Days before the Titanic struck an iceberg, a first-class passenger, Col. Archibald Gracie, described the vessel in a letter written while on board: “It is a fine ship but I shall await my journey’s end before I pass judgment on her.” Colonel Gracie’s journey on the Titanic had a catastrophic end, but he fared better…
A federal prosecutor in Washington has contacted The New England Journal of Medicine, considered the world’s most prestigious medical journal, with questions that suggested without evidence that it was biased against certain views and influenced by external pressures. Dr. Eric Rubin, the editor in chief of N.E.J.M., described the letter as “vaguely threatening” in an…
For months, French businesses have been bracing for the fallout of trade wars and tariff threats from the United States as the effects of President Trump’s “America First” policies ripple out. But this past week, the French corporate world was roiled by another type of Trump missive. In a terse three-paragraph letter sent by the…
PATNA: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, on his 75th birthday on Saturday, distributed appointment letters to 59,028 contractual teachers who cleared Sakshamta Pariksha-2. The event was held at the Samvad Room of the Chief Minister’s Secretariat, Patna.Of 59,028 “successful” teachers, 55,845 are primary teachers, 2,532 secondary teachers and 651 higher secondary teachers. CM Nitish handed…
A friend told me he recently removed the email app from his phone. “I used to love in the old days, coming home and checking email — there would be new messages!” he rhapsodized. I felt the pang. Not only would there be new messages, but often, in those early days of email, they were…
OpenAI’s board of directors on Friday rejected a $97.4 billion bid by Elon Musk and a consortium of investors to gain control of the artificial intelligence company, deepening a feud between Mr. Musk and OpenAI’s chief executive, Sam Altman. In a statement, Bret Taylor, the chairman of the OpenAI board, said, “OpenAI is not for…
APPSC Group 2 Mains hall ticket: The Andhra Pradesh State Public Service Commission (APPSC) has released the hall tickets for the Group 2 Mains examination on the official website, psc.ap.gov.in. Those who have cleared the preliminary round can access their admit cards. The Group 2 Mains examination is scheduled for February 23, 2025, and will…
A Russian court on Friday sentenced three lawyers for the late opposition leader Aleksei A. Navalny to as much as five and a half years in prison for passing on correspondence from him to his allies, a clear reminder of how the Kremlin is still pursuing his associates even after his death. The three lawyers…
Under Rozgar Mela, PM Modi to distribute over 71,000 appointment letters to recruits in govt depts NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will distribute more than 71,000 appointment letters to new recruits in various central government departments on Monday via videoconferencing, his office said. Rozgar Mela is a step towards fulfilment of the commitment of…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister’s Museum and Library member has requested leader of opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi to return the letters written by Jawaharlal Nehru to Lady Mountbatten, Jayaprakash Narayan, among others which was allegedly withdrawn at Sonia Gandhi’s orders in 2008.Rizwan Kadri, the member of PMML, speaking to ANI said that the move…