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Is AI Changing the Shape of New Zealand’s Tech Sector?

07 Mar 2023 01:41 AM IST

It’s impossible to ignore Artificial intelligence (AI). In New Zealand, AI adoption is rapid – 48% of business leaders say they already use it within their organisation. And it’s not only business; everyone has access to AI. From Google Gemini to Apple partnering with OpenAI to integrate AI into their

Taiwan’s Foxconn seeks cooperation with India on chips, electric vehicle projects

07 Mar 2023 00:46 AM IST

Apple supplier Foxconn has said that it is seeking Indian partners to cooperate in areas like chips and electric vehicles, CNN reported. The development comes after Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn) chairman and CEO Young Liu concluded his visit to India. Taiwan’s Foxconn has been looking to enhance its operations

Chinese companies working on power projects under CPEC face financial woes

07 Mar 2023 00:45 AM IST

Chinese companies working on power projects, initiated under China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), are still facing financial woes despite Prime Minister’s repeated assurances, Pakistan-based Business Recorder reported. Chinese companies have raised the issue at all forums through Pakistan’s embassy in Beijing and its own embassy in Islamabad. Chinese insurance company,

UN agrees to ‘High seas treaty’ to protect ocean, marine life

07 Mar 2023 00:44 AM IST

The UN Member states have finally agreed to a legally-binding “high seas treaty” to protect marine life in international waters, a fragile and vital treasure that covers nearly half the planet, according to the United Nation news. After the UN passed this agreement, the UN chief Antonio Guterres in a

Wagner representative barred from Russian army HQ in Ukraine

07 Mar 2023 00:43 AM IST

Russian mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin said his representative had been denied access to the headquarters of Russia’s military command in Ukraine on Monday, in a further deepening of his rift with the defence establishment. Prigozhin said the incident came the day after he urgently requested ammunition supplies from the commander

Pakistan seeks assurance from Saudi Arabia to unlock IMF deal

07 Mar 2023 00:43 AM IST

Pakistan is seeking confirmation from Saudi Arabia for securing additional deposits of USD 2 billion and a USD 950 million loan programme from the World Bank and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) for the signing of a Staff-Level Agreement (SLA) with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) within the coming week,

Illegal immigrants will not be able to apply for asylum, says Sunak

07 Mar 2023 00:42 AM IST

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Sunday (local time) warned illegal immigrants entering the country that they will begin deporting every illegal immigrant crossing its borders and will not allow them to apply for asylum, reported Fox News. Sunak made the vow in a Sunday interview as the UK faces

Bakhmut’s fall does not mean Russia is winning: Pentagon

07 Mar 2023 00:41 AM IST

United States Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has said the war-torn eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut is symbolically important to Russia, rather than operationally, and its capture would not signal Moscow has regained momentum in its yearlong war effort. Over the past week, fighting near Bakhmut has intensified, with Russian forces

Iran supreme leader orders punishment for poisoning of schoolgirls

07 Mar 2023 00:40 AM IST

In a possible fresh round of poisoning attacks, dozens of Iranian schoolgirls from five provinces have been hospitalised, reported Al Jazeera. In recent months, hundreds of episodes of respiratory distress in schoolgirls have been reported nationwide, primarily in the holy city of Qom, south of Tehran, with some requiring hospitalisation.

Varsities in Afghanistan reopen, but women still remain barred

07 Mar 2023 00:39 AM IST

Afghan universities reopened on Monday after a winter break, but only men returned to class with a “heartbreaking” ban by the Taliban authorities on women in higher education still in force. The university ban is one of several restrictions imposed on women since the Taliban stormed back to power in

Nine securitymen killed in Bolan suicide blast

07 Mar 2023 00:38 AM IST

At least nine personnel of the Balochistan Constabulary were killed, while nine others sustained injuries in a suicide bomb attack in Bolan, reported Geo News. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) of Kachhi, Mehmood Notezai, said that the preliminary evidence suggests it was a suicide attack, however, the exact nature of

China prioritizes defence budget despite economic woes

07 Mar 2023 00:38 AM IST

On 5 March, China announced its defense budget for 2023. Although the world’s attention is on Russia’s bloody war of attrition in Ukraine, China is continuing to ramp up its military modernization at tremendous pace, with unrelenting year-on-year increases. According to figures released on the opening day of the first