Lebanon’s president Joseph Aoun has reportedly declined to speak with his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu, a Lebanese official said. This follows after US president Donald Trump suggested the two leaders were set to hold historic talks.“We told America we aren’t ready to take that step,” an official was quoted as saying by CNN.Officials in Lebanon…
The mystery of the Colorado River’s missing water has finally been solved by scientists from the University of Washington, revealing a critical shift in the American West’s hydrological cycle. For the past several decades, hydrologic managers have used winter snowpack measurements to predict how much water will be available in reservoirs during the summer months,…
China’s economic growth rebounded more than expected in the first quarter of 2026, suggesting limited immediate spillovers from the Iran war while giving policymakers more room to delay additional stimulus. Gross domestic product (GDP) in the world’s second-largest economy expanded 5.0% year-on-year in January-March, the fastest pace in three quarters, according to data released by…
Michael Vaughan with Lalit Modi (Video grab) NEW DELHI: Former England captain Michael Vaughan was left visibly stunned during a candid interaction with former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi, as a conversation about Ferraris turned into the highlight of their interview on The Overlap Cricket.The exchange unfolded during a tour of Modi’s England residence, where the…
Pune: A delegation from the Western India Regional Council (WIRC) of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) met Maharashtra’s Co-operative Commissioner Deepak Taware to discuss key issues concerning the state’s co-operative sector, including audit reforms, regulatory timelines and professional participation in policymaking.The delegation was led by WIRC Chairman CA Sourabh Ajmera and included…
Kangana Ranaut supports Deepika Padukone’s exits from Spirit and Kalki 2898 AD sequel over 8-hour workday demands, saying as a top actress and mother, “she has earned it.” She recalls their past 12-14 hour shifts, slams pressures on women, with Deepika next in Raaka. Kangana Ranaut has strongly supported Deepika Padukone following the latter’s high-profile…
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on Thursday (April 16) said it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Financial Intelligence Unit-India (FIU-India), Ministry of Finance, to enhance mutual cooperation and data sharing for combating fraud in the securities market. The MoU was signed on April 15, 2026, after incorporating the…
Jensen Huang pushed back hard on the idea that Google’s TPUs, Meta’s MTIA chips, Anthropic’s multi-gigawatt compute deal, Amazon’s Trainium4, and OpenAI’s custom Broadcom silicon spell the beginning of the end for Nvidia. Speaking on the Dwarkesh Podcast, the Nvidia CEO called Anthropic’s TPU pivot a one-off, defended CUDA’s staying power, and conceded one early…
TVK chief Vijay (File photo) NEW DELHI: Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief Vijay on Thursday unveiled the party’s manifesto for the Tamil Nadu assembly polls, a week before all 234 constituencies in the state are set to vote.The counting of votes will be held on May 4.The actor-politician, who launched TVK in February 2024, made…
There are movies that become such cultural icons that they reverberate through the ages. Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction is one of them, leaving a cultural imprint so big that you can just quote the movie’s lines without context. And the most popular meme from that, which any fan can quote out of memory, is Ezekiel…
