- Technology
Meta unveils ‘Voicebox’: AI model for speech generation
San Francisco: Meta has developed a cutting-edge generative AI model ‘Voicebox’, designed to revolutionise the field of speech generation. “We’ve developed Voicebox, the first model that can generalise to speech-generation tasks it…
- World
Indian student held for sexually assaulting drunk UK woman was seen carrying her to his flat
London: A 20-year-old Indian student, who was captured on CCTV carrying a woman home to rape her last June, has been sentenced for more than six years, police said. Preet Vikal was…
- World
Allergy season drags Japan’s economy of USD 2.74 bn in spending: Report
Tokyo: Japan’s hay fever season this year stood to suppress consumer spending by 383.1 billion yen ($2.70 billion), local media reported. Higher pollen levels would push down real household spending by 383.1…
- India
Karnataka industry body calls for June 22 shutdown against power tariff hike
Bengaluru: The Karnataka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCC&I) along with all other district chambers of commerce have given a shutdown call for June 22 against the recent power tariff hike. They…
- World
Third Indian killed in UK in three days
London: A 38-year-old Indian-origin man, hailing from Kerala, was stabbed to death in South London, just three days after shocking incidents of knife attacks in the UK, which saw the deaths of…
- Middle East
Turkish President vows to reduce inflation to single digits
Istanbul: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that his government would focus on reducing inflation to single digits from the current nearly 40 per cent. “The uncertainty of the election time…
- Telangana
With BRS rebels joining the party, Telangana Congress gets pre-poll boost
Hyderabad: Upbeat after its victory in the Karnataka elections, the Congress has stepped up its efforts to strengthen its base in Telangana by luring dissident leaders from ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS).…
- Middle East
Egyptian ship delivers humanitarian aid to conflict-torn Sudan
Cairo: A supply ship loaded with hundreds of ton of relief aid from Egypt had arrived in conflict-torn Sudan, the Egyptian military announced. The military spokesman Gharib Abdel-Hafez said on Saturday in…
- Kashmir
Another tremor felt in J&K’s Doda
Jammu: An earthquake measuring 2.7 on the Richter scale rocked Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district on Sunday. National Center of Seismology (NCS) data said that an earthquake measuring 2.7 on the Richter…
- Middle East
Iran faces no obstacle to boosting ties with Muslim states: Prez
Tehran: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has said that Iran faces no obstacle to expanding relations with Muslim countries. Raisi made the remarks on Saturay in a meeting with visiting Saudi Arabian Foreign…
- India
Did Centre ignore its own red flags on Covid vaccine side-effects?
Mumbai: With the global panic over the Covid-19 pandemic finally waning, the focus is again on preventive and curative measures, mainly the ‘life-saver vaccines’. They provided a cover against the invisible coronavirus…
- India
Row over Deoband circular on English
Lucknow: As the controversy over the Darul Uloom Deoband circular that bans students from learning English continues to gather steam, the renowned Islamic seminary has clarified that the circular issued by Maulana…
- Middle East
Saudi Arabia to reopen embassy in Iran soon: FM
Tehran: Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud has said that the Saudi embassy will soon reopen in Iran’s capital Tehran, a media report said. Saud made the remarks at…
- Pakistan
Pakistan receives $1 billion loan from China
Islamabad: Pakistan’s central bank announced on Saturday that it has received a loan of $1 billion from China, bringing the country’s foreign exchange reserves back to over $4 billion, a media report…
- Bangalore
‘Set up AIIMS in Raichur’, Karnataka CM writes to Health Minister
Bangalore: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has written to Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya urging him to set up an All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Raichur city. “Despite being one…
