AUGUST 28, 2023
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday distributed about 51,000 appointment letters to newly inducted recruits in government departments and organisations, under Rozgar Mela, through video conferencing.
Under Mission Recruitment, the Central government and some states/UTs have been organising Rozgar Melas across the country and distributing appointment letters to lakhs of youth every month.
Through this Rozgar mela...
AUGUST 28, 2023
Experts say the sheer number of pilots' unreported health problems presents a risk to aviation safety. (Illustration by Lorenzo D'Alessandro / TWP)
Federal authorities have been investigating nearly 5,000 pilots suspected of falsifying their medical records to conceal that they were receiving benefits for mental health disorders and other serious conditions that could make them unfit to fly,...
AUGUST 28, 2023
Former Booz Allen employee Sarah Feinberg earned $70 million for making the case known to authorities. (Matt McClain/TWP)
Sarah Feinberg’s complaint about the company’s billing practices led to a $377 million settlement with the Justice Department
Only a few months into a new finance job, Sarah Feinberg felt stunned when a senior manager with a Northern Virginia-based defense contractor...
AUGUST 28, 2023
India's Mars Orbiter Mission, also known as Mangalyaan, has captured a stunning video of Phobos, the larger of Mars' two moons, passing over the Red Planet.
The video was processed and shared by space enthusiast Andrea Luck from Mangalyaan's scientific data archive on social media platform X, previously known as Twitter.
Launched in 2013 by the Indian Space Research...
AUGUST 28, 2023
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (left) and Elon Musk (right) were TKTKTKT. - Getty
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said he had to "reorient a lot of my life and time" after Elon Musk left the company.
Musk stepped down from OpenAI's board in 2018, reportedly after his bid to take over was rejected.
Since ChatGPT's launch, Musk's has criticized...
AUGUST 28, 2023
A satellite image showing Tropical Storm Idalia on Sunday. - NOAA
Florida is bracing for Tropical Storm Idalia, which formed on Sunday and could strengthen to a hurricane in the next two to three days, forecasters said.
Idalia, the latest named storm of the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season, also threatens to bring heavy rains to Georgia and the Carolinas,...
AUGUST 28, 2023
Two months ago, Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI and a key man behind ChatGPT, said that Indians could try to create something like ChatGPT AI system but it would be futile. On Monday, speaking at the 46th Reliance Annual General Meeting (AGM) event, the company Chairman - Mukesh Ambani - in a way accepted the challenge. Ambani...
AUGUST 28, 2023
Britain's oldest man celebrates his 111th birthday with family and friends and gets a birthday card from none other than King Charles and Queen Camilla.
John Tinniswood, Britain's oldest man, celebrated his 111th birthday at The Hollies care home in Southport. Born in 1912, the same year as the Titanic's fateful voyage, Mr. Tinniswood enjoyed the festivities surrounded...
AUGUST 28, 2023
BEIJING — U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said Monday it was “profoundly important” that the United States and China had a stable economic relationship, grounded in “direct, open and practical” communication.
Raimondo met her Chinese counterpart, Wang Wentao, in Beijing after arriving in the Chinese capital Sunday night, becoming the latest in a string of senior Biden administration...
AUGUST 18, 2023
Pope Francis leads the Angelus prayer from his window at the Vatican.
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has lamented what he called a "reactionary" Catholic Church in the United States, where he said political ideology has replaced faith in some cases.
In the 10 years since his election, Francis has been criticised by conservative sectors of the U.S. Church...
