Microsoft Israel’s chief has resigned following an internal probe into the misuse of Azure cloud services by the Israeli Ministry of Defense. The investigation revealed ethical breaches and a lack of transparency, impacting Microsoft’s global standing. This comes after earlier revelations about Unit 8200’s surveillance activities, complicating future contract renewals. Microsoft Israel’s general manager, Alon...
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Congress leader Sonia Gandhi admitted to Gurgaon’s Medanta Hospital
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‘Losses in business can break person’: What Akhilesh Yadav said on stepbrother’s death
Samajwadi Party chief and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday expressed deep grief over the death of his younger brother Prateek Yadav LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party chief and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday expressed deep grief over the death of his younger step brother Prateek Yadav, describing him as...
Air India cuts flights as Iran war drives up costs and hits demand
NEW DELHI: Air India has cut a further about 200 weekly flights from June to August, including a number of long hauls, in a bid to stem losses amid the sharp hike in jet fuel prices and the rupee’s crash. These cuts come on top of the about 90 flights cuts in May. The airline,...
Gold gets costlier: Why govt raised import duty and what changes for buyers
NEW DELHI: The government on Wednesday raised import duties on gold and silver to 15% from 6% as part of a broader effort to curb rising imports of precious metals and conserve foreign exchange amid mounting pressure from the West Asia crisis.In a notification issued by the finance ministry, the government increased the social welfare...
Training aircraft crashes near Baramati airport in Maharashtra
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Vijay’s crucial floor test today: Can TVK prove majority? Number game explained
NEW DELHI: Days after being sworn in as Tamil Nadu chief minister, Vijay is set to face his first floor test in the assembly on Wednesday.His party, TVK, ended the decades-long DMK-AIADMK duopoly by emerging as the single-largest party in the 2026 assembly elections with 108 seats, but remained 11 short of the majority mark...
US imposes visa ban on Indians linked to alleged fentanyl trafficking network
<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-131053952,imgsize-520453,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4/untitled-design-2026-05-13t090410.jpg" alt="US imposes visa ban on Indians linked to alleged fentanyl trafficking network" title=" Representaive image ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> Representaive image The United States has imposed visa restrictions on the owner and several associates of an India-based online pharmacy accused of trafficking illicit fentanyl-laced drugs into the US.US state department spokesperson Tommy Pigott said...
‘Not a big deal’: Rajasthan minister Madan Dilawar downplays NEET-UG 2026 exam cancellation
Rajasthan education minister Madan Dilawar downplayed the cancellation of the NEET-UG 2026 examination JAIPUR: Rajasthan education minister Madan Dilawar downplayed the cancellation of the NEET-UG 2026 examination amid allegations of a nationwide paper leak, saying the decision was “not a big issue” if irregularities had indeed taken place.“The investigating agencies must have found irregularities, so...
Anthropic is hiring for a role that will be ‘the face of Anthropic’; here’s what the listing says
AI giant Anthropic is now looking for a new kind of leader, an “Applied AI Claude Evangelist.” The role, described as ‘the face of Anthropic’, will be central to promoting its chatbot Claude among venture capitalist, startup founders, and accelerators. The Claude Evangelist will work directly with the startups to help them adopt Anthropic’s products....
