Shaunak Sen remembers sitting in his car in a traffic jam on a day when the skies were grey and hazy, watching black kites, specks from afar, gliding through them. “I got the distinct impression that I saw one of those black dots hurtle down,” says the award-winning Indian filmmaker and video artiste at a…
Pedestrians walk on a road amid heavy monsoon rains in Navi Mumbai, July 13, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI We are in the middle of the monsoon season of 2024. The monsoon onset happened on time on May 30 but its evolution thus far has sprung some surprises. The distribution of rainfall looks as patchy…
Landslip caused by heavy rains impacted vehicular movement on the Bengaluru-Mangaluru National Highway. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT As rains continued to pound several parts of coastal Karnataka, road connectivity between Mangaluru and Bengaluru was almost entirely disrupted on Thursday, following complete closure of the Shiradi Ghat stretch of NH 75 and the night-time closure…
Donald Trump, defiant and bandaged, accepted the GOP presidential nomination on July 18 at the Republican National Convention in a speech that largely ignored his most divisive plans and focused instead on uniting his party — and the nation — just five days after an assassination attempt that could have ended his life. The 78-year-old…
Unless US President Joe Biden lets another Democrat contest this year’s election, Republican candidate Donald Trump seems all but sure to win the White House. It’s not just opinion polls. Consider the contrast in optics: A visibly ageing Biden who looked stumped at a key debate versus a fist-pumping Trump who arose unshaken from the…
Shortly after the launch of the CMF Phone 1, Nothing is now gearing up to launch another smartphone, the Nothing Phone (2) Plus. While no details have been leaked or confirmed by the company, Nothing has confirmed that the new smartphone will be launched globally on July 31st. Informing about the new launch in a…
Havells India Share Price Today Live Updates : Havells India opened at â‚ą1880.1 and closed at â‚ą1874.55 on the last trading day. The high for the day was â‚ą1914.05 and the low was â‚ą1821. The market capitalization was â‚ą116675.91 crore. The 52-week high was â‚ą1986.55 and the 52-week low was â‚ą1233.1. The BSE volume for…
Karuvadi Ganesh, 32, endures a gruelling four-hour commute between Kuppam, his hometown in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh, and Bengaluru in Karnataka, every day to support his family of four on a modest monthly income of â‚ą18,000 as an electrician. For the past decade, this ITI diploma-holder has missed sunrises and sunsets in his native…
A North Korean flag flutters in the wind near the border villages of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea. South Korea said on July 19, 2024, it has restarted anti-Pyongyang propaganda broadcasts across the border in response to North Korea’s resumption of trash-carrying balloon launches. | Photo Credit: AP South Korea said on July 19 it…
Sam Altman led AI startup OpenAI has announced GPT-4o, the company’s most cost effective model to date. The model is being seen as an attempt by OpenAI to stay relevant with increasing competition from more deep pocketed rivals like Google and Meta. GPT-4o Mini (O stands for Omni), will replace GPT-3.5 Turbo and will be…
