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With mass shootings a constant fear for parents and school administrators almost across the US, several States have spent the last decade investing in surveillance systems to monitor students’ online activity. A recent incident in Florida showed this technology. A school monitoring system flagged a student after he asked ChatGPT for advice on how to…
US President Donald Trump (Pic credit: AP) US President Donald Trump on Sunday suggested a “major development” could be imminent in the Middle East, declaring there is “something special” in the works. “We have a real chance for GREATNESS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. ALL ARE ON BOARD FOR SOMETHING SPECIAL, FIRST TIME EVER. WE WILL…
MUMBAI: Standard Chartered India CEO P D Singh sees the India-Middle East trade corridor as a promising one for adoption of rupee invoicing, even though it’s a gradual shift. “It is picking up in Middle Eastern corridors and could expand in future, much like how Chinese yuan invoicing became common in solar equipment trade,” he…
Sanju Samson (Getty Images) TimesofIndia.com in Dubai: Sunil has been driving a taxi in Dubai for the past 18 years and vividly recalls two occasions when he had the chance to drop Sanju Samson — who hails from his own village, Vizhinjam, a coastal town near Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala — to the airport.There is a…
Crowds gathered across the West Bank on Tuesday to celebrate a wave of recognitions of a Palestinian state by major Western powers, even as Israeli leaders threatened harsh countermeasures.But as most of the world, including major first-world countries, now recognises a Palestinian state, the question remains whether these nations, acting as a global institution, can…
Pakistan’s Sahibzada Farhan, left, drinks water during the Asia Cup match against India. (AP Photo) TimesofIndia.com in Dubai: Former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif has launched a scathing attack on Salman Ali Agha’s team’s “timid” approach as they suffered another defeat against an unstoppable-looking India.“This match wasn’t enjoyable,” Latif told TimesofIndia.com after Pakistan’s six-wicket loss in…
Nirmala Sithraman (File photo) NEW DELHI: The next generation GST reforms will leave more disposable income with the people, boost consumption and help inject nearly Rs 2 lakh crore in the economy, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Wednesday.Addressing a GST outreach programme in Visakhapatnam, Sitharaman said after the GST tax rate rationalisation, 99 per…
The European Union on Wednesday unveiled its strongest plan so far to pressurise Israel to end the war in Gaza, which has now dragged on for 23 months. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has called on the bloc’s 27 countries to raise tariffs on some Israeli goods and place sanctions on Israeli settlers, as…
US secretary of state Marco Rubio on Monday backed Qatar’s role in mediating the Gaza conflict, a week after Israeli strikes on the Gulf nation targeting Hamas. Rubio, who discussed Qatar with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, is set to visit Qatar on Tuesday, on his way to London where he will join…
