India Increases Foreign Aid To Maldives, But This Country Tops The List
India’s allocation for the Maldives has increased from Rs 470 crore to Rs 600 crore. New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has allocated Rs 5,483 crore for aid to foreign nations, slightly lower than last year’s revised Rs 5,806…
2,000 Km Range, 250 Kg Payload: Ukraine’s Latest Addition To Drone Arsenal
A Ukrainian drone seen in September last year. New Delhi: The Ukraine military has added a powerful unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to its arsenal. It’s capable of flying up to 2,000 km, carrying a 250-kg bomb, and returning to base. The new drone…
Opinion: There’s A Five-Letter Word Haunting Trump
You don’t want to fall into the trap of romanticising the East as Orientalists, steeped in Christianity and its binaries of good and evil, have done over the last 200 years. But a well-known Chinese invocation comes to mind as one absorbs the…
Opinion: Trump’s Deportation Spree Means Little To Geopolitics
Barely a week into his second administration, US President Donald Trump has set out to fulfil many of his populist election promises, including pulling his country out of the Paris Agreement and the World Health Organization (WHO), renaming the Gulf of…
PM Narendra Modi “Saddened” By Loss Of Lives In Mid-Air Collision In US
“We stand in solidarity with the people of the United States,” said PM Modi. New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday expressed anguish at the loss of lives in a collision between two aircraft in Washington DC. All 64 people aboard…
OpenAI Chief Sam Altman Planning To Visit India Next Week: Report
OpenAI has said India is its second-largest market by number of users, after US. New Delhi: Microsoft-backed OpenAI’s chief Sam Altman is planning to visit India next week, three sources with direct knowledge of the matter said, in what could be…
Opinion: How India Can Deal With Trump And His Tariffs ‘Creatively’
Colombian President Gustavo Petro became the first major casualty of Trump 2.0’s no-nonsense approach—some might argue, his unchecked ire. The US President wasted no time in showing the world that his recent fiery rhetoric wasn’t just for…
DeepSeek Shatters Beliefs About Cost Of AI, Leaving US Tech Giants Reeling
DeepSeek develops large language models that can underpin chatbots. Melbourne: Almost A$1 trillion (US$600 billion) was wiped off the value of artificial intelligence microchip maker Nvidia overnight on Monday, when a little-known Chinese startup,…
India May Cut Duties On Some Goods From US, Day After Trump’s Tariffs Jab
US President Donald Trump with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (File). New Delhi: India may cut tariffs on a few high-end goods – such as a special kind of steel, expensive motorcycles, and electronic items – imported from the United…
DeepSeek: How A Small Chinese AI Company Is Shaking Up US Tech Heavyweights
Sydney: Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company DeepSeek has sent shockwaves through the tech community, with the release of extremely efficient AI models that can compete with cutting-edge products from US companies such as OpenAI and Anthropic.…