CRPF carries out route march in Bhabanipur ahead of second phase Bengal elections Kolkata: West Bengal’s final phase of assembly polls unfolds under a security grid rarely seen in Indian elections, stretching across 142 constituencies in seven districts. Numbers define the scale – over 2.3 lakh Central Armed Police Forces personnel, 38,297 state police, 142…
Michael and Susan Dell . (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) Dell Technologies stock hit an all-time high of $263.99 on Friday, May 8. The Dell stock surged as much as 14.6% intraday, which pushed Dell shares up more than 107% year-to-date. The jump came after President Donald Trump reportedly used a Mother’s Day event at the…
Mamata Banerjee and Suvendu Adhikari (R) NEW DELHI: West Bengal, the biggest among the five states that went to polls and the only one with its final phase still pending, is drawing huge attention as results are set to be announced on May 4. Even before that, all eyes are on the exit polls, which…
Drop a glass and it falls, whether or not you believe in gravity. The Earth circles the Sun, whether or not it ever crossed your mind. That stubborn, slightly cheeky truth is the whole idea behind one of Neil deGrasse Tyson’s most quoted lines. He is making a simple point that lands harder the longer…
Andy Burnham (File photo/AP) LONDON: Former Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham is expected to be made Labour leader next week and take office as Britain’s new prime minister on July 20, replacing Keir Starmer.Three hundred and twenty-two out of 403 Labour MPs backed Burnham’s leadership bid on Thursday, the day nominations opened. It was one…
Japan currently has around nine million empty homes. These are not unfinished projects or abandoned construction sites, but houses and apartments where nobody lives anymore. Some still have curtains on the windows, while gardens have grown wild, roofs are slowly collapsing, and entire neighbourhoods are becoming quieter every year.Japan’s growing number of vacant homes, known…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has reflected on the unconventional wisdom he picked from Silicon Valley icons Paul Graham and Peter Thiel. According to a report by Business Insider, speaking on the Invest Like The Best podcast, Altman said that the most valuable investment opportunities are rarely the ones that look popular at the time. “The…
Union minister Nitin Gadkari filed a civil suit seeking removal of deepfakes. MUMBAI: Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari has claimed in a proposed civil suit before the Bombay high court that he had no role in the Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP) programme or the E20 initiative, alleging that AI-generated deepfakes and manipulated…
Kriti Sanon reveals for the first time that she had her eggs frozen while she was gaining weight for her film, ‘Mimi’. (Instagram) Kriti Sanon’s ‘Mimi’ remains one of her most loved films over the course of her career as of yet. For the film, the actress had gone through quite a lot of prep,…
Pranit More and Himanshu Jangra summoned GURGAON: The National Commission for Women (NCW) has taken suo motu cognizance of an incident during a stand-up comedy show in Gurgaon, Haryana, after a viral video showed remarks allegedly glorifying sexual coercion and non-consensual conduct towards a woman.The Commission on Thursday said it had taken note of media…