India will allow 100% foreign direct investment in the manufacture of satellite systems without official approval and eased the rules for launch vehicles, a government statement said, aiming for a greater share of the global space market. India’s space ambitions got a boost when it became the first country to land a spacecraft near the
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An emotional Sir Lindsay Hoyle said he never wants to pick up the phone “to find a friend has been murdered” – as he defended his actions in the Commons on Wednesday. The Commons Speaker is facing a backlash for allowing a vote on a Labour amendment to an SNP motion calling for an immediate
Paolo Uggetti, ESPNFeb 22, 2024, 07:28 AM ET Open Extended Reactions With its longshot winners and cantankerous weather, this year’s West Coast swing on the PGA Tour has come and gone. What remains are questions about what this year — and the future — will look like in men’s pro golf. Before the Florida circuit
In this article GOOGL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Betul Abali | Anadolu | Getty Images Google on Thursday announced it is pausing its Gemini artificial intelligence image generation feature after saying it offers “inaccuracies” in historical pictures. Users on social media had been complaining that the AI tool generates images of historical figures
A prominent Russian opposition figure has claimed a state-backed hit squad is “physically eliminating” opponents of Vladimir Putin. Vladimir Kara-Murza is urging Russians not to give up following the sudden death of Alexei Navalny. He is a British-Russian citizen who is serving a 25-year sentence for treason, and claims there have been two poisoning attempts
Louis Theroux has paid tribute to American porn star Kagney Linn Karter, who took her own life at the age of 36. The adult star was found dead in her Ohio home by her mother on Thursday 15 February, Parma Police Department told TMZ. Parma PD is continuing to investigate but has found “no sign
Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle is being urged to “come clean” about whether Labour tried to influence his handling of a debate on Gaza which descended into chaos. Sir Lindsay, who is facing calls to resign, is meeting with Leader of the House Penny Mordaunt and party chief whips later today in a bid to
Joe Biden has sparked a war of words with the Kremlin after he called Vladimir Putin a “crazy SOB” at a fundraiser. Speaking at an event in San Francisco, the president fired a barb at his Russian counterpart while discussing the effects of climate change. “This is the last existential threat. It is climate,” Mr
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Sir Keir Starmer started the day facing the prospect of a very sizeable rebellion and possibly even a shadow cabinet resignation or two as dozens of MPs warned that they wouldn’t be able to vote against the SNP motion calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. And yet he ended it becoming the first political
Police chiefs are calling for new powers to allow officers to instantly disqualify drink or drug-drivers at the side of the road. They say the new powers would allow police to take drivers who pose a risk to others off the road “immediately”. Currently, drivers charged with drug or drink-driving offences are banned following a
In this article NVDA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT NVIDIA’s CEO Jensen Huang attends a media roundtable meeting in Singapore December 6, 2023. Edgar Su | Reuters Nvidia is scheduled to announce fiscal fourth-quarter earnings after the bell Wednesday in a highly anticipated report that will give Wall Street a sense of how long
Crude oil storage tanks are seen from above at the Cushing oil hub, in Cushing, Oklahoma, March 24, 2016. Nick Oxford | Reuters Crude oil futures fell slightly Wednesday as the market waits for further indication of when the Federal Reserve might cut interest rates. The West Texas Intermediate contract for April was down 21
The King says he has been “reduced to tears” by the “many wonderful messages and cards” he has received since his cancer diagnosis. The monarch, 75, was speaking with Rishi Sunak in his first face-to-face audience with the PM since Buckingham Palace announced he had a “form of cancer”. “I’ve had so many wonderful messages
Tim Bontemps, ESPNFeb 20, 2024, 08:49 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Brooklyn Nets general manager Sean Marks said Tuesday night that his decision to fire head coach Jacque Vaughn was not because of a single event. But Marks said he was certain that one specific event — the Nets choosing to sit
TV presenter Dan Wootton will face no further police action after a five-month investigation into allegations made against him, the Metropolitan Police has said. The broadcaster, 40, said in a statement that he had been “completely cleared” after the investigations by the Metropolitan Police, and Police Scotland. At the time the allegations surfaced, in articles
British companies are exporting hundreds of millions of pounds of equipment and machinery which almost certainly ends up in Russia, undermining the official sanctions regime and bolstering Vladimir Putin’s war machine, according to data analysis from Sky News. The items – which include drone equipment, optical supplies and heavy machinery – are being sent to
Following an agreement signed in January to bring its EVs to India, VinFast announced it is set to break ground on a new facility in Tamul Nadil as part of a $500 million commitment to erect phase one in the country. Although speedy Vietnamese EV automaker VinFast did not achieve its 2023 delivery targets, its
The UK’s nuclear deterrent “remains effective, dependable and formidable” – despite a Trident missile misfiring during a recent test, the government has said. In a statement, Defence Secretary Grant Shapps confirmed “an anomaly did occur” when an operation was held on HMS Vanguard on 30 January – but stressed this was “event specific” and doesn’t
Suriyapong Thongsawang | Moment | Getty Images Doctors in the U.S. are struggling to contend with burnout, staffing shortages and overwhelming administrative workloads, but many are optimistic that artificial intelligence could help to ease these problems, a new survey found. More than 90% of physicians report feeling burned out on a “regular basis,” according to