Category: Events

18th BRICS Summit in Delhi NEW DELHI: India and China should view each other as partners rather than rivals, Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi said on Monday, citing the consensus reached between president Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Narendra Modi during their meeting on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in New Delhi.Wang said the...

IMF returns to Pakistan for crucial $7 bn bailout review The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is set to return to Pakistan on September 23 for a crucial review of its $7 billion bailout programme, with the outcome likely to determine the release of the next tranche and shape Islamabad’s economic policy in the months ahead.The...

Trump backs US AI lead, hits China US President Donald Trump on Monday doubled down on his push to keep the United States ahead of China in artificial intelligence, saying AI needs a “strong and smart president” rather than additional “guardrails.“In a post on Truth Social, Trump said the US was already leading China in...

Mustafa Suleyman Microsoft on Monday (September 14) released a draft code of conduct governing its internal artificial intelligence (AI) models. These codes suggest that the company establishes strict boundaries to guarantee that increasingly capable systems stay firmly beneath human command. Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman put it in simpler words: ‘AI must be subordinate and...

Varun Chakravarthy (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: India spinner Varun Chakaravarthy has been ruled out of the three match T20I series against Afghanistan on Monday. The spinner picked up an injury after the first contest at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Sunday, which India won by 7 wickets. The cause of the injury remains unclear.“Yes, Varun...

Biker Sia’s father GURGAON: The father of biker Sia, whose video alleging a hit-and-run on Golf Course Road went viral, said he learnt about the incident only an hour earlier and would have filed an FIR himself had he known about it.Speaking to the media, Sia’s father said, “I only found out about the accident...

AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami and TN CM Vijay NEW DELHI: The AIADMK on Monday took a swipe at Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay over his visit to London to attract investment, questioning the need for such an overseas trip at taxpayers’ expense.The party pointed out that a company established in India...

Besides sharing updates, the EPFO WhatsApp channel also provides members with educational content. The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has been taking steps to keep members informed and allow access for more information digitally. As part of this effort, the retirement fund body has asked members to follow its official WhatsApp channel for the latest...

Food and fuel push India inflation higher as CPI rises and WPI nears 10% (file photo) India’s retail inflation accelerated in August, while wholesale inflation moved closer to double digits, pointing to renewed price pressures across food, fuel and manufactured goods.Consumer Price Index (CPI)-based retail inflation rose to 4.82% in August, from 4.45% in July,...

The alliance has presented itself as a “non-BJP, non-Congress alternative”. The Aam Aadmi Party and Goa Forward Party on Sunday announced a new political beginning for the state. They announced a pre-poll alliance for the upcoming 2027 assembly election named ‘Goa First’ and promised voters something the state has struggled to get: a mandate that...