Suggests Several Researchers Copying Them Without Check BENGALURU: A surge of AI-generated fake citations has entered scientific literature, with a new study estimating that about 1.5 lakh fabricated references slipped into the record in 2025, most moving from preprints into peer-reviewed journals.This is the central finding of a large-scale study by researchers at Cornell University,…
BENGALURU: Six police officers, including a sub-inspector, have been suspended for security lapse during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the Art of Living (AOL) Foundation in the Karnataka capital on May 10. The action comes nearly two weeks after explosives were found near Kuppareddy Kere, around 2 km from the AOL centre, along the…
VARANASI: A 12-year-old Bihar girl allegedly sold by her mother “for Rs 16,000 and 10 saris” to a 40-year-old man from Chandauli in neighbouring UP was repeatedly raped by him after a sham temple marriage, only to be abandoned and preyed on by an auto driver in Varanasi before being rescued.Investigators said Chandauli’s Lahru Yadav…
NEW DELHI: ED has come across a case where the prime targets of a scam were Muslims following sharia law, which prohibits earning interest on investments. The perpetrators targeted unsuspecting persons with a promise of profits of up to 36% per annum on their investment, and within a few years collected over Rs 6,000 crore.The…
NEW DELHI: Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan has sought a detailed report from Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) after widespread complaints from students and parents over technical glitches during the post-result re-evaluation process, with the Centre bringing in experts from IIT-Madras and IIT-Kanpur and roping in four public sector banks to stabilise the system…
NEW DELHI: India and the US had never been closer, US President Donald Trump told Sergio Gor in the middle of the US Independence Day celebrations, ‘Freedom 250’, attended by secretary of state Marco Rubio and external affairs minister S Jaishankar, and told the ambassador to tell PM Narendra Modi he was “a big fan”….
NEW DELHI: US secretary of state Marco Rubio, in the presence of minister of external affairs S Jaishankar, launched a scathing attack on Iran, calling it “the world’s leading sponsor of terrorism“.“Look what they are doing now. They are holding hostage civilian vessels, including ships that have now been stuck in the Persian Gulf,” said…
The petition stated that the stepfather’s name was entered in official records without any formal adoption process or legal procedure AHMEDABAD: For years, a 20-year-old woman’s school records carried the name of the man who raised her after her mother remarried. But the documents, she told the Gujarat high court, no longer reflect her identity…
NEW DELHI: With political focus shifting to the battle for Uttar Pradesh, senior Congress member and former MP P L Punia wants the party to immediately start the seat-sharing talks with ally Samajwadi Party. He also wants the party to follow it up with selection of candidates without much delay.Punia told TOI, “There is not…
NEW DELHI: Amid continuing controversy over the fate of the AIADMK rebel faction in Tamil Nadu and close numbers enjoyed by governing TVK coalition, Congress MP Manickam Tagore said AIADMK won’t join the Vijay govt, and the mandate in the state is against any kind of “backdoor” politics of BJP.Tagore, an early advocate of Congress…