LightFury Games ’ office in a Bengaluru shopping mall feels more like a gaming den than your typical white-collar abode. On the day I visit, chief executive and co-founder Karan Shroff is still buzzing from the spring conference season. “Everybody makes better games, has better skills, better experience,” Farren adds. “Success is when I can find someone to replace me and move on to the next problem.”AI permeates every department. “Humans are using these tools to push the envelope so we can do greater things much more quickly.

Westminster School (London) led the list, sending over 40% of its 200 annual graduates to Oxbridge. St Paul’s School (London) moved to second position, with around 40 of 220 students each year heading to Oxbridge or Ivy League institutions. St Paul’s Girls’ School (London) remained at fourth, consistently sending a third of its 120 graduates to Oxbridge or the Ivy League. King’s College School (London) climbed into the top five, driven by improving placement results, as per the report. London’s Westminster School has topped the HSBC Hurun Education Global Highschools list for the third consecutive year, with a commanding academic record and centuries of legacy.

Patients risk being left in “unnecessary pain” as NHS chiefs force hospitals to introduce minimum waiting times for treatment, health experts have warned. As first reported in The Times, the policies include blanket minimum waiting times of 12-16 weeks in some regions. It said commissioners may wish to set “activity planning assumptions”, which can include introducing minimum waiting times. Tim Mitchell, president of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, said: “Used in this way, minimum waiting times risk distorting clinical priorities and leaving patients in unnecessary pain and anxiety. “There are millions of people waiting for planned treatment, and the Government has made waiting times a key target for the next election.

The government has launched a review into the parental leave and pay system – the first of its kind in Britain – to help working families and give children a better start in life. Working Families CEO Jane van Zyl described it as “a vital opportunity to build a parental leave system that supports the needs of families today”. The review co-led by DBT and DWP is part of the government’s Plan to Make Work Pay. “Through our Plan to Make Work Pay, we’re already improving the parental leave system with new day 1 rights. This ambitious review will leave no stone unturned as we deliver for working families.”

Read our Privacy noticeOn 12 June, just 38 hours after the deadly Air India flight 171 crashed in Ahmedabad, killing over 260 people, another flight from the same airline from Delhi to Vienna faced a serious safety scare. In the wake of the incident, Air India has also cut its international wide-body operations by 15 per cent to accommodate intensified safety inspections. An Air India spokesperson said in a statement: “Upon receipt of the pilot’s report, the matter was disclosed to DGCA in accordance with regulations. The pilots have been off-rostered pending the outcome of the investigation.”The Independent has reached out to Air India for further comment. Meanwhile, the preliminary report on the Air India Ahmedabad crash is expected to be released by 11 July, according to NDTV.

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(July 2): AstraZeneca is considering moving its stock market listing from London, where it is the exchange's most valuable company, to the US, the Times reported on Tuesday, citing multiple sources. Any such move would be a major blow to the UK stock market, which has seen a string of delistings and missed out on some major initial public offerings in recent months. CEO Pascal Soriot has privately expressed a preference to shift AstraZeneca's listing on multiple occasions and has also discussed relocating the company's domicile, the Times said. AstraZeneca, which has a market value of about £156 billion (RM901.13 billion), declined to comment. Its US plans include a US$3.5 billion investment in domestic manufacturing by the end of 2026.

AstraZeneca Plc’s Chief Executive Officer Pascal Soriot wants to move the drugmaker’s stock listing to the US, the Times reported, in what would be another sign of the UK’s waning status as a magnet for global capital. The pharma chief is frustrated at the UK’s regulatory regime for drugs and concerned that the country’s life sciences industry is falling behind the US and China, the newspaper said, citing people familiar with the situation. Soriot has also discussed moving AstraZeneca’s domicile, the Times said.

The top stories and transfer rumours from Tuesday's newspapers...DAILY MAILManchester United are reportedly monitoring Aston Villa star Ollie Watkins as a potential target in case Rasmus Hojlund leaves this summer. THE SUNRicharilson is set to leave the Premier League as he looks to reset his career overseas. Fulham are plotting a summer move for Genk's star striker Tolu Arokodare as they look to bolster their attacking options ahead of next season. DAILY MIRRORMarcus Rashford is facing an unwanted return to Manchester United after Aston Villa passed up the chance to sign him permanently. THE ATHLETICHull City are set to sign Louie Barry from Aston Villa in a deal worth £3.5m.

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The upcoming 10-year plan for the NHS will reportedly pledge to prioritise UK medical graduates – and other doctors who have worked in the NHS ‘for a significant period’ – for foundation and specialty training. It will also reportedly criticise the previous Conservative Government for expanding training ‘without a commensurate expansion in postgraduate training places’. Describing this as ‘unacceptable’, the plan will prioritise ‘UK medical graduates and other doctors who have worked in the NHS for a significant period for foundation and specialty training’. It comes after the BMA backed a proposal to prioritise UK medical school graduates over international medical graduates (IMGs) for training posts, at their national conference last month. Doctor leaders raised concerns over ‘exponentially increasing competition ratios for speciality training, driven primarily by overseas recruitment’ and voted in favour of a motion to guarantee all UK medical school graduates a foundation programme post for all future recruitment cycles, as well as offering UK graduates specialty training posts first.

(Reuters) -AstraZeneca is considering moving its stock market listing from London, where it is the exchange's most valuable company, to the United States, the Times reported on Tuesday, citing multiple sources. Any such move would be a major blow to the UK stock market, which has seen a string of delistings and missed out on some major initial public offerings in recent months. It would also appeal to President Donald Trump's hopes of drawing investment to the United States, even as his trade policy has created uncertainty for global companies. AstraZeneca, which has a market value of about 156 billion pounds ($213 billion), declined to comment. Its U.S. plans include a $3.5 billion investment in domestic manufacturing by the end of 2026.

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Calls have been made to “future proof” the adult social care sector and address disparities between it and the NHS, as a major investigation into the UK’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic resumes. The extreme challenges faced by social care workers, people receiving care and their families during the pandemic are being investigated, as part of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry. These include organisations representing the bereaved, care workers, nurses and decisionmakers. He concluded his evidence by calling for a “future proofing” of adult social care with better resources and staffing. Mr Friedman said that there was a misunderstanding by policymakers and the public about what social care is, with too much of a focus on care homes, and not enough on domiciliary and home care.