Spread the love Amazon CEO Andy Jassy used his annual shareholder letter to defend the company’s $200 billion AI spending plan for 2026—months after the announcement tanked the stock over 10% in a single session. Jassy disclosed AWS’s AI business has hit a $15 billion annual run rate, pointed to customer commitments backing “a substantial portion” of the capex, and...
Can you actually eat honey on a strict sugar-free diet?
Spread the love 4 min readNew DelhiApr 12, 2026 05:01 PM IST As more people try to reduce their sugar intake, questions about natural sweeteners are becoming common. One ingredient that often sparks confusion is honey. Because it’s natural, many assume it may be allowed even on a no-sugar diet. A user recently asked a similar question on Quora: Can...
China eyes strategic gains across Asia as US remains tied down in Gulf crisis
Spread the love AP file photo The ongoing conflict in the Middle East may be creating new strategic space for China to expand its influence across Asia, at a time when the United States remains heavily engaged in conflict elsewhere, according to a report.According to the report, the diversion of attention and resources of the United States to the Middle...
Bihar: Power play brews between JD(U) and BJP for CM post as Nitish packs bags at 1 Anne Marg
Spread the love NEW DELHI: Months after a high-stakes assembly election, politics in Bihar is once again heating up following chief minister Nitish Kumar’s decision to resign from the top job for a Rajya Sabha seat.According to reports, Nitish is likely to submit his resignation as CM and vacate his official residence on April 14.Janata Dal (United) working president Sanjay...
EAM Jaishankar thanks UAE president for protecting Indian diaspora amid West Asia conflict
Spread the love NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar met with UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Abu Dhabi. During his meeting with him on Sunday, he expressed his gratitude to the president for ensuring the well-being of the Indian community during the recent West Asia conflict. He also conveyed greetings from Prime Minister Narendra Modi...
‘If a bank lost Rs 500 Crore, the country would erupt’: FEFSI chief on Vijay film Jana Nayagan Leak
Spread the love 5 min readHyderabadApr 12, 2026 03:40 PM IST RK Selvamani, President of the Film Employees Federation of South India, has come out strongly against the pre-release leak of Vijay-starrer Jana Nayagan, calling it the single largest robbery in the country and expressing deep frustration that the incident has not triggered the kind of national outrage he believes...
What are sentinel species?
Spread the love A sentinel species is a species whose members’ health signals the condition of the ecosystem in which they live. Scientists monitor them because they are among the first to respond to stressors in their environment, such as pollution and disease, and their response also tends to be more apparent than most other species. In other words, they...
Iran’s chief negotiator blames US for ‘failing to gain trust’ after peace talks in Pakistan collapse
Spread the love Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf Iran’s chief negotiator at the Islamabad talks has blamed the United States for the failure to reach a deal, saying it failed to gain Tehran’s trust.In a series of posts on X, parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf said the Iranian delegation had presented “forward-looking initiatives” during the 21-hour negotiations. However, he said the American...
Study unravels why men experience more skin infections than women
Spread the love Men experience more skin infections than women — doctors have known this for a while. They have proposed both behavioural and physiological reasons for this difference but the exact mechanism has been unclear. Recently, scientists at UT Southwestern Medical Centre in Texas in the U.S. reported that the male sex hormones, androgens, which include testosterone, help bacteria...
How Iran-US mediation in Pak collapsed amid questions over China’s silent influence
Spread the love The much-anticipated Iran–United States negotiations in Islamabad ended without a breakthrough after nearly 21 hours of intense deliberations, exposing deep-rooted strategic divides and casting uncertainty over the fragile ceasefire that had briefly paused a six-week-long conflict. What was billed as a rare diplomatic opening — the first direct engagement between Washington and Tehran in over a decade...
