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'Push system to adopt novel tech for the benefit of community,' says Dubai technocrat to startups

Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 14 (UNI) Companies and startups must push the authorities in power to start thinking differently so as to create business that would also benefit the community, Saeed Al Falasi, Executive Director, Dubai Centre of AI & Dubai Future Foundation, said here today.
Falasi was addressing the 7th edition of the three-day Huddle Global 2025, organised by Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM), at The Leela Kovalam hotel, near here.
"You are not creating business for private sector unless you push the governments to leverage technology and utilise it for the benefit of the community," he told the audience comprising startup founders and entrepreneurs on the concluding day of the event.
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Sabarimala gold theft: ED raids all accused in multi-state crackdown

20 Jan 2026 | 11:44 AM

Kochi, Jan 20 (UNI) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has launched extensive search operations at the residences and offices of all accused in the high-profile Sabarimala gold theft case,marking a major escalation in the investigation into the alleged misappropriation of temple assets.

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Lok Bhavan issues statement justifying TN Guv walking out of Assembly, skipping customary New Year address

20 Jan 2026 | 11:33 AM

Chennai, Jan 20 (UNI) Barely an hour after Governor R N Ravi walked out of the Tamil Nadu Assembly without
delivering his customary New Year Address to the House prepared by the DMK government, the Lok Bhavan on
Tuesday justified it saying the Nationa, Anthem was not recited at the commencement of the session and and that
the address contained numerous unsubstantiated and misleading claims and ignored several issues of grave public
concern.

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Value-based education must blend heritage with technology: Kerala Governor

20 Jan 2026 | 11:22 AM

Palakkad, Jan 20 (UNI) Kerala Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar has asserted that education should transcend the mere transmission of modern technical knowledge and must equally focus on inculcating India’s ancient wisdom, cultural values, and civilisational awareness among students to build a responsible and enlightened society.

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TN Guv walks out of Assembly again, skips delivering customary New Year address

20 Jan 2026 | 11:15 AM

Chennai, Jan 20 (UNI) Already at loggerheads with the ruling DMK, the New Year session of
the Tamil Nadu Assembly started on a stormy note on Tuesday with Governor R N Ravi once
again skipping his customary and traditional address by staging a walk out, over non-recital
of National Anthem.

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Telangana: Four killed, two injured as car hits container lorry near Bhainsa

20 Jan 2026 | 9:46 AM

Nirmal, Jan 20 (UNI) Four persons were killed and two others injured when the car in which they were travelling collided with a container lorry near Bhainsa in Nirmal district in the early hours of Tuesday.

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