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But the competitive landscape for AI-assisted coding platforms is crowded. Startups Windsurf, Replit, and Poolside also sell AI code-generation tools to developers. Cline is a popular open-source alternative. GitHub’s Copilot, which was developed in collaboration with OpenAI, is described as a “pair programmer” that auto-completes code and offers debugging assistance.Most of these code editors are relying on a combination of AI models built by major tech companies, including OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic. For example, Cursor is built on top of Visual Studio Code, an open-source editor from Microsoft, and Cursor users are generating code by tapping into AI models like…

GuwahatiJul 24, 2025 20:25 IST First published on: Jul 24, 2025 at 20:24 IST Share With thousands in Assam displaced during the state government’s recent spate of evictions, and with more planned, the Northeastern state’s neighbours are on tenterhooks. Days after the Nagaland government referred to displaced people as “illegal immigrants” and ordered “heightened vigilance” on its border with Assam, Meghalaya and Manipur have now issued similar directions to check their influx. The Nagaland government’s move was triggered by an upcoming eviction drive in Uriamghat of Assam’s Golaghat district, which borders the state. “In view of the ongoing eviction drive…

Patna (Bihar) [India], July 24 (ANI): Workers of Congress-affiliated National Student Union of India (NSUI) protested against the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in poll-bound Bihar on Thursday. The workers were subsequently sprayed with water cannons and detained in Patna while trying to move the barricades set up by the police. Congress leader Shakeel Ahmed Khan, present at the protest, slammed the National Democratic Alliance (NDA)-led state government for being unable to provide answers over rising unemployment, saying that the state has descended into “a situation of anarchy and lawlessness.” “The youth are asking for jobs and employment and are…

New Delhi [India], July 24 (ANI): Following Leader of Opposition in Bihar Tejashwi Yadav’s caveat of boycotting Bihar elections over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) row, Congress General Secretary and MP KC Venugopal said that the circumstances prevailing in the country pressurised Tejashwi Yadav to say this and SIR of electoral rolls would be not be allowed to take place. Speaking to ANI, KC Venugopal said, “Circumstances prevailing in the country pressurised Tejashwi Yadav to say this. The Election Commission is indirectly approving the removal of so many names from the electoral roll. Why are they doing this special exercise…

Three people have been sentenced to seven years of hard imprisonment by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) Special Court in Bengaluru. The case pertained to the August 2020 violent mob attack on the DJ Halli and KG Halli police stations. They are identified as Syed Ikramuddin (alias Syed Naveed), Syed Atif and Mohammed Atif. Furthermore, each convict was slapped with ₹36,000 fine. Sections 15, 16, 18 and 20 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, sections 143, 147, 148, 353, 333, 332, 436, 427 and 149 of the Indian Penal Code alongside section 4 of the Karnataka Prevention of Damage…

Aiden Markram and Temba Bavuma will return to lead South Africa on the upcoming white-ball tour of Australia scheduled for August. Bavuma has been sidelined since the victorious World Test Championship final at Lord’s in June due to a hamstring injury, while Markram was given rest as one of the senior players. Both missed the two Tests in Zimbabwe, and Markram also sat out the T20I tri-series involving New Zealand held there. Head coach Shukri Conrad expressed his enthusiasm about their return, saying, “It’s great to have our senior players back in the mix after their rest following the WTC…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — International Criminal Court judges convicted two leaders of a predominantly Christian rebel group in the Central African Republic of multiple counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity on Thursday, sentencing each to more than a decade in prison. Former Central African Republic soccer federation president Patrice-Edouard Ngaïssona and Alfred Yekatom, a rebel leader known as “Rambo,” were found guilty of their involvement in atrocities including murder, torture and attacking civilians. The court sentenced Ngaïssona to 12 years, and Yekatom to 15 years. The charges stem from their roles as senior leaders in a militia…

In a heroic display of grit and determination, Indian wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant etched his name in the record books by becoming India’s highest run-scorer in World Test Championship (WTC) history, even as he battled a fractured toe during the ongoing fourth Test against England at Old Trafford. Injury Amid a Crucial Innings Pant, who needed just 40 runs to surpass Rohit Sharma’s tally of 2716 runs in the WTC, was batting confidently on Day 1 when he suffered an injury. While attempting a reverse sweep off Chris Woakes, he was struck on the toe. What initially looked like a minor…

New Delhi: Congress MP Vivek Tankha’s private member’s bill, which among other things seeks the restoration of temples connected with Kashmiri Pandits who were driven out of the Valley in 1990, can now be taken up for consideration in the Rajya Sabha with it having cleared a Constitutional requirement. Tankha, elected to the Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh, said the bill, introduced in the Upper House in February 2024, needed a recommendation from the President of India—under Article 117(3) of the Constitution—to be taken up for consideration as it carries financial implications. Two days ago, the Rajya Sabha Secretariat wrote to…

Bengaluru: The Siddaramaiah Cabinet Thursday accepted Justice John Michael D’Cunha’s report on the Chinnaswamy stadium stampede in line with its stand to go after private entities and its own police officials who it held responsible for the loss of 11 lives. The decision has garnered widespread criticism since the government gave itself a clean chit while laying the blame on every other stakeholder who was part of the celebration, including the police that was only following its orders. “The cabinet which accepted the report, we have decided that the action, legal action, as per law, will be taken against those private…