Business
Now Amazon takes a dig at metaverse as Mark Zuckerberg makes grand plans

As Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg moves ahead with his grand metaverse plans, David Limp, who is Amazon’s head of devices, has said that their company would rather focus on technology that affects the real world “here and now”.
Addressing the ‘Future of Everything Festival’ by The Wall Street Journal, Limp said that even with current technology like smartphones and wireless earbuds, it can be hard to communicate with his kids, even when they’re in the same house.
“I want to try to work on technologies that bring people’s heads up, get them to enjoy the real world, make the family a more communal experience,” he was quoted as saying at the event.
“I really do fundamentally believe, and I think it’s what we’re spending a lot of time on in my organisation, that we want to enhance the here and now. I want to try and work on technologies that bring people’s heads up, get them to enjoy the real world,” Limp said late on Thursday.
The senior Amazon executive said that he doesn’t want to live in a virtual world 24/7, or even a few hours a day.
As Meta CEO Zuckerberg makes big plans around the metaverse by spending billions of dollars, Snap CEO Evan Spiegel late last month criticised the new technology, saying the concept is “pretty ambiguous and hypothetical”.
Spiegel told The Guardian that the word metaverse is never spoken in Snap’s offices.
“The reason why we don’t use that word is because it’s pretty ambiguous and hypothetical. Just ask a room of people how to define it, and everyone’s definition is totally different,” he was quoted as saying.
According to him, people would rather spend time in augmented reality (AR) rather than a totally virtual one.
Limp said that the term “metaverse” was almost impossible to define.
“If I asked these few hundred people what they thought the metaverse was, we’d get 205 different answers. We don’t have a common definition, it means a lot of different things to a lot of different people,” he said.
Limp also said that AR glasses are better than VR because you can at least see the real world.
Meta is banking upon its big-time foray into Metaverse, with plans to invest $10 billion over the coming years.
National
J&K CM Omar Abdullah makes passionate appeal for statehood restoration

Jammu, June 6: During his welcome address to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Jammu and Kashmir’s (J&K) Katra town on Friday, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah made a passionate appeal for restoration of statehood.
During his welcome speech for the Prime Minister, CM Omar Abdullah said, “Jenab-e-Wallah (exalted sir), when you inaugurated the Katra railway station towards the end of my first term as the Chief Minister, Manoj Sinha ji was the Union Minister of State for Railways.
“He has been promoted as the Lieutenant-Governor while I have been demoted from the Chief Minister of a state to that of a Union Territory. I am confident that your goodself will soon address the issue and announce statehood to J&K”.
He also praised the Prime Minister for making the dream of a rail link to the Valley a reality.
“I was in class 8 and since then I have been hearing about a rail link to the Valley. The dream has been realised in your time sir.
“The start of the train service to the Valley will save us from the loot of the airlines companies who hike airfare to Jammu from Rs 5,000 to Rs 25,000 whenever the Srinagar-Jammu highway gets blocked.
“I must also pay my gratitude to Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who declared the rail link to the Valley a national priority project and made financial allocations for it,” CM Omar said.
On the stage with PM Modi, CM Omar’s body language was very cordial as the PM engaged him in some close to ear talk.
He was also in the forefront of all the official functions on Friday, including the inauguration of the Chenab Railway Bridge, the Anji cable stayed railway bridge, the flag-off ceremony of two Vande Bharat trains, one from Katra to Srinagar and the other from Srinagar to Katra.
CM Omar was among the dignitaries who welcomed the PM on the stage before the latter’s address to the public in Katra stadium.
Business
RBI reduces inflation forecast to 3.7 pc for 2025-26

Mumbai, June 6: The RBI has revised its inflation outlook for 2025-26 downwards from the earlier forecast of 4 per cent to 3.7 per cent, Reserve Bank Governor Sanjay Malhotra said on Friday.
Taking all these factors into consideration, and assuming a normal monsoon, CPI inflation for the financial year 2025-26 is now projected at 3.7 per cent, with Q1 at 2.9 per cent, Q2 at 3.4 per cent, Q3 at 3.9 per cent, and Q4 at 4.4 per cent.
He pointed out that Inflation has softened significantly over the last six months from above the tolerance band in October 2024 to well below the target, with signs of a broad-based moderation. The near-term and medium-term outlook now gives us the confidence of not only a durable alignment of headline inflation with the target of 4 per cent, as exuded in the last meeting, but also the belief that during the year, it is likely to undershoot the target at the margin.
While food inflation outlook remains soft, core inflation is expected to remain benign with easing of international commodity prices in line with the anticipated global growth slowdown, Malhotra explained.
He pointed out that CPI headline inflation continued its declining trajectory in March-April, with headline CPI inflation moderating to a nearly six-year low of 3.2 per cent (y-o-y) in April 2025. This was led mainly by food inflation, which recorded the sixth consecutive monthly decline.
Fuel group witnessed a reversal of deflationary conditions and recorded positive inflation prints during March and April, partly reflecting the hike in LPG prices. Core inflation remained largely steady and contained during March-April, despite the increase in gold prices exerting upward pressure, Malhotra said.
The outlook for inflation points towards benign prices across major constituents. The record wheat production and higher production of key pulses in the Rabi crop season should ensure an adequate supply of key food items. Going forward, the likely above normal monsoon along with its early onset augurs well for Kharif crop prospects.
Reflecting this, inflation expectations are showing a moderating trend, more so for the rural households. Most projections point towards continued moderation in the prices of key commodities, including crude oil, the RBI Governor said.
However, at the same time, Malhotra had a word of caution. “Notwithstanding these favourable prognoses, we need to remain watchful of weather-related uncertainties and still evolving tariff-related concerns with their attendant impact on global commodity prices,” he added.
International
Man shot in targeted attack in Australian state of Queensland

Sydney, June 6: A man has been hospitalised with serious injuries following a targeted shooting in the Australian state of Queensland.
The Queensland Police Service said on Friday that emergency services were deployed to a house in Parkwood, 65 kilometres southeast of Brisbane, around 7:50 p.m. on Thursday in response to reports that a man had sustained gunshot wounds to his leg and other injuries to his hand.
According to media, the 21-year-old man was found at the scene with serious injuries and was taken to hospital in a stable condition.
A police statement said that initial inquiries indicated that the incident was a targeted shooting and that there was no ongoing threat to the public.
An investigation into the attack was ongoing and police commenced a search for the perpetrator.
In a separate incident, Australian police are investigating a fatal stabbing in a remote outback mining town west of Sydney.
Emergency services were called to conduct a welfare check at a home in Broken Hill, over 900 kilometers from Sydney in the far west outback of the state of New South Wales (NSW), just after 11:50 p.m. on Thursday.
Police officers arrived at the scene where they found a man, believed to be aged in his 40s, with stab wounds to his neck.
He was treated by ambulance paramedics but could not be revived and was declared deceased.
Local police established a crime scene at the house and have commenced an investigation into the man’s death with assistance from the NSW Homicide Squad.
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