Emergent, an Indian startup known for its vibe-coding platform, has launched “Wingman,” a messaging-first autonomous AI agent, as it expands into a growing category of software that runs in the background to complete tasks — popularized by tools like OpenClaw and Claude from Anthropic. The Bengaluru-based startup initially gained attention for its so-called “vibe-coding” platform, which competes with tools like Cursor and Replit and lets users without technical backgrounds build full-stack applications via natural-language prompts. With Wingman, Emergent is now pushing beyond creation into execution, aiming to let AI agents handle routine tasks across tools and workflows. “The obvious next…
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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s visit to Malaysia from April 15 to 17 comes at a strategically pivotal intersection of interwoven economic and security needs for both countries. While the immediate public emphasis is on energy and economic security amidst the fallout from the Iran conflict, the broader strategic importance of defence and security interdependence must never be understated. The visit underlines the need to protect access to critical resources, especially LNG as a bulwark of fallback support for both Kuala Lumpur and Canberra while also advancing joint support in food security, investment and technology. Disruptions in the Strait of…
VMPL New Delhi [India], April 15: Beat of Life Entertainment (BLE), a fast-growing name in India’s digital media and production industry, has been officially appointed as the Digital Media Partner for the 15th Delhi International Film Festival (DIFF) 2026, marking a significant milestone in its journey. Show Full Article Founded by Piyush Sagar, the company has steadily expanded its footprint across digital storytelling, video production, branding, and media campaigns for both government and private sectors.The upcoming edition of DIFF will be held from May 4 to May 8, 2026, at prestigious venues including the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the…
Human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng is expected to be released on 13 April after completing a three-year sentence following his baseless conviction for “inciting subversion of state power”. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership between the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), together with other civil society organisations, expresses deep concern about his wellbeing and urges the Chinese authorities to ensure his immediate release after serving his sentence, allow him to reunite with his family in Beijing, and guarantee his ability to freely exercise his human rights. 9…
Advanced manufacturing and a wave of smart exhibits are dominating the limelight, as the 139th China Import and Export Fair, also known as the Canton Fair, opened its first phase in Guangzhou, the provincial capital of south China’s Guangdong, on Wednesday. This edition of the biannual Canton Fair goes beyond traditional categories such as electronics and home appliances, and adds four new sections dedicated to consumer drones, smart wearables, display technologies and agricultural drones. Emergency-use lighting drones and autonomous cleaning drones have drawn strong interest from buyers and media, while the smart wearables zone has featured products ranging from smart…
Tourist arrivals from South Korea, Taiwan, the United States and other economies increased as cherry blossoms began to bloom. Meanwhile, the number of visitors from eight Middle Eastern countries, including Israel and the Gulf states, plunged 30.6 pct to 16,700, reflecting suspensions or reductions in flights amid the worsening regional situation. The number of Chinese visitors plummeted 55.9 pct to 291,600, marking the fourth consecutive month of year-on-year decline due to the Chinese government’s advisory against travel to Japan. The cumulative number of visitors to Japan in the first three months of this year stood at 10,683,500, up 1.4 pct,…
Hong Kong beckons now for the USA women’s 7s team and there’s a special aura around that event.“I think what’s really unique for me, and something that we’re talking about a lot this week, is that we have a 2008 women’s team, one of that, really important generations of USA women’s 7s, who won Hong Kong in 2008 and coached by Jules McCoy,” said Head Coach Emilie Bydwell. That was all the the people that I came into rugby looking up to: Amy Daniels, Ellie Karvoski, Ines Rodriguez … I can name them all, but it would take too long.…
The United Arab Emirates’ deputy prime minister, Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed, held a phone conversation with Iran’s parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, on Wednesday in the first high-level contact between the two sides since the Iran war erupted. Ghalibaf is leading Iran’s negotiations with the United States. The two officials discussed the latest regional developments and ways to de-escalate tensions in the region, the state-run Emirati news agency said in a brief statement. Iran has not yet commented on the call.UAE-Iran tensionsTensions have escalated between Abu Dhabi and Tehran over the latter’s repeated attacks on Gulf countries in response to the…
It was conceived in collaboration with airport communities such as Brussels Airport. The programme was designed to address a persistent industry problem: the lack of harmonised, enforceable standards for the handling of temperature-sensitive and high-value pharmaceutical products in air transport. Over the subsequent decade, CEIV Pharma has moved from early adoption to widespread institutionalisation, becoming a cornerstone of quality assurance in life sciences logistics. At its core, CEIV Pharma – short for the Centre of Excellence for Independent Validators in Pharmaceutical Logistics – establishes a unified framework covering infrastructure, processes, training, documentation and compliance. It effectively consolidates disparate regulatory…
The court observed that the petitioner and her husband had volunteered for the IVF treatment, and there was no material on record or any indication to show that the husband had not consented. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The Delhi High Court has permitted the continuation of IVF (in vitro fertilisation) procedure for an Indian Army soldier, who is in a persistent vegetative state with no foreseeable scope of neurological recovery in the near future.Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav, in the order passed on April 13, 2026, said the soldier’s earlier consent, which was given when he started the IVF…