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India’s wholesale inflation quickens to 3-1/2-year high of 8.3% as energy costs soar

NEW DELHI, May 14 (Reuters) – India’s wholesale price inflation ‌rose unexpectedly to 8.3% in April, the fastest pace in three-and-a-half years, government data showed on Thursday, in the first signs of the Middle East conflict’s impact on Asia’s third-largest economy. The print, ​driven by the energy shock due to the weeks-long Iran war, could ​mount pressure on New Delhi to raise retail fuel prices that ⁠have been kept unchanged despite the global crude and gas surge since the war ​started. While Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked citizens to curtail imports and fuel usage, government ​and central bank officials

EC announces roll out of SIR phase-3 in 16 states, 3 UTs

New Delhi, May 14 (PTI) The Election Commission on Thursday announced the roll out of the SIR (Special Intensive Revision) of electoral rolls in 16 states and three union territories in a phased manner beginning May 30. The states and UTs where the SIR will be carried out are Delhi, Odisha, Mizoram, Sikkim, Manipur, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Haryana, Chandigarh, Telangana, Punjab, Karnataka, Meghalaya, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Nagaland, Tripura, Dadar and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. Schedule for SIR in Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh will be announced later keeping in view weather conditions in snow-bound

V D Satheesan thanks Congress leadership for selecting him as Kerala CM

Thiruvananthapuram, May 14 (PTI) Congress CM candidate for Kerala V D Satheesan on Thursday thanked the party high command for giving him such a “huge responsibility”. Satheesan, speaking to reporters here, also thanked Congress general secretary K C Venugopal for coordinating the AICC efforts and supporting all party activities which helped it achieve a huge victory in the assembly polls in the state. He also thanked senior Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala, who worked as the campaign committee chairman, for his role in the party’s win, saying “he is my leader also”. Both Venugopal and Chennithala were also in the race

How tarot readers using AI – and what it says about our growing reliance on chatbots for emotional support, advice

London, May 14 (The Conversation) If you’ve ever turned to artificial intelligence to try to figure out how to handle a tricky situation with a friend or colleague, you’re far from alone. For many, AI has become a modern oracle – a source of guidance, emotional support or clarity in moments of uncertainty – though critics worry that they could lead to emotional dependence on the technology. Of course, the urge to seek answers from forces beyond ourselves is hardly new. For generations, people have turned to psychics, astrology charts or tarot cards for reassurance. Once fringe, these practices have

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