Evening newswrap: Mayawati hits Akhilesh over ‘Pandit’ twist in SP’s PDA formula; IT ministry asks Meta to revamp algorithms & more

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5
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day

‘Cha gi g
colou s
like
a
chameleo ‘:
Mayawati
hits
Akhilesh
ove
‘Pa dit’
twist
i
SP’s
PDA
fo mula

BSP
chief
Mayawati
o
Satu day
attacked
the
Samajwadi
Pa ty,
allegi g
that
it
was
cha gi g
its
political
sta ce
fo
electo al
gai s
afte
Akhilesh
Yadav
suggested
that
the
“P”
i
the
pa ty’s
PDA
fo mula
could
also
sta d
fo
“Pa dit”.
Mayawati
claimed
the
move
was
aimed
at
att acti g
B ahmi
vote s
amid
g owi g
suppo t
fo
the
BSP
amo g
uppe -caste
commu ities.Read
full
sto y

2
Ghaziabad
hospitals
that
tu ed
away
child
ape
victim
to
give
pa e ts
Rs
12
lakh

The
Sup eme
Cou t
o
F iday
exp essed
se ious
co ce
ove
alleged
lapses
by
two
Ghaziabad
hospitals
a d
police
i
ha dli g
a
mi o
gi l
who
was
g ievously
i ju ed
i
a
sexual
assault
a d
late
died.
The
hospitals
offe ed
to
do ate
₹12
lakh
to
the
victim’s
pa e ts
to
settle
pote tial
c imi al
p osecutio
a d
compe satio
liability.
The
be ch,
headed
by
CJI
Su ya
Ka t,
said
the
i cide t
highlighted
a
gap
betwee
existi g
legal
safegua ds
a d
thei
impleme tatio
o
the
g ou d.Read
full
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‘Rude
wake-up
call’:
Shashi
Tha oo
o
CJP
p otests,
says
Ge
Z
will
be
la gest
voti g
bloc
i
2029

Co g ess
MP
Shashi
Tha oo
said
politicia s
must
liste
to
a d
e gage
with
you g
people,
oti g
that
Ge
Z
a d
Ge
Alpha
will
play
a
i c easi gly
impo ta t
ole
i
I dia
politics.
Refe i g
to
his
visit
to
Ja ta
Ma ta
du i g
the
CJP
p otests,
Tha oo
said
he
we t
the e
o ly
to
hea
the
p oteste s’
co ce s
a d
did
ot
delive
a
speech.

He
said
you g
vote s
a e
expected
to
fo m
the
la gest
si gle
voti g
bloc
i
the
2029
Lok
Sabha
electio s,
maki g
thei
co ce s
politically
sig ifica t.Read
full
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IT
mi ist y
asks
Meta
to
evamp
algo ithms,
submit
oadmap
to
tackle
deepfakes

The
mi ist y
of
elect o ics
a d
i fo matio
tech ology
(MeitY)
has
asked
Meta
to
st e gthe
its
algo ithms
a d
submit
a
complia ce
oadmap
to
cu b
deepfakes,
p opaga da,
mo phed
images
a d
othe
ha mful
o
illegal
co te t
o
its
platfo ms.
Officials
also
sought
faste
actio
o
takedow
equests
f om
autho ised
age cies,
g eate
complia ce
with
data-localisatio
equi eme ts
a d
close
coo di atio
with
the
gove me t.

The
gove me t
has
i te sified
sc uti y
of
Meta
ove
deepfakes,
Child
Sexual
Abuse
Mate ial
(CSAM)
a d
othe
ha mful
co te t.Read
full
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G ee la d
issues
‘st o g
wa i g’
as
T ump-li ked
US
oil
fi m
pushes
ahead
with
A ctic
d illi g

A
Texas-based
oil
compa y,
G ee la d
E e gy,
has
sta ted
movi g
d illi g
equipme t
asho e
i
G ee la d’s
emote
Jameso
La d
despite
ot
yet
eceivi g
app oval
f om
local
autho ities,
acco di g
to

The
Gua dia .
The
compa y
pla s
to
explo e
the
egio
fo
oil
a d
claims
the
a ea
could
hold
up
to
$1
t illio
wo th
of
c ude,
while
G ee la d
has
mai tai ed
a
ba
o
ew
oil
explo atio
lice ces
si ce
2021.
Autho ities
issued
a
“st o g
wa i g”
a d
said
all
logistical
ope atio s
must
eceive
p io
app oval,
although
they
have
ot
o de ed
the
equipme t
emoved.Read
full
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