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Anushka Sharma is a proud Army-kid. Amid India-Pakistan’s border tensions, Anushka applauded the Indian Army in an Instagram post. An old interview of Anushka Sharma has been doing the rounds on social media where she spoke about what happened when her father was fighting the Kargil War. Anushka Sharma was only 11 back then and she didn’t realise the gravity of the situation. Anushka shared when her father called from the war front, she talked about her school and boyfriends, without realising the grim state of affairs. 

In an interview with The Times Of India (2012), the actress said, “Kargil was a tough one. I was too young at that time, but I was scared of seeing my mother. She would always have the news channel switched on throughout the day and would get upset when casualties were announced.”

Anushka said, “When my dad called, he could not say much, but I would go on talking about my school, boyfriends and everything else without realising that he was fighting a war.” She added, “I take pride in saying that I am an army officer’s daughter even more than being an actor.”

For the unversed, Anushka Sharma’s father is Colonel (retired) Ajay Kumar Sharma, who has served in every war since 1982, including Operation Bluestar and the Kargil War.

After India intercepted Pakistan’s missile on May 8, Anushka shared a heart-warming post, praising the Indian Army.

“Eternally grateful to our Indian Armed Forces for protecting us through these times like the heroes that they are.

Heartfelt gratitude to the sacrifices they and their families have made. Jai Hind,” she wrote

India attacked Pakistan and POK based terror bases in the codename of Operation Sindoor after midnight on May 7 in response to the Pahalgam attack. Airstrikes under Operation Sindoor to avenge the Pahalgam attack were carried out with precision, caution and sensitivity, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said. 

Meanwhile, Pakistan initiated “unprovoked” attacks across LOC on Thursday night. 

“Pakistan Armed Forces launched multiple attacks using drones and other munitions along the entire Western Border on the intervening night of 08 and 09 May 2025. Pak troops also resorted to numerous ceasefire violations (CFVs) along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir,” the Army said.

It said the drone attacks were effectively repulsed, and a “befitting reply” was given to the ceasefire violations by the Army. “Indian Army remains committed to safeguarding the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Nation. All nefarious designs will be responded with force,” it added.

Aamir Khan”s film Sitaare Zameen Par which is a sequel to the 2007 film Taare Zameen Par, has been a much-anticipated film. It is Aamir Khan’s comeback after the debacle of Laal Singh Chaddha, hence there are a lot of expectations riding on it.

The makers released the trailer of the film yesterday. While the initial reaction to it was impressive, internet users soon found frame-to-frame similarities between the film with the sports comedy-drama Champions, which is the English remake of the Spanish hit Campeones.

The plotline of Champions which is available for viewing on Jio Hotstar, reads,  “A disgraced coach mentors a team of intellectually disabled athletes, revealing their surprising abilities and changing his own life.” This is similar to the story that Sitaare Zameen Par’s trailer establishes as well.

Reddit now has a viral thread where it has posted a frame-to-frame comparison of Sitaare Zameen Par’s trailer and Champions, and the trolling has gone viral in no time.

The comments on the Reddit thread read, “After the Forrest Gump fiasco, he should have stayed away from remakes or adaptations”, while another comment read, “Luckily, Champions is less popular than Forrest Gump, so fewer people may care. But still not a good look.” 

Some other internet users added, “Perfectionist in copying the film frame by frame”, another one mentioned, “Even that tubelight falling scene and almost every gag is from the original. I was assuming mamu will put some spin on it, but yeh frame-to-frame remake hai. Story 99 percent same lag rahi hai.”

As for Sitaare Zameen Par’s plot, Aamir Khan plays a cranky and negative basketball coach who has the task of mentoring a team of individuals who are suffering from intellectual disabilities. The trailer sets the tone for an inspiring tale.

Directed by  R S Prasanna, the film introduces 10 debutants – Aroush Datta, Gopi Krishna Varma, Samvit Desai, Vedant Sharma, Ayush Bhansali, Ashish Pendse, Rishi Shahani, Rishabh Jain, Naman Mishra, and Simran Mangeshkar. The film also has Genelia Deshmukh in a key role.

Microsoft recently disclosed its involvement in providing advanced artificial intelligence and cloud computing services to the Israeli military during the conflict in Gaza.

Microsoft disclosed its support for the Israeli military in Gaza, providing AI and cloud services for hostage rescue efforts. Concerns arose over human rights and potential misuse of technology.

Microsoft recently disclosed its involvement in providing advanced artificial intelligence and cloud computing services to the Israeli military during the conflict in Gaza. According to the company, these services were used to aid in efforts to locate and rescue Israeli hostages.

In a blog post, Microsoft stated that it had provided the Israeli military with software, professional services, Azure cloud storage, and Azure AI services, including language translation. The company emphasised that it had significant oversight and approved some requests while denying others, believing it followed its principles to help save hostages’ lives while honouring the privacy and rights of civilians in Gaza.

The company’s statement comes after an investigation by The Associated Press revealed details about Microsoft’s partnership with the Israeli Ministry of Defence. The investigation found that the Israeli military uses Azure to transcribe, translate, and process intelligence gathered through mass surveillance, which can be cross-checked with Israel’s AI-enabled targeting systems.

Microsoft’s involvement in the conflict has raised concerns among human rights groups, who worry that AI systems can be flawed and prone to errors, potentially leading to the deaths of innocent people.

In response to employee concerns and media reports, Microsoft launched an internal review and hired an external firm to conduct additional fact-finding. However, the company declined to provide further details about its involvement or answer specific questions about how its AI models were used by the Israeli military.

Microsoft stated that it had found no evidence that its Azure platform and AI technologies were used to target or harm people in Gaza, but conceded that it “does not have visibility into how customers use our software on their own servers or devices.”

Experts have noted that Microsoft’s statement is significant because it sets a precedent for commercial technology companies dictating terms of use to governments engaged in conflicts. Emelia Probasco, a senior fellow at Georgetown University, said, “We are in a remarkable moment where a company, not a government, is dictating terms of use to a government that is actively engaged in a conflict.”

Cindy Cohn, executive director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, applauded Microsoft for taking a step toward transparency but raised questions about the details of its services and AI models being used by the Israeli military. “I’m glad there’s a little bit of transparency here,” said Cohn, who has long called on U.S. tech giants to be more open about their military contracts. “But it is hard to square that with what’s actually happening on the ground.”

The conflict in Gaza has resulted in significant loss of life, with over 50,000 people killed, many of them women and children. Israel’s use of intelligence to target militants and conduct hostage rescue operations has often put civilians in harm’s way. Microsoft’s involvement in the conflict highlights the growing trend of tech companies providing AI products to militaries, raising concerns about the potential consequences of these technologies being used in conflict zones.

The Trump administration and congressional officials have raised concerns about a deal to put a Chinese company’s artificial intelligence on iPhones

Apple believes the future success of the iPhone depends on the availability of new artificial intelligence features. But tensions between Washington and Beijing may cripple the tech giant’s plans to deliver A.I. in its second-most-important market, China.

In recent months, the White House and congressional officials have been scrutinizing Apple’s plan to strike a deal with Alibaba to make the Chinese company’s A.I. available on iPhones in China, three people familiar with the deliberations said. They are concerned that the deal would help a Chinese company improve its artificial intelligence abilities, broaden the reach of Chinese chatbots with censorship limits and deepen Apple’s exposure to Beijing laws over censorship and data sharing.

The scrutiny is the latest example of the challenges that Apple has run into as it tries to sustain its businesses in the United States and China at a time of rising geopolitical tensions. Three years ago, the U.S. government succeeded in pressuring the company to abandon a deal to buy memory chips from a Chinese supplier, the Yangtze Memory Technologies Corporation, or YMTC. More recently, the company has been challenged by U.S. tariffs on Chinese-made products like the iPhone, threatening to cut into the company’s profits.

Walking away from an Alibaba deal would have far graver consequences for Apple’s business in China, which accounts for almost a fifth of the company’s sales. The partnership with the Chinese tech company is critical to bringing A.I. features to iPhones in one of the world’s most highly regulated and competitive markets. Without the Alibaba partnership, iPhones could fall behind smartphones from Chinese rivals like Huawei and Xiaomi.

Officials at the White House and the House Select Committee on China have raised the deal directly with Apple executives, said the three people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media. During meetings in Washington with senior Apple executives and lobbyists, government officials asked about terms of the deal, what data Apple would be sharing with Alibaba and whether it would be signing any legal commitments with Chinese regulators. In the meeting with the House committee in March, Apple executives were unable to answer most of those questions, two of these people said.

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