Nature

AIs are biased toward some Indian castes — how can researchers fix this?

Benchmarks reveal how artificial-intelligence systems reinforce discriminatory social hierarchies.
National Herald

Supreme Court questions attitude of those feeding stray dogs in public places

Bench recalls its 8 January hearing, flagging poor enforcement of ABC Rules and cautioning dog lovers on their ...

Microsoft's Bill Gates' big prediction and 'bioterrorism weapon' warning : This one human invention will change society more than anything

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates in his annual letter warned that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is that one human invention ...

Jains unite this poll season to become voice of the community

The year witnessed protests by community leaders against BMC’s twin actions -- demolition of a Jain temple in Vile Parle and closure of kabutarkhanas across the city. The political assertiveness led t ...
Bar and Bench

Why not adopt orphan children on streets? Supreme Court to dog lover who wanted to incentivise adoption of stray dogs

The Supreme Court on Tuesday lamented that many lawyers argued on behalf of dog lovers in the case relating to stray dogs but ...

India's 60 million street dogs are turning from village scavengers to city territory defenders

Growing up in rural India, my grandmother would feed the village dog half a chapati and a bowl of milk each afternoon, surely ...