India is preparing for a redrawing of its political map, driven by what the government says is a push to reserve one-third of seats for women in parliament and state assemblies. To do that, the government will unveil a constitutional amendment – requiring a two-thirds majority – backed by a three-day special session from Thursday….

Federal agencies and government officials are quietly sidestepping U.S. ?President Donald Trump’s ban on working with ?Anthropic, Politico reports. The Commerce Department’s Center for AI Standards and Innovation is actively testing Anthropic’s frontier ?AI model Mythos’ hacking prowess, the ?report says. Earlier this year, Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth directed all federal agencies to…

Accountants are increasingly adopting artificial intelligence (AI), drones, and automation, but one of the most unpleasant parts of auditing – physically counting inventory – remains largely manual, requiring auditors to endure harsh, messy, and sometimes dangerous conditions. From climbing grain bins and wading through fertilizer to counting livestock, frozen goods, or construction materials, auditors –…

The percentage of IRS employees working from home dropped from 65% to 25% following President Trump’s Return to In-Person Work directive issued on January 20, 2025. A TIGTA report highlighted that as of May 2025, around 70,000 IRS employees logged approximately 2m daily time charges for in-person work. However, 11% of these charges lacked corresponding…

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell summoned major bank chiefs to a meeting in Washington last week to warn of ?cyber risks posed by Anthropic’s latest AI model. Anthropic launched the powerful Claude Mythos model earlier in the week to a small number of businesses, including Amazon, Apple and Microsoft,…

According to a study published in Diabetic Medicine, night shift workers, particularly nurses and midwives, face significant challenges in managing type 2 diabetes. Lead researcher Rachel Gibson, a registered dietitian at King’s College London, observed: “What struck me is that these are people who work in health care, yet they don’t have access [to] a…