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artificial sun." According to Chinese media reports cited by Live Science, the reactor successfully sustained plasma for an impressive 1,000 seconds, surpassing its previous record of 403 seconds set in 2023. This breakthrough marks a major step forward in the global pursuit of harnessing nuclear fusion as a revolutionary energy source.

OpenAI and Google, as per a report.

Meta Platforms will invest $60 billion to $65 billion in capital expenditure in 2025, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a Facebook post on Friday.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. LONDON—For around a decade, the Russian spy ship Yantar has crossed the globe and loitered over undersea cables in what Western officials suspect is an attempt by the Kremlin to map vital arteries for the global economy running along the ocean floor. This week, the Yantar passed through British waters, where it was tracked by two British Royal Navy ships, according to the U.K.

«We were successful during the course of converting a number of those into permanent contracts and that will give us a foundation for growth as we go into the future,» says Jonathan Hunt, Syngene International. It was a good quarter coming in when you talk about the third quarter. But I also wanted to talk about your discovery services division particularly. So, the initial China plus one pilot project with large and mid-sized pharma companies as well starting to convert into longer-term contracts. So, tell us a little more about this particular division then. Jonathan Hunt: I should start with the results. Overall, we saw a return to growth. As you know, during the course of the year, we saw a little bit of softness in the first half. First quarter, second quarter revenue were both minus 2%. But we predicted that the second half of the year things would start to pick up and we hoped that we would get back to growth and that is exactly what we saw, so plus 11% for the quarter. Nicely balanced across the business.

Emerging markets could be seeing a dreaded "sudden stop" of capital flows as President Donald Trump's 'America First' policies pump up the U.S. economy and suck money away from poorer countries, investment bank JPMorgan warned on Thursday. Analysts fear sudden stops in capital flows because they starve economies of the money they need to grow or even just keep going.

Asian equities rose, following a rebound in technology stocks that pushed Wall Street to a record high. Oil fell after President Donald Trump urged OPEC to lower crude prices and said he will push for interest-rate cuts. Equity benchmarks rose in Tokyo ahead of a key interest rate decision by the Bank of Japan later Friday, where a hike is expected. Stocks also rose in Sydney and Seoul. The S&P 500 advanced 0.5%, with the gauge topping the 6,100 milestone. Tech shares, which weighed heavily on the market throughout most of the session, rebounded in the final stretch of trading. A gauge of dollar strength was flat.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India's education sector is holding its breath to see what's in store for it in the Union budget for 2025, to be presented on 1 February. The National Educational Policy (NEP) introduced in 2020 aims to achieve complete literacy by 2025, and this budget is crucial to achieving that goal.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Has India taken its foot off the gas? This question has begun plaguing boardrooms as the reigning “fastest-growing large economy" witnesses a slowdown. While some might say this is cyclical, concerns are rising that this slowdown is symptomatic of deeper structural challenges.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. A succession of executive orders by the outgoing and the new presidents of the United States have left India’s artificial intelligence (AI) and semiconductor businesses and the nation’s policymakers worried. It only underscores the need for locally developed core technologies for economic prosperity, while relying on diplomacy to tide over the immediate risk.

Coforge and Persistent Systems soared 11.5% and 10.3%, respectively, on Thursday. KPIT Technologies and Mphasis gained over 3% each, while LTI Mindtree and L&T Technologies rose 2.4% and 1.06%, respectively. Cyient moved up 2%.

overnight variable rate repo (VRR) auction in addition to a pre-announced buyback as liquidity deficit persisted in the banking system. On Thursday, RBI injected more than ₹1.45 lakh crore via two overnight variable rate repo (VRR) auctions and a buyback operation of ₹9,666 crore. The RBI will conduct a similar VRR auction on Friday for ₹2 lakh crore, along with a 14- day auction for ₹1.75 lakh crore, maturing on February 7.

Many workers hate the prospect of returning to the office five days a week — so much so that they'd quit their jobs if told to come in full-time.

Martian dichotomy, was first identified in the 1970s when NASA’s Viking orbiter captured images of Mars' surface.

There's an important lesson for investors in Vanguard Group's recent $106 million settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission over its target-date funds: Being mindful of your investment account type can save you from a big tax bill in certain cases.

Union Pacific reported 7% more fourth quarter profit as it managed to deliver more shipments with fewer employees and continued to make the railroad more efficient

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Recently, a Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company unveiled a language model brimming with innovations that make it 15-20 times cheaper than some of the best models globally, while offering comparable capabilities. Within days, another Chinese firm announced a model capable of handling inputs 20-32 times larger than any current global counterpart—equivalent to processing a 16,000-page pdf file.

On the BSE, Navoday Enterprises(down 15.44 per cent), SRG Housing Fin(down 13.03 per cent), Systematix Sec(down 12.18 per cent), Auto Corp Goa (down 11.10 per cent) and Puravankara (down 9.70 per cent) stood among the top losers in today's trade.

Costco is pushing back on a shareholder proposal that urges the wholesale club operator to conduct an evaluation of any business risks posed by its diversity, equity and inclusion practices

According to research from Capital Economics, more than £850m is paid by UK Stocks and Shares ISA holders in what Lightyear deemed «unnecessary account fees», every year.  Lightyear's S&S ISA is set to be ten times cheaper than the market average over the period of a decade, the firm claimed, charging £240 over ten years compared to the average £2,300 that a S&S ISA holder will pay in account, transaction and currency fees during the same time, Capital Economics' research revealed.  In addition, over the course of 25 years, each Lightyear ISA holder would pay 16 times less than if the...