Category: Events

Alphabet Inc. and Google chief executive officer Sundar Pichai Google CEO Sundar Pichai has a message for anyone who thinks the company missed the AI chatbot wave: it didn’t. It just didn’t ship first. In a conversation on Stripe co-founder John Collison’s podcast Cheeky Pint, Pichai made a pointed reference to the Blake Lemoine saga—the...

Photo credit: X/NASAEarth Nasa’s Artemis II astronauts have captured a stunning new Earthrise image, Earth appearing to rise over the Moon’s horizon, while orbiting the far side of the Moon, the space agency announced on X on Thursday.In the photograph, released by Nasa, our blue planet appears as a delicate crescent against the stark lunar...

File photo NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday urged voters in Kerala, Assam and Puducherry to turn out in large numbers as polling got underway in the three states.In a post on X, PM Modi emphasised the importance of strong participation in Kerala, calling on voters—especially youth and women—to take part actively in...

PSL trolled over peacemaker act (Sreengrab/x) The Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2026 found itself at the centre of social media trolling after a symbolic ‘peace’ gesture during 15th match between Peshawar Zalmi and Hyderabad Kingsmen sparked widespread criticism online.Ahead of Match 15 between Peshawar Zalmi and Hyderabad Kingsmen on April 8, a symbolic gesture captured...

An AI-generated image Israel is reportedly dissatisfied over the United States’ handling of the ceasefire agreement with Iran, with a WSJ report indicating it was informed and brought into loop only at the final stage of the truce, even as Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly backed the move while drawing clear limits on its...

NEW DELH: Voting for the 2026 assembly elections in Puducherry began at 7 am on Wednesday, with an unusual attraction at a polling booth in the VOC Government School where a robot named “Nila” welcomed voters arriving to cast their ballots.The robot is seen all decked up and holding a flower tray to welcome the...

Axar Patel and David Miller (Video grab) NEW DELHI: “What was David Miller thinking?” “Why didn’t he run?” Those questions will dominate conversations after Delhi Capitals suffered a heartbreaking one-run defeat to Gujarat Titans in IPL 2026. But beyond the drama and debate, it was Axar Patel’s touching post-match gesture that truly stood out.At the...

R Vaishali vs Divya Deshmukh (Photo by Niki Riga) NEW DELHI: In the zero-sum world of elite chess, the camaraderie between compatriots often has to be set aside at the board. This was evident on Wednesday at the Cap St Georges Hotel & Resort as India’s two sensations, R Vaishali and Divya Deshmukh, faced off...

CEO of home improvement giant Lowe Marvin Ellison has a stark warning for Americans about artificial intelligence (AI). CEO Marvin Ellison has sounded a wake-up call about his take on AI tools and billions and billions of investment in AI. Google-parent Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft and Meta are alone projected to spend almost $700 billion combined...

Raghav Chadha (File Photo) NEW DELHI: Sidelined Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Raghav Chadha has fuelled speculation about his future in politics after responding to a social media video suggesting he float his own party. In the video shared by Chadha, the content creator can be seen saying that to keep his support intact, the...