Tech billionaire Mark Cuban has shared a bold prediction for the future of employment: as artificial intelligence (AI) changes traditional office workflows, companies will train incoming employees using immersive “job simulators.” In a post on X on Thursday, former Shark Tank investor argued that traditional workplace onboarding, where junior employees gain judgment and domain knowledge...
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US air defence munitions running low? Trump shelved wider Iran strikes: Report
US President Donald Trump has, for now, shelved plans for a major military escalation against Iran after senior advisers warned that a broader offensive could dangerously deplete the Pentagon’s shrinking stockpile of air defence munitions in the Middle East.According to a New York Times report, the decision followed a high-level meeting on Friday with Trump’s...
Abhishek Sharma scripts history, enters Indian cricket’s record books
India’s Abhishek Sharma (AP Photo) India all-rounder Abhishek Sharma etched his name into the record books after registering the best bowling figures by an Indian opener in T20I cricket during the second T20I against Zimbabwe on Saturday. The left-arm spinner returned figures of 3/17, surpassing every Indian opener to produce the finest bowling performance in...
‘Help dislodge BJP from power in Bihar’: Tej Pratap makes ‘special appeal’ to Dipke
Tej Pratap Yadav on Saturday appealed to Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke to visit Bihar NEW DELHI: Former Bihar minister Tej Pratap Yadav on Saturday appealed to Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke to visit Bihar and help launch a movement against the BJP-led state government headed by Samrat Choudhary.The appeal came...
Lionel Messi seen for first time since painful World Cup final loss
Messi makes first public appearance after World Cup heartbreak, watching a local match in Rosario before returning to Inter Miami/ Image:X Lionel Messi has made his first public appearance since Argentina’s heartbreaking defeat to Spain in the 2026 FIFA World Cup final, with the eight-time Ballon d’Or winner choosing to spend time close to home...
‘Think about cricket, not social media’: Ishan Kishan to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi
Ishan Kishan and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (AFP Photo) NEW DELHI: India wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan has backed teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, saying the 15-year-old has all the qualities to become a match-winner for the national team.Kishan’c comments came after India’s 90-run win over Zimbabwe in the second T20I in Harare on Saturday. India were in early trouble...
Trapped in driver’s seat, pulled out late: How US student’s drive ended in Delhi drain
The accident site where a 20-year-old student, Yashvendra Singh, was killed after his car rammed a tree and plunged into an open drain in south Delhi’s Vasant Kunj Friday NEW DELHI: Business student Yashvendra Singh had come home from US just 10 days ago, looking forward to spending time with his family. Instead, his family...
Kargil lessons shaped Operation Sindoor: Ex-army chief General VP Malik
Gen V P Malik meeting frontline troops in Kargil in 1999. CHANDIGARH: Twenty-seven years after leading the Army during the 1999 Kargil War, former Army chief General VP Malik (retd) said the conflict’s hard lessons – from equipment shortages and intelligence gaps to the need for self-reliance – transformed India’s military capabilities, enabling the precision...
Anna to Delhi via Boston: The ‘cockroach’ who sparked a metamorphosis
Abhijeet Dipke reacts to the news of Pradhan’s resignation What if all cockroaches come together?” Abhijeet Dipke posted on X on May 16, while studying in Boston. Dipke, who had participated in an Anna Hazare stir while still in school, was responding to Chief Justice of India Surya Kant’s courtroom remarks likening some unemployed youngsters...
‘Gens Una Sumus’ – What three Latin words beneath a chess emblem taught me about the world
My earliest memory of chess is from when I was seven years old.Walking into the venue of my first international tournament, my hand tucked inside my mother’s, I stopped beneath the emblem of FIDE, the international federation governing chess. Three words, printed in a language I didn’t understand, caught my eye.Gens Una Sumus.As I stood...
