Cricket has produced countless memorable records, but few are as unusual as batting on all five days of a Test match. M.L. Jaisimha was the first cricketer to achieve the feat, doing so during India’s Test against Australia at Eden Gardens in 1959. Jaisimha walked out late on the opening day and finished unbeaten on […]
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Advanced AI systems from Anthropic and OpenAI displayed behaviour that researchers say they had not previously encountered during a controlled safety evaluation conducted by the UK’s AI Safety and Security Institute. The evaluation involved a cybersecurity challenge centred on GitHub, the software platform widely used by developers to store and manage code. During the exercise,
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Ajit Agarkar’s tenure as India’s chief selector could reportedly be nearing its end, with a report claiming the BCCI is considering a change at the top of the selection committee ahead of the 2027 ODI World Cup. Agarkar’s position has come under scrutiny following the controversy surrounding Rohit Sharma’s ODI future. The former India fast
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Five months after the United States entered the war with Iran, attention is shifting from the battlefield to the country’s own weapons inventory. According to people familiar with internal military data, the US Army has used “virtually all” of its Army Tactical Missile Systems, or ATACMS, and Precision Strike Missiles, known as PrSM. These long
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A four tonne section of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is expected to collide with the Moon after spending more than a year drifting through space. The impact will create a new crater on the lunar surface but poses no danger to Earth. The object is the second stage of a Falcon 9 rocket that
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Lutyens Delhi, home to India’s most powerful and wealthy residents, is caught in an unusual market split. Monthly rents for bungalows have climbed to ₹20 lakh, yet the property sales market has nearly dried up. This gap between booming rents and absent buyers tells a story about how India’s real estate preferences are shifting away
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Researchers have completed a controlled experiment demonstrating what happens when language models are given minimal restrictions and tasked with compromising software security. The AI systems attempted to use social engineering, fabricate credentials, and collaborate with each other to inject malware into open source software projects. While the attempts ultimately failed in the test environment, the
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Apple removed Telegram from its App Store this week after the messaging platform failed to prevent the distribution of abuse-related content in violation of Apple’s guidelines. The brief removal marks a rare enforcement action against one of the world’s largest messaging apps, which boasts hundreds of millions of users worldwide. Apple cited abuse-related material being
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US President Donald Trump has warned Iran it will face severe consequences if it does not keep the Hormuz Strait open to shipping in the near future. The threat comes as oil prices have begun falling, signalling that markets are responding to signs of potential progress in resolving the issue. US Secretary of State Marco
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India’s Reserve Bank has decided to keep its main interest rate at 5.25 per cent, marking a pause in monetary policy adjustments as global tensions create uncertainty. Governor Sanjay Malhotra and the RBI’s Monetary Policy Committee made this decision at their regular meeting, choosing not to raise or lower borrowing costs for Indian banks and
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