Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has revealed the single and most important factor behind the company’s trillion-dollar success: “obsessive, compulsive focus on the customer” rather than on competitors. Speaking at the Economic Club of Washington, Bezos stressed on the fact that many of the CEOs and founders claim that they prioritise customers but in reality they...
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‘Why drop Gill?’: Yograj Singh lambasts Agarkar-led selection panel
Shubman Gill (Photo by Chris Hyde/Getty Images) Shubman Gill’s exclusion from India’s T20 World Cup squad continues to spark debate across cricketing circles. The decision surprised many, particularly given Gill’s recent role as vice-captain in India’s T20I series against South Africa. While some may justify the move on the grounds of team balance and strategy,...
Watch: Zohran Mamdani takes subway to work on Day 1; interacts with commuters
NYC mayor Zohran Mamdani interacted with commuters during his subway ride (AP image) Less than 24 hours after taking the oath, New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani began his first full day in office with a routine familiar to millions of New Yorkers, a morning subway commute from his Queens apartment.Battling against the cold, the...
Affordability crisis in New York: Zohran Mamdani’s focus on rising rents & more
Zohran Mamdani is set to begin a new mayoral term after a historic election that gave him the highest vote count for a New York City mayor in 60 years. After winning with a campaign focused on working-class issues, he now faces the challenge of delivering on his promises as living costs remain at record...
AI debate: Mathematician Joel Hamkins warns; ‘LLMs give wrong answers’
Renowned mathematician Joel David Hamkins has voiced strong doubts about large language models’ utility in mathematical research, calling their outputs “garbage” and “not mathematically correct.” He highlights AI’s frustrating tendency to confidently assert incorrectness and resist correction, mirroring unproductive human interactions. Despite AI’s benchmark successes, Hamkins finds current systems unreliable for genuine research collaboration. Joel...
‘Reckless & inflammatory threats’: Iran writes to UNSC after Trump remarks
Donald Trump (AP image) Iran’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Amir-Saeid Iravani, has formally written to the UN Security Council and UN Secretary-General António Guterres condemning the “reckless and inflammatory threats” made by US President Donald Trump. Tehran also warned that the United States would bear full responsibility for any consequences or...
4 sorties of aircraft, 6 naval vessels: China increases military presence around Taiwan
Taiwan on Saturday detected four sorties of Chinese aircraft, sic naval vessels and an official ship around its territorial waters.In a social media post on, Taiwan’s ministry of national defence said that 1 out of 4 sorties crossed the median line and entered Taiwan’s air defence identification zone.“(U) 4 sorties of PLA aircraft, 6 PLAN...
Trump invites Japan’s Takaichi to US; focus on Indo-Pacific
Photo credit: AP US President Donald Trump invited Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to visit the United States during a phone call on Friday, Japan’s foreign ministry said.The foreign ministry added that the two leaders agreed to coordinate arrangements for a spring visit, which would be Takaichi’s first trip to the US since she took...
Delhi pollution: AQI improves to ‘poor’ at 235; GRAP Stage-III lifted
Delhi’s Air Quality Index has improved to ‘poor’ after being in the ‘very poor’ category, with a daily average AQI of 235 recorded NEW DELHI: Delhi Air Quality Index (AQI) has improved to ‘poor’ days after being in the ‘very poor’ category as the national capital woke up to a chilly and windy morning on...
New Year stabbings rock Delhi; tailor, teen, rickshaw driver killed in separate attacks
NEW DELHI: The New Year evening was streaked with blood with three almost back-to-back stabbings leaving an equal number of people dead in Delhi.Bihari Lal, 50, was fatally attacked by a group of juveniles in northwest Delhi’s Lal Bagh area after he asked them to stop shouting and playing loud music.A tailor by profession, Lal...
