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Yogeshwar Dutt leads protest against exemption for six
The decision of the ad hoc committee of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) to exempt wrestlers who had sat on a protest from the full selection trials for Asian Games was slammed on Friday by […]
Business & Economics
Business & Economics
US economy seen skirting recession but with sticky inflation
WASHINGTON (TIP)- The US economy is now expected to narrowly dodge a recession this year but underlying inflation will be faster than previously thought, according to the latest Bloomberg monthly survey of economists. Gross domestic […]
Business & Economics
Business & Economics
Fitch ups India’s growth forecast to 6.3% on mfg, infra spending
The Indian economy is expected to clock a higher growth of 6.3% — one of the highest in the world — in the current fiscal aided by sustained momentum in manufacturing output and infrastructure spending, […]
Science & Technology
Humans could be replaced by AI, finds study
Researchers have found that AI, particularly large language models (LLMs) may alter the nature of their work. The study was published in Journal, ‘Science’. Grossmann and colleagues observed that large language models trained on massive […]
Science & Technology
Signaling potential life, phosphorous detected in Saturn’s moon’s ocean
Phosphate, a key building block of life, has been detected in one of Saturn’s moon’s, Enceladus’s, ocean, and in what scientists call the “first finding of phosphorus on an extraterrestrial ocean world”. The phosphates were […]
Science & Technology
WhatsApp users can now silence incoming calls from unknown contacts
Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced a new privacy feature ‘Silence Unknown Callers’ to provide users more control over their incoming calls on WhatsApp. This new feature helps to automatically screen out spam, […]
Science & Technology
Scientists develop synthetic embryos using stem cells
In a major breakthrough in the world of In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) and human reproduction, a team of scientists in the US and the UK has developed the world’s first ever synthetic human embryo-like structures […]
World
Cyprus rescues 45 Syrian migrants from boats in distress; two placed in custody
NICOSIA (CYPRUS) (TIP): Cypriot emergency services rescued 45 Syrian migrants from two boats after receiving information that they were in distress near a coastal tourist resort, authorities said on June 23. The eastern Mediterranean island’s […]
World
World
South African authorities say 31 illegal miners killed in explosion in May; found only now
JOHANNESBURG (TIP): At least 31 people were believed to have died in a gas explosion in a disused mine shaft in South Africa that happened last month but was only now coming to light, authorities […]
Asia
After devastating floods in Pakistan, some have recovered but many are struggling a year later
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Last summer’s flooding in Pakistan killed at least 1,700 people, destroyed millions of homes, wiped out swaths of farmland, and caused billions of dollars in economic losses. All in a matter of months. […]
Asia
Asia
Entrepreneurs cash in on soaring popularity of TikTok shopping in Indonesia
JAKARTA (TIP): Indonesian livestreamer Christine Febriyanti stood in a room crammed with clothes in Jakarta, hawking colourful garments to hundreds of viewers on a TikTok livestream for a local fashion brand. “For the Vitamin C […]
Asia
Exploding fire extinguisher kills a student and injures 5 during school fire drill in Bangkok
BANGKOK (TIP): A fire extinguisher exploded and killed a student during a fire drill held outdoors in sweltering heat at a high school in Thailand’s capital on June 23, police said. Five other students were […]
World
Chinese human rights lawyer chased out of 13 homes in 2 months as pressure rises on legal advocates
TAIPEI, Taiwan (TIP): A disbarred Chinese human rights lawyer has been forced to move 13 times in two months as part of a pattern of harassment against him and three other prominent rights advocates in […]
World
World
World
Tunisia to free opposition figure after 4 months in jail
TUNIS (TIP): A Tunisian judge on June 23 ordered the release of opposition figure Chaima Issa four months after her arrest on suspicion of “plotting against state security”, her lawyer told AFP. Issa should walk […]
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Warm welcome: On Narendra Modi U.S. state visit and bilateral ties
Narendra Modi’s visit further strengthened ties between India and the United States Rolling out the red carpet for Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his state visit to Washington, U.S. President Joseph Biden underlined his belief […]
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United States
PM Modi, President Biden hail decision to manufacture of GE F-414 engines in India
WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): The decision taken by General Electric to manufacture jet engines in India through transfer of technology is a landmark agreement, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday, June 22, noting that this […]