India has secured protection for a majority of its steel exports to the UK under the India-UK free trade agreement, with 85% of outbound shipments remaining outside Britain’s upcoming steel safeguard measures, according to an official statement issued on Wednesday, PTI reported.The announcement comes as India and the UK prepare to operationalise their Comprehensive Economic…
Bollywood actress Preity Zinta has received permission from the Bombay High Court to institute a suit against Google LLC, Meta and several other entities over alleged misuse of her identity through AI-generated deepfakes, manipulated images, chatbot personas and other digital content.According to Live Law Biz, justice Abhay Ahuja on Tuesday granted Zinta leave to file…
The Child Welfare Committee in Kerala has started a campaign against the use of cosmetics among schoolchildren. The campaign was launched in Kollam after concerns were raised over increasing use of makeup products in schools.The campaign was inaugurated at Mayyanad Higher Secondary School in Kollam, where teachers said they have noticed students bringing cosmetics to…
Scottish proverb of the day (Image generated via Google Gemini) Think about how different a person can look on two different days. On a big day, they are dressed up, smiling, polite and on their very best behaviour. On a normal day, they might be tired, a little grumpy, wearing old clothes and saying exactly…
Gurnoor Brar has taken three-wicket hauls in both of his first appearances for India. (AP) TimesofIndia.com in Lucknow: Gurnoor Brar may have quickly earned attention for his pace, hard lengths and ability to trouble batters at the international level, but the right-arm pacer believes his journey is rooted firmly in the domestic circuit and the…
NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday directed the agencies engaged in detection and prevention of cyber crimes and frauds, to further strengthen the national cyber crime helpline ‘1930’, both in terms of technology and infrastructure.Chairing a review meeting here to discuss issues relating to the helpline, Shah said the ‘1930’ reporting and redressal…
At just 25, Aman Sanger has gone from an MIT student and squash enthusiast to one of the youngest billionaires in the AI industry, thanks to the meteoric rise of AI coding startup Cursor and its $60 billion acquisition by SpaceX.SpaceX announced this week that it would acquire Anysphere, the company behind Cursor, in an…
Kevin Warsh (AP file photo) US Federal Reserve chairman Kevin Warsh-led FOMC on Wednesday kept the key interest rate unchanged in the 3.5% to 3.75% range. This is Kevin Warsh’s first policy review after taking over from Jerome Powell as US Federal Reserve chair.“The Committee decided to maintain the target range for the federal funds…
Alia Bhatt says daughter Raha is ‘meant for the stage’; reveals she loves dance, music and sports: ‘She’s a leader and a thinker in her own way’ (Image credits: Instagram) Alia Bhatt is currently busy promoting her upcoming action thriller Alpha, and amid the film’s promotional activities, she opened up about her daughter Raha Kapoor,…
India makes more medicine than almost any country on earth. It is the third largest pharmaceutical producer in the world by volume and the single biggest supplier of generic medicines, accounting for roughly a fifth of global supply. [1] The domestic market alone, worth around 60 billion dollars today, is expected to more than double…