Mahua Moitra (File photo) NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Mahua Moitra on Wednesday courted controversy when she shared an old photo of the arrest of Bangladesh’s former poll commissioner in an election-manipulation case, saying it was a sign of “things to come” in an apparent reference to the INDIA bloc’s allegation that the Election…
A recent Cloudflare outage disrupted hundreds of websites, including major ones such as X (formerly Twitter), ChatGPT, Spotify, and more. The effects of the nearly six-hour blackout ended after the IT services company announced that the issue had been resolved and that users could access websites that rely on Cloudflare’s infrastructure. However, the US-based edtech…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said India is on the path to becoming a global hub of natural farming, asserting that the agriculture sector has undergone a major transformation over the last 11 years and that agricultural exports have “almost doubled”.Addressing a gathering in Coimbatore after releasing the 21st instalment of PM-Kisan…
International Men’s Day 2025 is being celebrated to recognize men’s diverse strengths, contributions, and values in families, communities, and society. The occasion emphasizes encouraging positive role models, promoting gender equality, and supporting men’s mental well-being. Heartfelt messages, wishes, and quotes are shared to express gratitude, encouragement, and recognition for men’s invaluable presence and impact. Celebrating…
A high court in Pakistan has ordered authorities to stop harassing a Sikh woman who converted to Islam and married a local Muslim man after meeting him on social media, news agency PTI reported. CHANDIGARH: A high court in Pakistan has ordered authorities to stop harassing a Sikh woman who converted to Islam and married…
US President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk Tesla CEO Elon Musk was among the industry leaders and other guests who attended a high-profile dinner hosted by US President Donald Trump at the White House, marking a public reunion for the two powerful figures following a bitter public feud earlier this year. The gathering…
Roblox implements new age verification for chat features Roblox, the global online game and social platform with more than 150 million daily users, has announced a major update to how users can communicate: a new age-based chat system that uses facial age-estimation and other age-verification methods to limit conversations between children and much older users….
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has revised the fees for vehicle fitness tests, introducing a new age-based structure under the Central Motor Vehicles (Fifth Amendment) Rules, 2025. The biggest change is that the higher fee slabs now begin from the 10-year mark instead of 15 years, bringing many more vehicles under the updated…
Parineeti Chopra and her husband, politician Raghav Chadha, became parents to a baby boy this year. And now the couple have officially shared their baby’s nearly a month after welcoming him into the world. The couple, who became parents on October 20, 2025, had first announced his arrival on Instagram with the joyful note: “He’s…
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is considering a major redesign of Aadhaar cards that would display only the holder’s photograph and a QR code, eliminating personal details like name, address, and the 12-digit Aadhaar number, according to PTI. UIDAI CEO Bhuvnesh Kumar announced at an online conference that the authority plans to introduce…
In most global education cycles, the competition between India and China is a familiar script: Two population giants feeding the pipelines of American universities. But the Open Doors 2025 report introduces a new inflection point. When the focus shifts to engineering, the discipline that underwrites research labs, innovation clusters and the OPT-STEM workforce, one country…
The excitement around artificial intelligence has already reached extraordinary heights, yet the world’s richest tech leaders are now looking far beyond Earth. They believe the next generation of AI will demand such enormous computing power that traditional data centres may no longer be enough. This has pushed the idea of building data centres in outer…
A dancer was assaulted at a pre-wedding event in Nuh, Haryana, after objecting to inappropriate behavior from a groom’s relative. The performer, Payal Choudhary, was attacked on stage when she pushed away a man’s hand holding currency notes. The assault escalated, with multiple individuals joining in, and other dancers and an intervener were also beaten….
In a dramatic turn of events in the ongoing AI talent wars, Soumith Chintala, one of Meta’s most influential AI leaders and co-creator of the widely used PyTorch framework, has joined Thinking Machines Lab, the AI startup founded by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati. This moves comes just months after Murati made headlines for refusing…
Men often dismiss crucial health signals, leading to delayed diagnoses. This International Men’s Day, doctors urge attention to five key red flags: unusual pelvic/testicular changes, chest discomfort, unmonitored blood pressure/diabetes, altered bowel habits, and mental health struggles. Early detection is vital for better outcomes, especially as chronic diseases affect younger men. Every year, International Men’s…
Russia launched a massive offensive against Ukraine, launching “470 drones and 48 missiles” overnight. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shared visuals of the aftermath on Wednesday with rescue operations on and authorities attempting to put off the blaze in affected areas.At least nine people have killed and dozens wounded in the attack, the president said, adding…
PlayStation India has announced its Black Friday Sale offering significant discounts on PS5 consoles, accessories, and games from November 21 to December 4, 2025. The sale features price cuts of up to Rs 10,000 on select products across major online and offline retailers.The PlayStation 5 console (Disc Edition) will be available at Rs 49,990, down…
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is no longer an illness confined to smokers or older adults, and leading pulmonologists across India are raising the alarm. With rising pollution levels, changing lifestyles, and growing exposure to environmental toxins, COPD is emerging much earlier and in people who have never touched a cigarette. To understand the shifting…
AIMIM supremo Asaduddin Owaisi (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: AIMIM supremo Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday reacted sharply to a widely shared video of Delhi car-blast suicide bomber Umar Nabi. Condemning the clip, the Hyderabad MP said, “Suicide is haram in Islam” and added that “killing of innocents is a grave sin.“Posting on X, Owaisi wrote: “There…
The technology behind ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini, and virtually every AI chatbot flooding the market is fundamentally broken and will never achieve true intelligence, according to Yann LeCun—the pioneering researcher who helped invent the neural networks that made them possible. In a scathing rebuke of his own employer and the entire AI industry, LeCun says the…
