Security personnel keep vigil following a wave of violence allegedly triggered by rumours, in West Karbi Anglong, Assam. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Fresh violence was reported from Assam’s trouble-torn Karbi Anglong district for a second consecutive day on Tuesday, with at least eight people injured as a clash between two groups of protestors prompted police...
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AI lies: Godfather of AI says he hides identity from chatbots; Here is the reason
Research scientist Yoshua Bengio has revealed that he must lie to AI chatbots to receive honest feedback on his work. Bengio, also known as one of the Godfathers of AI, claimed that AI chatbots’ inherent “sycophancy” often results in biased, overly optimistic responses. Speaking on a recent episode of The Diary of a CEO podcast,...
Nvidia may have just admitted that it cannot take Amazon, Google & Microsoft in Cloud
Nvidia has shelved its ambitious plan to directly challenge cloud giants like Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure. The chipmaker is now refocusing its DGX Cloud division inward, prioritizing its own engineers’ AI model development. This strategic pivot aims to protect Nvidia’s dominant AI chip market share, estimated at over 80%, rather than...
Akhlaq lynching case: Court rejects UP govt plea to withdraw charges against accused
(File photo) NEW DELHI: A court in Gautam Buddha Nagar on Tuesday dismissed the Uttar Pradesh government’s plea seeking withdrawal of charges against all accused in the long-pending Akhlaq lynching case. The court also directed for trial on day-to-day basis.Additional district and session judge’s court rejected the prosecution’s plea as “baseless”, advocate Yusuf Saifi, counsel...
‘Taken where?’: Last moments of Hindu man lynched in B’desh; how rumours cost family its breadwinner
A Hindu garment factory worker in Bangladesh was brutally lynched by a mob of around 140 people, allegedly for a blasphemous social media post. DEHRADUN: Late on Dec 18, when a co-worker called Apu Chandra Das to say that his elder brother had been taken by a mob, the 22-year-old didn’t immediately understand. “Taken where?”...
‘Hugely impressed’: Tharoor hails Jaishankar, MEA for Nalanda university setup
<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-126141138,imgsize-639302,width-400,resizemode-4/article-46.jpg" alt="'Hugely impressed': Shashi Tharoor hails Jaishankar, MEA for Nalanda university setup; calls it 'wonderful' achievement" title=" Shashi Tharoor (file photo) ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> Shashi Tharoor (file photo) Congress leader Shashi Tharoor hailed external affairs minister S Jaishankar and his ministry on Tuesday for establishing the Nalanda University campus in Bihar. He admired the...
‘To deter terrorism…’: CDS calls for three-pronged approach; cites Op Sindoor example
CDS General Anil Chauhan NEW DELHI: Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan on Tuesday called for a three-pronged approach to deter terrorism. According to General Chauhan, who was speaking at an IIT Bombay event, India must prepare itself for short but intense conflicts, longer land-centric conflicts, and create an “asymmetry with the weaker...
‘Demands from everywhere’: Robert Vadra on Congress leader’s Priyanka for PM pitch
Priyanka Gandhi and Robert Vadra (R) (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Robert Vadra on Tuesday joined chorus after Congress MP Imran Masood pushed Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra‘s name as the party’s face for the prime minister’s post. Responding to the remarks, Priyanka Gandhi’s husband, Robert Vadra told news agency IANS, “There are demands from everywhere...
Two dates, three traps: How to fix your NPS, PAN and ITR before December 31
It’s the fourth week of December. It is the last and final chance to look at your financial to-do list for 2025.A pension scheme you picked years ago pops up with a deadline. A tax return you meant to revise “next weekend” is now starting on December 31. And in the background, PAN-Aadhaar compliance still...
From ‘great friend Modi’ to 50% tariffs: Decoding India–US ties in the Trump era
Some relationships are hard to decipher: full of contradictions, confusing signals, and mood swings. Yet people stick with them, hoping that someday the pieces will click into place. That’s precisely how the India–United States relationship feels like today.Once feted as a natural marriage of the world’s two biggest democracies, relations between New Delhi and Washington...
