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 […]
NEW DELHI: UPSC chairman Manoj Soni has resigned citing personal reasons before the expiry of his tenure in May 2029, official sources said on Saturday. His resignation is “not in any way connected to controversies and allegations surrounding the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) after probationary IAS officer Puja Khedkar issue came to the fore,” […]
NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will give to the nation a detailed account of the country’s economy when she tables the Economic Survey in Parliament on July 22, a day before she presents the General Budget. This will be the first budget of the Narendra Modi government during its third term. The economic survey […]
CALCUTTA: A British politician shared pictures of what looked like army tanks being deployed in the streets of Dhaka as Bangladesh remained cut off from the world with internet and phone lines suspended and 998 Indian students returned to India. The ministry of external affairs (MEA) on Saturday cited the figure of students returning as […]