India has a rich and diverse culinary heritage, and fermented foods have long been an integral part of everyday diets across the country. From the soft, fluffy idli and crispy dosa in the south to the comforting pakhal bhat in Odisha, fermentation has been a natural and essential cooking technique. In eastern India, dishes like…
Indian woman on visit visa died in Sharjah/Image: Getty Images The body of a 31-year-old Indian woman who died in Sharjah was sent back home nearly a month later, according to a report by Gulf News, after delays caused by financial struggles and lack of support.The woman, identified as SKJ, was from Kerala and a…
Companies like OpenAI (who made ChatGPT) and Anthropic (who made Claude) spend massive amounts of money—sometimes over $8 billion—to train their AI. They keep their code “closed,” meaning it’s locked away like a secret recipe. However, recent drama has surfaced involving a Chinese company called DeepSeek. They’ve been accused of “cloning” these expensive models. But…
West Indies and South Africa players during the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup. (Getty Images) NEW DELHI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Wednesday addressed the travel disruption affecting several teams after the conclusion of the 2026 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, saying the delays were caused by a major crisis in the Gulf region…
If we rely on scriptures and not Bhakti traditions, free-will has some relevance. The romanticism of Bhakti traditions might have underplayed this. The question that arises is: to what extent does free-will alter destiny? Naturally, another logical confusion unfolds: destiny in this life or in subsequent lives as well? What I write now will seem…
Heinrich Klaasen (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: Having stepped away from a thriving international career to focus on the franchise circuit, former South Africa batter Heinrich Klaasen believes it is time T20 cricket is viewed almost as a separate sport — one in which professional leagues can flourish and help globalise cricket.The hard-hitting batter said cricketers…
NEW DELHI: Rajasthan Royals cruised to a comfortable six-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bengaluru, thanks to a breathtaking knock by teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi. Chasing 202, the 15-year-old smashed a stunning 78 off just 26 balls, including seven sixes, helping his team finish the chase in just 18 overs. While most teenagers his age are…
Arvid Lindblad (Image credit: AP) NEW DELHI: When Arvid Lindblad sat in his Racing Bulls car at the Australian Grand Prix earlier this year, there was already buzz about a young driver with Indian roots making his debut alongside stars like Max Verstappen, Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton. But once the chequered flag came down,…
Democrats spent the weekend celebrating the US Supreme Court ruling against Trump’s tariffs, which declared most of his taxes on imported goods as illegal. Those celebrations are premature. It’s not just that Trump immediately started to bring the tariffs back by other means. But also, the politics of tariffs are more complicated than Democrats want…
In 2013, the founders of DeepMind, a small but extraordinary London AI company, flew to California for a meeting at Google’ main headquarters but the discussion took place in a discreet business office across the street, a precaution to keep the acquisition talks secret. Both Demis Hassabis (who now leads the Google DeepMind) and Mustafa…