SIVAGANGA: In the end, every vote made it count, literally, in Tirupattur constituency in Sivaganga district when TVK candidate R Seenivasa Sethupathy defeated DMK minister K R Periyakaruppan by just one vote in the Tamil Nadu assembly election. While Sethupathy secured 83,375 votes, Periyakaruppan polled 83,374 votes.The fight, which dragged on till 1.30am, was between…
The Centre’s flagship PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana has crossed a major milestone, with more than 50.06 lakh households across India now benefiting from rooftop solar installations.The target has been achieved in just over two years since the scheme’s launch, marking a sharp acceleration in India’s clean energy transition, according to the ministry of…
For decades, the extinction of the dinosaurs has usually been pictured as a slow collapse. An asteroid struck Earth, sunlight faded behind dust, temperatures changed, and ecosystems gradually unravelled. That broad sequence still stands, yet a new study argues that the first chapter of the catastrophe may have unfolded far more quickly than many imagined….
Amazon Web Services (AWS) CEO Matt Garman is not worried about the ‘SaaSpocalypse’ that many say may bring the demise of several software due to advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) models. Instead, he sees this as a “huge business opportunity” for the e-commerce giant, as the company deepens its software-as-a-service (SaaS) and AI-driven applications for…
MEA Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal NEW DELHI: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Sunday termed as “misleading” a social media post claiming that ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal had said there was no foreign funding behind the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)-led youth protest in Delhi.The CJP stir, followed by demonstrations in other parts of the country,…
Who is Lena Selnes? Alexander Sørloth’s girlfriend breaks silence after Erling Haaland debate turns ugly (Image via Getty) Norway striker Alexander Sørloth has found himself at the center of a social media storm after his country’s heartbreaking 2-1 extra-time loss to England in the 2026 FIFA World Cup quarter-final. The criticism began after a missed…
Amitabh Bachchan has emerged as the biggest celebrity investor in Ayodhya’s fast-growing real estate market, with land acquisitions in the temple town now estimated at over Rs 90-100 crore.Over the past two years, the actor has built a sizeable property portfolio spanning residential, commercial and institutional holdings, even as he continues to expand his real…
Andy Burnham at Buckingham Palace Andy Burnham has become the UK’s 59th prime minister after winning the Labour leadership unopposed, following Keir Starmer’s resignation. He is also the UK’s 7th PM in 10 years.Burnham, 56, formally accepted an invitation from King Charles III to form a government after Starmer tendered his resignation at Buckingham Palace….
NEW DELHI: GST collections rose 13.9%, fastest pace in eight months, to Rs 1,94,812 crore on sharp growth in the mop-up from imports due to a spike in international prices of crude, fertiliser and other commodities.Latest data showed that in June, for transactions undertaken in May, IGST on imports shot up nearly 35% to over…
Representative Image. Left: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Right: Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Claude maker Anthropic and ChatGPT parent OpenAI now reportedly account for a major share of future revenues at major cloud providers, including Google, Amazon, Microsoft and others. A report claims that the contracts of two of the biggest cash-burning artificial intelligence (AI) companies…