TNN Aug 08, 2026, 19:10 IST IST The student protests over the NEET paper leak may have ebbed in Delhi after the exit of Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan, but many miles away in Ranchi, another exam controversy has sent another group of young job aspirants on hunger strike.Ironically, the generation that has rediscovered the…
Former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi have seized on growing public resentment against E20 petrol. Many motorists complain of lower mileage, poorer performance, and damage to older vehicles. The opposition has turned these complaints into a political campaign against the govt.Road transport minister Nitin Gadkari argues that ethanol-petrol mixes are…
Ranchi: Demonstrators holding posters during an indefinite hunger strike as part of a protest against the Jharkhand government over alleged irregularities in the 14th JPSC examination, JSSC-CGL and other recruitment tests, demanding a CBI probe and reforms in the recruitment agencies, in Ranchi, Jharkhand. (PTI Photo) A delegation of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) arrived…
(Image used for representative) A horrific incident unfolded on the Sikkim Mahananda Express as a tribal woman was reportedly raped in a moving train compartment JALPAIGURI: A tribal woman was allegedly raped inside a compartment of the moving 15484 Sikkim Mahananda Express, which was bound for Alipurduar Junction, on Thursday night. According to the victim’s…
Sumaria Devi outside her house in Bayen village, where more than 500 voters have been shown to have the same address Garhwa: One house, five family members — and more than 500 voters on its address.The draft electoral roll published after the special intensive revision (SIR) has triggered anger and anxiety in Garhwa assembly constituency,…
File photo: Vinayak Damodar Savarkar NEW DELHI: A political row has erupted in Kerala over a school quiz question that described Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar as the freedom fighter who received the “most severe punishment” from the British, prompting general education minister N Samsudheen to order an inquiry.The “Freedom Quiz” was conducted on August…
Cyber attacks being detected and thwarted Bengaluru: The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), the nodal agency for responding to cyber security attacks, has detected and successfully mitigated more than 9.2 lakh incidents of malicious scanning, probing and vulnerable services targeting the banking and healthcare sectors in the last one-and-a-half years.According to data shared by…
Artificial intelligence is no longer limited to science-fiction stories or experimental laboratories. It is already writing reports, answering customer questions, analysing data, generating images, translating languages and helping companies automate everyday tasks.That progress has raised a difficult question for workers: which jobs will still exist as AI becomes more capable? Tesla CEO Elon Musk told…
There’s something quietly refreshing about not just watching Vedika Pinto on screen in her recent show, ‘Musafir Cafe’, but also speaking to her. She is clear about her thoughts, articulate in expressing them, and there’s a spark that is hard to miss, one that reflects just as effortlessly on screen.Vedika doesn’t just reflect on the…
OpenAI’s first ChatGPT-powered device is said to be a smart speaker ChatGPT-maker OpenAI has announced that it is pausing some activities involving its upcoming artificial intelligence model Astra, after internal evaluations concluded the company ‘cannot rule out critical cyber capabilities.’ The company revealed the decision in a detailed blog post, marks one of the first…