(Photo Credit: Shutterstock) For ages now, parrots have caught the attention of people through their unique knack for replicating speech. Parrots can mimic sounds so well that they end up sounding like they’re actually conversing with someone. Even as such, although their vocalizing is commendable, it’s essential to differentiate imitation from linguistic comprehension. The truth…
NEW DELHI: The Trinamool Congress on Monday alleged that “goons” of the Bharatiya Janata Party attacked Arambag MP Mitali Bag’s car on the last day of campaigning ahead of the second phase of the West Bengal Assembly polls.In a post on X, the TMC said that Bag was “brutally and dastardly attacked by BJP lumpens…
Infosys is no longer enjoying the strong investor confidence that it once did. This year, the IT giant, long seen as one of Dalal Street’s reliable compounders, has come under heavy pressure. The company fallen out of India’s top 10 most valued companies, after seeing a wipe out of more than Rs 2 lakh crore…
In what can be called a major blow to Mark Zuckerberg’s AI ambitions, Chinese regulators have officially blocked Meta Platforms from acquiring AI startup Manus. This comes days after a report claimed that China has ordered its leading artificial intelligence (AI) companies to stop accepting American capital as Beijing aims to prevent sensitive AI breakthroughs…
NEW DELHI: Virat Kohli is on the verge of scripting yet another historic milestone in the IPL 2026 game against Delhi Capitals on Monday, needing just 11 runs to become the first player to reach 9000 runs in the tournament’s history. The Royal Challengers Bengaluru stalwart has been the face of consistency since 2008, and…
“My eldest one is the most responsible one…” we’ve often seen parents praising their first born for just being the eldest. Many such children grow up like a role model to their younger siblings. That said, sometimes parents expect a little too much from the eldest one. While this sounds flattering to the younger ones,…
NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party on Monday launched a broadside against Raghav Chadha after he drew a parallel between quitting the party and switching jobs, accusing him of hatching a conspiracy with the BJP.In a video shared on X, AAP spokesperson Saurabh Bharadwaj said that even when someone changes jobs, they have to give…
The Baloch Liberation Army on Monday claimed it carried out 27 operations across multiple districts of Pakistan’s Balochistan province between April 15 and April 25, alleging that at least 42 Pakistani military personnel were killed during the period.The Balochistan Post, citing a statement by BLA spokesperson Jeeyand Baloch, reported that its fighters carried out improvised…
The 13th edition of the Sur Jyotsna National Music Awards was held in New Delhi on Friday, where veteran Hindustani vocalists Sumitra Guha and Pandit Laxman Krishnarao Pandit were honoured for their contribution to Indian classical music.The awards, instituted in memory of Jyotsna Darda, founder of Lokmat Sakhi Manch, recognise excellence in Indian music and…
Pakistan’s sudden repayment of roughly $3.5bn to the United Arab Emirates has exposed how geopolitics and financial dependence are increasingly intertwined. What Islamabad described publicly as a “routine financial transaction” came after Abu Dhabi made an unexpected request for immediate repayment—at a time when Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves were already under pressure and tied to…