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Hinduja Group commits Rs 2,500 cr investment in Tamil Nadu
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Hinduja Group commits Rs 2,500 cr investment in Tamil Nadu

Hinduja Group plans a significant Rs 2,500 crore investment across its Tamil Nadu businesses. This includes renewable energy projects and electric mobility solutions. The group will develop over 200 MW of clean energy generation capacity. Electric buses will be operationalised for public transport in the state.

BTC News Desk · 13 Aug, 3:55 pm

Trump sued over $100,000-a-month early-access offer to Truth Social posts
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Trump sued over $100,000-a-month early-access offer to Truth Social posts

Suit alleges subscription offer aims to sell privileged access to information generated in president’s official capacity Donald Trump has been sued after a subscription service charging up to $100,000 a month for early access to his posts on his Truth Social platform sparked allegations of corruption. The lawsuit, filed in the US district court for the southern district of New York , was brought by the Intercept and the Freedom of the Press Foundation against Trump, two of his aides and the exec

BTC News Desk · 12 Aug, 11:00 pm

Bridget Phillipson condemns Richard Tice’s ‘chilling attempt to silence free press’
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Bridget Phillipson condemns Richard Tice’s ‘chilling attempt to silence free press’

Labour chair says Reform deputy leader is trying to harass journalists over reporting on his financial affairs UK politics live – latest updates Richard Tice has been accused by Labour’s Bridget Phillipson of mounting a “deeply chilling attempt to silence the free press” after he sent a legal threat to the Guardian over its reporting on his financial affairs. Lawyers for Tice, the deputy leader of Reform UK, singled out a Guardian correspondent for her journalism about a series of Tice’s financi

BTC News Desk · 12 Aug, 6:10 pm

‘Sometimes they credit the janitor. But not us’: what’s it like to be a child chaperone on a film set?
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‘Sometimes they credit the janitor. But not us’: what’s it like to be a child chaperone on a film set?

Safeguarding young people in films is a vital role, often remembered by their charges later in successful careers, but not always recognised. Some of the best share their tips Linda Matthews has rarely had to stop a production in its tracks. Steve Stone’s 2017 psychological horror In Extremis was an exception. Set on an isolated country estate during an apocalyptic storm, it follows a family that have to confront the oncoming disaster and their own personal demons to survive. For Matthews, howev

BTC News Desk · 12 Aug, 12:30 pm

What happens when AI begins to design viruses?
Science

What happens when AI begins to design viruses?

The Stanford experiment does not show that AI can casually manufacture dangerous human viruses; it shows that computers are beginning to move from analysing biological information towards proposing biological designs that scientists can physically build. This requires appropriate governance and safeguards

BTC News Desk · 13 Aug, 2:26 pm

What psychiatric genetics can and cannot tell an Indian family
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What psychiatric genetics can and cannot tell an Indian family

What can genetics usefully do in your consultation room today? It can reduce blame. A mother did not cause schizophrenia by being ‘too strict’. A father did not ‘transmit’ bipolar disorder through a moral failing. Biology matters and families often find that acknowledgement to be a relief

BTC News Desk · 13 Aug, 11:17 am

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