MAY 14, 2025
Palantir CEO Alex Karp. A former employee said Palantir's cofounders ran "strange" interviews. - Brendan McDermid/REUTERS
A former Palantir engineer described how the company interviewed and what it looked for in talent.
He said the company sought independent thinkers with broad interests and intense competitiveness.
Dozens of Palantir alums have founded startups backed by top VC firms.
In...
MAY 13, 2025
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut.
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Monday questioned US President Donald Trump’s right to interfere in the India-Pakistan conflict and asked who made him the “Sarpanch” when the country’s armed forces are capable.
Referring to the Simla Agreement between India and Pakistan, which states that disputes will be resolved bilaterally without the...
MAY 13, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman during a welcoming ceremony in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 13, 2025. Bandar Algaloud/Courtesy of Saudi Royal Court/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
President Donald Trump has begun his long-anticipated tour of the Middle East,...
MAY 13, 2025
FILE PHOTO: Elon Musk listens to U.S. President Donald Trump speak in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 11, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque//File Photo
A leading academic announced her resignations from two federal advisory boards in protest of President Donald Trump's policies.
Alondra Nelson, the Harold F. Linder Professor at the Institute for Advanced...
MAY 13, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman walk as he arrives at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 13, 2025. - REUTERS/Brian Snyder
President Donald Trump saluted each Saudi Arabian general who greeted him during his visit to Riyadh Tuesday, causing critics to melt down over the spectacle.
Standing next to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin...
MAY 13, 2025
India has firmly rejected US President Donald Trump's assertion that his intervention prevented a nuclear conflict between India and Pakistan. The External Affairs Ministry confirmed that military actions were entirely conventional, with Pakistan's Foreign Minister also denying any nuclear involvement.
"The military action was entirely in the conventional domain. There were some reports that Pakistan's National Command Authority...
MAY 13, 2025
The CBSE Class 10 and Class 12 results 2025 were declared today. This year too, lakhs of students found themselves scoring what would have once been considered 'impossible marks'.
For Class 12, a total of 24,867 students bagged above 95%, while over 1.1 lakh students crossed the 90% mark. Class 10 results showed an even higher count --...
MAY 13, 2025
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor.
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has come down heavily on US President Donald Tup claiming credit for the mediation between the governments of India and Pakistan, eventually leading to both sides agreeing to a suspension of military operations.
Speaking to NDTV in an interview, Tharoor, a former diplomat, said that US President's claims of mediation were...
MAY 13, 2025
Krishnamachari Srikkanth and Virat Kohli (Source: Kris Srikkanth/Instagram and BCCI)
The former Indian captain Krishnamachari Srikkanth opened up that he would have convinced the legendary batter Virat Kohli to captain the Indian team and bring back the glory had he not retired from Tests. The ace batter, though, surprised Srikkanth and everyone with his retirement through social media on Monday,...
MAY 13, 2025
Right after coming to power, US President Donald Trump started shaking global trade with his tariffs. When he singled out China for the steepest tariffs, India saw hope for its dream of becoming a major manufacturing power. Trump's trade war with China made space for India's manufacturing sector to grow further as India could begin to fill...
