Virat Kohli played a short but impactful knock during Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s match against Chennai Super Kings in Bengaluru on Sunday, with one six standing out during his stay at the crease.At the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Kohli hit a no-look six off Matt Henry, sending the ball into the stands. Watching from the stands, Anushka…
Bengaluru: India’s ambition to become a $30 trillion economy by 2047 will hinge on how well artificial intelligence (AI) is integrated with education, governance and industry, speakers said at a pre-buildathon collective intelligence session organised by Bharat1.ai.At the event titled ‘How does India leverage AI and its demographic dividend to become an inclusive $30 trillion…
Nepali mountaineer Kami Rita Sherpa on Sunday broke his own world record by scaling Mount Everest for the 32nd time, while fellow climber Lhakpa Sherpa extended her record for the most Everest summits by a woman with her 11th successful ascent.The twin milestones were confirmed by Nepal’s Department of Tourism, which said Kami Rita reached…
Rising tensions in the Middle East pushed oil prices sharply higher on Tuesday after Iranian-linked attacks and military clashes fueled fears over disruption in the crucial Strait of Hormuz shipping route.Brent crude, the international benchmark, closed at $114.44 a barrel, marking a rise of around 6% on the day, while US benchmark West Texas Intermediate…
As filmmaker Imtiaz Ali prepares for the release of his upcoming film ‘Main Vapas Aaunga’, he has weighed in on the blockbuster runs of ‘Dhurandhar’ and ‘Saiyaara’ and what their success means for Indian cinema. The filmmaker also said that the success of recent films is a clear sign that audiences are eager to return…
Mangaluru: Vivekananda Law College will host its third moot court competition at Sujnana Deepika Auditorium on May 9 and 10. The competition will be inaugurated by S Abdul Nazeer, governor of Andhra Pradesh and former Supreme Court judge and Justice N Kotiswar Singh of the Supreme Court will be the chief guest.Prof C Basavaraju, vice-chancellor…
China has reported a massive leap in its domestic artificial intelligence (AI) computing power, with official figures suggesting capacity far beyond what is reflected in global benchmarks, raising questions about a potential “dark pool” of hidden compute.According to China’s ministry of industry and information technology (MIIT), the country has reached 1,882 exaflops — or 1,882…
KOLKATA: Bengal governor RN Ravi dissolved the assembly Thursday as the election process for a new legislature concluded, paving the way for installation of BJP’s first govt in the state, reports Debashis Konar. Mamata Banerjee, protesting the results, maintained she wouldn’t resign as CM. The governor’s decision coincided with an Election Commission move to lift…
A groundbreaking study by Linda Losurdo, a PhD candidate at the University of Sydney, successfully simulated extreme chemical environments in space in the lab. By combining nitrogen, carbon dioxide and acetylene in high-voltage electrical plasma, she recreated a fragment of the universe inside a bottle in her laboratory, producing cosmic dust from scratch. The findings…
BENGALURU: LTM (formerly LTIMindtree) increased fresher hiring by 40% in FY26 and expanded the deployment of AI agents across its workforce. At the same time, the company relied more on subcontractors in overseas markets and adopted a calibrated salary hike strategy amid macroeconomic uncertainty The IT firm onboarded more than 6,700 freshers during 2025-26, strengthening…
