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Mustafizur Rahman (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has sent a strong message to the ICC following the Mustafizur Rahman controversy. BCB director Asif Akbar has made it clear that Bangladesh will not play matches in India unless their concerns are addressed. Speaking to the media, Akbar said the board has no…
UK to roll out AI facial recognition at borders/Representative Image The UK government is moving ahead with plans to introduce artificial intelligence technology at the border to help identify asylum seekers who falsely claim to be children.The system, expected to be introduced in 2027, will estimate a person’s age by analysing facial photographs taken during…
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff has once again taken a swipe at Microsoft’s AI chatbot and tool, Copilot. Calling it Clippy 2.0 – an upgraded version of 1990s Office assistant, Clippy – Benioff dismissed it saying that Slackbot offered by Salesforce gets the work done. He also called it the top AI CRM sidekick and every…
Kuwait arrests 15 over Ya Hala raffle scandal involving bribery, forgery, and prize manipulation/Representative Image Kuwait is facing a high-stakes scandal that threatens public trust in commercial promotions. Fifteen men and women have been arrested over allegations of rigging the “Ya Hala Draws,” part of the widely popular Kuwait Shopping Festival. Authorities say the scheme…
KOLKATA: Election Commission on Friday ordered repolling in 15 booths across two assembly constituencies in South 24 Parganas following reports of irregularities during the second phase of Bengal polls. Of the 15 polling stations, 11 are in Magrahat West and four in Diamond Harbour.The repolling is scheduled for Saturday (May 2) from 7am to 6pm,…
Silver prices surged more than 6 per cent to Rs 2.72 lakh per kilogram in the national capital on Monday, while gold climbed nearly 1 per cent to Rs 1.58 lakh per 10 grams, supported by firm global trends and a weaker US dollar.According to local marketmen, silver rose Rs 17,000, or 6.66 per cent,…
A five-storey building collapsed in Delhi’s Satya Niketan, killing one person and injuring three. Six people were rescued as several students were feared trapped under the debris. Singapore minister K Shanmugam condemned racist online comments targeting Indians amid discussions over Nepal floods, calling them “shameful, nasty, totally unacceptable”. Billions linked to Iran still pass through…
Human history feels straightforward when seen in textbooks. A neat timeline with a clear rise from simple tools to complex cities. But archaeology keeps disturbing that picture slowly and quietly. Then suddenly. A buried temple appears that is older than farming itself. A lost city rises out of the jungle. A tomb untouched for thousands…
NEW DELHI: CBI has arrested Amit Bapna, former chief financial officer of Reliance Capital Ltd, in connection with the ongoing investigation into the Reliance ADA Group cases.Investigation has allegedly revealed that Bapna, who served as CFO at Reliance Capital Ltd from Aug 2014 to Dec 2019, was one of the key decision-makers responsible for managing…
North Korea on Thursday strongly condemned the Quad nations’ joint statement calling for the “complete denuclearisation” of Pyongyang, declaring that it would “never” abandon its nuclear weapons programme.The sharp response came days after the foreign ministers of the Quad grouping, India, the US, Japan and Australia, reiterated their commitment to North Korea’s denuclearisation during their…
