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Meghalaya Assembly Commissioner & Secretary, Andrew Simons, said on Thursday that Speaker Thomas A. Sangma has taken personal initiative to utilise AI for transcribing the proceedings of the House.The Chief Reporter of the Assembly secretariat, Arnica Lyngdoh, in coordination with other technical personnel spearheaded the initiative to enhance efficiency and accuracy. The implementation of Al as a tool in the Reporter’s Branch is expected to significantly expedite the reporting process, reduce errors, and provide legislators with more timely and accurate information, Simons said.He claimed that it stands as a testament to Meghalaya’s dedication to embracing technological advancements for the betterment…

The woman claimed that the accused after promising to marry her, exploited her sexually “as part of love jihad”. A special team of police has been sent to Jammu and Kashmir to apprehend the accused.The FIR has been booked against Mojeef Ashraf Baig, who used to reside at Shikaripalya in Electronics City in Bengaluru.According to police, the accused had met the techie in Shikaripalya and befriended her. Soon, they began liking each other and entered a relationship. The woman claimed that after Baig promised to marry her, both got physically intimate.Baig had promised that he would get married to her…

After chairing a meeting with officials of the Agriculture Department regarding free bio-decomposer spraying, Environment and Development Minister Gopal Rai said free bio-decomposers will be sprayed by the government in all Basmati and non-Basmati paddy fields inside Delhi. Instruction has been issued to the Agriculture Department to survey the fields regarding the spraying of bio-decomposer at the earliest, he said, adding that the government has formed 11 teams for spraying bio-decomposers. “In order to solve the problem of pollution occurring in the winter season in Delhi, the government is taking steps to formalise its winter action plan by meeting with…

Belgrade (Serbia), Sep 21 (IANS) On her senior World Championships debut, Indian wrestler Antim Panghal clinched a bronze medal and confirmed a 2024 Paris Olympic quota, registering a dominant win over European champion Jonna Malmgren of Sweden in 53 kg category bout, here on Thursday.The two-time U20 world champion was at her absolute best as she secured a 16-6 win via technical superiority (TSU) to pocket her maiden senior World Championships medal.Enroute to her bronze medal victory, Panghal beat reigning world champion Olivia Dominique Parrish of US in the qualifications, followed by her TSU win over Roksana Marta Zasina of…

The session which began at the old Parliament building on September 18 and shifted to the new building on the next day, was supposed to go till September 22.The historic Women’s Reservation Bill, provinding 33 per cent quota to women in the Lok Sabha and state Assemblies, was debated and passed by the Lok Sabha on Wednesday and Rajya Sabha on Thursday.–IANSstp/sha

The students were admitted to a common health centre in Akbarpur and their condition is said to be stable. The incident occurred at Kuhila middle school under Akbarpur block in the district. Following the incident, Principal Kumar Umesh Chandra said that a lizard fell during the cooking of food and the cook did not see it. “The food was served to the students and then a lizard was found in the meal. By that time, some students had already eaten the food. After some time, they started complaining of stomach ache and vomiting. We immediately went to the common health…

However, the Congress leader skipped the summon citing her poor health conditions.Narah’s advocate told reporters here, “She has been suffering from multiple health issues. She was advised to be admitted to the hospital. That is why she sent a letter to the investigating officers requesting to grant her two weeks’ time to appear before them for questioning.”The advocate claimed that the investigating officers verbally accepted the request and a new date will be informed to Narah soon.Meanwhile, her attorney further claimed that she is fully cooperating with the inquiry.Earlier, Narah accompanied by her husband Bharat Narah, an MLA and former…

With no member voting against the Bill, it received a total of 215 votes in the Upper House.Prime Minister Narendra Modi was also present in the Rajya Sabha during the voting.Earlier, on Thursday evening, he had requested the Rajya Sabha MPs to pass the Women’s Reservation Bill unanimously.The Rajya Sabha on Thursday unanimously passed the Women’s Reservation Bill after an 11-hour debate.The motion was adopted in the House with 215 MPs voting in favour and none against and without any abstention.Earlier, all Rajya Sabha MPs across party lines verbally supported the bill despite some opposition members terming it an election…

Patna, Sep 21 (IANS) Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav on Thursday said that the women’s reservation bill was brought by the Centre to mislead the people in the 2024 Lok Sabha election. “We want reservation for every community in this bill, then we will completely support it.. but no one knows when it would be implemented,” he said. “This bill will be implemented only after the census. First, the census would take place followed by delimitation and then the women’s reservation would be implemented. We want this bill to be implemented soon but I believe that this bill was…

Police said that the complainant, a resident of Bhagirathi Vihar, filed a complaint against Head Constable Nafees Ahmed, who is currently stationed in the PCR, Northeast district.In her complaint, she alleged that she came into contact with him regarding another matter.”Afterward, they developed a friendship, and he eventually proposed to her. In 2021, he engaged in non-consensual physical relations with her under the false pretence of marriage, which occurred in the Laxmi Nagar area,” said a senior police official.Following this, he continued to engage in such relations with her.She then came and filed a complaint the Laxmi Nagar police station,…