For people living across Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, early July brought another reminder of how quickly conditions can change in the western Pacific. Super Typhoon Bavi arrived as an exceptionally powerful storm, crossing near the islands with destructive winds, heavy rain and dangerous coastal flooding. According to Nasa, the cyclone reached its greatest…
NEW DELHI: Truecaller on Wednesday said users are blocking four lakh calls originating from 140-series and over 1.2 lakh calls from 1,600-series numbers everyday as it lobbied against whitelisting (verified number system).Since Oct, users have recorded 7.4 crore blocking actions on the two number series, while nearly four out of five calls from them are…
India Women’s captain Harmanpreet Kaur (PTI Photo/R Senthilkumar) ( India captain Harmanpreet Kaur believes the one-off women’s Test against England at Lord’s is a huge opportunity for her team to bounce back after their disappointing T20 World Cup campaign. She said a victory at the iconic venue would boost the team’s confidence and become a…
The arrest of a 15-year-old student in Japan over an alleged ChatGPT-assisted cyberattack has reignited concerns about how young people are using artificial intelligence beyond the classroom. The incident has sparked calls for stronger AI literacy, cybersecurity education and ethical training as schools increasingly adopt generative AI tools for learning. Artificial intelligence has become an…
Ahead of Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’, internet users created AI images imagining Indian actors in lead roles, casting Aamir Khan as Odysseus, Tabu as Penelope, Sai Pallavi as Athena, Ishaan Khatter as Telemachus, and Janhvi Kapoor as Helen. The film, starring Matt Damon and Anne Hathaway, releases worldwide on July 17, 2026. With Christopher Nolan‘s…
Britain’s prime minister-in-waiting Andy Burnham has pledged to strengthen the country’s armed forces and defence industry, arguing that an increasingly volatile global security environment demands a renewed focus on “hard power” and greater self-reliance in military production.Expected to succeed Keir Starmer as prime minister on July 20 after becoming the sole candidate in the Labour…
Bandi Sanjay’s son gets bail: Telangana HC grants relief in POCSO case, orders Rs 1 lakh bond NEW DELHI: The Telangana high court on Thursday granted regular bail to Bandi Bhagirath, the son of union minister of state for home Bandi Sanjay Kumar in a case registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences…
When a wildfire is tearing through a conifer forest, the assumption is usually that trees are simply fuel, more vegetation means a bigger, faster moving fire. Two recent studies, one covering the southwestern United States and another examining Canada’s entire boreal forest, suggest that assumption does not hold for every tree species. Aspen, a fast…
TCS Q1 FY 2026-27 results: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), India’s largest IT services company, reported a 5% year-on-year increase in consolidated net profit for the first quarter. Earnings rose to Rs 13,349 crore from Rs 12,760 crore in the corresponding period last year. The company’s board also approved an interim dividend of Rs 12 per…
One passenger’s decision to buy in-flight Wi-Fi turned an ordinary flight into a football watch party, as fellow travellers gathered around a single laptop to watch Argentina’s FIFA World Cup round-of-16 match against Egypt.The video was shared on X, with footage showing how one passenger’s laptop became the centre of attention during the flight.In the…
