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An emperor who ruled a thousand years ago has drawn two political heavyweights into the same arena, with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin and Prime Minister Narendra Modi making separate efforts to honour the legacy of Rajendra Chola I (1014–1044 CE), the maritime monarch of the Chola dynasty.While Stalin has declared the emperor’s birth anniversary as an official state celebration and announced several initiatives to commemorate his rule, Modi is set to visit Gangaikonda Cholapuram in Ariyalur district, which was once the Chola capital, on July 27 to unveil a commemorative coin and inaugurate an exhibition on Rajendra…

FILE PHOTO: Musk’s Tesla outperformed Chinese rivals including BYD, Xiaomi and Huawei in a test of assisted driving technologies on China’s highways. | Photo Credit: Reuters Billionaire Elon Musk’s Tesla outperformed Chinese rivals including BYD, Xiaomi and Huawei in a test of assisted driving technologies on China’s highways, according to results published by TikTok owner Bytedance’s auto unit Dcar.State television CCTV and Dcar jointly tested the level 2 advanced driving assistance systems (ADAS) from more than 20 electric vehicle brands in China and rated their performance in a series of scenarios with higher risks of accidents on highways and urban…

During a pivotal push by Ukraine to retake territory from Russia in late September 2022, Elon Musk gave an order that disrupted the counteroffensive and dented Kyiv’s trust in Starlink, the satellite internet service the billionaire provided early in the war to help Ukraine’s military maintain battlefield connectivity.According to three people familiar with the command, Musk told a senior engineer at the California offices of SpaceX, the Musk venture that controls Starlink, to cut coverage in areas including Kherson, a strategic region north of the Black Sea that Ukraine was trying to reclaim.    “We have to do this,” Michael…

A new law could mean bettors lose more money during tax season. Major poker players are calling on Congress to royally flush the measure down the drain. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: President Trump’s tax and spending law has a provision that’s causing an uproar in a place you might not expect – the world of professional poker. NPR congressional correspondent Barbara Sprunt traveled to Las Vegas and brings us this report.UNIDENTIFIED ANNOUNCER: Let’s shuffle up and deal.(CHEERING)BARBARA SPRUNT, BYLINE: The final table is getting underway for the World Series of Poker main event. TV cameras are craning to get the best…

Dahiyeh, Beirut, Lebanon – Fatima Kandeel, 43, and her two sons moved into a new rented apartment in the southern suburbs of Beirut in March. They had been staying with her sister Aida nearby for four months after a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon had stopped the worst, but not all, of Israel’s attacks on Lebanon, and it felt good to have their own place. In their barely furnished living room in Laylake, Dahiyeh, with only two armchairs and a shisha pipe between them, the walls make clear where the family stands. A framed photo of slain Hezbollah leader Hassan…

The Constitution grants Congress the power of the purse, but President Trump is pushing the boundaries of how far the executive branch can go to control federal spending. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Article I of the Constitution gives Congress the power of the purse. Lawmakers are supposed to decide how the government collects and spends money. But President Trump has spent the last six months pushing the boundaries of that power, as some of his top officials look to exert more control over federal spending.NPR senior White House correspondent Tamara Keith and congressional correspondent Deirdre Walsh are following the push and…

Former England cricketer Jonathan Trott observed that India pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah benefits massively when there is support at the other end but feels the ongoing fourth Test in Manchester is now ‘slightly beyond’ the visitors. | Photo Credit: AP Former England cricketer Jonathan Trott observed that India pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah benefits massively when there is support at the other end but feels the ongoing fourth Test in Manchester is now ‘slightly beyond’ the visitors. Down 1-2 in the five-match series, India trail England by 186 runs in at the end of Day 3 in the fourth Test. India…

Meta Platforms has appointed Shengjia Zhao, co-creator of ChatGPT, as chief scientist of its Superintelligence Lab, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Friday, as the company accelerates its push into advanced AI. “In this role, Shengjia will set the research agenda and scientific direction for our new lab working directly with me and Alex,” Zuckerberg wrote in a Threads post, referring to Meta’s Chief AI Officer Alexandr Wang, who Zuckerberg hired from startup Scale AI when Meta took a big stake in it. Zhao, a former research scientist at OpenAI, co-created ChatGPT, GPT-4 and several of OpenAI’s mini models, including 4.1…

An area where an explosion took place at a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Biscailuz Centre Academy Training facility is sealed off in East Los Angeles, California, U.S. July 18, 2025. Photo: ABC Affiliate KABC via Reuters A grenade is missing from the scene of an explosion that killed three Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies, Sheriff Robert Luna said Friday (July 25, 2025).The July 18 blast at a Sheriff’s department training facility killed three experienced deputies on the arson and explosives team.The deputies were working on two grenades that had been taken into custody by authorities. One of the grenades…

First-look posters of ‘Ayya’ | Photo Credit: @CheranDirector/X Tamil filmmaker Cheran on Friday (July 25) announced Ayya, a biopic on Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) founder S. Ramadoss. Announced on Ramadoss’ 87th birthday, the film has actor Aari Arujunan playing the politician.Cheran unveiled first-look posters on his X handle. The posters feature Aari as Ramadoss, orating to his followers. The tagline reads, ‘The Lion of Tamil Nadu.’The posters hint that the film will touch upon the 1987 Vanniyar reservation agitation spearheaded by Ramadoss, which forced the DMK government led by M. Karunanidhi to create a ‘most backwards’ quota with 20 per…