Ram Mandir: UP government cracks down on deepfakes ahead of consecrationThe Ram Mandir consecration is scheduled on January 22 and the Uttar Pradesh government is cracking down on AI-generated images and videos ...
20 Jan, 2024, 06.00 AM IST
Deepfakes, social media posts on UP govt radarUttar Pradesh government cracks down on deepfake media, reporting synthetic posts to Meta and X. QR code scams for Ram Mandir donations inc...
19 Jan, 2024, 11.31 PM IST
Niti Aayog working towards making India more organ donation-friendly; Rules may be easedOrgan donation and transplantation is governed by Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act, 1994 (amended in 2014) under National Or...
04 Sep, 2023, 01.33 PM IST
Election funding: What makes India's campaign finance regime ripe for reformsIndia's campaign finance laws have set pending limits for candidates, but have not capped expenditure by parties, a situation that creates ...
06 Apr, 2023, 11.08 PM IST
How to open Aadhaar-based eNPS NRI AccountHere is a look at how an NRI can open an Aadhaar-based e-NPS account, according to the FAQs on e-NPS for NRIs published by the Pension Fund...
23 Dec, 2021, 10.45 PM IST
A regulator for NGOs that get foreign funds? Government vets planThe CEIB examined "various typologies of misuse of NGOs" and suggested an independent ‘National Commission for Charities’ that can take act...
16 Nov, 2020, 10.07 AM IST
2020 US Presidential election to be most expensive in history (by a lot)Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden will be the first candidate in history to raise $1 billion from donors.
29 Oct, 2020, 12.11 PM IST
GJEPC unveils Parichay Card in Kolkata aimed at workers engaged in gem and jewellery sectorThe Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) on Friday unveiled the Parichay Card in Kolkata which is aimed at workers, artisans an...
11 Jan, 2019, 03.33 PM IST
Congress to create mobile app database of 20crThe vehicle to establish an election machinery and an exhaustive database of voters for personalised campaigning is the door-to-door fund c...
23 Oct, 2018, 10.28 AM IST
Government preparing database of driving licences to check multiplicity: Nitin GadkariThe minister also said that India suffered a shortage of at least 22 lakh drivers and a skilled force was being created to fill the void an...
20 Sep, 2018, 06.09 PM IST
Bone marrow registry now collects saliva, not blood from donorsNonprofit bone marrow registry set up by BMC alumni with Infosys aid makes sample collection from potential donors a two-minute affair.
21 Sep, 2015, 10.55 AM IST
National donation database top priority: Harsh Vardhan, Health MinisterInvolving NGOs, religious and social organizations to spread the message will help us promote organ donation.
13 Aug, 2014, 12.28 PM IST
- China beats India to launch its national online donor registry
Globally, several registries are set up simultaneously to track the organ transplantation systems to ensure ethical and safety norms as rec...
12 Aug, 2014, 12.58 PM IST
Government bill aims to build pool of DNA samples of 'offenders'; experts fear possible misuseGovt plans to introduce a bill in Parliament that aims to create a pool of "DNA profiles" of "offenders" in a bid to make crime detection m...
29 Sep, 2012, 11.14 AM IST
- NGOs’ foreign aid: 31,000cr in four years
Govt said in the Rajya Sabha that more than Rs 31,000 crore has been received as foreign contribution by 65,500 Indian NGOs from 2007 to 20...
15 Mar, 2012, 05.47 AM IST
- World pledges $700 mn for Pakistan floods: US
The United States and other countries worldwide have now pledged a total of more than 700 million dollars towards flood relief in Pakistan,...
24 Aug, 2010, 07.03 AM IST
- China world's third largest food donor
China emerged as the world's third largest food aid donor after the United States and the European Union in 2005, according to a United Nat...
21 Jul, 2006, 12.10 PM IST