US president announced fuel discount at 25 Philadelphia-area stations (File photo) US President Donald Trump on Thursday said oil prices were “plummeting” and gasoline prices were continuing to fall, as he ‘promised’. He further announced that a “Freedom Fuel Network” would offer discounted prices at 25 stations in the Greater Philadelphia area ahead of America’s…
A whistleblower who earlier reported alleged abuse of children at a daycare centre on the campus of an IT company in Bengaluru was fired from job, BENGALURU: An official who earlier reported alleged abuse of children at a daycare centre on the campus of an IT company in Bengaluru was fired from job, according to…
5 monks were killed at the site, while 3 others died at a hospital At least 8 monks were killed on Thursday after an 11-year-old boy crashed a pickup truck into a group on a pilgrimage walk in northeastern Thailand.According to news agency Associated Press, five monks were killed at the site, while three others…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has reportedly discussed giving the US government 5% stake in the company. According to a report by Financial Times, this move of the AI giant is part of the early talks with the Trump administration and is aimed at easing political tensions and shared the upside of AI growth with the…
NEW DELHI: The Jharkhand high court has ordered a peon’s reinstatement after he was sacked for allegedly taking home tea powder and biscuits from his office. The court called his dismissal “grossly disproportionate” and said it is too harsh to accept.What was the dispute aboutRanjeet Kumar Himanshu had worked as a contractual peon with the…
Cisco has revealed that starting August, it will deploy AI agents to its entire workforce of 90,000 employees, making one of the largest corporate rollouts of AI assistants till date. According to a report by Fortune, each employee will get access to a personalised agent which will be capable of handling tasks, answering questions, and…
NEW DELHI: Congress MP Manish Tewari on Thursday reacted sharply after he was “left in the cold” when the party announced new working presidents and poll panels for Punjab ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections.Reacting to a newspaper article, Tewari took to X and said that he wished he had “an antidote” for the insecurities…
V. Sripathy with her daughter. When V. Sripathy walked into an examination hall in Chennai in November 2023, she was carrying more than a pen and admit card. She had given birth just two days earlier. Her newborn daughter was back home, her body was still recovering, and the journey from her village had taken…
Artificial intelligence is transforming everything from scientific research to everyday computing, but its rapid growth comes with an increasingly visible environmental cost. Behind every AI model lies a vast network of data centres that consume enormous amounts of electricity and water to keep powerful processors operating safely. As demand for AI infrastructure accelerates, technology companies…
The question of whether humanity is alone in the universe has fascinated scientists for generations, but few have pursued an answer as publicly or as controversially as Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb. While most researchers argue that extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, Loeb believes advanced alien civilisations may already have left technological traces in our cosmic…