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M.K. Stalin accused Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay’s government of acting as a “xerox copy” of the BJP (File Photo) CHENNAI: DMK president M K Stalin on Saturday accused chief minister C Joseph Vijay’s govt of functioning as a “xerox copy” of the BJP and alleged that it was attempting to weaken the opposition by...

The US government recently directed Anthropic to suspend access to the two models over national security concerns, forcing the company to shut them down for users worldwide. Anthropic has said it disagrees with the decision and believes the concerns are based on a limited “jailbreak” technique. According to a Wall Street Journal (WSJ) report, the...

Canada’s sixth-largest state by size Manitoba has closed the PR pathway for international graduates, effective immediately. The Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program (MPNP) has retired the Career Employment Pathway (CEP) of its International Education Stream, effective immediately. CEP candidates with active EOIs and 6+ months of Manitoba work experience may be considered for selection under the...

1st action against Sejal Pawar in ‘male corpse private parts’ joke row MUMBAI: KEM Hospital and Medical College has placed MBBS student Sejal Pawar on a 15-day forced leave and barred her from entering the hospital campus, medical college and hostel premises after a viral video clip from a stand-up comedy show triggered a controversy,...

NEW DELHI: The Centre on Saturday appointed Lt Gen Dhiraj Seth as the next Chief of the Army Staff, he is currently serving as the vice-chief. He will succeed General Upendra Dwivedi who took over as the 30th Chief of the Army Staff in June 2024 and is set to retire at this end of...

Representative image (AI-generated) When most people hear the word ‘trillion’, it is difficult to grasp just how large that number really is.A million sounds huge. A billion sounds almost unimaginable. But a trillion is an entirely different scale.The question has taken centre stage after Elon Musk became the world’s first trillionaire, a milestone driven by...

Bill Gates has flagged a quiet but pointed concern with the Trump administration’s growing habit of picking up equity stakes in private American companies, warning that the practice could end up rewarding ownership over engineering. Speaking to CNBC, the Microsoft co-founder said the trouble starts when the government begins favouring firms it part-owns over rivals...

TOI correspondent from Washington: US President Donald Trump on Friday implicated Iran in alleged drone attacks against Indian ships in the Strait of Hormuz amid growing anger in New Delhi over American missile strikes against vessels that killed three Indian sailors. “Also, their (Iran’s) totally rebuffed Drone attack last night against Indian Ships leaving the...

How do you measure a trillion dollars? Start with the zeroes. A trillion is written as $1,000,000,000,000 — a one followed by 12 zeroes. Yet even that barely captures its scale. As SpaceX’s market debut pushes Elon Musk towards what could become the world’s first trillion-dollar personal fortune, the number is so large that it...

25-year-old bodybuilder-cum-YouTuber Masood Chandi HYDERABAD: A 25-year-old electrician and fitness content creator, known on YouTube as Masood Chandi, was allegedly beaten to death at his home in Hyderabad’s Golconda area on Friday evening following a family dispute, police said. The deceased has been identified as SK Mahboob, who ran bodybuilding and fitness-related videos online and...