Day 2 of truce saw disruptions as Israel-Lebanon fired at each other. (AP photo) The fragile truce between Iran and the United States showed early signs of breaking down on Thursday, day two of the ceasefire, with Tehran warning it could resume hostilities as Israeli forces intensified strikes in Lebanon and Hezbollah responded by firing…
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has defended its strategy of backing competing artificial intelligence firms, with CEO Matt Garman saying the cloud giant is well-versed in managing such conflicts as it deepens investments in both OpenAI and Anthropic. Speaking at the HumanX conference in San Francisco, Garman said Amazon’s recent $50 billion investment in OpenAI —…
Driving the newsBillionaire investor Ray Dalio says the world has already slipped into a sprawling, multi-front war – one that resembles the early stages of past global conflicts but lacks a formal start date.Writing in his Principled Perspectives Substack, Dalio argues the ongoing US-Israel-Iran conflict is not an isolated crisis but part of a much…
The Centre assured that LPG supply across the country is normal, despite rising tensions in the Middle East, with shipments sailing through the Strait of Hormuz without any disruption. Dismissing fears of any shortage in the nation, petroleum and natural gas secretary Neeraj Mittal, on Thursday, said that domestic availability remains stable. “I don’t see…
Less than 24 hours after a ceasefire between the United States and Iran was announced, confusion and conflicting claims over its scope have cast doubt on the agreement, with Pakistan’s role as mediator emerging at the centre of the controversy. While Washington has maintained that the truce is limited to Iran and does not extend…
Nine-judge constitution bench hears review pleas. (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: The Centre on Thursday supported restrictions on the entry of women of menstruating age into Kerala’s Sabarimala temple, arguing before the Supreme Court that the 2018 verdict lifting the ban was based on an assumption of men being superor to women.A nine-judge Constitution bench, led…
Ranveer Singh’s adventurous sequel, ‘Dhurandhar: The Revenge,’ has taken the Indian box office by storm, grossing an astonishing ₹1041 crore! For those who want to enjoy the thrill from the comfort of their homes, mark your calendars for its OTT debut on JioHotstar, set to launch soon after IPL 2026 wraps up, around late May…
At present, 16 India-flagged vessels remain stuck in the Persian Gulf. (AI image) Looking to take advantage of the two week ceasefire window, India is urging Iran to help expedite the movement of India-bound oil ships through the Strait of Hormuz. The aim is to make sure these ships are quickly offloaded so that they…
US President Donald Trump on Thursday issued a fresh warning to Iran, saying American forces would remain deployed and ready despite the ongoing ceasefire, and threatening a stronger military response if the agreement is not honoured.In a post on Truth Social, Trump said US military assets would stay “in place in, and around, Iran” until…
Meta launched its first AI model from Meta Superintelligence Labs under Alexandr Wang. Called the Muse Spark, the AI model powers the Meta AI assistant in the Meta AI app and meta.ai. Hours after the launch, some users criticized the new Meta AI model. One such user François Chollet @fchollet shared a post on X…