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In the face of a leadership challenge, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says that the Liberal Party is “strong and united” despite frustrations within the caucus amid an internal revolt.

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Meta Platforms Inc.’s chief AI scientist, Yann LeCun, was in Davos for the annual World Economic Forum meeting in January when he met Nandan Nilekani—the Infosys co-founder at the vanguard of India’s many technological advances. That meeting, LeCun says, partly triggered his decision to visit India a third time.

Cooke will work closely with the firm's chief investment officer to strengthen and expand the CIO function, with a focus on enhancing portfolio strategies, improving risk management processes and pushing for innovation in investment solutions.  The new deputy CIO is returning to ARC six years after he first joined as an investment consultant, having previously spent seven years at SVM Asset Management, now River Global Investors, where he co-managed the World Equity fund.  Former Odey Wealth director joins ARC Research in senior client role He left ARC in April 2019 after a six-mon...

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Wall Street is cranking up its complex bond machine again. Goldman Sachs this month sold $475 million of public asset-backed securitization, or ABS, bonds backed by loans the bank makes to fund managers that tide them over until cash from investors comes in.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Who is or was Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin? A recent HBO documentary names Peter Todd [who denied it], with the possible assistance of Adam Back. Suffice to say the truth here remains an open question, but it is worth asking: Why does anyone care? There is in fact a great deal at stake, certainly at the intellectual level and probably financially and politically as well.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. In today’s BANI (Brittle, Anxious, Non-linear, Incomprehensible) world, organisations face tremendous pressure to be agile and establish themselves as resilient.

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Ajmal Sultan, is gaining attention on social media for his initiative to address language barriers in his city. Sultan has placed a poster inside his auto with basic Kannada phrases and words translated into English, aiding non-Kannada speakers in communicating better. Titled "Learn Kannada with Auto Kannadiga," the pamphlet includes useful phrases for ride-specific interactions and features a QR code linking to pronunciation videos. Sultan shared a video about his initiative on social media, which drew widespread attention after being shared by an X user named Vatsalya Tandon, who referred to it as “very handy.” The post garnered various reactions. One user appreciated the polite encouragement to learn a new language, stating, «Good way to politely ask people to learn a new language.» Another user, who called the initiative “brilliant,” expressed a newfound interest in learning Kannada before visiting Karnataka.

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Shriram Group RT Chair in Computational Mechanics’ at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore. This initiative is dedicated to supporting cutting-edge research in computational mechanics, encompassing various fields within mechanical, electrical, electronic, computational sciences and quantum mechanics. The appointed Chair– a distinguished faculty member at the associate or full professor level, will focus on pioneering research that applies computational methods to address real-world challenges. “Areas of research will include the development of novel numerical methods, data-driven modelling of physical phenomena, and the exploration of emerging computing paradigms such as quantum computing,” stated an official release by the company. This partnership aims to benefit the academic community and pave the way for practical applications using computational mechanics. Executive Vice Chairman of Shriram Finance, Umesh Revankar said “It is our honour and privilege to collaborate with IISc, one of India’s foremost institutions for scientific research and education. In establishing the Shriram Group RT Chair in Computational Mechanics, we aim to foster innovation and advance knowledge in fields that are critical to both academia and industry.” He added that the initiative underscores the group's commitment to driving progress through research and contributing to India’s academic landscape.

Swavlamban Shakti at the Babina Field Firing Ranges. More than 1,800 personnel, 210 armoured vehicles, 50 specialist vehicles, and multiple air and aviation assets participated in this exercise conducted by White Tiger Division under Sudarshan Chakra Corps over six days from October 17. The Sudarshan Chakra Corps is a strike corps of the Army and is headquartered in Bhopal. This large-scale manoeuvre and live-fire exercise focused on testing New Technology Equipment (NTEs) from the Indian defence industry, to shape future combat strategies.

CEO of Google highlighted how casual conversations in the company's cafes often led to the exchange of creative ideas. "I can remember many occasions when, over a meal, I would meet someone, and we would start talking, sparking excitement around new concepts," he recalled.

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Elon Musk has definitively ruled out the possibility of running for president of the United States, citing legal and personal reasons. During a recent event, Musk explained that despite his grandfather being American, his own birth in Africa disqualifies him from running for the presidency. “My grandfather was American, but I was born in Africa, so I cannot be president,” Musk said. More importantly, Musk emphasized that he has no desire to pursue a political career. «But I actually don’t want to be president. I want to build rockets and cars,» Musk continued. He stressed that his focus would remain on advancing technology, specifically in space exploration and electric vehicles. “I believe we want to be a spacefaring civilization, and that’s where my focus will remain,” he added.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. In 1969, Neil Armstrong took his historic step onto the lunar surface and declared, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." This profound moment not only marked humanity’s first journey to another celestial body, but a new era of space exploration that inspired generations. A few days ago, when SpaceX in an unprecedented ‘chopsticks’ manoeuvre caught a rocket’s massive booster stage as it descended back to Earth, CEO Elon Musk tweeted: “Big step towards making life multiplanetary was made today." Just as Armstrong’s Moon landing signified a huge leap for mankind, SpaceX’s advancements symbolize humanity’s re-defined relationship with the cosmos.

Dandwate, a consultant to sports carmakers such as McLaren at the time, decided to apply his experience with race cars to health care. He and a fellow engineer began working on a project to use the kinds of sensors used in Formula 1 cars that can monitor body’s micro-vibrations to map health metrics in non-intrusive ways at hospitals. “We use a lot of sensors, analytics, artificial intelligence to assess the health of a car.” Dandwate, 33, told Bloomberg News in an interview. “And that’s where my race car-engineering background helped, because we used some of the same methods to develop a sensor-based contactless patient monitoring system.”

«Any company which basically focuses not only on the top end, but something that is value for money, significant value for money, for the bottom 60%, those will be the companies which will survive and do exceedingly well as our per capita income goes up,» says Milind Karmarkar, Dalal & Broacha Portfolio Manager Nikunj Dalmia: So, what is looking good for next three to five years? What is the big picture? Milind Karmarkar: So, frankly, as I have always said that for me the mega trend continues to be consumption. And when I say consumption, as you know that it encompasses a lot of sectors. But within that, what looks interesting is that if you divide the Indian population into different quartiles, one realises that at least 70% or at least 65% of the families are such who do not have any money after their day-to-day expenses. So, any company which basically focuses not only on the top end, but something that is value for money, significant value for money, for the bottom 60%, those will be the companies which will survive and do exceedingly well as our per capita income goes up.

Cyprus says it has successfully thwarted a digital attack aimed at blocking access to the government’s central online portal