In the darkness, a black Mercedes-Benz and escort vehicles moved across the tarmac of Uganda’s Entebbe Airport. Moments earlier, Israeli Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft had landed after a long flight from Israel, carrying commandos tasked with freeing hostages held thousands of kilometres away from home.Ahead of them was a guarded airport terminal. Behind them…
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff recently stepped into the mounting global debate around artificial intelligence (AI) safety, calling on technology leaders to exercise ethical responsibility as high-capability models spread rapidly across global markets. His remarks arrive amid intensifying friction across Silicon Valley, spurred largely by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s 3,800-word essay demanding…
NEW DELHI: Opposition parties on Friday upped the ante against Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA government after Centre raised petrol and diesel prices by Rs 3 per litre across the country amid rising global energy crisis.Sharing a post on X, Congress took a swipe at PM Modi, stating, “‘Inflation Man’ Modi has once again lashed…
This photo released by Moscow Region Governor’s official telegram channel shows a house on fire after a Ukrainian attack in Khimki, just outside Moscow. MOSCOW/NEW DELHI: An Indian worker was killed and three others were injured in a drone attack in the Moscow region, the Indian embassy in Russia said on Sunday.Russian media reported that…
Origin Story: The Tocks Island Dam Controversy The US government once planned to flood a 40-mile stretch of the Delaware River valley to build a massive reservoir, only to cancel the project and turn the acquired land into a sprawling federal parkland.The Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, a 70,000-acre national park spanning Pennsylvania and…
‘Awarapan 2’ is maintaining a strong run at the box office despite a decline in its Day 6 earnings. The Emraan Hashmi and Disha Patani-starrer collected Rs. 6.75 crore net in India on Day 6, registering a 30.8% drop from the previous day’s Rs 9.75 crore. The film has nevertheless crossed the Rs. 100 crore…
Experiments in mice found that declining CMA affects senescent cells and the macrophages that clear them. (Representational photo) Researchers studying ageing in mice have identified a cellular process that may help explain why what are called ‘zombie cells’ become harder for the body to remove as it gets older. The new study led by researchers…
A US entrepreneur named James Blunt has sparked an online debate after sharing a X (formerly Twitter) post on how the debate about H-1B visa holders taking over US jobs “is being driven more by emotion than by the actual numbers”. Blunt’s post uses a dot chart to show nearly 700,000 H-1B workers in the…
PM wants desi connect with global pay MUMBAI: PM Narendra Modi Tuesday called for India to set its own standards and protocols for cross-border payments and directly integrate its payment system with countries where Indian diaspora populations are large and trade volumes significant.He said India now had a sovereign alternative to the foreign standards under-pinning…
Meta is switching its internal chat from Google Chat to Slack this month, with AI agents driving the decision. Meta is moving its internal communications from Google Chat to Slack later this month, with chief AI officer Alexandr Wang telling employees the switch is being made because Slack handles AI agents better. Wang laid out…