NEW DELHI: At least 20 TMC MPs have submitted a letter to the Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla expressing their desire to ally with the BJP-led NDA, news agency PTI reported citing party lawmaker Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar on Monday. This came after Rajya Sabha MP Sukhendu Shekhar Ray’s resignation from the party and the Upper…
Nikola Tesla (Image: Wikipedia) Some quotations remain popular because they offer encouragement. Others survive because they reveal something uncomfortable about human nature. This remark, commonly attributed to Nikola Tesla, belongs to the second group.The sentence is short, but it leaves a strong impression. Tesla takes an emotion that most people have experienced at some point…
Several days of protests over CBSE’s glitches Pune: Photocopies of evaluated Std XII CBSE answer sheets that thousands of students have accessed for re-evaluation show that physics is their Achilles heel. The subject has drawn the maximum complaints.Aggrieved students across social media platforms, particularly X, have alleged missing marks, strict checking, uncredited step-marking and, in…
A giant billboard in New York City’s Times Square has served as the backdrop for numerous announcements over the years. But one recent display is drawing attention online for a much more personal reason.The video begins with a son calling his mother from the United States. Within moments, her face appears on one of the…
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said more than 58 crore Jan Dhan accounts have brought crores of Indians into the formal banking system, strengthening financial inclusion across the country.The Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) has ensured that benefits under welfare schemes, low-cost insurance and pension programmes reach beneficiaries without leakages, the Finance Minister’s…
NEW DELHI: India has expressed deep concern over the renewed escalation of violence in the Middle East, calling for immediate de-escalation and a return to diplomatic negotiations.In a statement on developments in the region, the ministry of external affairs (MEA) on Monday said the ongoing conflict has caused “immense human suffering” and is now a…
For months, leading voices in artificial intelligence warned that entry-level white-collar jobs were at risk of disappearing. But Cognizant CEO Ravi Kumar S. believes those fears were overstated. According to a report by Fortune, speaking at the Fortune’s COO Summit in Scottsdale, Arizona, he said, “There was a little bit of fearmongering… I think there…
NEW DELHI: The Forward Seamen’s Union of India (FSUI) on Sunday sought urgent assistance for 24 Indian seafarers aboard a vessel reportedly attacked off the coast of Oman, amid heightened tensions in the region linked to the Israel-Iran conflict.In a post on X, the union said the vessel was located near the Strait of Hormuz…
OpenAI’s chief financial officer, Sarah Friar, believes familiarity with artificial intelligence (AI) tools is becoming an important skill for finance professionals. She has compared the importance of current AI tools to that of spreadsheet software in previous decades. Speaking at the Liquidity Summit 2026, Friar said OpenAI’s hiring expectations are evolving alongside the rapid adoption…
NEW DELHI: The Forward Seamen’s Union of India (FSUI) on Sunday sought urgent assistance for 24 Indian seafarers aboard a vessel reportedly attacked off the coast of Oman, amid heightened tensions in the region linked to the Israel-Iran conflict.In a post on X, the union said the vessel was located near the Strait of Hormuz…