Wordplay won’t work, ensure adequate flood relief: Oppn slams govt | Mumbai News

Mumbai/Nagpur/Pune: The opposition tore into the state govt on Wednesday over “inadequate” flood relief measures for farmers and its failure to declare a ‘wet drought’. Picking holes in CM Devendra Fadnavis’s declaration that all concessions typically given during drought will be extended to flood-affected people, it questioned the lack of specific announcements, such as farm…

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Mumbai: AI voice cloning violates celebrity’s personality rights, says Bombay high court on singer Asha Bhosle’s plea | Mumbai News

Mumbai: Bombay high court, while granting temporary relief to legendary playback singer Asha Bhosle in her plea to protect her personality rights, said it was prima facie clear that the two US-based Artificial Intelligence (AI) platforms and the private owner of e-commerce sites were “unauthorisedly using” her personality rights.“In my prima facie view, making AI…

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Unmonitored private consultants in Mantralaya lead to loot: Maharashtra IT minister Shelar; warns of strict action | Mumbai News

Mumbai: The unmonitored use of private consultants at Mantralaya is leading to a loot that must be curbed, state IT minister Ashish Shelar said Wednesday. Six empanelled agencies hired as many as 246 private consultants for Mantralaya, he revealed. “In some cases, a single private individual working as a consultant in multiple departments is earning…

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Thane deputy municipal commissioner detained for ‘accepting’ 35 lakh bribe | Mumbai News

Mumbai/Thane: The anti-corruption bureau (ACB) Wednesday detained Shankar Patole, deputy municipal commissioner of Thane Municipal Corporation’s anti-encroachment department, for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 35 lakh.Officials said Patole had allegedly demanded money from Abhiraj Developers proprietor Abhijit Kadam. He had already received Rs 10 lakh earlier and was allegedly caught red-handed while accepting another…

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