OpenAI’s ChatGPT has lost its majority share of the global AI assistant market for the first time, reports analytics firm Sensor Tower. The firm publised its State of AI Report 2026 which revealed that ChatGPT controlled more than half of the AI assistant market until January 2026. By the end of May, its share had…
Tushar Deshpande (TOI Photo) NEW DELHI: Proving naysayers wrong and winning them over has been a hallmark of Indian cricketer Tushar Deshpande’s playbook over the years. A Mumbai U-19 coach once questioned Deshpande’s potential to represent the national team as a pacer, expressing a lack of faith in his ability to generate pace. The conversation…
Mumbai: Mercedes-Benz’s Member of the Board of Management, Sales & Customer Experience., Mathias Geisen, was in India this week for the launch of the new S-Class – a plug-in hybrid. Against this backdrop, Gielsen spoke about Mercedes-Benz’s global sales performance, the transition to electric mobility, and the company’s strategy for India, one of its fastest-growing…
Riya Kumari (Picture source: X) A 23-year-old woman preparing for the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) was found dead at her home in Dehradun’s Patel Nagar area on Tuesday, police said. The woman, identified as Riya Kumari, had been preparing for competitive examinations and had recently appeared for the NEET exam.According to police, Riya was studying…
This image released by Universal Pictures shows, from left, Jimmy Gonzales ia Cepheus, Matt Damon as Odysseus and Himesh Patel as Eurylochus in a scene from “The Odyssey.” (Melinda Sue Gordon/Universal Pictures via AP) Christopher Nolan, Matt Damon, and Tom Holland are set to visit India for the Mumbai premiere of ‘The Odyssey’ in July….
Michel de Montaigne (Image: Wikipedia) Some lines refuse to age. This one is more than 400 years old, yet it still turns up at weddings, in films and in late-night arguments between couples. A French thinker named Michel de Montaigne wrote it long before anyone had heard of dating apps or divorce lawyers. He compared…
NEW DELHI: A consumer court in Hyderabad has directed the summer camp organisers to refund camp fees with interest and pay compensation to three children, after their parents alleged that the children were kept in unhygienic and unsafe conditions.The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission-III, Hyderabad, passed the order on a complaint filed by three children…
NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena (UBT) Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut on Wednesday defended his controversial remarks directed at suspected rebel party MPs, saying the expressions he used were part of common Marathi usage and that he knew “when and which language should be used.“Responding to criticism over his comments, Raut said that his remarks were…
Bernardo Silva (AP Photo) Real Madrid have strengthened their squad with the arrival of Portuguese star Bernardo Silva, who joins the Spanish club on a free transfer after bringing the curtain down on a remarkable nine-year career at Manchester City.The 31-year-old midfielder has agreed to a two-year deal at the Santiago Bernabeu and becomes another…
MI New York celebrate beating Washington Freedom by 5 runs to win the 2025 MLC title. (Sportzpics) Major League Cricket (MLC) returns for its fourth edition on June 18 with the same number of teams as last time, but introduces Knight Riders Cricket Field in California as the third venue with the LA Olympics two…
After being at a war for over four months, the US and Iran will finally be signing an interim memorandum of understanding on Friday. The signing, which will take place in Switzerland, will pave the way for 60 days of negotiations aimed at ending the conflict and imposing strict limits on Tehran’s nuclear programme.According to…
IIT Bombay has introduced BharatGen, a homegrown AI platform designed to overcome language barriers and create technology tailored for India’s linguistic diversity. Developed with support from the IndiaAI Mission and DST, the initiative features advanced models for text, speech, and document understanding across 22 scheduled Indian languages, aiming to transform sectors such as education, healthcare,…
‘Batwara 1947’ has unveiled its character posters, revealing Shabana Azmi, Sunny Deol, Preity G. Zinta, Karan Deol, Ali Fazal and Abhimanyu Singh in new avatars. Directed by Rajkumar Santoshi and backed by Aamir Khan Productions, with music by A. R. Rahman, the film releases worldwide on August 14, 2026. ‘Batwara 1947’ has released its character…
Image Credit: zambiatourism.com Mention the Serengeti wildebeest or sweeping herds of antelope, and most people instantly picture Africa’s great migrations. But the biggest mammal migration on the planet doesn’t actually happen on the typical safari trail. It features a creature most tourists barely spare a thought for. Every year, the skies above a tiny pocket…
Frank Pittman (Image: psychotherapy.net) Frank Pittman could have said that marriage requires commitment. Plenty of people have said that. Relationship experts, religious leaders, grandparents, novelists. The thought itself is hardly new.Instead, he brought a submarine into the discussion.That is probably why the quote has survived.“Marriage, like a submarine, is only safe if you get all…
Yash Raj Films finally dropped the much-awaited trailer of ‘Alpha’ on Wednesday, offering audiences a glimpse into the latest chapter of its expanding Spy Universe. While the 2.33 minute trailer showcases Alia Bhatt and Sharvari in high-octane action sequences as deadly operatives hunting a common adversary, a fleeting moment featuring Hrithik Roshan ended up dominating…
A tiny robot no bigger than a baseball has quietly rewritten the rules of moon exploration. In January 2024, Japan’s space agency JAXA successfully deployed a transforming rover named SORA-Q onto the lunar surface, where it switched from a closed sphere into a two-wheeled vehicle and rolled across the regolith on its own. Built with…
Shubman Gill and Virat Kohli NEW DELHI: India captain Shubman Gill continued his prolific run in ODI cricket and etched his name into the record books during the second ODI against Afghanistan at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on Wednesday. The 26-year-old became the fastest Indian batter to complete 1,000 ODI runs in terms…
As the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test Undergraduate (NEET UG) 2026 re-examination approaches, several state governments have announced free travel facilities for candidates appearing for the test on June 21. The initiative aims to help students reach their examination centres comfortably and without any additional travel expenses.The National Testing Agency (NTA) is scheduled to conduct the NEET…
Raveena Tandon made her debut with ‘Patthar Ke Phool’ opposite Salman Khan in 1991, but the years that followed were marked by a string of underperforming films. At that point, the actress was called ‘Little Miss Jinx Raveena.” In a recent interview, Raveena spoke about her journey and said how that changed and she became…
