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A recent attack on a woman lawyer from Manipur in a south Delhi park has once again pushed the question of racism against people from the Northeast into the public view.

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The New Hampshire campus where AI was coined 70 years ago is now shaping its future. Mental health chatbots, medical training and language preservation — they're working on it all.

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The New Hampshire campus where AI was coined 70 years ago is now shaping its future. Mental health chatbots, medical training ...

Play takes all sorts of forms, changing from family to family. But one thing stays the same: its importance in your little one’s development. Autistic children often have a specific way of playing and ...