Artificial intelligence is seeing a massive amount of interest in healthcare, with scores of hospitals and health systems already have deployed the technology – more often than not on the administrative side – to great success. But success with AI in the healthcare setting – especially on the clinical side – can’t happen without addressing … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi (File Photo: PTI) 5 min read Last Updated : Aug 20 2024 | 8:01 PM IST Following a directive from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) on Tuesday afternoon, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) cancelled its advertisement for lateral entry recruitment to bureaucracy. In a letter to UPSC Chairperson … Read more
Getty Images Ukrainian police are trying to convince residents to flee the Russian advance on Toretsk Russia’s military says it has captured a small town in eastern Ukraine called Niu-York, as part of its push towards big population centres in the Donetsk region. Ukraine’s military has not confirmed the loss of Niu-York, saying only that … Read more
More than a half a century later, the Nagarwala case – the scam that shook the nation – remains as enigmatic as ever and not only because of the then-mind-boggling sum of Rs 60 lakh that was withdrawn from a public sector bank on a mere verbal command over telephone, purportedly from the highest echelons … Read more
The merged company, which will be majority owned by Asia’s richest man Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance, will have lucrative rights. | Photo: Pexels Competition Commission of India has reached an initial assessment that the $8.5 billion India merger of Reliance and Walt Disney media assets harms competition due to their power over cricket broadcast rights, … Read more
Reuters A rescue mission is under way off the coast of Sicily after the British-flagged luxury yacht Bayesian sank during freak weather early on Monday morning. One man, the vessel’s cook, has died and his body has been recovered, according to Sicily’s civil protection agency. Some 15 people have been rescued from the boat, while … Read more
In a letter, the minister said the decision comes as part of a broader reassessment of the lateral entry process within the government. The Department of Personnel and Training Minister, Jitendra Singh wrote to the Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission on Tuesday to cancel the lateral entry advertisement related to several lateral entry … Read more
Eight years have passed since Sri Lanka last played a Test in England and their return is long overdue. They are an established Test‑playing nation who over the years have produced wonderful players who have shone on these shores – I remember facing them at the Oval in 1998, when Sanath Jayasuriya scored a double … Read more
“Nans against Nazis” read one large placard brandished at the recent anti-racism protests in Liverpool. It belonged to 71-year-old Pat. “Someone said to me, ‘You’re too old, don’t be doing this,’” she told the Independent. “But as long as they’re here someone’s got to do it.” She’s not the only one who refuses to be … Read more
When I went to school in the 1990s, GDR literature wasn’t taught or read. It was treated as something shameful. I didn’t dare to pick up a book by an East German writer, even though many of them were in our library at home in Leipzig. Looking back, I believe the reason was the public … Read more