Pakistan boat with crew, arms, drugs worth Rs 300 crore seized off Gujarat coast
Ahmedabad, Dec 26: A Pakistani boat with 10 crew members carrying arms, ammunition and 40 kg of narcotics worth Rs 300 crore was intercepted off the Gujarat coast in the early hours of Monday, the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) said.
Based on specific inputs shared by the Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad, the Coast Guard deployed its fast patrol ship 'ICGS Arinjay' for patrolling in the area close to the International Maritime Border Line (IMBL) on the intervening night of December 25 and 26, the ICG said in a release.
In the early hours of the day, the Pakistani fishing boat 'Al Soheli' was observed moving suspiciously in Indian waters. On being challenged by the ICG ship, the boat started evasive manoeuvring and did not stop even after firing warning shots, it said.
The Coast Guard eventually managed to intercept and stop the boat.
As per the release, arms, ammunition and nearly 40 kg of narcotics worth Rs 300 crore were found on the boat. The 10 crew members and boat are being brought to Okha port for further investigation.
This is the seventh joint operation by the ICG and Gujarat ATS in the last 18 months, and the first apprehension wherein arms and ammunition along with drugs were recovered.
A total of 346 kg of heroin worth Rs 1,930 crore has been seized and 44 Pakistani and seven Iranian crew have been apprehended in the last 18 months, the release said.
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OpenAI to face Adani's NDTV, Ambani's Network18, along with Indian Express, HT in copyright battle
New Delhi: OpenAI is facing a legal battle as the digital news units of Indian billionaires Gautam Adani and Mukesh Ambani, along with outlets like the Indian Express and Hindustan Times, have reportedly challenged the company over allegations of improper use of copyrighted content.
According to a Reuters report, media outlets including Adani's NDTV and Ambani's Network18 have informed a New Delhi court of their intent to join an ongoing lawsuit against the creator of ChatGPT, as they are worried that their news websites are being scraped to store and reproduce their work to users of the powerful AI tool.
The 135-page legal filing, reviewed by the news agency, claims that OpenAI's actions pose "a clear and present danger to the valuable copyrights" of the Digital News Publishers Association (DNPA) members and other news organisations. The filing specifically highlights OpenAI’s "wilful scraping and adaptation of content".
OpenAI did not respond to Reuters' request for comment regarding the new allegations. However, OpenAI has denied similar allegations in the past, maintaining that its AI systems make fair use of publicly available data.
