NEW DELHI: An Enforcement Directorate (ED) probe into political consultancy firm I-PAC has snowballed into a major political flashpoint in poll-bound West Bengal, placing it at the centre of a fierce battle between Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress and the BJP-led Centre. What began as a money-laundering investigation has now expanded into a wider confrontation involving...
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PSL cracks down! Dasun Shanaka handed one-year ban after IPL switch
Dasun Shanaka The Pakistan Cricket Board has taken strict action against Dasun Shanaka, handing the Sri Lanka captain a one-year ban from the Pakistan Super League after he withdrew from the tournament to join an IPL franchise. Shanaka had initially been signed in the PSL but later linked up with Rajasthan Royals for the ongoing...
Maya Angelou quote for kids: Do your best, then do better
Maya Angelou was not just a famous poet and author; she was an advocate for courage, respect, and finding oneself. Born in 1928, she lived through a period filled with suffering, struggle, and prejudice, but she used those experiences as inspiration to create works that inspire future generations. Maya Angelou’s writings frequently focused on the...
Jensen Huang backs Nvidia over TPUs, Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis pushes back
The rivalry between tech titans Google and Nvidia is said to be heating up as the focus of the artificial intelligence (AI) boom shifts from teaching AI to actually using it to get answers quicker than ever. While Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has claimed his chips (GPUs) are more versatile than Google’s, Google is preparing...
‘Can’t let politician …’: Delhi HC Judge rejects Kejriwal’s recusal plea in excise case
Ex-Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court’s Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma on Monday refused to recuse herself from hearing the matter involving former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal in the liquor policy case, observing that “impartiality is a presumption in favour of a judge” and that it’s not a “legal requirement but an...
How Anthropic’s latest AI model has experts issue ‘Update ASAP’ message to everyone
Anthropic latest model, Mythos, ‘scared’ companies across sectors because of its ability to autonomously identify and highlight critical, ‘zero-day’ software vulnerabilities in operating systems, browsers and foundational code. The company deemed the model is too ‘dangerous’ for a public launch due to its potential for exploitation by hackers. Instead, Anthropic released the model to 40...
America tells France that we do not support your probe against Elon Musk’s X: What it said
The US is not ready to help France in its investigation into Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter). This investigation follows French officials’ raid on the social media company’s Paris office earlier this year. In a recent two-page letter (seen by the Wall Street Journal), the US Department of Justice said it would not facilitate requests...
‘Bulldozer buddhi’: Mahua calls Yogi Adityanath ‘a joke’ over Swami Vivekanand quote gaffe
NEW DELHI: TMC MP Mahua Moitra slammed UP CM Yogi Adityanath for misattributing a famous quote, originally said by Subhas Chandra Bose, to Swami Vivekananda at a West Bengal rally on Monday. Calling him a “bulldozer buddhi”, Mahua asked him to get his “facts right”.“Hello Bulldozer Buddhi @myogiadityanath get your facts right. Netaji Subhash Bose...
Drones, robots & precision fire: How Ukraine is defying Russian juggernaut
Since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022, Ukraine has confronted an advisory with clear advantage in manpower, ammo stockpiles, industrial depth, and air power. By conventional military logic, Moscow’s larger size and resources should have delivered a decisive advantage. Yet Ukraine endures, striking deep behind Russian lines, challenging Moscow’s naval presence in the Black Se, and...
Rakesh Bedi recalls visiting Javed Akhtar for food, drinks in FTII days
Rakesh Bedi is currently enjoying a renewed wave of popularity, thanks to his performance in ‘Dhurandhar: The Revenge’, directed by Aditya Dhar. Amid this success, he recently visited memories from their early days in the industry as Farah Khan visited him along with her chef Dilip and dropped a video on her Youtube channel. As...
