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Activists seek early decision on better access to life-saving breast cancer medicine

Activists seek early decision on better access to life-saving breast cancer medicine

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Seeking to expedite the final hearing involving access to breast cancer medicine Ribociclib, activists batting for the right to healthcare have written to the Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court Soumen Sen to end a prolonged delay and ensure timely access for patients who urgently need the life-saving medicine. The case has been pending before the Kerala High Court since June 2022, and the writ petition has been listed 57 times for final hearing without the case being heard since January 21, 2023, the Working Group on Access to Medicines and Treatment said in its letter. The letter has also been sent to the President of India Droupadi Murmu and the Chief Justice of India Justice Surya Kant.  The Working Group on Access to Medicines and Treatment is a collaborative network of patient advocates, civil society organisations, legal experts, and healthcare professionals. Their primary goal is to campaign for affordable and equitable healthcare, and access to medicines for vulnerable populations. Despite the demise of the original petitioner during the early stage of litigation, the High …

Bengal brings Bill on year-long detention, restriction of legal access

Bengal brings Bill on year-long detention, restriction of legal access

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The West Bengal Public Safety and Control of Anti-Social Activities Bill empoers detain a person if it believes detention is necessary to stop future anti-social activity for almost a year. File | Photo Credit: ANI The West Bengal Legislative Assembly on Monday (June 29, 2026) passed two controversial legislations providing detention of ‘anti-socials’ for a year and restricting access to a lawyer for such persons, and payment of compensation by those accused of damaging private or public property. The West Bengal Public Safety and Control of Anti-Social Activities Bill, 2026, which was passed in the Assembly amidst thunderous applause by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislators, empowers the government to detain a person if it believes detention is necessary to stop future anti-social activity for almost a year. It said the government can detain those “generally reputed to be desperate and dangerous to the community”. The Bill proposes constitution of an advisory board where every detention case will be scrutinised within three weeks. The board, which will comprise a chairperson who is or has been a …

Assured that access to AI tech once provided will not be cut-off: senior Indian official

Assured that access to AI tech once provided will not be cut-off: senior Indian official

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Secretary of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) S. Krishnan meets United States Under Secretary of State Jacob S. Helberg, in Washington, DC on Wednesday. Photo: @IndianEmbassyUS/ X via ANI The U.S. has assured India that access to artificial intelligence technologies, once provided, will not be cut off, a top bureaucrat said on Thursday (June 25, 2026), asserting New Delhi believes the sector still needs innovation and it’s not yet time to regulate it yet. S. Krishnan, Secretary Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, while interacting with the media on the sidelines of the two-day Pax Silica Summit here, said the Americans were concerned about the potential use of AI models such as Anthropic and Mythos and their impact. Mr. Krishnan and K. Nagraj Naidu, Additional Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs, on Wednesday met Jacob Helberg, the U.S. Under Secretary of State, who is driving the Pax Silica initiative to ensure alternate supply chains in the area of critical minerals and rare earths – a sector dominated by China. The Pax Silica initiative …

Addinath Kothare says Riteish Deshmukh has ‘shifted the access to business’ in Marathi cinema with Raja Shivaji

Addinath Kothare says Riteish Deshmukh has ‘shifted the access to business’ in Marathi cinema with Raja Shivaji

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National Award-winning actor-filmmaker Addinath Kothare has been working across Hindi and Marathi languages. He was last seen in the Hindi web series System, and produced and starred in the Marathi web series Detective Dhananjay: Rahasyajal. Next up, he will be seen in Nitesh Tiwari’s magnus opus, Ramayana: Part 1 this year. Adinath Kothare and Riteish Deshmukh (Photos: Instagram) Addinath Kothare acknowledges the increase in audience for Marathi content, and credits a huge part of that success to actor-filmmaker Riteish Deshmukh and his film Raja Shivaji, which earned over ₹100 crore in India and became the highest-grossing Marathi film of all time. “It’s a great feeling and I am proud of Riteish Deshmukh. It’s such a big project and it was a daring move to invest that kind of money in the Marathi industry. It’s a huge leap for us and the film’s success showed trade what we are capable of doing if the right people are backing and creating content. Riteish has shifted the access to business in the Marathi industry,” he says. Addinath says …

India-US trade deal talks: India wants preferential access through US deal, says Piyush Goyal

India-US trade deal talks: India wants preferential access through US deal, says Piyush Goyal

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India is willing to conclude an interim trade deal with the US, securing “preferential treatment” over competitors before July 24, but it is not tied to the July 24 date, when America’s 10% temporary baseline tariff expires, Union commerce minister Piyush Goyal said on Monday, announcing India’s ambitious exports target of $1 trillion in 2026-27. Goyal said India, which is the world’s largest democracy, is recognized as a trusted partner globally. (ANI) “I have said it very often, India never negotiates with a deadline,” he said in an interview to a TV channel, replying a specific question on whether New Delhi would conclude an interim bilateral trade agreement (BTA) with the US before July 24. The query is significant because of scheduled meetings between Goyal and visiting US trade representative Jamieson Greer on June 23-24. Also read | First phase of bilateral trade pact expected by next month: Piyush Goyal on US trade deal In a post on X, US ambassador Sergio Gor on Monday said Greer and Goyal have “multiple sessions” scheduled “to advance” …

India’s Sovereign AI Push Runs Into US Model Access Limits

India’s Sovereign AI Push Runs Into US Model Access Limits

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India’s push for sovereign AI is no longer just about building local models. It is about what happens when access to foreign frontier systems changes without warning. That risk now faces Indian organizations building critical workflows on US-developed AI systems. For enterprises, public agencies, banks, and telecoms, the debate is about continuity, compliance, and vendor dependence as much as national AI ambition. Why India is rethinking AI dependence On June 12, 2026, Anthropic said the US government had ordered it to block foreign-national access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5. The company said it had to disable the two models; its other models were unaffected. The order came after scrutiny around Claude Mythos Preview, which Anthropic introduced on April 7, 2026, as a model with advanced cybersecurity capabilities. In May 2026, ORF reported that Mythos access had been limited to a small group of US enterprises, that India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman called the challenge “unprecedented,” and that India was seeking access. For Indian technology leaders, API access is not strategic control. A team that …

US says Iran ‘could have access’ to 0 billion reconstruction fund. What it means | World News

US says Iran ‘could have access’ to $300 billion reconstruction fund. What it means | World News

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US Vice President JD Vance on Monday said Iran “could have access” to a $300 billion reconstruction fund after the two nations reached an initial agreement on Monday to extend the fragile ceasefire and end the over three-month-old conflict in the region. Diplomatic logistics and energy security Details of the deal have not been released till now, but reports suggest it won’t be implemented till the agreement is signed, which is scheduled for Friday in Geneva, Switzerland, mediator Pakistan said. The agreement is poised to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, but it will still take months for the global energy crisis to ease that was caused by the closure of the crucial waterway. Conditions and Regional Compliance Vance, during an interview with CBS News, said Tehran could get access to a $300 billion reconstruction fund which is supposed to be funded by the Gulf nations, though the Islamic Republic must meet certain obligations to fulfil the conditions in order to access the fund. “That’s the sort of thing they could have access to, funded by …

SpaceX IPO Filing Ties AI Growth to Water Access

SpaceX IPO Filing Ties AI Growth to Water Access

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Water has always been part of the data center equation. SpaceX is now telling investors it could shape how fast its AI plans grow. The company has added water access to the list of risks investors may need to weigh before its public debut. According to TechCrunch, SpaceX added language to an amended IPO filing warning that data center expansion depends not only on power, processors, construction timelines, and materials, but also on access to water at workable prices. SpaceX says water access could affect data center growth SpaceX told investors that data center buildouts are constrained by the “availability of power and water at economically feasible prices,” according to TechCrunch. The company also said, “significant water resources may be required for cooling large-scale data center operations.” SpaceX warned that water scarcity, drought, competition for local water resources, or regulatory limits could restrict cooling capacity, raise costs, delay expansion, or require alternative cooling methods that may be more expensive or less available. For SpaceX’s IPO pitch, the disclosure helps connect its AI plans to the …

Number of Indian women with digital access doubled since 2021: Survey

Number of Indian women with digital access doubled since 2021: Survey

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New Delhi, The percentage of women who have used the internet at least once has nearly doubled from 33.3 per cent during the 2019-2021 period to 64.3 per cent in 2023-24, according to the sixth National Family Health Survey report released on Friday. Number of Indian women with digital access doubled since 2021: Survey The NFHS-5 for the 2019-2021 period had recorded that 33.3 per cent Indian women had used the internet at least once. This figure has doubled over the interim two-year period, suggesting a paradigm shift in digital accessibility among women. Women with banking or savings accounts have increased from 78.6 per cent in 2019-2021 to 89 per cent in 2023-24 , while women having a personal mobile phone rose from 53.9 per cent in 2019-2021 to 63.6 per cent in 2023-24, the data showed. The NFHS-6 records continued advancement in women’s digital inclusion and financial empowerment, the Union health ministry said. The use of hygienic methods of menstrual protection among women in 15-24 age group has increased from 77.6 per cent in …

The ‘burden’ of proof: As chargesheets surge in volume and data, accused seek access to computers | Mumbai News

The ‘burden’ of proof: As chargesheets surge in volume and data, accused seek access to computers | Mumbai News

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In 2006, some of the accused in the Mumbai serial train blasts case had to approach the court for permission to keep their over 10,000-page chargesheet in their barracks; the overcrowded Arthur Road Jail barrack barely had space for its prisoners. Twenty years later, the jail still remains crowded, chargesheets have only got longer, and the struggle for space has gone digital. Undertrials across jails are seeking access to computers or laptops to read the electronic evidence against them. From accused in the now-concluded Malegaon 2008 blast case to those booked in the Elgaar Parishad case of 2017-18, several accused have been given permission to use computers, with curbs. While jail authorities oppose such pleas, citing lack of adequate staff to monitor usage and apprehensions of misuse, courts have been receptive on the grounds that the accused need to access e-data against them. In the terror scare case involving the Ambani residence Antilia, for example, the NIA submitted in court that it had collected 1,000 terabytes of e-data — equivalent to roughly 10 billion pages …