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A coalition of 25 leading technology companies and organisations has published a joint letter titled Open Weights and American AI Leadership recently, is urging policymakers to embrace open-weight AI models. The letter argues that America’s AI leadership depends not on a single frontier model but on building a strong, open ecosystem that diffuses across industries….

A Rafale and a Sukhoi-30MKI fighter of the IAF in flight. (Image credit: Indian Air Force) A parliamentary committee has raised serious concerns over India’s defence offset policy. India’s foreign military equipment suppliers are yet to fulfil obligations worth Rs 42,500 crore (approximately $4.5 billion). The Public Accounts Committee (PAC), in a report tabled in…

Lok Sabha leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi on Monday mounted a fresh attack on PM Narendra Modi-led Centre, alleging that the “entire system is downright deadly against students.”His remarks came in the backdrop of over a month-long student agitation that recently concluded following the resignation of…

CJI said the Constitution guarantees the right to peaceful protest. NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday said the right to peaceful protest is constitutionally guaranteed and that the mere existence of an agitation cannot justify alleged police excesses against demonstrators.A bench led by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant made the observations while hearing…

Lantana Camara (Photo: Canva) Two centuries ago, a British gardener probably admired its clustered pink-and-yellow blooms and thought it would look lovely around a garden hedge.Nobody could have guessed that this ornamental shrub would go on to outcompete some of India’s oldest forest cover on the ground, choke the undergrowth that herbivores depend on, and…

A federal appeals court has rejected the US government’s proposed fees of $100,000 on new H-1B work visas, saying the government failed to show that it was likely to succeed in proving that President Donald Trump had the authority to impose the charge. The ruling keeps in place a lower court’s decision blocking the fee…

US president Donald Trump on Sunday dismissed reports that the Pentagon is facing critical shortages of air defence interceptors. Insisting the United States has ample military stockpiles, Trump pushed back against growing concerns raised by defence officials and recent media reports over the ongoing conflict with Iran.In a statement to The Wall Street Journal, Trump…

BHUBANESWAR: A social media post by Bhubaneswar MP Aparajita Sarangi’s daughter, Archita Sachin Rahar, reportedly welcoming the resignation of Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan, has triggered discontent among BJP workers in Odisha.Archita shared an Instagram story featuring Pradhan’s photograph against the backdrop of the national flag with the caption, “Dharmendra Pradhan resigns amid massive student…

Greta Thunberg stands in solidarity with CJP-led student protest (Image: X@/epppyyy) Climate activist Greta Thunberg on Sunday expressed support for the CJP-led student protest over irregularities in the education system, saying their movement demonstrated “the true meaning of people power.” Speaking at a gathering organised by the Students’ Federation of India (SFI) in London, Thunberg…

Two people were killed and five others were injured after a shooting broke out on Sunday evening during the popular Bite of Seattle food festival near the city’s iconic Space Needle, triggering panic as thousands of people fled the venue.The shooting occurred around 6 pm at the Seattle Center, where the annual food festival was…