SRINAGAR: Political parties and teachers’ unions in Jammu & Kashmir have slammed education department’s recent directives mandating teachers to report stray dog populations and take part in “management of stray dogs”, and demanded their immediate withdrawal and strict action against officials responsible for issuing such orders. A senior education department official, however, said the orders…
Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman reveals his working-class London upbringing shaped his tech vision. The DeepMind co-founder, whose Syrian taxi driver father and nurse mother urged him to learn a trade, lived independently from age 16 before dropping out of Oxford to help Muslim youth post-9/11. Now he champions AI for social good and universal…
NEW DELHI: For a decade, Prashant Kishor has been India’s undisputed master craftsman of elections, the strategist who could bend narratives, stitch coalitions and turn sentiment into seats to deliver wins for major politicians. The 2025 Bihar assembly polls, however, delivered a jolt: Kishor, despite months of padyatras, booth-level outreach and the full weight of…
US President Donald Trump (AP photo) US President Donald Trump on Friday announced that Thailand and Cambodia, two Southeast Asian neighbours locked in a long-running territorial dispute, had agreed to halt all hostilities with immediate effect.Trump said he had a “good conversation” with the prime ministers of both nations about their “long-running war”, after which…
Oscar Wilde led a famously colourful life that included a controversial trial in which he accused the Marquess of Queensberry – who came up with the rules of amateur boxing – of defamation. The Marquess, a Scottish nobleman enraged that Wilde was shacking up with his son, left a card calling Wilde a ‘sodomite’.A furious…
Elon Musk has had a ‘lifelong ambition’ to send humans to Mars but the company’s potential IPO in 2026 may dent the Tesla CEO’s goal. Analysts hint that a potential blockbuster IPO for SpaceX, possibly valued at over $1 trillion, may steer the company to focus on its revenue-generating parts rather than aiming to send…
NEW DELHI: House Oversight Committee Democrats on Friday released a set of photographs obtained from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate, revealing images of several high-profile figures who had interacted with the disgraced financier over the years, including President Donald Trump, former President Bill Clinton, Steve Bannon, Bill Gates, Richard Branson and others.The photos, 19 in total, were…
An Nvidia employee may not be satisfied with Microsoft’s cooling system for its Blackwell GPUs. In an internal email, the Nvidia employee who wishes to remain anonymous claimed that at one of the data centre facilities, Microsoft’s cooling approach was “wasteful.” This comes as the chip giant works to deploy its powerful new GPUs. The…
Ayesha Curry and Stephen Curry (Image via: stephencurry30/ Instagram) Stephen Curry’s wife, Ayesha Curry, sent shock waves in the NBA world after a candid confession about her marriage. The popular entrepreneur diverted media attention for all the wrong reasons. As of now, both Ayesha Curry and her NBA husband haven’t spoken about it publicly or…
MUMBAI: The scourge of match-fixing has hit cricket, or more specifically, Indian domestic cricket, again. In a sensational development, the Assam Cricket Association secretary Sanatan Das informed the media on Friday that it had suspended four of its players — Amit Sinha, Ishan Ahmed, Aman Tripathi and Abhishek Thakuri — with immediate effect after allegations…
NIA raids Hazaribag home of suspected ISIS operative Shahnawaz Alam; HAZARIBAG: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday carried out an early morning raid in Hazaribag in connection with the recent bomb blast near Red Fort in Delhi. A six-member NIA team, accompanied by CRPF and police personnel, reached Ansar Nagar under the jurisdiction of…
Clint Frazier warns $8.2B New York Yankees after Edwin Diaz signs with loaded Los Angeles Dodgers (Image Via Getty) Clint Frazier spoke on Thursday about the New York Yankees after they lost free agent pitcher Edwin Diaz to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Edwin Diaz signed a three-year, $69 million deal with the Dodgers earlier this…
Rupee depreciation: Experts are of the view that this weakness may persist in the near term. (AI image) The rupee has been in a downward spiral versus the US dollar – hitting new historical lows and even crossing the 90 mark. The depreciation has been steep, and even more on a real effective basis. In…
In a first since partition, a course on ancient language Sanskrit has been introduced in a university in Pakistan, The Tribune reported. The Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) has introduced the course, with Hindu mythologies like Mahabharat and Gita on the cards too. “People ask me why I’m learning Sanskrit. I tell them, why…
Triple H and Stephanie McMahon (Image Source: Getty) As members of the WWE corporate leadership team and creative team members, Triple H and Stephanie McMahon are important to both the WWE corporate and creative ecosystems. The estimated net worth of Triple H is approximately $250 million, while the estimated net worth of Stephanie McMahon is…
NEW DELHI: Russian president Vladimir Putin on Friday kept Pakistan prime minister Shehbaz Sharif waiting for more than 40 minutes before the Pakistani leader “gatecrashed” into an ongoing meeting between Putin and Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, according to RT. As per RT correspondent, “PM Sharif waited for over 40 minutes for President Putin before…
Pete Alonso and Haley Alonso (Image via IG) Pete Alonso’s free agency shift became one of the week’s biggest stories after the All-Star infielder signed a five year, 155 million deal with the Baltimore Orioles. His departure closed a long and lively chapter with the New York Mets, a team he grew up in as…
The Game Awards 2025 delivered a packed slate of reveals, trailers, and surprise announcements. (Images via Larian Studios) The Game Awards 2025 did not ease you in. It dropped a Game of the Year winner, new release dates, and a long list of reveals that kept piling up until the show ended. Clair Obscur: Expedition…
NEW DELHI: Amid the ongoing concerns over the exponential rise in airfares due to the IndiGo crisis, aviation minister Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu on Friday said that the prices of flight tickets are on par with the rest of the world and that the government has taken steps to bring down prices during extraordinary times.While…
Disney has secured a licensing partnership with OpenAI, which includes a $1 billion investment and access to Disney’s iconic characters. Company CEO Bob Iger stated the deal is designed to help the 102-year-old entertainment giant into new media and harness AI to attract younger audiences for engagement. However, this is in contrast to Disney’s legal…
