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Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati and UP CM Yogi Adityanath (Images/Agencies) NEW DELHI: Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati on Friday asked Uttar Pradesh chief ministerYogi Adityanath to stop beef exports from the state and declare the cow as ‘Rajya Mata’. He stated that such steps would prove the chief minister’s commitment as a “Hindu sympathiser”.The remarks come amid an...

Former CNN anchor Don Lemon has been arrested by federal agents in connection with his presence at a Minnesota church protest, his lawyer Abbe Lowell confirmed. Lemon’s lawyer said the independent journalist was taken into custody on Thursday night in Los Angeles. “Don Lemon was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los...

Google DeepMind’s CEO Demis Hassabis admits the company was slow to commercialise its foundational AI technology, allowing rivals like OpenAI to scale chatbots effectively. He emphasised a shift towards a scrappier, faster approach, with DeepMind now serving as the ‘engine room’ for Google’s AI product launches amidst intense competition. Google DeepMind founder and CEO Demis...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-127802459,imgsize-1410668,width-400,resizemode-4/untitled-design-96.jpg" alt="Budget 2026: Why defence spending is back in sharp focus—and how experts want the money spent" title=" AI image (Picture credit: Google Gemini) ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> AI image (Picture credit: Google Gemini) As Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman prepares to present the Union Budget for 2026–27 on February 1, defence expenditure has once...

Carlos Alcaraz of Spain is congratulated by Alexander Zverev, right, of Germany following their semifinal match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Friday, Jan. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Dita Alangakra) For those not familiar, the term sigma male is a modern-day Jungian internet archetype used to describe a man who is ostensibly independent,...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-127801065,imgsize-1516956,width-400,resizemode-4/image-2026-01-30t174656.jpg" alt="Trump thinks giant US winter storm exposed global warming 'con': How he got it completely wrong" title=" An AI-Generated image ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> An AI-Generated image It’s often easier to blindfold ourselves or close our eyes to a looming catastrophe than to confront it, and nowhere is this instinct more gradually dangerous than...

Microsoft’s $360 billion single-day crash exposed the catastrophic cost of its OpenAI alliance. After investing $13 billion in Sam Altman’s money-losing venture, Microsoft has tied 45% of its cloud contracts to a partner burning cash with no path to profitability. Circular financing schemes and exploding AI spending finally triggered Wall Street’s reckoning. Microsoft lost $360...

Bangladesh will hold parliamentary polls on Feb 12 The United States embassy in Bangladesh on Friday issued a security alert for its citizens currently in the South Asian nation ahead of the parliamentary elections scheduled for February 12.Also Read | ‘No security threat here’: Bangladesh questions India’s move to recall diplomats’ familiesThe embassy, located in...