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Show Quick Read Key points generated by AI, verified by newsroom West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has raised a fresh set of objections with the Election Commission of India (ECI), warning that the poll body’s reported proposal to establish voting booths inside private residential complexes could undermine electoral fairness. In her letter, Banerjee said the idea was “deeply problematic,” arguing that private buildings are generally avoided during elections because they “compromise fairness, violate established norms, and create discriminatory distinctions between privileged residents and the general public – the haves and have-nots.” She further questioned whether the Commission was acting…

Over 6,500 Afghan refugees forcibly deported from Pakistan, Iran in single day: Taliban Kabul, Nov 24 (IANS) Over 6,500 Afghan refugees were forcibly deported from Iran and Pakistan in a single day, the local media quoted a top Taliban official as saying on Monday. Sharing the High Commission for Addressing Migrants’ Issues report on X, Taliban Deputy Spokesperson Hamdullah Fitrat stated that 1,200 families, comprising 6,532 people, returned to Afghanistan on Sunday. He stated that Afghan refugees entered Afghanistan through the Pul-i-Abresham in Nimroz, Spin Boldak in Kandahar, Bahramcha in Helmand, Islam Qala crossing in Herat and the Torkham crossing…

Kasarda is dressed in a sandy acid-wash T-shirt and tartan cargo pants—“postapocalyptic cowboy meets dad,” Gun Bunny chimes in. A 51-year-old cis white man whose love of subcultures spans hacking, industrial music, and a stint as a minister with the Satanic Temple, Kasarda eschews the title of “leader.” On the contrary, he says he has “a problem with authority” and “flirts” with the idea of anarchy. But there is no question he is largely responsible for building this alternative gun community, which he and others describe as the “punk rock outsiders of the shooting community.”“If you want to learn about…

‘MVP of the Summit’: South Africans laud PM Modi’s statesmanship at G20 Johannesburg, Nov 24 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s astute statesmanship at the just-concluded G20 Leaders’ Summit in Johannesburg has come in for a huge praise from the South Africans who expressed their deep gratitude to the Indian leader for his continuous support for the African nation throughout its G20 presidency. Several people took to X to praise PM Modi for the support offered by India to South Africa during its G20 Presidency, calling him the “MVP of the Summit.” The visit marked PM Modi’s 12th G20 Summit participation…

Bangladesh: Artists protest against Baul singer’s arrest, violent attack on his supporters Dhaka, Nov 24 (IANS) Several singers and artists in Bangladesh staged a protest in Dhaka on Monday, condemning the arrest of renowned Baul singer Abul Sarkar and the subsequent attack on artists in Manikganj district, local media reported. The protest rally organised under the banner ‘Sadhuguru Bhakta and Oli-Awlia Ashekan Parishad’ in front of Jatiya Press Club in the capital, demanded the immediate release of Sarkar and the arrest of those responsible for the attack on his followers. Abul Sarkar, president of the Bangladesh Baul Samity, was taken…

An OpenAI safety research leader who helped shape ChatGPT’s responses to users experiencing mental health crises announced her departure from the company internally last month, WIRED has learned. Andrea Vallone, the head of a safety research team known as model policy, is slated to leave OpenAI at the end of the year.OpenAI spokesperson Kayla Wood confirmed Vallone’s departure. Wood said OpenAI is actively looking for a replacement and that, in the interim, Vallone’s team will report directly to Johannes Heidecke, the company’s head of safety systems.Vallone’s departure comes as OpenAI faces growing scrutiny over how its flagship product responds to…

Officials on Monday said progress was made in urgent weekend talks on amending the U.S. peace proposal for Ukraine that many saw as favoring Russia, but the Kremlin said it hadn’t seen the changes.Washington’s 28-point plan presented last week caused alarm by heavily aligning with Moscow’s demands in the nearly four-year war caused by its invasion. The plan pressed Ukraine to hand over some territory to Russia and reduce its army. It also sought Europe’s agreement that Ukraine will never be admitted into the NATO military alliance.An adviser to Ukraine’s president who attended the talks in Geneva between U.S. and…

Last Thursday, the Kerala High Court, in an interim order, stayed the Election Commission’s (EC’s) order removing four Kerala-based regional parties from the list of registered unrecognised political parties (RUPPs) and marked them as “delisted RUPPs”. The order was issued to “enable the candidates of these parties to contest in the ongoing local body elections”.After a September 19 order from the EC delisted these four parties — Kerala Congress (Skaria Thomas), Socialist Republican Party, and two factions of the Janadhipathya Samrakshana Samithi — on the grounds that they had not contested any Lok Sabha or Assembly elections in the last…

Azalia King moved into an upstate New York home surrounded by sprawling cattle pastures around 1965, about the time that mass production of the world’s first microchips began. Now, 60 years later, the 91-year-old is on the verge of losing her home to make way for what could become the largest chipmaking complex in the US.Local authorities threatened to exercise their power of eminent domain, or taking land for public benefit, to forcibly uproot King and proceed with construction on a $100 billion campus where US tech giant Micron plans to make memory chips for use in a variety of…

Calderys continues to advance its CAPES plant in Odisha with another key milestone achieved: the successful commissioning and start of commercial production of its new basic monolithics line. This latest progress enhances the plant’s capability to deliver a full range of acidic and basic monolithic solutions, reinforcing Calderys’ readiness to meet the growing refractory demands of India and the wider Asia-Pacific region. New Delhi, November 24, 2025: Calderys announces the successful commissioning of the basic monolithics production line of its brand-new facility in Odisha. With the inclusion of this product in its expanding Indian portfolio, Calderys is poised to enhance its…