Errol Musk, the father of Tesla CEO Elon Musk has reignited a controversy with the latest comments about the projected demographic transformation in the United States. Speaking in a recent interview, Errol Musk warned that America would ‘collapse’ if the white population becomes a minority within the next two decades, calling the shift “a very, very bad thing to happen.”Musk raised questions about the implications of the demographic change, asking, “You want to see the U.S. go down? Why? You don’t like electric cars, and you don’t like technology? What is it, you want to go back to the jungle?” Along with this, he also spoke about South Africa, claiming that the “small white population that projects the European culture” has contributed significantly to the growth and development of the Black African population. He dismissed the notion of systemic oppression in South Africa as “nonsense.”

When Elon Musk called his father ‘Evil’

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has not shared an amicable relationship with his father. In an interview with Rolling Stone a few years ago, Elon Musk characterised his father as someone who “will plan evil”.Tesla CEO Elon Musk has frequently expressed his disapproval of his father, who had ties to the apartheid regime of South Africa and has faced multiple criminal accusations. Musk described Errol as “such a terrible human being” and claimed that his father had committed “almost every crime you can possibly think of.” He added, “My dad will have a carefully thought-out plan of evil. He will plan evil. Almost every evil thing you could possibly think of, he has done. It’s so terrible, you can’t believe it.”

Past controversies around Errol Musk

In 1998, Errol Musk admitted that he killed three people insisting that it was an act of self-defence. Initially he was arrested but was later released after the charges were dropped. The incident was dded to the long list of controversies surrounding him which further fulled Elon Musk’s distrust.Elon Musk has repeatedly emphasised that his father’s words cannot be trusted. Reflecting on his attempts to mend their relationship, Musk said, “In my experience, there is nothing you can do. Nothing, nothing. I wish. I’ve tried everything. I tried threats, rewards, intellectual arguments, emotional arguments, everything to try to change my father for the better, and he, no way, it just got worse.”Tesla CEO Elon Musk had a started relationship with his father Errol Musk. The their relationship has long been a topic of public interest. The controversial statements made by Errol in the past still continue to cast a shadow over their family dynamics offering insight into the personal challenges faced by one of the world’s most influential tech entrepreneurs.

Jason Gillespie (AP Photo)

NEW DELHI: Former Australia fast-bowling great Jason Gillespie has spoken candidly about his turbulent nine-month stint as Pakistan’s Test team head coach, saying a series of decisions by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) left him feeling “completely humiliated” and ultimately forced his resignation.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!Gillespie was appointed Pakistan’s red-ball coach in April 2024, with former South Africa batter Gary Kirsten taking charge of white-ball formats. But the dual-coach experiment quickly unravelled. Kirsten stepped down in October, and Gillespie followed in December after the PCB abruptly removed senior assistant Tim Nielsen without consulting him.

“I was coaching the Pakistan Test side. The PCB sacked our senior assistant coach with ZERO communication with me about it,” Gillespie wrote on X. “As head coach I found this situation completely unacceptable. There were a number of other issues which left me completely humiliated.”

Nielsen, a former Australia head coach, had been appointed as high-performance red-ball coach in August 2024 but was informed his services were no longer required ahead of Pakistan’s 2024–25 tour of South Africa. Gillespie said the decision blindsided him and became the final breaking point.Speaking to ABC Sport, Gillespie said he had entered the role aware of the challenges. “I went into the job eyes wide open. I knew Pakistan had cycled through a number of coaches in a pretty short space of time,” he said. “But the straw that broke the camel’s back was being completely and utterly blindsided by that decision.”

He added that the lack of communication extended well beyond Nielsen’s axing. “I just thought, ‘I’m not really sure if they actually want me to do this job or not’.”Gillespie also revealed how marginalised he felt in the role. “I felt I was basically hitting catches and that was about it on the morning of a game,” he said, stressing the importance of clear dialogue with selectors and administrators.After briefly serving as interim white-ball coach, Gillespie was replaced by Aaqib Javed across formats. According to ESPNCricinfo, Gillespie and the PCB are now embroiled in a financial dispute, with the former coach claiming unpaid dues, while the board argues he failed to provide the required four-month notice.

ULHASNAGAR: Stating that Ulhasnagar has long suffered under “goondaraj” and now needs politics rooted in development and clean leadership, BJP Maharashtra state president Ravindra Chavan on Thursday launched a sharp attack on the Kalani family ahead of the Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation (UMC) elections. Without naming them directly, Chavan described their local-level alliance with the Shiv Sena as an arrangement driven purely by self-interest.Addressing a meeting of BJP workers in the city, Chavan said the Kalani group, which he termed the BJP’s political opponent, has aligned with the party’s ally Shiv Sena only to safeguard its own interests and to contest against the BJP. He termed the tie-up a “selfish alliance” and urged party workers to expose its real intent before the voters.“We do not want to speak against our ally (Shiv Sena), but it is our responsibility to explain to the voters how our opponents, for their own benefit, have joined hands with them only to fight against the BJP,” Chavan said. He asked workers to convey this message clearly at the booth level.Calling for dedication and sacrifice from party cadres, Chavan said that if the BJP wants to form the next civic body and install its Mayor in Ulhasnagar, every booth must be treated as a battlefield. “We must reach every voter and explain what the BJP-led governments at the Centre and in the state have done for the common man,” he said.Referring to internal surveys, Chavan claimed that the BJP is expected to win more than 50 seats in the civic polls but stressed that the target should be to secure more than 51 per cent of the vote share. “For that, every worker must work tirelessly,” he added.Chavan also said he has urged Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to give special attention to Ulhasnagar’s development. “Nagpur was developed as a smart city under his leadership, but Ulhasnagar has different problems. I have requested him to adopt Ulhasnagar, and he has assured us of full support for the city’s development,” he said.Highlighting the concerns of traders and businessmen, Chavan said only the BJP can provide a fear-free environment for trade and business. He asserted that goondaraj has been witnessed in Ulhasnagar and stressed that if such a system is to be eradicated, the city must be handed over to leaders with a clean image and progressive thinking.“Ulhasnagar has seen goondaraj. If we want to end it, the city must be entrusted to those who believe in clean politics. Vote for change,” Chavan said, appealing to citizens to support the BJP to transform the city’s image and free it from fear-based politics.

Former Tesla AI director Andrej Karpathy has weighed in on the fundamental differences between Tesla’s Full Self-Driving system and Google’s Waymo, stating that Waymo would be unable to replicate Tesla’s recent coast-to-coast autonomous drive achievement. The comments came on December 31, just days after Tesla CEO Elon Musk publicly criticized Karpathy’s “dated” understanding of the company’s AI capabilities.Karpathy responded to a question on X (formerly Twitter) about whether Waymo could achieve a similar 2,732-mile journey accomplished by Tesla enthusiast David Moss using FSD V14.2. “Yes exactly, that’s correct in my understanding,” Karpathy confirmed, agreeing that Waymo’s modular approach would prevent such a feat.

Tesla’s end-to-end neural network versus Waymo’s modular system

The exchange underlined the key technological divide between the two leaders on autonomous driving. Waymo grounds itself on a bedrock of high-definition maps, LiDAR sensors, 5G connectivity, and a suite of neural networks that all interoperate inside a modular system. It was precisely that architecture that demonstrated brittleness in a San Francisco power outage when traffic lights went dark and HD maps no longer captured real-world conditions, stranding Waymo vehicles.Tesla, on the other hand, is developing a single, broad neural network that translates camera input directly into driving commands, in agreement with Karpathy’s “Software 2.0” vision of training AI from billions of miles of human driving instead of hand-coding the logic for every imaginable scenario.

Karpathy praises coast-to-coast milestone despite Musk‘s criticism

Karpathy celebrated the autonomous drive achievement, calling it “special because the coast-to-coast drive was a major goal for the autopilot team from the start.” He recalled “marathon clip review sessions late into the night” spent analyzing interventions and planning projects to eliminate them entirely.The milestone comes amid ongoing tension between Karpathy and Musk. Earlier in December, Musk responded sharply to Karpathy’s praise of both Tesla and Waymo systems, claiming the former AI director’s perspective was outdated and that “Tesla AI software has advanced vastly beyond what it was when he left” in 2022.Despite Musk’s public overture—”Andrej, my long lost brother, let us work together again!”—Karpathy has shown no signs of returning to Tesla.

The Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) are currently navigating a PR storm as they prepare for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 season with Mustafizur Rahman in their ranks. While the player’s talent is undeniable, his inclusion has triggered intense backlash directed at Shah Rukh Khan and the KKR management.

The bashing isn’t about talent or paperwork; it is fueled almost entirely by the severe political instability and civil unrest in Bangladesh. Many fans and public figures have labeled the signing as insensitive given the reports of violence and the targeting of minorities across the border. Critics argue that by investing a massive ₹9.20 crore in a Bangladesh star, the franchise is ignoring the prevailing national sentiment today. This political friction has led to boycott calls and heavy scrutiny, making Mustafizur’s presence a major point of contention for the 2026 campaign.

3 players KKR can sign to replace Mustafizur Rahman if he misses out

1. Fazalhaq Farooqi (Afghanistan)

Fazalhaq Farooqi has emerged as a world-class alternative, carrying a much more manageable base price of ₹2 crore. The left-arm Afghan pacer was the joint-highest wicket-taker in the T20 World Cup 2024, claiming a staggering 17 wickets. His ability to swing the ball at 140 km/h+ makes him a lethal powerplay weapon, often taking wickets in his very first over.

Statistically, Farooqi averages 19.09 in T20Is, a figure that proves his consistency against the world’s best batting lineups recently. He offers the same left-arm angle as Mustafizur but with more raw pace and a highly deceptive back-of-the-hand slower ball. His economy rate in the death overs has improved significantly under the mentorship of specialists like Dwayne Bravo in various leagues.

For KKR, Farooqi provides a controversy-free overseas slot, allowing the team to focus on on-field performance rather than political debates. He is a regular in the ILT20 and BBL, showing that his skills are transferable across different types of pitches and conditions. With over 150 T20 wickets in his career, he is no longer just a prospect but a proven match-winner for any franchise.

2. Spencer Johnson (Australia)

Spencer Johnson represents the gold standard of left-arm fast bowling and is currently valued at a base price of ₹2 crore. The Australian speedster is famous for his express pace, consistently hitting the 148 km/h mark to intimidate the opening batters.

Johnson’s height allows him to extract steep bounce from the surface, a luxury that the shorter Mustafizur simply cannot provide. In the Big Bash League (BBL), he has been a standout performer, helping his team to a title with his clinical death bowling. His T20 career strike rate is under 20, meaning he consistently provides the breakthroughs that KKR needs during the middle-over squeeze. Having already played for the Gujarat Titans and KKR, he is familiar with the Indian heat and the high-pressure environment of the IPL matches.

He is also a much better fielder in the deep than Mustafizur, often saving 5-10 runs per game with his elite athleticism. Johnson’s left-arm angle across is a tactical nightmare for right-handed openers like Rohit Sharma or Virat Kohli in the powerplay. He is the ideal candidate to lead the KKR pace attack, offering a blend of high velocity and tactical intelligence for the 2026 season.

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3. Jhye Richardson (Australia)

Jhye Richardson is a tactical masterclass target for KKR, likely available at a very competitive base price of ₹1.5 crore. Though a right-armer, his skiddy pace and 145 km/h velocity make him one of the most difficult bowlers to read in the death. Richardson was once a ₹14 crore signing, and his current lower base price makes him an absolute Moneyball steal for any side. He has a sensational T20 record, including a BBL season where he took 29 wickets, proving his ability to dominate an entire tournament.

Richardson possesses a whippy arm action that generates deceptive pace, often catching batters off guard on slower, turning Eden Gardens tracks. His availability is highly stable, and his focus is entirely on T20 cricket following his recent recovery from various minor injuries. By replacing a politically controversial figure with a high-profile Australian, KKR can effectively reset their public image before the season starts.

Richardson is also a handy lower-order batter, capable of hitting long sixes, which adds depth to the KKR batting lineup as well. His economy rate in the final overs has historically hovered around 8.50, which is excellent for someone bowling in the high-scoring IPL.

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NEW DELHI: India’s bullet train corridor marked a major milestone on Friday with the breakthrough of a high-speed mountain tunnel in Maharashtra’s Palghar district.Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw virtually witnessed the final breakthrough of the 1.5-km-long Mountain Tunnel-5 (MT-5) from Rail Bhawan in New Delhi. This is the first mountain tunnel to be completed on the Mumbai–Ahmedabad bullet train corridor.Addressing a press conference, Vaishnaw said, “Today, a major milestone has been achieved in the Bullet Train Project. This milestone is the breakthrough of Mountain Tunnel-5. In the entire Bullet Train Project, there are seven mountain tunnels and one under sea tunnel.” Calling it a crucial step forward, he added, “With this (tunnel breakthrough) everything between Thane and Ahmedabad is clear now. Only Mumbai–Thane under sea stretch is a constraint now, rest entire project is clear now.”According to a Railway Ministry note, “this 1.5-km-long mountain tunnel is among the longest in Palghar district and is located between the Virar and Boisar bullet train stations. It is the second tunnel breakthrough in Maharashtra, as the first 5-km-long underground tunnel between Thane and BKC was completed in September 2025.”

Vaishnaw also highlighted station and depot planning challenges, saying, “Overall, there are 12 stations in this project… Sabarmati is the terminal station, and in Mumbai, the terminal station is BKC. Three depots are being constructed. Normally, for a stretch of 508 kilometres, only two depots are required.”“However, three depots had to be planned because, for a long period, the then Maharashtra government, during (Uddhav) Thackeray ji’s tenure, stopped granting permissions and refused approvals. Because of this delay, additional arrangements had to be made,” he added.The 508-km Mumbai–Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail project, passing through Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli, is designed for trains running at 320 kmph, cutting travel time to about 2 hours and 17 minutes.Earlier this week, Vaishnaw said India is likely to get its first bullet train on 15 August 2027, stating that, “the bullet train will be ready in 2027, August 15th, 2027.” Detailing the phased rollout, he said, “the first section to open will be from Surat to Bilimora. After that, Vapi to Surat will open. Then Vapi to Ahmedabad will open, and after that, Thane to Ahmedabad will open, and then Mumbai to Ahmedabad will open.”The minister also announced that the first Vande Bharat sleeper train is set to be launched this month, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi expected to flag off the service in the second half of January 2026.

On December 29, the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) published its tentative examination calendar for 2026, covering tests scheduled between January and June. Almost every major exam under its mandate was accounted for — diploma finals, FMGE, DNB and DrNB examinations, GPAT, FET.One conspicuous absence stood out: NEET-PG.For an exam that determines postgraduate medical careers for more than two lakh candidates annually, the omission was not read as routine. It was read as a signal.Within hours, aspirants began flagging the gap on X (formerly Twitter). One of the earliest widely circulated posts came from @bheekamkurmi27, who wrote that NBEMS had released the schedule but made “no mention of NEET-PG 2026.”The post was reshared repeatedly by resident doctors and aspirant groups, echoing a common fear rather than isolated panic.Another post, amplified by resident associations, used starker language: “NO NEET PG 2026 TILL JUNE.” Similar phrasing appeared across multiple accounts, including @DrMeet_Ghonia, whose post summarising the schedule omission was widely circulated among aspirants.This was not noise. It was memory, pattern recognition.

NEET-PG in the last five years: A calendar that refuses to settle

The anxiety around the omission of NEET PG in the NBEMS calendar is easier to understand when placed against the recent exam record.

What was once a relatively predictable spring examination has migrated steadily towards late summer. More critically, the movement has not followed a transparent arc. It has been marked by postponements, litigation, and last-minute reversals.For aspirants planning internships, rural bonds, gap years, finances and mental-health pacing, this is not an abstract shift. It alters life timelines.

NEET PG 2024: The last-minute postponement that broke confidence

The current distrust traces directly to June 22, 2024. NEET-PG 2024 was scheduled for June 23. Admit cards had been issued. Travel plans were locked in. Candidates were in peak revision mode. Then, barely hours before the exam, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, along with NBEMS, announced that the test was being postponed as a “precautionary measure.”Crucially, no NEET-PG–specific breach was disclosed.The official explanation referred broadly to the “integrity of certain competitive examinations” and the need for a “robustness assessment of examination processes.” In effect, the postponement was a preventive integrity audit, triggered by the wider national uproar around exam credibility unfolding at the time — not by a publicly identified problem in NEET-PG itself.The exam was eventually rescheduled for August 11, 2024, to be conducted in two shifts. Administratively, the crisis passed. Psychologically, it did not.For candidates, this moment rewired expectations. From then on, even announced dates stopped feeling real.

NEET 2025: When Supreme Court entered the exam calendar

If 2024 shattered trust, 2025 institutionalised uncertainty. NEET-PG 2025 was initially scheduled for June 15. It was later deferred to August 3, with the matter reaching the Supreme Court, which permitted the postponement while reportedly questioning the need for such an extended delay.The trigger, this time, was not security, but fairness.The Supreme Court directed that NEET-PG 2025 be held in a single shift, rather than multiple shifts, to avoid score normalisation disparities. NBEMS told the court it required additional time to arrange more test centres and infrastructure to conduct such a large exam in one sitting.The court allowed the postponement — while questioning the length of the delay.The key issue was not merely the deferment. It was the optics. When courts begin arbitrating exam timelines — rather than just disputes — the calendar stops being an academic planning document and becomes a legal contingency plan. This is how uncertainty becomes structural.

Eligibility churn in NEET PG: When rules change mid-journey

Date uncertainty might be survivable on its own. What magnifies distress is how often it collides with eligibility criteria.In 2022, NEET-PG aspirants faced litigation over internship completion cut-off dates, with NBEMS notices extending timelines becoming subject to judicial scrutiny. The grievance was simple: Candidates had planned eligibility and preparation based on one framework, only for it to shift during the cycle.This dual instability—when will the exam be held, and who will be eligible when it is—remains deeply unsettling.That memory resurfaced after December 29. Several aspirant posts explicitly linked the calendar silence to internship uncertainty, warning that without dates, candidates cannot even assess whether they fall in the 2026 eligibility bracket.

Counselling overlaps: Preparing for two cycles at once

There is another fear that resurfaces every time timelines blur: Overlap chaos.In 2022, the timelines began to spill into each other. The exam clock and the counselling clock stopped staying in their own lanes. Some candidates were revising for the next NEET-PG while still chasing paperwork, options and seat decisions from the previous round. The issue even reached the courts. For aspirants, it wasn’t just delay — it was two cycles collapsing into one long, exhausting limbo.

When silence breeds rumours and scams

There is also a quieter, more dangerous consequence of date vacuums: Misinformation.NBEMS has repeatedly warned candidates against fake notices, fraudulent messages, and unauthorised announcements circulating in its name, a problem that spikes when anxiety is high and timelines are unclear.When the official updates go quiet, the vacuum doesn’t stay empty. Telegram groups start buzzing, coaching centres hint at “likely dates”, and anonymous “insiders” suddenly have confident answers. In that fog, rumours travel faster than notices. A kind of shadow marketplace of information forms — not built on proof, but on panic, hope and the need to plan something, even if it’s wrong.

NEET PG 2026: Why this omission feels different

NBEMS did not forget NEET-PG. It left it out. A single line — “NEET-PG 2026 is tentatively expected in the second half of the year” — would have anchored expectations. Its absence allows the past to rush in and fill the gap. In a system shaped by last-minute postponements, court-approved delays, eligibility churn, counselling overlaps, and scam warnings, silence is no longer neutral.It is read as policy. By publishing a detailed exam map and omitting its most consequential exam, NBEMS has sent a message. Aspirants, trained by experience, are decoding it carefully.

Switzerland’s ski resort in town of Crans-Montana witnessed a deadly fire that ripped through a crowded bar in New Year’s party and claimed at least 40 lives and left over 100 others injured, as AFP reported.As investigators begin the gruelling task of identifying the victims and trying to determine what happened, here are some of the main issues they will seek to probe.

Many videos of the incident were shared on social media, showing the intensity of fire in a picturesque town’s bar.One of the video shows, people stuck in bar and panicking as the exit from it was disturbed and under the expanding range of fire.In another video, a ceiling of the bar can be seen in fire and a man trying to get control over it by hitting it with a big white cloth.Another video showing people running here and there in panic the bar, getting out of staircase exit, shouting, trying to find an escape amid fire.The basement venue had only a single staircase exit, forcing panicked patrons to scramble for a way out as flames and smoke tore through the crowd. Horrified bystanders described scenes of “panic” as people tried to break the bar’s windows to escape, while others, covered in burns, stumbled onto the street.Police, firefighters and rescuers rushed to the popular ski resort, set to host the Ski World Cup from January 30, after the fire broke out in the early hours of New Year’s Day.“It was around 1:30 am (0030 GMT) when smoke was spotted coming out of Le Constellation bar at the heart of the resort,” police commander Frederic Gisler told reporters. Moments later, a witness contacted authorities. “Immediately, the red alarm, which mobilises the fire department, was triggered,” he said, adding that firefighters “quickly contained the blaze” as emergency crews treated the injured.Authorities have opened an investigation but declined to speculate on the cause. Several witness accounts broadcast by Swiss, French and Italian media suggested the fire may have ignited when sparklers, mounted on champagne bottles and held aloft by staff as part of a regular show for special orders, came too close to the ceiling.“I think there were some waitresses with champagne bottles and little sparklers. They got too close to the ceiling, and suddenly it all caught fire,” said Axel, who was inside the bar at the time, speaking to Italian outlet Local Team.Le Constellation, located on the ground floor of a residential building, has a capacity of 300 people, with room for another 40 on its terrace, according to the Crans-Montana website. Several witnesses said the basement event space, where the fire is believed to have started, was connected to the ground floor by only one staircase, which some described as “narrow”.Seventeen-year-old Bruno Martins said he arrived to meet friends only to find the bar engulfed in flames and surrounded by police. “It was total panic, people were trampling each other,” he said. At least one of his friends suffered severe burns, while others remained unaccounted for.However, Wallis chief prosecutor Beatrice Pilloud cautioned against drawing conclusions, emphasising that the investigation was ongoing. Responding to reporters, she said she had visited the scene herself. “What exactly constitutes a narrow staircase?” she asked, noting that the probe would determine whether all safety standards were met.Pilloud added that it was still “too early” to comment on whether emergency exits complied with requirements, or whether the proper procedures were followed before organising the New Year’s event.Multiple sources told AFP on Thursday that the bar’s owners, French nationals originally from Corsica, were safe, though they have been unreachable since the tragedy.