29-01-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Microsoft-backed OpenAI sought to block on Tuesday India’s biggest media organizations, including those of billionaires Gautam Adani and Mukesh Ambani, from joining a copyright lawsuit that is set to shape the legal framework for AI in India. Courts globally are hearing cases from authors, news …

29-01-2025 WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has called the rise of Chinese company DeepSeek “a wake-up call” for the US tech industry, after the emergence of its artificial intelligence (AI) model triggered shockwaves on Wall Street. Shares in major tech firms such as Nvidia fell sharply, with the chip giant …

29-01-2025 BEIJING/ HONG KONG: China is aiming to beef up physical education in schools, making it core to the curriculum rather than a secondary subject, authorities said as they push for a more “holistic education” amid growing concerns about the rise in childhood obesity. Primary and secondary schools must ensure …

29-01-2025 GOMA: Rwandan-backed rebels marched into eastern Congo’s largest city Goma on Monday, and the UN said they were supported by at least some regular Rwandan troops, in the worst escalation of a long-running conflict for more than a decade. A rebel alliance spearheaded by the ethnic Tutsi-led M23 militia …

29-01-2025 WASHINGTON/ NEW DELHI: US President Donald Trump stressed the importance of India buying more American-made security equipment and moving toward a fair bilateral trading relationship in a phone call with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, the White House said. In what the White House called a “productive call,” …

29-01-2025 KINSHASHA: Fierce fighting rages on in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo city of Goma, as rebels and the army exchange fire. “All we can hear (are) gunshots around the city,” one Goma resident, who has been trapped in his house since the weekend, told media. Residents shared videos …

29-01-2025 JERUSALEM: Israel says eight of the remaining 26 hostages due to be released by Hamas during the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire deal are dead. Government spokesman David Mencer told reporters that Israel had received a list from the Palestinian armed group overnight that provided information on the …

29-01-2025 COPENHAGEN: Denmark has said it will spend 14.6 billion kroner (£1.6bn; $2.05bn) to boost security in the Arctic region, in partnership with its autonomous territories Greenland and the Faroe Islands. The deal includes three new Arctic ships, more long-range drones with advanced image acquisition capacity and stronger satellite capacity. …

Hyderabad: Parents are waiting with thousands of people for the whereabouts of their son who went missing in the fire incident that took place in Hussain Sagar on Sunday night. They are crying with tears. A young man went missing in the fire incident that took place in Hussain Sagar. …

Hyderabad’28’Jan (PMI):For the past month, sewage has been flowing from the middle of the houses in Ambedkar Nagar slum in Maredpally area of ​​Secunderabad. There is no way to even step outside. The problem of flies and mosquitoes has increased due to the increase in sewage. All the residents of …