Billionaire philanthropist and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife, MacKenzie Scott donated over $7.1 billion in 2025, marking her biggest-ever annual give away. As per an essay posted on her website Yield Giving, the donations were made to 186 organizations around the world including universities, environmental nonprofits, and groups fighting for equality. “Since my post last...
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Mountains older than memory: How new ‘definition’ of Aravalli risks eroding ‘Viksit Bharat’
Aravalli: Mountain older than memory If demography can be a dividend, geography certainly decides its destiny. Few landscapes illustrate this more clearly than the Aravalli Range, an ancient chain of hills that quietly shapes water security, climate, and life across western and northwestern India.The hills that run for nearly 690 km from Gujarat through Rajasthan...
AI race: ‘Let me simplify this’ – Nvidia CEO on his ‘warning & clarification’ to Americans
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s recent apparent comment that China is winning the AI race made headlines across America. It went so ‘wild’ that the Nvidia CEO had to issue a clarification. During a fireside chat at the Center for Strategic and International Studies this month, Huang directly spoke about his statement on Chinese AI dominance...
Train travel gets costlier: Here is how much your ticket will cost now
Indian Railways on Sunday announced a revised fare structure for passengers that will come into effect from December 26, as part of a fare rationalisation exercise to address rising operational and manpower costs.According to the Railways, the revised fare structure is expected to earn approximately Rs 600 crore in during the current year.Here’s the new...
Microsoft AI CEO: Mission for self-sufficient AI models; vows safest superintelligence
Image credit: YouTube Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman has revealed that his mission is to make the company “self-sufficient” in developing frontier artificial intelligence (AI) models. This will help the software giant in building “an absolutely world-class superintelligence team,” he said. Speaking on the “Moonshots with Peter Diamandis” podcast, Suleyman claimed: “We’re absolutely pushing for...
T20 World Cup: ‘He respected the game’- Ashwin explains how Ishan earned his recall
Ishan Kishan (ANI) Ishan Kishan’s road back to India’s T20 World Cup squad has been long and uncomfortable. Pushed out of the national setup in 2023 and left on the sidelines for months, Kishan has now forced his way back into contention with performances that were impossible to overlook. His return has been powered by...
‘I was very wrong’: Bill Gates admits mistake; reveals access to information wasn’t enough
Microsoft founder Bill Gates has now acknowledged that he was ‘very wrong’ in assuming that making information widely available would naturally lead people to seek out accurate facts. Speaking in an interview with CNBC, Gates said that the had been quite naive to believe that access to information alone would curb misinformation. But now he...
Chillai-Kalan begins: Kashmir sees snow and rain in its higher reaches – watch
Representative image (Picture credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: The higher reaches of Kashmir witnessed fresh snowfall while the plains received rain on Sunday, bringing relief to residents as Chillai-Kalan, the Valley’s harshest 40-day winter period, set in after a prolonged dry spell, as per PTI.Officials said snowfall was reported from the Gulmarg tourist resort in north...
‘Enough, sing something secular’: Noted singer Lagnajita Chakraborty abused, physically harassed
Image Credit: TOI BHAGWANPUR (EAST MIDNAPORE): A cultural programme at a private school in East Midnapore’s Bhagwanpur descended into chaos on Saturday night after renowned Kolkata-based playback singer Lagnajita Chakraborty was allegedly heckled and physically harassed for performing a devotional song. The incident has sparked a major political controversy, with police arresting the school owner....
Railways revises passenger fares again; AC and express travel gets ‘little’ costlier
NEW DELHI: Train passengers travelling in AC coaches and non-AC passengers on Mail and Express trains will have to pay slightly more from December 26, as the Railway Ministry has increased fares by 2 paise per kilometre for these categories. A passenger travelling 500 km in a non-AC coach will have to pay Rs 10...
