Bryan Johnson, the tech entrepreneur widely known for his anti-aging campaign centered around the motto “Don’t die”, is turning his focus toward dogs’ lifespan extension. Johnson’s interest in animal longevity emerged after he brought home a professionally trained Belgian Malinois named Katara to serve as a personal protection dog. During a recent longevity gathering in...
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‘Bill Gates wrong about robot tax’: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang
Jensen Huang has previously suggested that skilled, blue-collar workers stand to gain significantly from the AI boom Jensen Huang has pushed back on a proposal from Bill Gates to tax robots and AI tokens. The Nvidia CEO has argued that his own approach to sharing the wealth generated by the AI boom would look different...
Italian jobs, French connections and Berlin walls: Chess’s European tour
Aarav Dengla is India’s 93rd Grandmaster (GM) For a centuries-old game that has witnessed and survived the rise and fall of empires, kings and kingmakers, chess has developed a vocabulary of its own. This vocabulary is a veritable tour of the people and places that have had major influence on the game.To an ordinary person,...
AAP leader Gurpreet Singh shot dead in Punjab; 4 assailants flee in car
Gurpreet Singh alias Gopi CHANDIGARH: An Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader, Gurpreet Singh alias Gopi, was shot dead by four armed assailants in Punjab’s Mamdot, police said on Sunday.According to news agency PTI, the 45-year-old was travelling in a car with another man, identified as Harpreet alias Happy, 22, when the attackers opened fire on...
Tilak Varma in India’s ODI World Cup plans as selectors seek Shreyas Iyer backup
India’s Shreyas Iyer, center, with batting partner Tilak Varma (AP/PTI) New Delhi: India’s team management and selectors are working on backups for the middle order ahead of the ODI World Cup next year. TOI has learnt that Tilak Varma’s name has come up as a potential backup option for Shreyas Iyer in the top six...
‘CoE cannot be only for contracted players’: VVS Laxman on India’s cricket pipeline
VVS Laxman Bengaluru: Giving up a lucrative IPL contract and a thriving commentary career, Indian batting great VVS Laxman took the administrative plunge in December 2021. What began at a modest facility inside the M Chinnaswamy Stadium has since evolved into a much larger assignment, with Laxman now at the helm of the BCCI Centre...
US-Venezuela energy pact: What we know about Trump’s ‘biggest oil deal in world history’
US-Venezuela deal US President Donald Trump has put Venezuela’s vast oil reserves at the centre of what he calls “the biggest oil deal in world history.” Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodriguez stated that the energy pact with the US will last 25 years and aims to revive the country’s struggling oil industry.Trump said the deal...
PM Modi received by Uzbek President Mirziyoyev in Tashkent, leaders share car ride
PM Narendra Modi with Uzbekistan Shavkat President Mirziyoyev Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a warm and personal welcome from Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev after arriving in capital Tashkent on Saturday for a two-day state visit.From the airport, the two leaders travelled together by car to the presidential palace, marking the latest instance of PM Modi...
Jharkhand jail inmates can work outside, return by evening
Jharkhand prisoners will soon work outside jail during the day RANCHI: Jharkhand govt will allow selected prisoners to step outside the jail during the day to work, earn a livelihood, and support their families before returning to prison in the evening.The arrangement will be introduced through open and semi-open barracks at four central jails –...
Javagal Srinath spotted in Bengaluru Metro, wins praise for simplicity
The former India fast bowler was seen travelling like any other Bengaluru commuter. There was no cricket ground, no television camera and no entourage. Just a former India fast bowler, a trolley bag and an ordinary ride on Bengaluru’s Metro.A photograph of Javagal Srinath travelling on Namma Metro has caught the attention of cricket fans...
