Bangladesh’s interim government plans to sign a secret tariff agreement with the United States on February 9, just three days before the country’s parliamentary elections and about a week after India secured a trade with the US. The move has sparked concerns among business leaders and analysts due to its timing and lack of transparency,...
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Company that wiped off nearly $300bn from software stocks releases new AI model
Anthropic launched Claude Opus 4.6 just days after its AI tools triggered a massive sell-off in software stocks. The new model brings agent teams, a 1 million token context window, and stronger performance in legal and financial tasks—the very areas that spooked Wall Street. Enterprise software investors are watching closely as the AI race reshapes...
Punjab: AAP leader Lucky Oberoi shot dead outside gurdwara
AAP leader Lucky Oberoi shot dead in Thar outside gurdwara in Punjab’s Jalandhar JALANDHAR: An Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) functionary, Lucky Oberoi, was shot dead early on Friday morning outside a gurdwara in the posh Model Town area of Punjab’s Jalandhar city. Police said Oberoi was in his Thar vehicle at the time of the...
US warns its citizens to ‘leave Iran now’; is a strike imminent?
The United States has issued an urgent advisory asking its citizens in Iran to leave the country immediately, hours after US President Donald Trump issued a fresh warning directed at Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.The advisory comes at a time when Iran is still recovering from massive protests that had shaken Tehran in recent...
‘She has gone through a lot’: Patil dedicates RCB’s WPL triumph to Smriti Mandhana
RCB captain Smriti Mandhana after winning Women’s Premier League title. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Royal Challengers Bengaluru sealed a historic second Women’s Premier League title with a stunning win over Delhi Capitals in Vadodara on Thursday, but for spinner Shreyanka Patil, the triumph meant something far more personal — a tribute to skipper Smriti Mandhana,...
Savannah Guthrie’s missing mother: Family pleads for answers in new video
Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie, remained missing as the search for her entered its fifth day Thursday. Investigators said they had no proof she was still alive but continued to hope she was “still out there.”Authorities believe Nancy Guthrie was taken from her Tucson home against her will over...
Ghaziabad sisters’ suicide: ‘They wanted to become Korean,’ says father
GHAZIABAD: As police intensify their investigation into the deaths of three sisters in Ghaziabad, their father, Chetan Kumar, has acknowledged being under financial stress but denied that it played any role in the alleged suicides. “I had a loan of Rs 30 lakh, but this was not the reason behind my three daughters’ death. They...
Amazon layoffs: Company to cut thousands of jobs as it closes Fresh stores
Amazon recently announced that it is shutting down its Amazon Fresh supermarket chain. The decision of the company to shut down the Amazon Fresh stores will lead to thousands of job cuts across the US. Last week, the e-commerce major announced that it will close around 60 Fresh stores which will put an end to...
‘No cash, take my radish’: Farmer protests ‘bribe’ demand over pending farm road in Karnataka
Farmer to babus: No cash for ‘bribe’, take my radish BENGALURU: A farmer’s protest using freshly harvested radish to allege bribery demand by revenue officials turned heads outside the Madhugiri taluk office in Tumakuru district Thursday, spotlighting delays in implementing civic works at the grassroots level.Prasanna Kumar, a farmer from Dodderi Jakkenahalli, staged the protest...
Gurgaon shocker: 3-year-old girl sexually assaulted by 2 women house helps, male accomplice
GURGAON: A 3-year-old girl residing in a condominium in Sector 54 was sexually assaulted by two women house helps, along with their male accomplice, her parents have alleged.Police on Wednesday registered a case under sections 17 (a person abets a sexual offence against a child, and that act is committed as a result of the...
