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FM Nirmala Sitharaman Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman described artificial intelligence as “a double edged sword”, warning that while it can help detect fraud, it can also be used to perpetrate it. Speaking at the Global Fintech Fest 2026, Sitharaman also added that innovation should expand efficiency without creating new forms of systemic fragility.Cautioning about the...

The commission held that the EPFO was required to process and settle the claim within the prescribed period. (Image for representative purpose only) Your provident fund savings are your retirement corpus. In one case of what the consumer court saw as a delay in disbursal of claim amount, retiree has been awarded a 6% interest...

Tharoor versus Chidambaram on BRICS. Photo credit: ANI NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has backed the Brics summit as an important diplomatic opportunity for India, breaking ranks with party colleague P Chidambaram, who has questioned whether recent Brics meetings have delivered tangible benefits.Defending the grouping’s relevance, Tharoor said it gives India a platform...

Indian Railways is undertaking several measures to modernise and strengthen its rail ticket booking system. The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has set a new ticket booking record! Online booking of train tickets now accounts for 89% of total train ticket bookings on the Indian Railways network and this rush became evident when...

Image Used For Representational Purpose Only NEW DELHI: Heavy rain lashed parts of Delhi on Friday as the weather office issued a red alert for the next few hours.According to news agency PTI, several areas, including central Delhi, received light to moderate rain, while the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast moderate to heavy rainfall in...

Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max have officially launched worldwide, and as we have seen in the past, the price of these iPhones varies significantly from one country to another. The iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max mark a slight shift in Apple’s flagship design and performance approach this year. Both models...

Thieriot is now best known as the co-creator and star of the CBS drama Fire Country Actor Max Thieriot and his wife Lexi bought a roughly 90-acre ranch in west Sonoma County, California, in 2013, and over the past decade, the property has evolved into a working vineyard and family retreat. The ranch is located...

CM Suvendu Adhikari tucks into fish-and-pulao bhog at Kalighat temple on the occasion of Kaushiki Amavasya on Thursday NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday visited Kolkata’s Kalighat Temple and partook of the traditional fish and pulao bhog, days after Dhirendra Krishna Shastri triggered a row by asking Bengalis to give up...

BRICS began with Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC). South Africa joined in 2010, turning it into BRICS. NEW DELHI: Delhi has been turned into a fortress. Roads are being secured, security has been stepped up and the capital is preparing for the arrival of some of the world’s most powerful leaders.Russian President Vladimir Putin,...

A 26-year-old man seeking infertility treatment discovered a rare congenital condition (File pic) NEW DELHI: A 26-year-old man who approached RG Hospitals in Rajouri Garden for infertility treatment was found to have a uterus and fallopian-tube-like structures inside his body, revealing a rare congenital condition that had remained undiagnosed until adulthood, news agency ANI reported.The...