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Hunter Schafer was among a group of protestors who were taken into police custody on Monday during a demonstration planned to disrupt President Joe Biden‘s appearance on Late Night with Seth Meyers. The protest organized by the activist organization Jewish Voices for Peace took place at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, the famed headquarters of NBC television in New York City where Late Night is taped. A spokesperson for the New York Police Department confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter that a total of…

Economists and policy analysts have expressed concern about the recent actions taken by the Central Bank of Nigeria concerning the benchmark interest rate and other monetary policy matters in the country. The Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria increased the benchmark interest rate to 22.75 per cent on Tuesday, as part of the move to aggressively manage the country’s inflationary pressures. Olayemi Cardoso, the governor of the CBN, on Tuesday, disclosed that the MPC voted to keep the Cash…

To give AI-focused women academics and others their well-deserved — and overdue — time in the spotlight, TechCrunch is launching a series of interviews focusing on remarkable women who’ve contributed to the AI revolution. We’ll publish several pieces throughout the year as the AI boom continues, highlighting key work that often goes unrecognized. Read more profiles here. Amba Kak is the executive director of the AI Now Institute, where she helps create policy recommendations to address AI concerns. She was also a…

The amendments focus on bolstering fiscal support mechanisms, including interest subvention, PLI, and investments in R&D and skill development training.The 74th session of the Cabinet Meeting convened on Thursday at the Lok Seva Bhawan in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, under the leadership of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, centered on amending the Odisha Semiconductor Manufacturing and Fabless Policy-2023 to enhance investor attraction for establishing semiconductor and…

A medical journal has retracted two studies examining the safety of the abortion pill mifepristone after a federal judge in Texas cited them when ruling that the drug should be taken off the market.The studies, both retracted because of methodology problems and conflicts of interest, claimed abortions involving mifepristone are associated with an increased risk of serious complications compared with procedural abortions. Those conclusions are in contrast with hundreds of studies in the past two decades that have found…

The Senate on Thursday confirmed the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Olayemi Cardoso, as chairman of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). The upper legislative chamber also confirmed the appointment of deputy governors of the CBN and seven others as members of the MPC. The CBN deputy governors are, Mohammed Abdullahi, Bala Bello, Emem Usoro, and Philip Ikeazor. Others are Director-General of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Lamido Yuguda, and Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance,…

The Jammu and Kashmir administration has approved a new startup policy with an aim to set up 2,000 startups by 2027 in the Union Territory, an official spokesman said on Thursday. The policy provides for entrepreneurship facilities to students, women, and support to entrepreneurs through government, private and high net worth individuals for setting up startups. Administrative Council (AC) which met here under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, approved J&K startup policy 2024-27 in supersession to…

The Bank of Korea has once more decided to keep its policy rate at 3.5%, which is the ninth consecutive meeting of keeping it unchanged. This move, expected by most economists, shows the ongoing worries of the bank in regard to inflation pressures and household debt. Even though the policy rate has remained stable since January 2023, the Bank of Korea is in a tight spot as it efforts to steer through the recovery from the economic conditions and inflationary challenges. Andy Vermaut shares:Bank of Korea…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Canada is a suburban nation, not only because of consumer preferences, but also because of federal government policy in the years following the Second World War. Most post-war population growth in Canada was in the suburbs, with two-thirds of people living there in 2021, according to my research team's analysis of the…

Credit: University of York The poorest 40% of U.K. households will be most impacted by existing net zero policies, leading to further deprivation and exclusion, new research reveals. Researchers at the University of York have contributed to a new report from The Young Foundation which explores how the transition to net zero could affect households and…