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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Harvard President Alan Garber has spent the past few weeks trying to keep his school from becoming the next Columbia. As he watched Trump pull federal funds from his school’s Ivy League peer over antisemitism concerns, and impose far-reaching demands, Garber made a flurry of moves of his own.

image generator, OpenAI has revealed plans to launch a new open language model—its first since GPT-2. To shape its development, the company is seeking input from developers, researchers, and the wider AI community through a feedback form. Open-source language models (OS LLMs) are designed to understand, generate, and manipulate human language, leveraging large datasets and sophisticated algorithms to perform a variety of language-based tasks. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman took to X (formerly Twitter) to announce the news, stating, “We are planning to release our first open-weight language model since GPT-2. We've been thinking about this for a long time, but other priorities took precedence. Now it feels important to do.” Altman added that before the model is released, OpenAI plans to evaluate it using its preparedness framework, the same process applied to all its models. “And we will do extra work given that we know this model will be modified post-release,” he stated in the post.

laser-driven nuclear fusion facility in Mianyang, a project that could alter global energy and defence dynamics. Satellite imagery, analysed and published by Reuters, reveals that the centre is «50% more imposing» than the National Ignition Facility (NIF) in California, the world's current benchmark for laser fusion research. This signals a significant escalation in the race to harness fusion energy.

Poonam Gupta of NCAER was appointed as Reserve Bank of India's Deputy Governor, in place of Michael Patra. Poonam Gupta is a Lead Economist for India at the World Bank.

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India is currently on a decisive path to establishing itself as a global manufacturing powerhouse. Moving beyond cost competitiveness, the country is evolving into an innovation-driven industrial hub.

Donald Trump's "Liberation Day" is here, a day where he seeks to alter the global trade structures by imposing reciprocal tariffs on countries that, according to him, treated the US unfairly. This will have widespread implications for the world including India. Even though experts predict the impact will be minimal and transient, the domestic stock market doesn't seem to think so. Benchmark Sensex plummeted 1400 points on Tuesday, highlighting the deep fears pervading among investors. In this context, here is a study on how investors should approach the next two days of trading.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. • Chalet Hotels: Buy above ₹850 | Stop loss ₹825 | Target ₹915-940 After a phase of consolidation, the trends show the inability of the stock to move higher with prices facing headwinds again. The last Q3 numbers were not encouraging.

Vodafone Idea jumped over 20% on Tuesday as the government's decision to convert spectrum dues into equity eased investor concerns about the company's prospects. Analysts said the likelihood of the stock logging more gains soon makes it a strong pick for punters, but investors would want to see more signs of a revival in business prospects to add it to their long-term portfolio.

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Jagadeesh Mohan, a former Phonepe executive, is working on a new business, one that revolves around overdraft (OD) home loans similar to SBI Maxgain. These are home loans that allow you to park surplus funds into the loan account at any point. The bank then charges you interest on the outstanding amount minus the surplus you have parked.

Kalpraj Dharamshi, Veteran Investor in conversation with Ravi Dharamshi, CIO, ValueQuest Investment. Kalpraj says to keep up with Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, one had to eat, breathe, and live in the markets. He did not suffer fools gladly. He could attack one’s opinions viciously and one had to be able to stand one’s ground. He did not like yes-men around him and till the end, there were no yes-men around him. Kalpraj says Radhakishan Damani is a rarest of rare gems. He has been a successful speculator on the long side as well as on the short side. He figured out all the concepts of investing which we read about from Warren and Charlie and all these Peter Lynch's of the world and in a very desi earthy way. Ravi Dharamshi: How was the market when you joined back in the 1980s? Kalpraj Dharamshi: I joined the market in mid-80s, late 80s, the market. There was only one exchange, which worked for two hours. There was only one index, which was the Sensex. And the day I joined, the Sensex was around 550 or something. As soon as I joined, there was a bear market. VP Singh came out with the Budget and from February of 1986 to the end of 1987, we had a bear market and the Sensex went down to 390.

Ryan Rickelton was left gobsmacked after witnessing Suryakumar Yadav execute his trademark shot, something he is not willing to pull off anytime soon. During the Mumbai Indians encounter against Kolkata Knight Riders in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) at Wankhede on Monday, Suryakumar made his presence felt with a pulsating cameo towards the end. In a low-scoring encounter, Mumbai were asked to chase down 117 by the Knight Riders. Rickelton had done most of the job by the time Suryakumar arrived at the crease. On his second delivery of the night, Suryakumar effortlessly unleashed his trademark shot. Without wasting much time, he got across the line and scooped it over the fine-leg boundary straight into the stand. «I just said to Quinny that SKY is a joke, stuff that I can't do, stuff that I can't dream of. He has played that shot many a time, I'm not going to try it but I'm glad that he is in our team,» Rickelton said after the match.

Indian Economic Service (IES) Examination in 2024 was an achievement beyond Aahana Srishti’s wildest dreams. Taking to LinkedIn, Aahana Srishti emphasised the importance of having a Plan B for civil service aspirants.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. No matter how high the inflation is, their demand is inelastic. No matter how slow the current profit growth is, these companies spend on research and development (R&D) for future growth.

Vodafone Idea shares will be in focus on Tuesday as the government converts Rs 36,950 crore of the telco’s outstanding spectrum payment dues into equity, reducing its statutory liabilities and supporting its financial viability. The move will raise the Centre’s stake in Vi from 22.6% to 48.99%. At the same time, private promoters Vodafone Plc and Aditya Birla Group (ABG) will see their holdings drop to 16.1% and 9.4%, respectively, though they will retain operational control.

OpenAI on Monday said it raised $40 billion in a new funding round that valued the ChatGPT maker at $300 billion, the biggest capital-raising session ever for a startup. The infusion of cash comes in a partnership with Japanese investment giant SoftBank Group and «enables us to push the frontiers of AI research even further,» the San Francisco-based company said in a post on its website. «Their support will help us continue building AI systems that drive scientific discovery, enable personalized education, enhance human creativity, and pave the way toward AGI (artificial general intelligence) that benefits all of humanity,» the company said.

Pharma sector funds emerged as the top performing category among mutual funds in the financial year ended March 31, 2025, outperforming plain vanilla equity schemes. The risk-off sentiment in the second half of the financial year eroded a chunk of the returns in the most popular equity categories such as large-caps, midcap and small-cap schemes. The value of pharma schemes rose as investors shifted focus to drugmakers, considered defensive in uncertain times. As per data from Value Research the mid-cap category offered the highest return of 8.93%, followed by multi-caps which returned 7.88%. Small-caps and flexi-caps lagged, returning about 6.61% and 6.62%, respectively. The large-cap category returned the lowest of 5.47%, while the broad Nifty 50 benchmark returned 6.55%.

FSN E-COMMERCE VENTURES (NYKAA) Current Market Price (Rs): 179 Change in Open Interest in April Series: 6.25% Change in price in April Series: 1.79%

Although some experts expect the rupee to be in the 87.50/$1 to 85.75/$1 range by December 2025, most economists are hesitant to put out a level due to tariff-related uncertainties.

Qualified Institutional Placement (QIP) of Restaurant Brands Asia (RBA), the Indian operator of Burger King. Among the world's top universities, MIT was the single largest investor in the QIP of the quick service restaurant chain. The Cambridge, US-based private research university invested ₹92 crore in the issue as a foreign portfolio investor.