The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has modified its affiliation norms in order to ensure that all schools under its jurisdiction provide career guidance and counselling services to students. The changes done by CBSE across the board, aimed at promoting students’ mental health and emotional well, being, were approved by the CBSE Governing Body…
NEW DELHI: The Congress is finally in action mode in Tamil Nadu. After a weekend brainstorming with party chief Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi in the national capital, the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee has convened a crucial Executive Committee meeting tomorrow to focus on preparations for the upcoming 2026 Tamil Nadu assembly elections. But the…
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis argues that large language models like ChatGPT are hitting a wall in achieving true scientific breakthroughs. He believes they lack a ‘world model’ to understand causality, unlike DeepMind’s systems that simulate reality. This perspective challenges OpenAI’s scaling strategy amid industry shifts and a race for advanced AI. Demis Hassabis just…
Neha Kakkar announced a break from work, relationships, and public life after Candy Shop—her song with brother Tony Kakkar—faced massive online trolling for “vulgar” lyrics and “cringe” K-pop vibes. Released Dec 15, 2025, it hit 23M YouTube views amid backlash. She seeks privacy, no cameras. A few weeks after her song ‘Candy Shop’, made with…
When results from Maharashtra’s long-delayed civic polls came on January 16, it became clear that the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) has made it to the top once again. The BJP swept 1,425 of 2,869 seats across 29 municipal corporations, a strike rate of nearly 50%. In Mumbai’s Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), a Shiv Sena citadel…
Karnataka DGP (civil rights enforcement) K Ramachandra Rao NEW DELHI: Karnataka DGP (civil rights enforcement) K Ramachandra Rao came under scrutiny on Monday after a video allegedly showing him in a compromising position with women went viral on social media. Rao rejected the videos outright, calling them “fabricated and false.”Chief minister Siddaramaiah warned of strict…
When Donald Trump writes that he is “no longer obligated to think purely of peace,” it is not a flourish, a threat-by-tweet, or a trial balloon. It is the most explicit articulation yet of a worldview he has been signalling for years. The now-confirmed letter to Norway’s prime minister, circulated deliberately among European diplomats, does…
Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images) The Times of India in Melbourne: At the end of the three-hour 20-minute exchange, Stan Wawrinka spread out his arms and soaked in the love from a packed KIA Arena. Playing his final Australian Open, the 40-year-old arrived in Melbourne Park with a wing and a…
Several people were killed and many injured after a blast in Kabul’s Shahr-e-Naw area, Taliban’s interior ministry said on Monday. As per local reports, the blast occurred infront of a Chinese restaurant.Spokesperson Abdul Mateen Qani told Reuters, “According to preliminary reports, a number of people were killed and injured.” Shahr-e-Naw, home to many foreigners, is…
Ex-CJI DY Chandrachud (File photo) NEW DELHI: Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate on Monday dismissed former Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud’s remarks on 2020 Delhi riots accused Umar Khalid’s prolonged incarceration without trial as “fancy words,” prompting BJP leader Shehzad Poonawalla to accuse her of questioning the judges’ integrity.Also Read | ‘Grant bail in…
