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Universal or guaranteed basic income programs are gaining momentum across the country, as local governments and nonprofits experiment with the bold new alternative to traditional welfare models.

After the Central Administrative Tribunal’s order staying the requirement of basic Urdu knowledge for the naib tehsildar exam in Jammu and Kashmir, Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti on ...

Para expressed concern over the CAT’s (Central Administrative Tribunal) order staying the requirement of basic Urdu knowledge for the naib tehsildar exam, calling it a worrying sign of judicial forums ...

Sudha Pai in 2002 stated, “If a language is not characterised by political neutrality, it too often becomes the tool by which this language group seeks to extend its domination over the minority ...

The Supreme Court has emphasized that India's linguistic diversity should be celebrated, not be a cause for division. The court upheld the use of Urdu, alongside Marathi, on a signboard in Maharashtra ...

Python 3.13 has been released with a slight delay on the home straight. The new interactive shell aims to make development more convenient. In addition, the global interpreter lock can now be ...

In 2020, amid widespread layoffs and economic turmoil brought on by the COVID pandemic, 1,000 low-income people in Texas and Illinois won something of a lottery. They were selected to receive $1,000 ...

A recent study on basic income, backed by OpenAI founder Sam Altman, shows that giving low-income people guaranteed paydays with no strings attached can lead to their working slightly less, affording ...

The results of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's guaranteed-basic-income study are in. Overall spending increased, but most of the extra cash went to food and rent. Recipients experienced decreased financial ...