Delhi Literature Festival Tackles Surge in Digital Arrest Scams and Financial Fraud

Spread the love       Delhi Literature Festival Raises Awareness on Digital Arrest Scams, EconomictimesB2B Published On Feb 9, 2026 at 03:50 PM IST The 14th edition of the Delhi Literature Festival hosted a crucial awareness session on cybercrime, specifically addressing the surge in ‘digital arrest’ scams and financial frauds in India. Nishant Kumar, Director of the Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre (I4C),...

After Anthropic wiped trillions off SaaS stocks, its co-founder says: we hire people with EQ, not coders

Spread the love       Anthropic’s co-founder, Daniela Amodei, revealed that her company prioritizes human qualities like communication and empathy over technical skills for new hires. She believes humanities will become increasingly vital as AI advances, emphasizing that “humans plus AI together actually create more meaningful work. Daniela Amodei, co-founder and president of Anthropic—the company whose recent AI updates triggered a nearly...

China-critic jailed for 20 yrs in Hong Kong sedition case; Beijing under int’l fire

Spread the love       Democracy advocate Jimmy Lai leaves the Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong Hong Kong–based pro-democracy media figure Jimmy Lai, a British citizen, was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Monday, more than five years after his arrest in August 2020, sparking global outcry.Lai, 78, was found guilty of “colluding with foreign forces to...

6 hurt as Lamborghini rams auto, bike in Kanpur; tycoon’s son named in FIR

Spread the love       A view of the black Lamborghini that hits several people near the Rev 3, at Gwaltoli police station in Kanpur on Sunday. (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: A high-end Lamborghini allegedly driven by a Kanpur tobacco baron’s son tore through a busy stretch of VIP Road in the upscale Gwaltoli area, leaving at least six injured.Recalling the horror,...

As cos lose trillions in market cap, China & South Korea warn against an AI agent

Spread the love       Note: AI-generated image for representation Software companies across the globe have lost over a trillion in market value in the past week. The carnage has been triggered by Anthropic’s AI tool. The rout triggered by Anthropic’s open-source legal plugin for Claude Cowork swept away some of the biggest tech names, including ServiceNow, Salesforce and Microsoft. India’s software...

New AI method helps identify which dinosaur made which footprints

Spread the love       Footprints are among the most common kind of dinosaur fossils. Sometimes scientists find a single, lonely footprint. ‍Sometimes they come across a chaotic jumble of tracks resembling a dance floor, sort of a dinosaur discotheque. But identifying which ​dinosaur left which track has been notoriously difficult. Researchers have now developed a method harnessing artificial intelligence (AI) to...

‘Lost a bit of power’: Ponting, Shastri on why Babar stands at a crossroads

Spread the love       Pakistan batter Babar Azam during the T20 World Cup match against the Netherlands. (IANS Photo) NEW DELHI: Babar Azam’s uneasy start to the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 has triggered a rare and searching debate, with two of the game’s most respected voices — Ricky Ponting and Ravi Shastri — openly questioning Pakistan’s use of their...

Leo D’Souza, Mangaluru’s Mendel who worked to transform cashew industry

Spread the love      On January 20, 2026, Rev. Dr. Leo D’Souza, a Jesuit scientist based in Mangaluru, died aged 93. Dr. D’Souza, fondly known as Fr Leo, trained in the 1960s at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Cologne, working alongside stalwarts in the field such as Ingo Potrykus, Joseph Straub, and Sudhir Kumar Sopory. He set up...

Watergate Revelations: Nixon asked China to interfere in India-Pak 1971 War

Spread the love       At the height of the 1971 India–Pakistan war, as Indian forces moved decisively in East Pakistan and the creation of Bangladesh became inevitable, US President Richard Nixon privately assured China that Washington would support Beijing if it chose to attack India.The disclosure emerges from seven pages of Richard Nixon’s sworn testimony that remained sealed for nearly five...

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