For years, Silicon Valley treated ageing as a background fact of life rather than a technical problem. Wealth from the AI boom is now flowing into laboratories studying cells, proteins, and human lifespan, with some of the technology industry’s biggest names placing unusually large bets on medicine. Among them is Sam Altman, whose backing of…
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…
NEW DELHI: The BJP on Wednesday named Ratna Debnath, mother of the RG Kar Medical College rape and murder victim, as its candidate from Panihati in its third list of nominees for the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections, formally bringing the bereaved mother into the electoral fray.In a press release, the party said its Central…
Reserve Bank Governor Sanjay Malhotra has said the government may eventually have to raise petrol and diesel prices if the ongoing Middle East crisis continues for a prolonged period, PTI reported on Wednesday.Speaking at a conference in Switzerland on Tuesday, Malhotra said the disruption in oil and gas supplies due to the conflict and blockade…
NEW DELHI: Govt on Friday moved a fresh bill to decriminalise provisions across 79 central laws as part of its efforts to make life simpler for businesses and individuals.Govt officials said along with amendments to the Companies Act, which are currently pending in Parliament, as well as the new income tax law, the overall decriminalisation…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader and former Union minister P Chidambaram on Sunday slammed the Centre’s decision to convene Parliament just days ahead of polling for the assembly elections in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal.In a social media post, Chidambaram termed the Centre’s proposal “mischievous” and alleged that it was designed to exclude MPs from the…
As the US-Israel war escalates, once tourist-dominated Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz has now become an ‘underground missile city’.Beneath its salt caves and emerald mangrove forests lies a network of military installations that have transformed the island from a free-trade and tourist hub into a strategic fortress.Qeshm once attracted visitors for its surreal…
NEW DELHI: TVK chief Vijay’s second meeting with the Tamil Nadu governor on Thursday turned dissapointing again after the governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar said that the “majority required to form the government has not been established.”TVK has been struggling to form government in the state even after securing a stunning victory, after it fell short…
The US and Iran have tentatively agreed on a memorandum of understanding that would reopen the Strait of Hormuz and pause fighting for 60 days, but the deal still needs final approval from Iran’s supreme leader, according to officials cited by Axios.President Donald Trump announced today that a “great settlement” was close, cancelling planned strikes…
Jitesh Sharma faces criticism after horror runs in IPL 2026 Jitesh Sharma’s difficult IPL 2026 season continued as the RCB wicketkeeper-batter once again failed to deliver, drawing criticism from former India cricketer Ambati Rayudu over his prolonged poor form and technical struggles.After emerging as one of RCB’s biggest positives in IPL 2025, Jitesh has endured…