Microsoft is aggressively poaching AI talent from Meta, targeting engineers and researchers working on key projects like Llama models and Reality Labs. Offering matched compensation and fast-tracked offers, this move threatens to weaken Meta's AI ambitions, especially after recent layoffs.
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Narendra Modi has surpassed Indira Gandhi's record for consecutive Independence Day addresses from the Red Fort, delivering his 12th speech on Friday. Only Jawaharlal Nehru has delivered more consecutive speeches. Modi broke Manmohan Singh's record last year and in 2023, he delivered the longest Independence Day speech at 98 minutes, combining policy announcements with reflections on India’s progress.
Following an anonymous tip, Bengaluru police are searching for Munendrachari K, who allegedly operated a fraudulent medical clinic in Doddakannahalli for a decade. Posing as a family physician, he prescribed allopathic medicines and steroid injections, despite claiming to be an Ayurvedic doctor. Investigations revealed a fake registration certificate, leading to the clinic's closure and a police complaint.
The Tamil Nadu Congress has announced a boycott of Governor R.N. Ravi's Independence Day tea party, citing his "anti-Tamil Nadu activities," including the rejection of a bill to establish a university named after former chief minister M Karunanidhi. The party also protests the Election Commission's voter list revision in Bihar.
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