Sri Lankan Navy arrests 34 Indian fishermen
Colombo, Jan 26 (PTI): The Sri Lankan Navy arrested at least 34 Indian fishermen and seized three trawlers for illegal fishing in two separate incidents, the authorities said on Sunday.
The fishermen have been arrested for illegal fishing in two separate incidents on January 25 and 26, the Navy said.
Both arrests came off the coast of the northeastern Mannar district in the Navy’s continued regular patrols in the Sri Lankan waters to curb illegal fishing, the Navy said.
The arrested fishermen have been handed over to the relevant officials for further action.
The Indian High Commission here earlier this week said some 41 Indian fishermen who had been similarly arrested previously for poaching in Sri Lankan waters were repatriated.
On January 12, eight Indian fishermen were arrested and two fishing trawlers were seized.
The fishermen issue is a contentious one in the ties between India and Sri Lanka, with Lankan Navy personnel even firing at Indian fishermen in the Palk Strait and seizing their boats in several alleged incidents of illegally entering Sri Lankan territorial waters.
The Palk Strait, a narrow strip of water separating Tamil Nadu from Sri Lanka, is a rich fishing ground for fishermen from both countries.
Fishermen from both countries are arrested frequently for inadvertently trespassing into each other's waters.
In 2024, the island nation's Navy arrested 529 Indian fishermen for allegedly poaching in Sri Lankan waters.
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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.
