Guardrails in place for AI-led commerce: Visa

SINGAPORE: Payments giant Visa is looking to launch agentic commerce pilots across the Asia-Pacific region as regulatory and ecosystem readiness advances by early next year. Agentic commerce refers to a new era where AI-powered agents shop and pay on behalf of users. The company’s Visa Intelligent Commerce (VIC) programme incorporates features like tokenisation, authentication, payment…

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‘This is what we wanted’: Head coach Gautam Gambhir lashes out at pitch critics after India slump to 30-run defeat | Cricket News

India’s Ravindra Jadeja with head coach Gautam Gambhir (PTI Photo/Swapan Mahapatra) South Africa stunned India by 30 runs in the opening Test at Eden Gardens on Sunday, securing their first win on Indian soil in 15 years and reigniting uncomfortable questions about the hosts’ batting against quality spin on home tracks. Chasing 124, India folded…

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‘Vishwatma’ director Rajiv Rai reveals two actors were arrested in Kenya; ‘You can’t roam at night, they can shoot you’ |

Rajiv Rai’s 1992 film ‘Vishwatma’, starring Sunny Deol and Naseeruddin Shah, was the first Indian movie extensively shot in Kenya, mainly Nairobi and Mombasa. During filming, two actors were arrested for violating strict night-time rules. Rai explained the foreign shoot was chosen due to story and cost, with local collaboration. Quality support helped navigate tough…

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WB SLST 2025 interview list released for over 20,000 candidates: Direct link and selection details here

The West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) has released the preliminary interview list for the State Level Selection Test (SLST) 2025, moving the recruitment process for thousands of teaching positions into its next phase. A total of 20,500 candidates have been shortlisted for interviews and document verification for Higher Secondary (Classes XI–XII) assistant teacher posts….

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Noam Chomsky was named in leaked Epstein emails, and the political left is not happy: ‘Manufacturing consent for child rapist’

Leaked emails from late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein have revealed a rare relationship between the famed linguist Noam Chomsky and Epstein.Chomsky held multiple meetings with Jeffrey Epstein, according to The Wall Street Journal. Epstein’s private calendar, obtained by the WSJ, shows that the two met on several occasions between 2015 and 2016.The 96-year-old philosopher has faced…

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Indian firms shift from AI pilots to scale: Report

BENGALURU: Nearly half of Indian enterprises (47%) now have multiple GenAI use cases live, a report by EY-CII report showed. Another 23% are currently in pilot stages, marking a decisive shift from experimentation to scaled execution. The report showed that Indian enterprises are increasingly embedding AI into core business workflows to deliver measurable outcomes. It…

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Nora Fatehi hits back as her name appears in Mumbai drug racket case; calls allegations ‘lies’ and says she is an ‘easy target’ |

Nora Fatehi has become the first celebrity to publicly respond after her name surfaced in a major drug racket investigation being probed by the Mumbai Police. The case, which allegedly involves high-profile Bollywood actors, models and underworld-linked individuals, has sparked intense chatter online — prompting the dancer-actor to issue a strongly worded clarification. Nora Fatehi…

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