NEW DELHI: The INDIA bloc hit the “reset” button this week with a five-point truce plan. The opposition alliance met after a gap of two years to recalibrate their anti-BJP strategy. There was some hard talk, some emotional hugs, and a lot of reconciliation to keep the alliance intact and relevant in the face of…
Indian tourists collapsed one by one at a cafe in Phuket. One of them died later. (Photo: Daily News) A 26-year-old Indian tourist died after suddenly collapsing at a Phuket cafe on Kamala beach. Mysteriously, three others also fainted one by one at the same cafe ‘for no obvious’ reason. The incident took place on…
NEW DELHI: Amid rising reports of young people misusing Pregabalin for its sedative, euphoric and dissociative effects, the Centre has brought the widely prescribed pain and neurological drug under the stricter Schedule H1 category, tightening rules on its sale and prescription.The Union health ministry amended the Drugs Rules, 1945 through the Drugs (Second Amendment) Rules,…
At first glance, the tiny holes in crackers look almost decorative, like some quiet design choice added to make a plain biscuit seem more interesting. But they are doing real work. Those little punctures, known in baking as docking, are one of the simplest reasons a cracker comes out crisp, flat and evenly baked instead…
The poll found that only around one in five specialist mental health nurses consider their workload manageable Mental health patients in the UK are “routinely coming to harm” due to rising caseloads, chronic understaffing and excessive administrative burden, according to a survey by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN).The poll found that only around one…
India’s Dhiraj Bommadevara (Image: ANI) It took India’s top recurve archer Dhiraj Bommadevara 20 long years since picking up the bow to win a gold at the World Cup. And when he did that, he bagged a ‘double’ at the World Cup Stage-III at Antalya on Sunday.Pairing up for the first time this season, the…
Baton Rouge, Louisiana: As a child, Leona Tate was one of the “New Orleans Four,” the first Black students to desegregate a public school in the deep South, enduring racial slurs and death threats as armed US Marshals escorted them to class.On Friday, more than six decades later, Tate told Republican state lawmakers that their…
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has started informing its employees about upcoming layoffs, reports the Wall Street Journal. According to the publication, the Foundation has sent a memo to its staff informing them to cut up to 500 jobs, or roughly 20% of its workforce. For those unaware, Gates has previously announced plans to…
Octopuses are surprisingly intelligent, with two-thirds of their neurons in their arms, allowing them to solve puzzles, escape enclosures, and even recognize human faces. These mollusks demonstrate advanced problem-solving skills, as evidenced by a lab octopus that raided fish tanks at night. Their intelligence evolved independently from humans, making them unique among invertebrates. Octopuses might…
Goldman Sachs tech boss Marco Argenti recently said that companies may be focusing on the wrong thing by measuring how employees use artificial intelligence (AI) at work. While many firms are pushing workers to use AI tools at work more often, Argenti believes that tracking employee’s AI usage is the wrong way to measure whether…