Trump signals Iran war offramp while administration reexamines NATO
WASHINGTON — President Trump signaled Wednesday that the United States is eyeing an offramp in its war…
Better preparedness and warning systems needed to deal with ice-rock avalanches
In 2021, an ice-avalanche in Chamoli, Uttarakhand, resulted in landslides and damaged infrastructure, affected electricity and connectivity in several villages, killing over 200 people. A new study compares the Chamoli disaster with the 2025 Blatten avalanche in Switzerland, where early warning, and prompt communication and response, worked to evacuate people to safety. The study…
Telangana heatwave peaks as Nizamabad logs 46℃ on April 27, hottest this summer
 Police personnel take a brief water break amid soaring summer heat near the Telangana Secretariat, in Hyderabad on Saturday, April 25, 2026. Photo: SIDDHANT THAKUR/The Hindu. | Photo Credit: SIDDHANT THAKUR Telangana recorded its highest temperatures of the year on Monday (April 27, 2026) with several districts reeling under intense heatwave conditions. The temperatures breached…
David Silver’s Ineffable Intelligence raises $1.1bn
The young start-up said it would be ‘assembling the best engineers and researchers in the world to make first contact with superintelligence’. Ineffable Intelligence, a UK-based AI start-up building a ‘superintelligence’ platform and founded by former Google DeepMind researcher and AI guru David Silver, has raised $1.1bn in a seed funding round. Sequoia Capital and…
Claude’s AI agent goes rogue, deletes firm’s entire database in 9 seconds | Tech News
What could be any firm’s AI nightmare? An AI agent runs amok in your company’s operations and destroys it. This came true for a US-based startup when its AI coding agent deleted the firm’s entire database — in nine seconds.  Jer Crane, founder of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform PocketOS, posted about the incident…
Why India’s Water Security Must Include Sanitation, Sludge Treatment and Safe Reuse
India is home to 18 per cent of the world’s population, but only 4 per cent of its freshwater resources. Much of the conversation around water security therefore tends to focus on supply, how to store more, distribute better and stretch what little there is. While necessary, this conversation remains one-dimensional. Nearly 80 per cent…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman sorry he didn’t report Canada shooting suspect
OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman apologized to a Canadian community for failing to alert police about a mass shooter’s conversations with its chatbot. Authorities said Jesse Van Rootselaar, 18, killed eight people including schoolchildren in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, before taking her own life in February. “I am deeply sorry that we did not alert…
YouTube is testing an AI search mode that ‘feels more like a conversation’
Google is determined to impose AI search onto as many of its products as possible, and the latest, er, victim is YouTube. A new feature called “Ask YouTube” will let you pose complex questions and receive “comprehensive results that include video and text, then ask follow ups to dive deeper,” Google explained on its YouTube…
Virat Kohli’s special gesture for childhood coach Rajkumar Sharma wins hearts | Cricket News
Virat Kohli, Rajkumar Sharma NEW DELHI: Star India batter Virat Kohli on Tuesday inaugurated a cricket academy run by his childhood coach Rajkumar Sharma. Kohli inaugurated a branch of the West Delhi Cricket Academy at DPS RK Puram in New Delhi. Rajkumar Sharma was present at the event.Kohli also spoke to students during the inauguration,…
Scientists may have uncovered the secret behind the universe’s first supermassive black holes |
For years now, astronomers have been witnessing what seems like an ever-growing puzzle regarding the early formation of the universe. According to recent findings, some supermassive black holes, with masses ranging up to one billion times larger than the sun’s, were formed within less than a billion years following the formation of the universe itself….
5 exercises that can tone down your thighs
Lunges look simple, but they quietly test balance and strength. Step forward with one leg. Lower until both knees form a near 90-degree angle. Push back up through the front heel. Alternate legs for 10-12 reps each. What makes lunges effective is the stretch they create in the thigh muscles. That stretch, followed by controlled…