Month: June 2023
Some US public school teachers are putting AI tutoring bots to test
On a recent morning, Cheryl Drakeford, a third grade teacher at First Avenue Elementary School in Newark, projected a challenging math question on her classroom’s…
Audio undercuts ex-US president Trump’s claims on classified files
An audio recording of former President Donald Trump in 2021 discussing what he called a “highly confidential” document about Iran that he acknowledged he could…
gender funding gap: In depth: How can India’s women-led startups beat gender funding gap?
When Indian businesswoman Aditi Bhutia Madan recalls her childhood in Darjeeling, she remembers pine forests, Himalayan sunrises and her grandmother’s momos – the savoury dumplings…
UBS to cut more than half of workforce at Credit Suisse: Report
Swiss banking group UBS plans to cut 35,000 jobs at Credit Suisse — more than half its workforce — as part of the emergency rescue…
Does Elon Musk microdose ketamine to treat depression? Report says…
Elon Musk used small doses of ketamine for the treatment of depression and sometimes full doses during recreational events, The Wall Street Journal (article beyond…
Imf: Pakistan hopes for IMF loan nod ‘in days’
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif communicated Tuesday with IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva for the fourth time within a week, urging the multilateral lender’s…
byju’s pf: Byju’s staff to get their PF dues as company transfers Rs 123 crore to EPFO
Think & Learn, the parent company of edtech firm Byju’s, has remitted provident fund dues of its employees for August 2022 to May 2023 to…
United Nations: Aarti Holla-Maini with Punjab roots appointed director of UN Office for Outer Space Affairs
Indian-origin British satellite industry expert Aarti Holla-Maini has been appointed by the United Nations secretary general as director of the United Nations Office for Outer…
Prigozhin has moved to Belarus, and Russia won’t press charges for mutiny
Yevgeny Prigozhin, owner of the private army of prison recruits and other mercenaries who have fought some of the deadliest battles in Russia’s invasion of…
UK society takes out Lord Jagannath’s Rath Yatra in London
BHUBANESWAR: Shree Jagannatha Society UK (SJSUK) took out the annual Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra at Villiers High School, Southall,…