Indonesian separatists claim to have shot dead a US pilot who transported troops. PTI file photo Papua separatist rebels on Thursday claimed to have shot dead an American pilot and set a civilian aircraft on fire after it landed in Indonesia’s easternmost Papua region, alleging it was transporting Indonesian military personnel into a conflict zone….
Palantir has released a nine-point manifesto targeting the artificial intelligence (AI) industry. The company warns corporations against handing over their proprietary data to elite Large Language Model (LLM) providers. In the statement published on X (formerly Twitter), the data analytics giant laid out its vision for “AI sovereignty” with a core message: keep your data…
NEW DELHI: The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Gwalior, has found Eureka Forbes guilty of deficiency in service after the company failed to repair and return a defective vacuum cleaner to a customer, even though the fault occurred within the warranty period. The commission has ordered the company to either return the repaired appliance, replace…
Indian-origin CEO Sanjay Mehrotra announces $250 million donation to Trump Accounts on behalf of his company Micron. Indian-origin CEO of Micron Technology, Sanjay Mehrotra, announced that on the occasion of American turning 250 on July 4 this year, his company will make a $250 million investment in Trump Accounts, the largest donation that any company…
Air India Express has fully restored its Middle East operations, bringing back services to Kuwait and Salalah, ending the suspension of flights to the last remaining destinations in the region. The airline resumed flights on the Kozhikode-Salalah sector from July 2, while services between Kozhikode and Kuwait are set to restart from July 3. Flights…
EC announces bypolls for 3 assembly seats in Bihar, MP and Gujarat; voting on July 30 NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Thursday announced byelections to three assembly constituencies in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, and Gujarat, with polling scheduled for July 30 and counting of votes on August 3.Of the three seats, two — Bankipur in…
Lithuania is considering removing a constitutional provision that bans it from having nuclear weapons Lithuania is considering removing a constitutional provision that prohibits the deployment of weapons of mass destruction on its territory, following remarks by the country’s incoming prime minister who argued the restriction limits the country’s ability to fully benefit from NATO’s defence…
A dentist who faced widespread criticism for making light of the death of Pune realtor Ketan Agrawal. BHOPAL: A dentist who faced widespread criticism for making light of the death of Pune realtor Ketan Agrawal has issued a public apology, saying she has a “funny personality” and never intended to hurt anyone.Muskan Soni came under…
NEW DELHI: Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday backed calls for dialogue between India and Pakistan, a day after 117 eminent citizens from both countries wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart, Shehbaz Sharif, urging the two nuclear-armed neighbours to resume talks.Former chief minister Farooq Abdullah, Omar Abdullah’s father,…
In the autumn of 1726, an extraordinary claim gripped Britain and left even some of the country’s most respected physicians baffled. A poor woman from Surrey named Mary Toft insisted she had given birth not to a baby, but to rabbits. The bizarre story quickly spread beyond her village, attracting surgeons, scientists and even the…