Representative image (PTI) NEW DELHI: Daily wage earners accounted for 31% of all suicide deaths in 2024, the highest share in a decade (2015–2024), according to the latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data. A total of 52,910 daily wage earners died by suicide during the year, marking a sharp rise from the previous peak…
Top stocks to buy (AI image) HSBC has initiated its coverage of SRF with a buy rating and the target price at Rs 3,390. Analysts said SRF was one of India’s largest chemical manufacturing companies, with 50% of its revenue coming from overseas. Improving fundamentals in specialty chemicals and performance films to drive a 26%…
AI generated image used for representational purpose NEW DELHI: The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) has ordered Mahindra and its dealer to replace the engine of a customer’s nearly-new Mahindra Marazzo free of cost and pay him Rs 1 lakh in compensation, after finding their claim about bad fuel causing the damage was not…
Microsoft Israel’s chief has resigned following an internal probe into the misuse of Azure cloud services by the Israeli Ministry of Defense. The investigation revealed ethical breaches and a lack of transparency, impacting Microsoft’s global standing. This comes after earlier revelations about Unit 8200’s surveillance activities, complicating future contract renewals. Microsoft Israel’s general manager, Alon…
Scientists say crushing deep-ocean pressure squeezes hidden nutrients out of sinking marine snow, feeding microbes and changing what we know about Earth’s carbon cycle (Representational AI image) Life in the deepest parts of the ocean may have access to more food than scientists once believed. A new study has found that the huge pressure found…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi chose symbolism as much as celebration when he arrived at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi on Monday, hours after the party’s sweeping victory in West Bengal.Known for using attire to signal political messages, the Prime Minister appeared in a traditional Bengali ensemble, aligning his appearance with the state…
A small mark on an ancient jaw has opened a window into a moment of violence from a time far removed from written history. The remains of an early Homo sapiens individual from Qafzeh Cave in Israel have revealed signs of a serious facial injury, likely caused by a sharp stone tool. What makes the…
Even as reports said that Google had signed contract with the Pentagon, hundreds of Google employees were preparing to stage an ‘internal protest’, a report has said, adding that they called on CEO Sundar Pichai to block the US military from using the company’s artificial intelligence (AI) for secret work. According to a report by…
Yann LeCun and Elon Musk: The AI “Godfather” just called Musk’s xAI “kind of a failure.” The usual case against xAI runs through spreadsheets—the operating losses, the compute bill, the benchmarks where it trails OpenAI and Google. Yann LeCun has a blunter theory, and it has nothing to do with the math. The people who…
US President Donald Trump on Sunday reacted to the recent shooting near the “most cherished structure” and hailed the Secret Service and law enforcement agencies for their “swift and professional” action that led to the killing of the 21-year-old suspect.Trump also recalled another high-profile security breach that took place just a month ago during the…