Latest news with #RPA
News18
7 days ago
- Politics
- News18
Court Raps Delhi Police For 'Lackadaisical' Probe Into Kapil Mishra's 2020 'Communal' Remarks
Last Updated: The court noted that police had made no serious effort to gather Mishra's social media evidence despite repeated orders since March last year A Delhi court on Monday criticised the city police for its 'lackadaisical approach" in investigating a case against BJP leader and Delhi Development Minister Kapil Mishra over alleged inflammatory statements made ahead of the 2020 Delhi Assembly elections. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM) Vaibhav Chaurasia, of the Rouse Avenue Courts, noted that despite repeated court orders since March last year, there had been no serious attempt by the police to collect evidence related to Mishra's social media activity — especially his X (formerly Twitter) posts. 'No one is present on behalf of the investigating agency to follow up the directions of further investigation and before any stringent remarks could be made upon the casual attitude of the investigating agency qua the directions of this Court, this Court is constrained to bring it to the notice of Worthy Commissioner of Police, Delhi Police, with respect to the state of affairs and non-adequate explanation on the part of the Investigating Agency," said ACJM Chaurasia while delivering the ruling on Monday, Live Law reported. 'Without fail, the diligent endeavour was made by this Court vide order-sheets dated 20.03.2024, 20.04.2024, 10.05.2024, 15.05.2024, 01.06.2024, 01.07.2024, 11.07.2024, 22.07.2024, 20.03.2025, 08.04.2025 for the collection of evidence qua Twitter handle of the accused, but in vain," the judge added. The FIR against Mishra was filed under Section 125 of the Representation of the People Act (RPA), which relates to promoting enmity between classes during an election. It stemmed from his 2020 remarks broadcast in the media, including phrases such as 'mini Pakistans in Delhi" and 'Pakistan has entered Shaheen Bagh". Mishra also posted on social media that the 2020 Delhi election would be an 'India vs Pakistan" battle on the city's streets. The judge said the matter had been pending since March last year and took serious note of the investigating agency's failure to act on the court's instructions. The court has now directed that a copy of the order be sent to the Commissioner and Joint Commissioner of Delhi Police to take appropriate action. 'If the police are unable to investigate the matter or face any obstacles, this must be reported to the Court," ACJM Chaurasia stated. The matter is now scheduled to be heard again on 7 July. First Published: May 27, 2025, 14:36 IST
Indian Express
7 days ago
- Politics
- Indian Express
‘Lackadaisical approach': court pulls up Delhi Police over ‘inadequate' probe into Law Minister Kapil Mishra's 2020 post
A court Monday pulled up the Delhi Police for an 'inadequate' investigation in a case lodged against Law and Justice Minister and BJP leader Kapil Mishra under the Representation of the People Act (RPA), accusing him of promoting communal enmity. The case, lodged under Section 125 (promoting enmity between classes in connection with election) of the RPA, pertains to allegations that Mishra made objectionable statements in the electronic media in 2020, like 'Delhi mein chhote chhote Pakistan bane (there are mini Pakistans in Delhi)' and 'Shaheen Bagh mein Pak ki entry (Pakistan has entered Shaheen Bagh)'. The case also pertained to a social media post by Mishra that there will be an 'India vs Pakistan' contest on the 'streets of Delhi' on February 8, the day of the elections in 2020. 'No one is present on behalf of the investigating agency to follow up the directions of further investigation and before any stringent remarks could be made upon the casual attitude of the investigating agency qua the directions of this Court, this Court is constrained to bring it to the notice of Worthy Commissioner of Police, Delhi Police, with respect to the state of affairs and non-adequate explanation on the part of the Investigating Agency,' said Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Vaibhav Chaurasia in his order dated May 26. 'Without fail, the diligent endeavour was made by this Court vide order-sheets dated 20.03.2024, 20.04.2024, 10.05.2024, 15.05.2024, 01.06.2024, 01.07.2024, 11.07.2024, 22.07.2024, 20.03.2025, 08.04.2025 for the collection of evidence qua Twitter handle of the accused, but in vain,' ACJM Chaurasia said and added that the Delhi Police had shown a 'lackadaisical approach'. Senior Advocate Pavan Narang, who appeared for Mishra, said, 'INC and AAP propagate that they are secular in nature. My party also has secular credentials. What I'm trying to show, that under the garb of secular character, these parties are trying to promote religion-specific agendas. I've a right to place that before the public. The prosecution has no legally admissible documents or evidence'. While referring to the posts which hadn't been procured by the Delhi Police yet, the judge said, 'The agency has to at least procure the essential material which must be part of the investigation'. 'The accused has not said anything about any community based on its religion…The only thing he has alleged is that the two political parties (Congress and Aam Aadmi Party) are trying to create mini-Pakistans like Shaheen Bagh,' argued Narang. 'He is talking about the policies and ideologies of AAP and Congress, and he is not pitting two religious groups against one another,' he added. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Vaibhav Chaurasia said the copy of the order has to be sent to Worthy Joint Commissioner, Northern Range, 'to do the needful as already his Worthy office was well-acquainted with the state of affairs on 20.03.2025'. Arguments on the charge will now be heard in this case on July 7.
Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
FTC scraps price discrimination lawsuit against PepsiCo
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has decided to drop its legal case against PepsiCo, which accused the company of engaging in 'illegal price discrimination' in soft drinks. The lawsuit, filed in the final days of the Biden administration, claimed that PepsiCo provided 'unfair pricing advantages' to a 'large, big box retailer', while increasing prices for other competing retailers and customers. In a statement issued yesterday (22 May), FTC chairman Andrew Ferguson said the lawsuit was dismissed because 'the Biden-Harris FTC rushed to authorise this case just three days before President Trump's inauguration in a nakedly political effort'. 'Taxpayer dollars should not be used for legally dubious partisan stunts,' Ferguson added. The commission's vote to dismiss the complaint was unanimous at three to zero. The FTC's January lawsuit alleged that PepsiCo's practices violated the Robinson-Patman Act (RPA) by offering promotional benefits to the favoured retailer, which were not extended to competing businesses. These benefits included promotional payments, which were not extended to competing businesses and violates the Robinson-Patman Act (RPA). These 'unfair practices' allegedly resulted in inflated prices for American consumers and hindered fair competition. The lawsuit was filed in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. Responding to the lawsuit in January, PepsiCo said its 'practices are in line with industry norms, and we do not favour certain customers by offering discounts or promotional support to some customers and not others'. Commenting on the latest dismissal, FTC commissioner Melissa Holyoak said: 'The staff at the Federal Trade Commission - both economists and lawyers - are highly skilled professionals, and we as a Commission should not have sent them into court to fight a losing battle. "Today's dismissal allows our dedicated staff to focus on bringing enforcement actions where we have reason to believe the law has been violated, and where they can do what they do best - protect American consumers.' "FTC scraps price discrimination lawsuit against PepsiCo " was originally created and published by Just Drinks, a GlobalData owned brand. The information on this site has been included in good faith for general informational purposes only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely, and we give no representation, warranty or guarantee, whether express or implied as to its accuracy or completeness. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content on our site. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Time of India
23-05-2025
- General
- Time of India
Combat Army Aviation Training School holds passing out parade for skilled aviators, instructors
The Combat Army Aviation Training School in Nashik conducted a combined passing out parade, inducting officers as skilled aviators and instructors. Lt General Vinod Nambiar presided over the event, emphasizing technology's role and Army Aviation's future as first responders. Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads The Combat Army Aviation Training School in Nashik on Friday held a 'combined passing out parade ' for the officers who were commissioned as skilled aviators and instructors after completing various aviation and remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) courses. The CAATS, located at Gandhi Nagar airfield on Nashik Road, is a premier flying training institution of the Indian Army which functions under the aegis of Army Training Command, trained student officers, including the ones from Nepal and Nigeria, marched together and were awarded wings/badges. They were formally inducted as Combat Aviators and Aviation Instructors The number of such student officers was not immediately parade was presided over by Lt General Vinod Nambiar, Director General and Colonel Commandant of the Army Aviation Corps "Technology is in the DNA of every aviator. In near future, Army aviation will be the first responder in all operations. I am sanguine that the officers will wear their wings with a great sense of humility and being fully aware of the pious responsibility which they have as Aviators and qualified flying instructors," Lt Gen Nambiar said in his said CAATS, which was raised in 2003 and meant to conduct three courses, is now running 17 training programmes."I see more expansion in the training process in future. We have one simulator operational at present, and one training simulator will be made operational in co-operation with Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd ," he highlight of the parade was the presentation of the prestigious Army Aviation Wings to officers from Nepal and Nigeria, as well as a female officer. Two female officers were also presented with the coveted Instructor's the newly commissioned aviators and instructors, Lt Gen Nambiar emphasised the evolving role of Army Aviation in peacetime and combat operations besides reconnaissance, surveillance, operational lift and attack skilled aviators also performed the "Sky Soldier' exercise, while trophies were presented to outstanding officers in recognition of their exemplary official said everybody got an opportunity to view the daring and challenging tasks that the aviators have to perform in their call of duty and the work they do with the help of their machines - LAH Dhruva, Cheetah, Chetak, Rudra and drones.
Zawya
15-05-2025
- Business
- Zawya
NTT DATA unveils Smart AI AgentTM Ecosystem, revolutionizing industry solutions with intelligent automation and strategic alliances
Agentic ecosystem and services portfolio support clients end-to-end, from advisory to agent management Patented plug-in solution transforms RPA bots into intelligent agents NTT DATA to establish an OpenAI Center of Excellence to accelerate the development and deployment of Smart AI Agents. Dubai, UAE – NTT DATA, a global leader in digital business and technology services, today announced a comprehensive enterprise-grade Smart AI AgentTM Ecosystem with industry-specific solutions to help clients transform their business. The company also announced a patented plug-in solution that turns legacy bots into autonomous intelligent agents, and an expanded key alliance network for providing best-fit solutions. "The rapid evolution of AI presents both immense opportunities and challenges for businesses," said Yutaka Sasaki, President and Chief Executive Officer, NTT DATA Group. "At NTT DATA, we have developed the comprehensive capabilities needed to guide our clients through these transformative times and empower them to shape their future with the power of AI." Assured outcome solutions with embedded Smart AI Agent NTT DATA has deployed hundreds of Smart AI Agent instances in support of sophisticated processes and decision-making at clients. The company's roadmap encompasses a continuous stream of new agents to support more complex use cases from a range of industries as well as shared functions. For example: Healthcare: Current agents are autonomously classifying, prioritizing and summarizing insurance appeals and making decisions about medical necessity among other responsibilities. The near-term roadmap includes agents that specialize in early interventions, medication compliance, payer validation, and preventing fraud, waste and abuse. Automotive manufacturing: Agents already are analyzing regulatory warning letters and citations. The company is now developing agents that specialize in root-cause analysis of defects; initiate corrective actions, recalls or fixes; and launch compliance reviews as needed. Finance: Agentic AI solutions are assisting banks, partners and consumers in the continuous pursuit of client and engagement validation requirements, including Know Your Customer and other fraud detection and anti-crime capabilities, minimizing transaction and payment vulnerability. Supply chain and logistics: Agents are helping clients select and securely do business with AI startup partners, while also building AI agent prototypes to help businesses deploy and integrate pilots with purchasing workflows and processes, and monitoring adoption, performance and return on investment. Next up are domain-specific steps including agents that intelligently manage procurement services. Marketing: In one of many examples, a multi-agent system integrates with a hyperscaler platform to autonomously analyze and categorize user profiles and build psychographic profiles for hyper-personalized ad recommendations. This system continuously learns and adapts, delivering boosted sales and revenue to clients in many industries. Based on the company's comprehensive approach to agentic AI, NTT DATA can offer assured outcomes that help clients heighten performance, improve security and cyber resilience, and ignite innovation for profitable growth and superior stakeholder experiences. 'Agentic AI is the next transformative wave that will impact every sector, far more than what we have seen with Generative AI so far,' said Abhijit Dubey, CEO of NTT DATA, Inc. 'It's not just about boosting creativity or productivity. It's about unlocking new capabilities that can take initiative, make decisions and collaborate with humans in entirely new ways. With our deep expertise in responsible innovation, trailblazing alliances, and visionary clients, we're excited to lead this future — building the foundation for a reimagined human-machine hybrid workplace and a bold new business landscape.' Comprehensive Smart AI Agent Ecosystem guides clients through AI adoption NTT DATA's Smart AI Agent Ecosystem builds on previous developments to scale the breadth and agility of composable agentic AI solutioning. Key components include: Managed agentic services that help clients build, adopt, manage and scale transformative solutions. Solutions with embedded Smart AI Agents that offer assured outcomes for clients, including solutions for specific industries and horizontal functions. Additional Smart AI Agents targeting industry and horizontal needs. Smart AI Agent platform that incorporates integrated tools, utilities, accelerators and best practices; and access to a marketplace with additional agents, large language models (LLMs) and small language models (SLMs). AI-ready infrastructure backed by services that leverage public cloud, private cloud, network and cybersecurity. Alliances with world-leading technology providers and world-class startups. Responsible by design including security, governance and compliance. The expanded ecosystem empowers clients to envision new ways of operating with smarter automation, resolve global skills shortages and maximize return on investments. Clients also benefit from the assurance of working with a trusted, full-service provider with global scale, scope and expertise. The Smart AI Agent Ecosystem is complemented by an array of proven NTT DATA services including structured readiness and risk assessments, managed services tailored to hyperscaler AI offerings, and multi-agent management services in hybrid vendor environments. Every aspect of the ecosystem is grounded in the company's commitment to responsible AI – ensuring it is trustworthy, ethical and secure by design. 'We've been leveraging NTT DATA's end-to-end Agentic AI Services for Hyperscaler AI Technologies to explore both pro-code and low-code agentic AI experiences,' said Pankaj Shah, VP, Chief Information and Digital Officer, Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc. 'With their step-by-step advisory approach and outcome-focused strategy, we're now exploring powerful multi-agent models and identifying new use cases to align with our business objectives and to reimagine how we operate.' Industry-leading a lliances and partnerships offer deep choice NTT DATA recently announced a strategic collaboration agreement with OpenAI to drive innovation in generative AI. As part of this agreement, NTT DATA will establish an OpenAI CoE (Center of Excellence) to accelerate the development and deployment of new generative AI services powered by the OpenAI APIs. These services will be tailored to specific industries and business functions, and will be introduced globally to deliver enhanced value to clients. In addition to formal collaborations with world-leading technology providers, NTT DATA also has established alliances with world-class innovative startups including, for example: Rafay Systems: Rafay's platform supports NTT DATA's delivery of a scalable, secure and developer-friendly Platform-as-a-Service experience on top of AI infrastructure (GPU PaaS), enabling enterprises to streamline GenAI adoption, reduce operational complexity and accelerate the deployment of production-grade AI workloads. The enterprise-grade Agent Platform integrates LLMs to enhance NTT DATA's Digital Workplace Services. This GenAI-powered automation enables NTT DATA to enhance Service Desk operations, reduce costs and deliver personalized context-aware support to various clients. Agentic AI services portfolio meets clients where they are with end-to-end ecosystem The company's previously announced Agentic AI Services for Hyperscaler AI Technologies offers a comprehensive suite of cloud-managed services to help organizations harness the full potential of agentic AI by leveraging hyperscaler AI technologies. NTT DATA is rapidly scaling their Agentic AI Services for Hyperscaler AI Technologies to deliver greater value as organizations increasingly mature on agentic AI and adopt multi-AI agent models. For example, leveraging Azure AI Agent Service on Azure AI Foundry, NTT DATA can build, manage and orchestrate multi-agent workflows across multiple platforms. This approach simplifies complex multi-agent deployments. Additionally, NTT DATA is helping clients work across the agentic AI spectrum by making its tooling available across clients' cloud platforms. This means that any agent NTT DATA builds can easily be transferred to a clients' cloud environment across Microsoft Azure, AWS and Google Cloud Platform. Patented solution transforms bots into autonomous intelligent agents NTT DATA also announced a patented solution that transforms legacy bots into intelligent agent assets. This plug-in capability is especially important to companies that want to adopt AI but are constrained by technological debt. Millions of Robotic Process Automation (RPA) bots have been deployed by businesses worldwide for rules-based automation. Similar to a plug-in module that turns a basic television into a smart TV, NTT DATA's new solution can transform bots into intelligent agents that operate autonomously while complying with governance and policies for security and privacy. 'AI is causing a massive shift similar to the early days of the internet — reshaping how we work, solve problems and create value,' Dubey said. 'We're not just watching this future unfold — we're driving it. At NTT DATA, we're delivering clients real, measurable impact from AI solutions already, and this patented, transformative plug-in is just one more proof point of what's possible when innovation meets execution.' Visit our website for more information about NTT DATA's Smart AI Agent Ecosystem. To learn about additional case studies, please read 'A Force for Good: How AI and GenAI are reshaping our world.' About NTT DATA NTT DATA is a $30+ billion trusted global innovator of business and technology services. We serve 75% of the Fortune Global 100 and are committed to helping clients innovate, optimize and transform for long-term success. As a Global Top Employer, we have experts in more than 50 countries and a robust partner ecosystem of established and startup companies. Our services include business and technology consulting, data and artificial intelligence, industry solutions, as well as the development, implementation and management of applications, infrastructure and connectivity. We are also one of the leading providers of digital and AI infrastructure in the world. NTT DATA is part of NTT Group, which invests over $3.6 billion each year in R&D to help organizations and society move confidently and sustainably into the digital future.
