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India
US President Donald Trump has praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government for its efforts to curb illegal opium cultivation and strengthen supply-chain reliability. India will nevertheless remain on the United States’ 2027 list of major drug-producing or transit countries, alongside 20 other nations.
Crime
Shivani Chouhan, known as Siya, says the arrest of Kalyan Bainsla is only the first step in the Gurugram hit-and-run case. She has sought action against 4 people she alleges were in the car and told the court that the incident was an attempt to take her life.
AI
Artificial intelligence has returned to the centre of public debate amid warnings that it could move beyond human control or threaten human civilisation. The discussion also raises questions about an “AI slowdown” and China’s connection to it, but the available article material does not provide answers to those questions.
Business
Adidas has confirmed reductions in some technology roles in India, while the number of affected employees remains undisclosed. The cuts were communicated during a town hall meeting on 15 September at the company’s Gurugram tech hub, where about 700 people work, according to reports.
Sports
The BCCI has announced India’s squad for the 3-match home ODI series against West Indies. Aqib Nabi Dar and Naman Dheer have received their first ODI selections, while KL Rahul has been named vice-captain in Shreyas Iyer’s absence during the Asian Games.
Useful
The Union Cabinet has approved an increase in the EPFO wage ceiling from Rs.15,000 to Rs.25,000 per month. In Bhopal, National Front of Indian Trade Unions General Secretary Dr Virat Jaiswal said the change could affect between 50 lakh and one crore people, though his quoted statement is incomplete.
Trending
4 women labourers were killed and 5 others injured when a wall from an adjacent house collapsed onto an old, dilapidated house in Sanwer town of Madhya Pradesh’s Indore district, according to DSP Rural Umakant Chaudhary.
AI
Juan Diego Raimondi, chief AI architect at Making Sense, said intelligence can improve itself when a system identifies the processes that produce effective results. His remarks came in response to a question about whether artificial intelligence could eventually become more powerful than humans, highlighting a central concern in discussions about advanced AI.
AI
Global spending on artificial intelligence is projected to reach $2.7 trillion in 2026, as demand for AI infrastructure, customised applications and cost-efficient models accelerates. Gartner has also raised its growth outlook for application development platforms and generative AI models, while identifying a potential $1.2 trillion AI services opportunity by 2030.
Trending
The Enforcement Directorate carried out searches under Section 17 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, at 4 premises in Patiala, Pune and Chandigarh as part of an ongoing investigation into a fake call centre.
AI
Bilal Chughtai, who worked on AGI safety and alignment at Google DeepMind, says he left the company because he is deeply worried about the direction and speed of AI development. He argues that advanced systems could eventually act beyond human control and that time to avoid a catastrophic outcome may be limited.
World
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says its aerospace force intercepted and destroyed 3 American MQ-1 Predator drones over the Strait of Hormuz within 24 hours. The claim comes as the US administration continues to say it is targeting Iran’s air-defence systems amid ongoing conflict and tension in West Asia.
