Bhubaneswar: Odisha minister Krushna Chandra Patra Tuesday flagged off an educational tour of 30 students to ISRO's Sriharikota space centre to encourage them in space science, astronomy and astrophysics, officials said. The students were selected through Tata Steel's Young Astronomer Talent Search (YATS), a flagship...
New Delhi: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Tuesday said the rapid rise of artificial intelligence is unlikely to trigger the kind of global jobs apocalypse that many feared, admitting that his earlier concerns about massive white-collar job losses may have been overstated. Speaking at a conference...
New Delhi: India and the US Tuesday firmed up a key framework for cooperation in ensuring steady supplies of critical minerals, a move that comes amid growing concerns over China's export controls on rare earth elements and strategic metals vital for global technology supply chains....
Beijing: A joint China-Nepal scientific expedition has completed the first full-depth ice core drilling at the summit of Mt Everest to collect samples for understanding climate and environmental changes in ultra-high-altitude areas. Members of the joint expedition conducted scientific sampling work, including ice core drilling,...
New Delhi: India has moved a significant step closer towards long-term energy self-sufficiency after its indigenously developed 500 MW Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) at Kalpakkam in Tamil Nadu achieved criticality -- a stage at which a nuclear reactor attains a controlled and self-sustaining chain...
New Delhi: A worrying post-pandemic orthopaedic trend has emerged across India, with doctors reporting a significant rise in cases of hip arthritis and avascular necrosis (AVN), a painful condition caused by disruption of blood supply to the hip bone, particularly among younger and middle-aged adults....
New Delhi: With heatwave conditions intensifying across several parts of the country, doctors are warning that prolonged exposure to high temperatures may adversely affect not only physical well-being but also eye and neurological functioning, especially among children, senior citizens and people with pre-existing medical conditions....
Bunia (Congo): The World Health Organisation chief said Friday that the Ebola outbreak in Congo is spreading rapidly and now poses a "very high" risk there, as a lack of medical resources and anger among the population hamper the response in a vulnerable and conflict-ridden...
New Delhi/Balasore: Short Range Ballistic Missile ‘Agni-1’ was successfully test-launched from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur, Odisha, said the Ministry of Defence Friday. The launch validated all operational and technical parameters. The test was carried out under the aegis of the Strategic Forces Command,...
New Delhi: China has blocked Meta’s proposed $2 billion acquisition of artificial intelligence startup Manus, citing national security concerns, in a move that signals tighter regulatory scrutiny of cross-border technology deals, a new report has said. According to a report by Modern Diplomacy, the National...
By Dilip Cherian Is this really the end of the road for the Delhi Gymkhana Club as we have known...
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The Quad meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Australia, India, Japan and the United States in New Delhi 26 May...
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As the stalemate in the war between the US-Israel combine and Iran continues, good news has emerged following a social...
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s ongoing visit to India comes at a moment of unusual strain in India-US relations,...
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