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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has once again slammed the Election Commission of India for the Special Intensive Revision of the electoral roll in Bihar. In a social media post, the Congress MP claimed the poll panel had been caught "red-handed" stealing votes in the name of SIR.

Rahul’s Maharashtra vote allegations

This is not the first time Rahul Gandhi has taken potshots at the Election Commission. In the past, he has accused it of helping the BJP steal a victory in Maharashtra by manipulating votes. The poll body has refuted those allegations.

Free power in Bihar

Bihar’s Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has announced free power supply of up to 125 units to all domestic consumers in the state. The new scheme will come into effect from the first of August. The populist move comes as the state counts down to assembly elections later this year. Announcing the move, the Bihar CM said it will benefit one crore 67 lakh families in the state.

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Bengaluru stampede report

A report by the Karnataka government has blamed the management of Royal Challengers Bengaluru for the deadly stampede on the fourth of June. The stampede outside M Chinnaswamy Stadium, where RCB had organised a celebratory event for the team after its IPL win, had claimed 11 lives.

In its status report, submitted to the High Court, the Karnataka government accused the RCB management and others of unilaterally deciding to hold the event, without consulting the police or securing the necessary permissions.

Zoho’s enterprise LLM

Indian software major Zoho has announced its proprietary large language model, Zia LLM, designed for enterprises using its suite of products. Zoho CEO Mani Vembu said the LLM model was trained specifically for business use cases, which has resulted in lowering the inference cost of the product.

The company said it is also rolling out automatic speech recognition models for speech-to-text conversion in English and Hindi. Zoho plans to further expand the available languages, beginning with other Indian and European languages.

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Sharp cuts for Dalal Street

Indian equities saw some sharp cuts in Thursday’s trade, on the back of fresh foreign fund outflows. The Sensex slipped half a per cent, closing below 82,500. The Nifty also declined, ending the day just above 25,000.