New Delhi: Annu Mishra kept her modest food stall shut as temperatures in Odisha's Bhubaneswar remained above 40 degrees Celsius for 17 consecutive days in April. This streak was the longest since 1969, severely impacting health and livelihoods. "The crippling heat made it extremely difficult to stand near the gas stove," said 51-year-old Mishra, noting that the...

Los Angeles: Many people understand the concept of bias at some intuitive level. In society, and in artificial intelligence systems, racial and gender biases are well documented. If society could somehow remove bias, would all problems go away? The late Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman, who was a key figure in the field of behavioral economics, argued in...

New Delhi: India has surpassed major countries like Australia, Hong Kong SAR, Japan, Singapore and Korea becoming the country with the highest data centre capacity of 950 MW in the Asia-Pacific region (excluding China), according to a private report released Wednesday. India is also likely to record the highest capacity addition of 850 MW during the 2024-2026...

New Delhi: Coming down hard on the Uttarakhand government, the Supreme Court said Wednesday it was at pains to say that the state's approach in controlling forest fires was ‘lackadaisical’. A bench headed by Justice BR Gavai directed the Chief Secretary of Uttarakhand to be present personally before it May 17. The bench, also comprising Justices SVN...

Paris: Departing Paris Saint-Germain striker Kylian Mbappé was left out of the squad traveling to Nice in the French league because of pain in his left hamstring, the club said. PSG has already secured a 12th league title and plays the Riviera club later Wednesday in a rearranged fixture. PSG will then conclude its league campaign Sunday...

Mumbai: Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended lower Wednesday after three days of rally, dragged down by selling pressure in HDFC Bank and unabated foreign fund outflows. Halting its three-day rally, the 30-share BSE Sensex declined 117.58 points or 0.16 per cent to settle at 72,987.03. During the day, it lost 281.95 points or 0.38 per...

Kyiv: The Ukrainian army Wednesday said that it has been forced to withdraw soldiers from some of its positions in the north-eastern Ukrainian region that has been the target of a new Russian offensive in recent days. "As a result of combat and offensive actions by the enemy, our units carried out a manoeuvre at certain sections...

Jaipur: A senior vigilance officer at Hindustan Copper Limited died after a lift collapsed at the Kolihan mine in Rajasthan's Neem Ka thana district, said officials, adding that 14 trapped people have been rescued. Fifteen employees, including vigilance officers and workers of Hindustan Copper Ltd, were trapped at 1,875 ft in a mine at Kolihan near Khetri...

New Delhi: Amid the high-decibel campaign and fierce competition between BJP and the INDIA bloc to woo new voters, the free ration to the country’s 80 crore citizens has become a new rallying point for the latter. Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, addressing a joint press conference with Samajwadi Party (SP) supremo Akhilesh Yadav Wednesday, said that the...

Kanpur: Seven schools including two run by the government, received bomb threat emails which were found to be a ‘hoax', officials said Wednesday. "Most schools reported the threat emails to police Tuesday after it came to their knowledge, as the schools were closed on Sunday and Monday," Additional Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Harish Chandra said....