored with the prize named for the late Andrei Sakharov, one of the Soviet Union’s most prominent human rights activists and symbols of courage.Andrzej Poczobut of Belarus and Mzia Amaghlobeli of Georgia received the European Parliament’s most prestigious human rights award after they were imprisoned on “trumped-up charges simply for doing their work and for speaking out…

European roboticists today released a powerful open-source artificial intelligence model that acts as a brain for industrial robots—helping them grasp and manipulate things with new dexterity.The new model, SPEAR-1, was developed by researchers at the Institute for Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence and Technology (INSAIT) in Bulgaria. It may help other researchers and startups build and experiment with smarter hardware for factories and warehouses.Just as open source language models have made it possible for researchers and companies to experiment with generative AI, Martin Vechev, a computer scientist at INSIAT and ETH Zurich, says SPEAR-1 should help roboticists to experiment and iterate…

An incident of two Hindu men attacked by some Muslims for bursting firecrackers came to light in the Bajrangnagar area of ​​Bhavnagar city in Gujarat. A complaint was filed on Sunday (20th October) at the Boratala police station after two Hindu brothers were attacked by a group of Muslims at the Kumbharwada Madhiya Road, Bajrangnagar area of ​​Bhavnagar city for bursting firecrackers on Diwali. Based on the complaint, the police have registered a case against the accused, identified as Riyaz Pathan, Sameer Hussain Syed and Aslam Pathan, and an investigation has been initiated in the matter. Police have arrested two…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration is preparing for a visit to the United States by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman next month, in what could be the first state visit to the U.S. by a foreign leader in Trump’s second term, according to several people familiar with the planning.Work is underway to prepare a package of agreements that Trump and the crown prince could sign or witness during the visit, U.S. officials familiar with the plans for the trip said. The trip is tentatively scheduled for Nov. 17-19, but the timing and status of the visit could…

Mumbai: Congress should go solo in the Mumbai civic polls: That’s the advice former Mumbai Congress president Bhai Jagtap has given his party. Reactions from Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) partners have been swift and sharp.Jagtap has also completely ruled out a tie-up with Raj Thackeray’s Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), something that has been speculated recently. According to Jagtap, the party’s rank and file said at a recent meeting that the Congress should contest solo. Show Full Article “Forget Raj Thackeray, we won’t even ally with Uddhav Thackeray. We will go solo. This is not my stand alone but of many…

Mike Marsland/Getty Images We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Most actors have to spend a few years taking whatever minor film and television parts they can get as they wait for that breakout role. However, as has been made abundantly clear by now, Jacob Elordi isn’t most actors. After a couple of short films and some work as an extra, Elordi was cast in Netflix’s 2018 teen rom-com “The Kissing Booth,” which became massively popular and instantly catapulted him to the top of the game. The…

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — U.S. Vice President JD Vance sought Wednesday to ease concerns in Israel that the Trump administration was dictating terms to its closest ally in the Middle East, as he and other top U.S. envoys visit Israel this week to support the Gaza ceasefire agreement.“We don’t want in Israel a vassal state, and that’s not what Israel is. We want a partnership, we want an ally,” Vance said beside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in response to a reporter’s question about whether Israel was becoming a “protectorate” of the U.S.Netanyahu — who will meet with visiting U.S.…

The footage, which shows Nick Wray guiding a robotic arm to bring a straw to his mouth, marks one of the clearest real-world uses of the brain-computer interface developed by Neuralink. With more than 20 million views and growing, the demonstration has become a defining moment for the company and its efforts to restore autonomy to people with severe motor impairments. Founded by Elon Musk, Neuralink has long promised to bridge the human brain with machines. Until recently, most of its breakthroughs remained confined to lab environments or staged events. But now, for the first time, the company’s technology is…

Russian President to skip G20 Summit in South Africa Moscow, Oct 22 (IANS) Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend the Group of Twenty (G20) Summit in South Africa, Presidential spokesperson Dmitry Peskov announced on Wednesday. He said that Moscow will be represented at the “worthy level” at the G20 gathering. “Putin will not participate personally, but Russia, as we have said, will be represented at a worthy level. We will inform you in due time who will go there,” Russia’s leading TASS news agency quoted Peskov as saying during a regular media briefing on Wednesday. The G20 Summit is…