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New Delhi: In a push to strengthen India’s advanced AI capabilities, homegrown startup Sarvam launched a 105-billion-parameter foundational large language model (LLM), along with a suite of tools designed for commercial use. Co-founder Vivek Raghavan, in an interview, discussed the company’s progress in Indic languages and its expansion into AI-powered devices. Excerpts:Sarvam’s AI model places…
Bengaluru-based EV maker Ultraviolette Automotive has launched a Battery-as-a-Service (BaaS) initiative called Battery Flex, allowing buyers to purchase the new Ultraviolette X‑47 Crossover at a significantly lower upfront price. Here’s a quick look at the details. Ultraviolette X47: BaaS details explained With the Battery Flex programme, the X-47 can now be purchased starting at Rs…
India’s captain Suryakumar Yadav (PTI Photo/Shiva Sharma) Former India cricketer Mohammad Kaif has raised concerns over Suryakumar Yadav’s current form, suggesting it poses a bigger challenge for the Men in Blue than Shubman Gill’s as the team gears up for the ICC T20 World Cup 2026. The 10th edition of the T20 World Cup is…
VISAKHAPATNAM: Dog is known as the first animal to accompany humankind in death. Archaeologists once discovered a 12,000-year-old grave in northern Israel where a woman was buried with her hand resting on a puppy, both laid to rest together.Across thousands of years and lands, the same bond has found new expression in Andhra Pradesh’s Visakhapatnam,…
Representative image (IANS) NEW DELHI: Artificial intelligence may soon help doctors “read” the brain before disease becomes visible. An Indian team has unveiled MANAS 1, a Brain Language Foundation Model built on 60,000 hours of brainwave recordings from more than 25,000 patients, with the aim of enabling earlier detection of neurological and psychiatric disorders.Developed by…
The first signs appeared quietly last spring. The Trump administration moved to cancel visas and deport dozens of international students across the country, including a handful enrolled at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.The cancellations were later reversed. But the episode triggered alarm inside university administrations that depend heavily on students from abroad. At Wisconsin, where roughly…
The Middle East conflict has now crossed the one-month mark, with its effects causing ripples far beyond the region and into everyday life across the globe. What began as a confrontation between Iran and Israel is increasingly disrupting global supply chains, pushing up costs, and forcing governments and individuals to adjust.The war entered a new…
Milwaukee Bucks Damian Lillard vs San Antonio Spurs (Image via Getty) The Milwaukee Bucks visit the San Antonio Spurs on January 15, 2026, at the Frost Bank Center. Both teams are coming off losses and need a win for different reasons. Milwaukee is trying to stop a slide that has exposed problems on defense. San…
Fresh encounter breaks out in J&K. (Generative image) JAMMU: A fierce encounter broke out between a joint team of security forces and a group of terrorists holed up in a remote, forested area in Basantgarh, in J&K’s Udhampur district, on Tuesday. The Army’s White Knight Corps, in a statement on X, said a cordon had…
A coordinated global effort to stabilise volatile energy markets gathered pace on Wednesday after the International Energy Agency (IEA) agreed to release the largest volume of emergency oil reserves in its history amid escalating tensions in the Middle East.According to an AP report, the Paris-based agency will make 400 million barrels available from members’ strategic…
