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Time of India
5 days ago
- Time of India
Better Call Manas! Helpline Boosts Fight Against Drugs
New Delhi: Residents of Delhi can call Manas, the national narcotics helpline, on the toll-free number 1933 or report on its portal to provide a tip about any drug sales in their locality. The identity of the caller is not revealed. The helpline, launched earlier this year by Union home minister Amit Shah, has emerged as a crucial public interface for reporting drug-related offences. Functioning under the anti-narcotic task force in the crime branch in Delhi, it prompts police to act on complaints by residents of the city and raids are conducted accordingly. Between Jan and Aug, Delhi Police was forwarded around 175 calls, which were investigated, and 16 calls were found actionable. The local police were asked to act upon them. You Can Also Check: Delhi AQI | Weather in Delhi | Bank Holidays in Delhi | Public Holidays in Delhi In the follow-up raids on leads received via the portal, Delhi Police said they had made significant recoveries, including 180 grams of heroin, over 3,700 grams of ganja and buprenorphine/avil injections seized in Aman Vihar, Ranhola and Vijay Vihar. Liquor recoveries were also made, with 56 and 24 bottles seized in separate cases, the data reveals. Delhi Police has also registered cases under NDPS Act, Excise Act, IPC and Gambling Act. The district-wise FIRs, registered based on Manas tickets, show that cases were registered in several districts, including South East, Rohini, Outer, North, South West, North East, Central and Shahdara. "Citizens are encouraged to report any suspicious narcotic activity through the helpline or via the online portal and mobile app. Confidentiality of complainants is strictly ensured, making it a safe and reliable platform to report drug-related offences," special commissioner of police Devesh Srivastava said. Delhi Police has been asked to strengthen its fight against drug abuse and trafficking following which more raids will be conducted, officials said. Stay updated with the latest local news from your city on Times of India (TOI). Check upcoming bank holidays , public holidays , and current gold rates and s ilver prices in your area.
Time of India
31-07-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Yogi pays tribute to Tulsidas, highlights his devotion to Lord Ram
Lucknow: Paying tribute to Tulsidas on his birth anniversary at an event in Chitrakoot on Thursday, chief minister Yogi Adityanath remarked that at a time when there was a rush to gain favour in Akbar's court, Tulsidas chose to only serve Lord Ram and nobody else. "Around 500 years ago, a divine soul was born here who dedicated himself to Lord Ram from his childhood. During the time when Akbar's empire was expanding and there was a rush to gain favour in his court, Tulsidas, known as Rambola, chose not to serve any court but devoted himself solely to the worship of Lord Ram," the CM said. He lavished praise on Tulsidas for resisting the power of foreign rulers, saying that many seers chose a path of resistance without picking up the sword, using instead the Ramlila and Ramcharitmanas. "Akbar presented a soft side of his rule, but his underlying cruelty is visible even today. The tradition of seers was firmly resisting it even then," he added. The CM then strongly criticised those who have attempted to tarnish seers with controversies, accusing some people of deliberately trying to drag them into controversy. "Those whose lives are controversial are the ones who do this. They will continually try to create obstacles, but we must unite and strive to protect Sanatan dharma and India's rich heritage without worrying about it," he added. Calling Chitrakoot a centre of devotion and an inspiration for devotees, the CM described it as the land where sages performed penance and where Lord Ram spent the longest part of his exile. He said that it was the same land that provided the foundation for the creation of texts like the Ramayana and Ramcharitmanas. Giving the example of Mauritius, Yogi said that the Ramcharitmanas has served as a medium to preserve culture in the country. He said that during the colonial era, when people from India were taken to Mauritius to work as labour, their sole support was Tulsidasji's Ramcharitmanas. "Though they were not literate, they kept their culture alive through the Manas. Today, the descendants of those labourers have become national leaders, and Ramcharitmanas remains central to worship in their homes," he said. The CM also elaborated on the contribution of Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Maharaj to the Ramjanmabhoomi movement, noting that when evidence was demanded, Maharaj ji began speaking fluently, leaving everyone astonished. He called this the manifestation of divine accomplishment.
Time of India
11-07-2025
- Business
- Time of India
LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman on engineers getting $100 million salaries for AI: "If you think this individual is the one to do it, then..."
LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman defended the eye-watering compensation packages being offered to top AI talent, saying the seemingly irrational spending makes economic sense when considering the potential industry impact of breakthrough research. "The talent race to your average American looks crazy. The amount of money you're paying individuals in order to do this," Hoffman said in a CNBC interview at the Sun Valley conference Wednesday, acknowledging public skepticism about AI hiring practices. The comments come as Meta has successfully poached at least seven OpenAI researchers with packages reportedly reaching $300 million over four years, sparking fierce criticism from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman who called the recruitment tactics "distasteful." Hoffman says economic rationale drives extreme compensation Hoffman, a former OpenAI board member, argued that massive signing bonuses become economically rational when companies believe individual researchers could revolutionize entire industries. "If you invent the thing that essentially, for example, in my own startup Manas, is trying to cure cancer, transforms industries, and if you think this individual is the one to do it, then it begins to get more economic rational," he told CNBC. The AI talent war has intensified as companies race to gain competitive advantages in artificial intelligence development . Meta recently invested $15 billion in data-labeling firm ScaleAI, with CEO Alexandr Wang joining as Meta's Chief AI Officer to co-lead the company's new Superintelligence Labs alongside former GitHub CEO Nat Friedman. OpenAI executives are against the big pay packages Former OpenAI board member Helen Toner warned that Meta's aggressive recruitment strategy faces immediate challenges, predicting "attempts to poach them back to other companies starting on day one." She emphasized that Meta must demonstrate they're "moving fast enough" to retain their expensive new hires. Altman has pushed back against Meta's compensation-first approach, arguing that "missionaries will beat mercenaries" while dismissing claims that his employees received $100 million signing bonuses as exaggerated. AI Masterclass for Students. Upskill Young Ones Today!– Join Now
Business Insider
11-07-2025
- Business
- Business Insider
Michael Dell said Meta's AI hiring spree could raise questions of fairness among employees
Michael Dell says the cost of Meta's AI hiring blitz won't just be the eye-watering pay packages being doled out. It will show up in the queue of disgruntled employees lining up outside Mark Zuckerberg's office, demanding a fair shake. "It'll be a challenge culturally for sure," Dell said in an interview on the BG2 podcast with hosts Bill Gurley and Brad Gerstner that aired Thursday. Dell said the unhappiness and resentment Zuckerberg may face from existing employees over their new colleagues' generous salaries could end up as a distraction for Meta. "People generally have a sense of fairness, right? They want to be treated fairly relative to others and relative to the opportunities that they have out there in the overall market. If they feel that they're not treated fairly, that's going to be a problem," Dell said. Meta has been aggressively building up its AI team by poaching talent from rivals like OpenAI and Google. Last month, the social media giant said it made a $15 billion investment in data-labeling firm ScaleAI. As part of the deal, ScaleAI's founder and CEO, Alexandr Wang will join Meta as its Chief AI Officer. Additionally, Wang will co-lead Meta Superintelligence Labs with Nat Friedman, Github's former CEO. Dell isn't the only one who sees issues with Meta's AI hiring spree. OpenAI chief Sam Altman said in a podcast interview that aired last month that he found it "crazy" that Meta was promising $100 million signing bonuses to his employees. "The strategy of a ton of upfront guaranteed comp and that being the reason you tell someone to join, like really the degree to which they're focusing on that and not the work and not the mission, I don't think that's going to set up a great culture," Altman said. Altman's view was echoed by former OpenAI board member, Helen Toner. Toner, who left OpenAI's board in November 2023, said in an interview with Bloomberg last week that " it'll be difficult" for Meta to find success with their new AI hires. "There's a lot of organizational politics at play," Toner said, adding that Meta will have to reckon with clashing egos within the company. "The question will be, in part, can Mark Zuckerberg, if this is his big personal project, is that enough to change their organizational dynamics," she added. But not everyone is as dour about Meta's odds for success. Reid Hoffman, who cofounded LinkedIn and was formerly on OpenAI's board, said it makes economic sense for companies like Meta to spend so much on their AI talent. "If you invent the thing that essentially, for example, in my own startup Manas, is trying to cure cancer, transforms industries, and if you think this individual is the one to do it, then it begins to get more economic rational," Hoffman told CNBC on Wednesday. Dell made a similar point in his interview with Gurley and Gerstner, noting that Meta can afford to make such a bet on AI. "If you reduce this down to a race to superintelligence or something along those lines, the size of the prize is tremendous. And they do have an incredible business that is aided by these advancements in a big way," Dell said. "There aren't a whole ton of companies that can go do this," he added.
Business Insider
10-07-2025
- Business
- Business Insider
Reid Hoffman says 'crazy' pay packages make sense for top AI talent
Former OpenAI board member and LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman says it makes economic sense for tech companies to offer eye-watering signing bonuses to lure top AI talent to their ranks. "The talent race to your average American looks crazy. The amount of money you're paying individuals in order to do this," Hoffman said in an interview with CNBC on the sidelines of the Sun Valley conference on Wednesday. The hunt for top AI researchers has been heating up as companies like Meta seek to gain a foothold in the industry by poaching talent with pay packages to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars. Hoffman, however, said the exorbitant pay packages might make sense for a company if they believe the new hire's work could have immense impacts on industries. "If you invent the thing that essentially, for example, in my own startup Manas, is trying to cure cancer, transforms industries, and if you think this individual is the one to do it, then it begins to get more economic rational," Hoffman told CNBC on Wednesday. Last month, Meta said it made a $15 billion investment in data-labeling firm ScaleAI. The social media giant said ScaleAI's founder and CEO, Alexandr Wang, will be joining Meta as its Chief AI Officer as part of the deal. Wang will also co-lead Meta Superintelligence Labs with Nat Friedman, the former CEO of GitHub. The rest of Wang's team comprises top researchers from OpenAI, Google, Anthropic. Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, had criticized Meta's poaching tactics in a podcast interview that aired last month. Altman said he found it "crazy" that Meta was offering his employees $100 million signing bonuses. He added that Meta's "strategy of a ton of upfront comp" is unlikely to "set up a great culture." Altman isn't the only one who thinks Meta's recruitment efforts are flawed. Helen Toner, a former OpenAI board member, said in an interview with Bloomberg last week that it won't be easy for Meta to retain their new AI hires. Toner, who left OpenAI's board in November 2023, said Meta will face "attempts to poach them back to other companies starting on day one." Meta will need to show they are "moving fast enough" if they want their new hires to stay, she added.
