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Savio Mascarenhas, Group Art Director, Amar Chitra Katha  | Photo Credit: BIJOY GHOSH Remember how last year social media timelines were flooded with people posting their wide-eyed cutesy images in the distinctive style of Japanese animation house Studio Ghibli recreated by ChatGPT. But amidst that craze, a video emerged of Hayao Miyazaki, the founder of the legendary studio, who back in 2016 had shared his utter disgust for such technologies, saying whoever created AI work “has no idea what pain is”.Within Miyazaki’s scathing criticism lies the issue of ‘artistic labour’ that the use of AI in all forms of art ignores,…

United States Department of Agriculture has announced a major recall of a frozen meal sold at Trader Joe’s after reports that the product may contain pieces of glass.The recall affects about 3.4 million pounds of frozen chicken fried rice made by Ajinomoto Foods North America.The company, based in Portland, Oregon, produced the meals between September 8, 2025, and November 17, 2025.The items were shipped to Trader Joe’s stores across the United States and to retailers in Canada.According to the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), the frozen meals “may be contaminated with foreign material, specifically glass.”The issue came to…

JPMorgan Chase is warning that the US government could face up to $200 billion in tariff refunds after a major Supreme Court ruling struck down key emergency trade duties imposed by Donald Trump.In a new research note, the bank said businesses may seek between $150 billion and $200 billion in repayments if lower courts rule that companies must be reimbursed for tariffs collected under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA).The Supreme Court ruled that the president did not have the authority to impose certain country-based tariffs under that law.”The Court’s ruling remanded this issue to the lower courts, so…

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In the early hours of Sunday, a man in his 20s was shot and killed by U.S. Secret Service agents after he attempted to unlawfully enter the secure perimeter of Mar-a-Lago, the private resort and residence of President Donald Trump.Authorities confirmed that the incident occurred at approximately 1:30 a.m. local time near the property’s north gate, a heavily guarded access point to the sprawling estate in Palm Beach. The president was not present at the scene — he was in Washington, D.C. at the time, officials said, according to AP News.The Secret Service released a statement saying the individual was…

The Justice Department’s investigation of Netflix Inc.’s proposed $72 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. includes scrutiny of the streaming giant’s behavior and whether it wields anticompetitive leverage over creators in negotiations for acquiring programming.  The department is seeking to determine whether the deal “may substantially lessen competition or tend to create a monopoly in violation of Section 7 of the Clayton Act or Section 2 of the Sherman Act,” according to a copy of a civil investigative demand reviewed by Bloomberg News dated Friday sent to an independent movie studio, and people familiar with the matter. …

When stock markets open on Monday, shares of IDFC First Bank will be in focus. The private sector lender finds itself in a tight situation after a suspected fraud to the tune of Rs 590 crore was detected at one of its branches in Chandigarh. The issue may be restricted to a particular branch, but its scale is more than the bank’s Rs 503 crore net profit for the October-December quarter and over 38 per cent of its full year net profit for 2024-25. The lender said it had received a request from a particular department of Haryana government for…

Guwahati: Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday said the seat-sharing arrangement within the NDA for the Assam assembly elections was a “done deal”.Among the NDA constituents in the state, the BJP, Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), United People’s Party Liberal (UPPL) and Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) have members in the assembly. Rabha Hasong Joutha Sangram Samiti (RHJSS) and Janashakti Party (JP) are also part of the NDA, but they do not have any MLAs.”Our NDA alliance is complete. We know who will contest where; it is a done deal. There is no issue in stitching the alliance,” Sarma told reporters…

Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani on Sunday visited project sites in Jharkhand and Bihar, reviewing major power investments to the tune of over ₹40,000 crore, which underscore the conglomerate’s expanding presence in eastern India.At tribal-dominated Godda in Jharkhand, Adani reviewed operations at the 1,600 megawatt (MW) ultra-supercritical thermal power plant, built at an investment of over ₹16,000 crore, a company spokesperson said. The plant supplies electricity under a long-term agreement exclusively to Bangladesh, giving the project cross-border economic significance, he said. The facility claims to have generated thousands of direct and indirect jobs, and strengthened rail connectivity in the region.In…

On February 17, 2026, the world lost civil rights icon Reverend Jesse Jackson at the age of 84. Jackson was a figure most remembered for marching alongside Martin Luther King Jr., standing present in the aftermath of his assassination, running historic presidential campaigns, and influencing generations of leaders, including Barack Obama. But one of his most consequential legacies unfolded far from church pulpits and voting booths. It was inside technology boardrooms and much of Silicon Valley. The Reverend was incredibly instrumental in holding Silicon Valley and the big tech companies accountable, by pushing for them to put into practice diversity,…