Two pioneers of artificial intelligence – John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton – won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for helping create the building blocks of machine learning that is revolutionising the way we work and live but also creates new threats to humanity, one of the winners said. Hinton, who is known as the […]

The chatter surrounding India’s No. 3 slot has taken another twist, with Smriti Mandhana saying that the batter will be chosen based on the conditions and match situation. “The wicket condition and ground conditions are a lot different to what we thought when we came here,” Mandhana, India’s vice-captain, said on Tuesday. “It just depends […]

The BJP scripted history in Haryana on Tuesday, returning to power for the third consecutive time. Meanwhile, in the crucial elections in the border state of Jammu and Kashmir, the Omar Abdullah-led National Conference (NC) and Congress alliance is poised to form the government. At the BJP headquarters, celebrations erupted after trends for Haryana showed […]

Vijayawada The Andhra Pradesh Government will soon be floating bids worth ₹48,000 crore for the Greenfield Amaravati Capital Project. “The bidding process is likely to commence in November, with works expected to start from January,” Katamaneni Bhaskar, Commissioner, Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority (AP CRDA) told businessline here on Tuesday.  The ambitious capital project, initiated by […]

Indian regulatory bodies have brought in “great transparency” in the domestic financial sector and are even being looked up by peer country regulators for the way they have enabled rapid domestic growth while ensuring prudent practices, UnionFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said here today. “Indian regulators and the way in which they are functioning have actually […]

The Gujarat High Court has asked the Deenadayal (Kandla) Port office and Customs officials to “arrest” merchant vessel SW South Wind I which is lying at the port and within Indian territorial waters until further orders. A single judge bench of Justice Nikhil S Kariel passed an oral order following a petition filed by MEIR […]

The NC-Congress alliance in Jammu and Kashmir is poised to form the new government with a clear majority in 48 seats out of 90 Assembly constituencies. The region held its first elections in a decade in a significantly altered political landscape. According to the poll results declared on Tuesday, the NC secured victory in 42 […]

The NC-Congress alliance in Jammu and Kashmir is poised to form the new government with a clear majority in 48 seats out of 90 Assembly constituencies. The region held its first elections in a decade in a significantly altered political landscape. According to the poll results declared on Tuesday, the NC secured victory in 42 […]

What would India’s last two Test tours of Australia look like without Cheteshwar Pujara? The man who copped blow after blow, batted hours on end, and made Australia’s bowlers sick of the sight of him is no longer part of India’s set-up. But as far as former Australia allrounder Shane Watson is concerned, India’s newer-looking […]

Centre is looking to increase the wage ceiling of Employee Pension Scheme (EPS) from the current level of ₹15,000 per month, official sources said. Talks and deliberations on this issue are happening at an advanced stage right now. The government is also planning to increase the wage ceilings for mandatory inclusion of workers under the […]