Secures two-thirds majority KATHMANDU: Nepal Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli won a crucial floor test in Parliament on Sunday with more than two-thirds of lawmakers voting in his favour, nearly a week after he was sworn in to lead a coalition government in the politically unstable Himalayan nation. Oli secured 188 votes in favour […]
NEW DELHI: Microsoft Windows PCs at airports, banks, health services, IT companies, and news outlets worldwide are crashing and showing the infamous Blue Screen of Death, causing machines to either shut down or restart automatically. While some attribute the crashes to the ongoing Microsoft cloud service outage, the Blue Screen of Death is likely caused […]
NEW DELHI: Wake up, employees! Satya Nadella just shared some invaluable insights on the occasion of Microsoft’s 10th anniversary. As a tech giant that has revolutionised the IT industry, Microsoft’s decade-long journey has been nothing short of transformative. CEO Nadella, renowned for his outstanding leadership, offered advice that is especially relevant for those aspiring to […]
NEW DELHI: Nearly two months after, OpenAI introduced to the world its most powerful AI model yet – GPT-4o, the Sam Altman-led AI powerhouse today unveiled its lighter, cheaper model for developers. The new model called GPT-4o Mini, costs significantly less than the full-sized models and it is believed to be far more capable than […]
PARIS: Preparations for the Paris Olympics stepped up a gear on Saturday as security teams scoured the banks of the Seine ahead of Friday’s opening ceremony and top International Olympic Committee officials met in the French capital. Police with sniffer dogs checked the six-kilometre route along the Seine for the ceremony in which around 6,000-7,000 […]
NEW DELHI: In view of the infiltration of highly trained Pakistani terrorists in the Jammu region, the Indian Army is readjusting its deployments in the area as per intelligence inputs and security requirements. The Indian Army has deployed around 500 Para Special Forces commandos in the area to hunt down the 50-55 terrorists from Pakistan […]
United Nations: India has called for shunning double standards in the fight against terrorism and said certain countries are using terrorism as an instrument of state policy, in a veiled jibe at Pakistan. “When we talk about international peace and security, you will agree that terrorism constitutes one of the most serious threats,” R Ravindra, […]
Sitharaman To Present Union Budget On Tuesday New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Union Budget on Tuesday as the Monsoon Session of Parliament gets underway next week with the united opposition set to corner the NDA government on issues ranging from the NEET paper leak case and railway safety. The Monsoon Session […]
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on July 22 a plea seeking a direction to the Centre and others to confiscate the amount received by various political parties under the now-scrapped electoral bonds scheme of 2018. In a landmark verdict on February 15, the apex court had junked the Centre’s electoral bonds scheme of […]
Madurai (Tamil Nadu): Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud on Saturday said that technological dependence had its drawbacks and cited the Microsoft outage of July 19 as a point in case. His flight from Delhi to Madurai was nearly cancelled due to the Microsoft outage, he said. “I am an ardent believer of the […]