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Seán Hewitt made his name with an arresting debut collection, Tongues of Fire, and an unforgettable memoir, All Down Darkness Wide, an account of his life as a young gay man and a moving exploration of his relationship with a depressed partner, a book that doubled as a homage to Gerard Manley Hopkins. In the memoir, he described himself, at one point, as a ghost looking on to his own life. Rapture’s Road, his stunning second poetry selection, is a continuation of that haunting and Hopkins’s influence is again present,…

If bank customers request deletion of loan data from the database of a credit information company (CIC), exercising a right under the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, they may no longer be able to continue with the banking system in the future, an IT ministry official told ET.The DPDP Act, 2023, was notified in August last year but the rules under the Act that provide guidance for its implementation are yet to be notified.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering CollegeCourseWebsiteIIM…

When he was growing up, recalls Julian Borger, it felt as if his family “had painted layer after layer of tasteful off-white over the top of something garish, more visceral and unsettling”. His difficult and dissatisfied psychologist father Robert had never managed to overcome “the refugee’s curse” of being “from two places and none at the same time”. His grandmother Erna, when invited over, “would typically arrive late and… insist on making Viennese food from scratch, unpacking her plastic shopping bags on the already…

A group of large investors in Byju’s has called for an extraordinary general meeting where they seek to change the leadership at Byju’s days after the edtech group launched a rights issue at $25 million pre-money valuation. The consortium of investors said it has called for the EGM following “many months of continued efforts” to address the “persistent issues” at Byju’s, which at the time of its last fundraise in 2022 was the most valuable edtech globally. It initially issued the request for EGM…

Last Updated: January 29, 2024, 17:48 ISTAir India: Pilots Seek DGCA's Urgent Action Over Alleged Workload Breach. (File photo)Air India pilots urge DGCA intervention over alleged workload breaches despite recent fatigue-reducing measures; safety concerns raised.Air India‘s pilot unions, the Indian Pilots’ Guild (IPG) and Indian Commercial Pilots’ Association (ICPA), are urging the aviation regulator, DGCA, to step in following claims of pilots being overworked beyond their duty hours, even after recent measures were…

Cardano (ADA) and Dogecoin (DOGE) count themselves among the thousands of registrants joining the Kelexo (KLXO) presale. According to crypto sleuths, the decentralized P2P lending protocol could be one of the top performers in 2024. Here’s why. Cardano (ADA) Whale Transactions Take a Dip Based on on-chain metrics, Cardano (ADA) has witnessed a notable reduction in large transaction volumes associated with whale activity. A substantial decrease generally implies a shift in the dynamics of a particular network,…

Copper wire thefts have plagued Los Angeles for years, posing safety hazards and costing the city millions of dollars. The incidents have surged this last year, according to city officials, who in the past few months have escalated their efforts to curtail both the thieves and the buyers of the stolen wires.In the latest move, City Councilmembers Kevin de León and Traci Park put forward motions this week to combat the “sheer magnitude of thefts,” which they say have resulted in citywide repair costs exceeding $17…

Indian news publishers are seeking changes to the Information Technology Rules to ensure fair compensation for use of their content in the process of training generative artificial intelligence (AI) models in the country amid increasing AI copyright disputes across the world.Digital News Publishers Association (DNPA) has sent a letter and made representations to the ministries of electronics and information technology and information and broadcasting, seeking protection from likely copyright violations by AI…

The Ministry of Electronics and IT (Meity) will seek cabinet approval for the India AI programme, which includes the setting up of GPU-based servers in public-private partnership mode with an outlay of over Rs 10,000 crore, Minister of Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Tuesday. Working groups formed by the government on Artificial Intelligence (AI) on Friday recommended setting up a three-tier compute infrastructure comprising 24,500 Graphics Processing Units (GPUs). "India AI program is worth over Rs 10,000…

Bianca Bustamante, one of the best young female race-car drivers in the world, can weave a rocket through traffic at more than 200 mph without breaking a sweat. But until recently she couldn’t so much as back the family sedan out of the driveway without risking a ticket.“I’m always being driven by my mom or my dad,” said the teenager, who last year competed in the all-female F1 Academy series with Italy’s Prema Racing and became the first woman signed to represent McLaren Racing in its driver development program. And she…