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KPMG to lay off about 700 employees in US
San Francisco: Global consulting firm KPMG is laying off 2 per cent of its workforce that will impact about 700 employees in the US, owing to a “sharp slowdown in its consulting…
- World
As Biden readies for 2024 run, his physician says he remains healthy, vigorous at 80
Washington: US President Joe Biden remains a healthy, vigorous, 80-year-old male, who is fit to successfully execute the duties of the presidency, his physician said Thursday. “The President remains fit for duty,…
- Middle East
US State Secy Antony Blinken to visit quake-hit Turkey
Washington: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Turkey on Sunday to view relief operations after a massive earthquake. Blinken will visit the Incirlik air base, through which aid is…
- India
Mumbai: Alert from US agency saves man searching for ‘suicide’ online
Mumbai: Mumbai Police have traced a 25-year-old man and saved him from ending his life, following an alert received from a US law enforcement agency that a person was searching on Google…
- India
On BBC searches, US invokes freedom of press
Washington: The US has reaffirmed its conviction that “free press strengthens democracy” as a general rule without seeking to impose its views directly on the searches of BBC offices by income tax…
- World
Tech, biotech companies plan fresh layoffs in Silicon Valley
San Francisco: In more bad news for global workers, tech and biotech companies in the Silicon Valley in the US are preparing for multiple rounds of fresh job cuts, the media reported.…
- India
Indian defence secretary meets delegations from Oman, US, Saudi
New Delhi: Union Defence Secretary Shri Giridhar Aramane on Sunday held bilateral meetings with three defence delegations on the sidelines of Aero India 2023 in Bengaluru, according to an official statement by…
- Pakistan
Turkey, Syria earthquake: Anonymous Pakistani donates $30 million
In a humanitarian spirit, an anonymous Pakistani businessman residing in The United States of America has donated 30 million US dollars (Rs 2,47,56,15,00) to help the victims of the terrible earthquake in…
- Technology
ChatGPT gets passing score in US medical licensing exam that takes years of training
New York: Microsoft’s AI chatbot ChatGPT can score at or around the approximately 60 per cent passing threshold for the United States Medical Licensing Exam (USMLE), with responses that make coherent, internal…
- Middle East
Syria says US claims to waive sanctions for earthquake relief ‘misleading’
Damascus: The US’ latest move to ease the sanctions imposed on Syria to support earthquake relief efforts is “misleading and aims to give a false humanitarian impression,” the Syrian Foreign Ministry said…
- World
Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 prevalence jumps to 75 pc in US
Los Angeles: The highly transmissible Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 now accounts for about three-fourths of all Covid-19 cases reported in the US this week, according to the estimates released by the US Centers…
- World
H1B visa: US planning to resume ‘domestic visa revalidation’ on pilot basis
Washington: In a move that could benefit tens of thousands of foreign tech workers on H1B and L1 visas, the US is planning to resume “domestic visa revalidation” in certain categories on…
- Technology
Twitter Blue users in US can now write 4,000-character tweets
San Francisco: Twitter on Thursday announced that Blue subscribers in the US can now post long tweets of up to 4,000 characters on the micro-blogging platform. The company posted from its @TwitterBlue…