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Claude is becoming more than an AI chatbot, with Anthropic expanding its ability to take actions across connected apps. The latest update brings a more useful Gmail integration, allowing Claude to draft replies and, with user approval, send emails on their behalf.Claude can now take over more of your Gmail tasks. (Claude)For the past seven years, I have tracked consumer tech through constant shifts in hardware, platforms, and the way people actually use devices. Covering everything from budget gear to flagship hardware, I focus on what readers need to know, not on buzzwords or launch cycle hype. My expertise spans…
Brent futures have risen by around $10 a barrel over the past two weeks, moving above $91 a barrel on Tuesday. Indian refiners are getting crude at high premiums, a contrast to the situation a few weeks ago when global oil prices had dropped. In fact, the price that Indian refiners are paying for crude is increasing more rapidly than global benchmarks.This is because tighter physical supplies have pushed up premiums for oil barrels from the Gulf and West Africa. At the same time, discounts on Russian crude have disappeared, while the price advantage on Venezuelan oil has narrowed considerably.Brent…
The US decision to revoke the family’s status came amid several enforcement actions taken against relatives of regime officials, as US hostilities with Iran escalated this year. At the same time, amid Iran’s brutal crackdown on protesters months ago, some diaspora activists identified relatives of Iranian officials abroad and campaigned to revoke their legal status.An online petition in January 2026 called for Hashemi’s deportation from the US due to his mother’s involvement in the hostage crisis. A few conservative US outlets carried reports from outside Hashemi’s residence in the US in April. Less than a week later, US Secretary of…
Former Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar pointing out a cartoon with then deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi at an exhibition on the occasion of ‘No Liquor Day’, in Patna, November 26, 2012. | Photo Credit: Ranjeet Kumar Recently, a report titled ‘Macro Perspective of Bihar’s Development Achievements, Unfinished Agenda, and the Way Forward’ presented at the India Policy Forum 2026 received widespread media attention. While it is a good and timely report, one of the recommendations it makes is flawed from public health and social development perspectives: that the State of Bihar should lift its alcohol ban.To this end,…
Disclaimer: It’s an AI-generated image, used for representative purpose only The Taiwanese inventors recently captured global attention with its standout performance at this year’s Silicon Valley International Festival (SVIIF) in California. The inventors took home the top prize of the event along with 24 gold medals and other special awards, as reported by Taipei Times. The report also revealed that among the standout winners was 10-year-old Hsu Ting-wei of Kang Chiao International School, whose AI-powered “electronic nose” invention earned both a gold medal and the International Federation of Inventors’ Associations’ best invention award.The “electronic nose” innovationHsu’s invention, called the “Novel…
Deputy CM Eknath Shinde called on organisers to exercise caution at public functions. THANE: A Hindi song sung by legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar, featuring a reference to ‘Vande Mataram’, was mistakenly played instead of the official version of the national song at a government event attended by Maharashtra deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde in Thane, news agency PTI reported.The incident took place on Monday evening during a function organised to mark the conclusion of a Marathi language course campaign for cab and auto-rickshaw drivers from non-Marathi backgrounds. Certificates were distributed to participants who successfully completed the course.At the start of…
BENGALURU: A Rs 450-crore road project on Bengaluru’s Outer Ring Road has run into opposition from the companies that employ lakhs of people along the busy corridor, with the industry body asking authorities to put the work on hold until the Namma Metro Blue Line becomes operational.The Outer Ring Road Companies’ Association (ORRCA) has objected to the proposed white-topping and other road works on the 17.1km stretch between Central Silk Board and KR Pura, arguing that carrying out the work alongside Metro construction could worsen traffic and disrupt businesses.The six point charterFirms reject work-from-home solutionThe association has also rejected a…
Hyderabad: A 21-year-old carpenter was allegedly killed by three co-workers during a drunken brawl in their room at Bandlaguda Jagir on Monday night. Aniket Kumar, a native of Bihar, had recently come to Hyderabad for work at an under-construction real estate venture. Police said the accused attacked him with an iron rod. Aniket succumbed to his injuries at a local hospital. The trio was arrested.- Source link
The Madras High Court clarified a Union Home Ministry notification. CHENNAI: The Madras high court has clarified that the Union home ministry’s notification requiring ‘Vande Mataram’ to be sung first at government functions does not prohibit the Tamil Thai Vazhthu from being sung before it.The court was hearing a PIL filed by Ananya Radhakrishnan, who sought to quash the Centre’s circular.The Centre told the court that its notification only requires ‘Vande Mataram’ to be sung first, followed by the National Anthem, and does not mention the state song.The Madras high court is yet to release order in the matter. Source…
Video grab of the leopard’s pug marks in Moti Devati village, Sanand. The fresh pugmarks and the ones found on Monday are the same size Ahmedabad: The leopard in Sanand could be on the move. Fresh pugmarks have been found some 800m from the spot in Moti Devati village where they were first seen on Monday. The feline may be moving further into the area, probably towards Sanand city, foresters suspect. The forest department on Tuesday stepped up surveillance and set up two more trap cages in the area, taking the total to three.“No kill has been found,” an official…