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Abhishek, Hardik help India pulverise Zimbabwe by 72 runs; stay in semis race

Chennai: Abhishek Sharma rediscovered his form with a blazing fifty, Hardik Pandya bludgeoned a half-century and Tilak Varma allayed strike-rate worries in India’s massive 72-run victory over Zimbabwe, keeping them alive in the race to the T20 World Cup semifinals in Chennai on Thursday. Along with that ticking of several boxes in their must-win Super…

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World order shaken, can’t give up on multilateralism: Ex-German chancellor Angela Merkel

New Delhi:  Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday made a strong case for multilateral cooperation and said in these times of protectionism, giving up on multilateralism was not an option. Delivering the inaugural Dr Manmohan Singh memorial lecture here, Merkel referred to the US-led protectionist trade policies and said the world order had been…

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Israeli PM Netanyahu thanks celebrity Indian chef who again took care of PM Modi

Jerusalem:  Reena Pushkarna, arguably the most well-known Indian face in Israel, a celebrity chef, restaurateur and business entrepreneur, was mentioned by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a joint press statement with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, for having played a key role in his personal life. “I think our first or second date…

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Not anchored in reality – the trillion-dollar daydream

Somewhere in a brightly lit studio – location unknown, channel unidentified, date untraceable – a Pakistani news anchor recently discovered a shortcut to prosperity. Not through exports, innovation or painful reform. Not through productivity or fiscal discipline, but through data crunching. If you add what is visible to what is invisible, she announced with admirable…

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From Ghost GDP to Abundance GDP: AI’s True Gift to 1.4b Indians

The Nifty IT index just shed over ₹4 lakh crore in a single week because the narrative that “AI will devour white-collar jobs” has become consensus. Everyone from Dalal Street analysts to coffee-shop pundits is convinced: Artificial Intelligence is not a tool — it is a wrecking ball aimed straight at India’s $280-billion IT-BPM industry….

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