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Representative image NEW DELHI: An increase in petrol and diesel prices in the near future is not ruled out, government sources said on Friday, as losses mount from a four-year-old freeze in retail rates despite the sharp rise in global crude oil prices.International crude oil prices this week climbed to a four-year high of USD...

Countering concerns of AI taking over human jobs, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang recently said that AI has created half a million jobs. Speaking at the Memos to the President podcast, Jensen Huang said that AI is creating jobs and helping companies grow. He added that companies adopting AI are expanding faster and hiring more people,...

AWS CEO Matt Garman says Amazon is hiring 11,000 software development engineer interns and early-career hires in 2026, pushing back on fears that AI is eliminating software engineering jobs. His comments come after Amazon’s two biggest layoff rounds in six months—30,000-plus corporate cuts in total—and amid warnings from other tech leaders that AI coding tools...

NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Friday launched a sharp attack on the Centre over rising inflation, flagging a steep surge in commercial LPG cylinder prices, including a Rs 993 jump in a single day.The Congress leader said he had earlier warned that inflationary pressures would rise after the...

China’s economic planning body, the NDRC, has effectively halted Meta’s $2 billion acquisition of AI firm Manus. Despite the company reincorporating in Singapore and moving its operations, Beijing intervened, barring founders from leaving and ordering the deal unwound. This move signals a significant shift in China’s oversight of tech deals, impacting future foreign investments. Three...

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (Image credit: BCCI/IPL) The young prodigy Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has already lit up IPL 2026 with a blistering run of form, and now he stands on the brink of another major milestone in T20 cricket. The 15-year-old Rajasthan Royals sensation is just one six away from completing 100 sixes in T20 cricket. If he...

Image via Mojang Minecraft Bedrock 26.30.25/26 beta and preview has arrived recently, and the new release introduces a variety of new content from the game’s upcoming Chaos Cubed update. Some of the major highlights of the same include Sulfur Cube Archetypes, Geysers, and more. If you are not aware, the developers release the beta and...

India’s workforce has grown significantly over the past decade—a clear sign of progress on paper. But dig deeper, and the picture darkens.Jobs and unemployment are not just economic terms; they shape everyday life. They are the parameters that influence conversations at home, college choices, election rallies, office corridors and chai stalls alike. From farms and...

NEW DELHI: BJP Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal on Friday accused Punjab chief ministerBhagwant Mann of arriving “drunk” at the legislative assembly.In a social media post on X, Maliwal shared a clip of Mann addressing the assembly and said that Mann should undergo an “alcohol test” and, if found guilty, be removed from the post...

MUMBAI: NCP (SP) MP Supriya Sule was among hundreds of commuters stranded in a massive traffic jam on the Lonavala–Khandala ghat stretch on Friday, as a sudden weekend rush and Maharashtra Day traffic brought vehicular movement on the Mumbai–Pune Expressway to a near standstill.According to reports, vehicle queues stretched up to 5 km, leaving commuters...