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File photo of Gautam Gambhir© AFP Baffled by India’s decision to head into the high-profile Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia without a proper warm-up game, former England captain Michael Vaughan has raised concerns about how the tourists would get into a “competitive mindset” without match practice. India decided against playing a match against an…
San Francisco, United States: A quietly growing belief in Silicon Valley could have immense implications: the breakthroughs from large AI models — the ones expected to bring human-level artificial intelligence in the near future — may be slowing down. Since the frenzied launch of ChatGPT two years ago, AI believers have maintained that improvements in…
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Are Beijing-Islamabad ties under strain? Last month’s bombing near Karachi airport, which killed two Chinese engineers and wounded a third, may well be a turning point. These bombings, claimed by the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), were the latest in a string of attacks on Beijing’s interests in Pakistan, which began in 2016. They have angered…
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A view shows a destroyed car in front of a residential building, which was damaged by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Sumy, Ukraine November 18, 2024. REUTERS/Stringer | Photo Credit: REUTERS When Yuriy Shelmuk co-founded a company last year making drone signal jammers, he said there was little interest in…
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With Brazil preparing to host the Group of 20 summit, it appears unlikely the leading rich and developing nations will sign on to a meaningful declaration regarding geopolitics: The meeting on Monday (November 18, 2024) and Tuesday (November 19, 2024) in Rio de Janeiro is overshadowed by two major wars and Donald Trump’s recent election…
Fossil fuels are the leading driver of climate change, yet they are still heavily subsidised by governments around the world. Although many countries have explicitly promised to reduce fossil fuel subsidies to combat climate change, this has proven difficult to accomplish. As a result, fossil fuels remain relatively inexpensive, and their use and greenhouse gas…
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The boy, a class 5 student, is currently undergoing treatment at a hospital in Patna. Arwal (Bihar): A 12-year-old boy sustained a serious eye injury after being allegedly beaten by his teacher at a school in Bihar’s Arwal district for not completing his homework, police said on Monday. Police have registered a case against the…
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N Biren Singh is drawing fire over his government’s handling of the Manipur situation Imphal: A day after withdrawing support to the BJP government in Manipur over the recent incidents of violence, National People’s Party (NPP) president and Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma hit out at his Manipur counterpart N Biren Singh. Mr Sangma clarified…
Ahead of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, former cricketer Kapil Dev on Sunday advised Team India and asked them not to take excess pressure before the series. According to ESPNcricinfo, India skipper Rohit Sharma and batter Shubman Gill will miss the first Test against Australia in the upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) in Perth. The report…
File picture of former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly | Photo Credit: PTI With Rohit Sharma expected to miss the Border Gavaskar Trophy series opener, former India skipper Sourav Ganguly expressed belief in pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah’s capabilities to lead the side in Perth against Australia. Bumrah was appointed Rohit’s deputy when India’s squad for the…
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