Month: August 2024

Mamata Banerjee To Hit Streets Over Rape-Murder, Massive Protests Today: 10 Points

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Mamata Banerjee To Hit Streets Over Rape-Murder, Massive Protests Today: 10 Points

Protests continue across the country against the rape-murder of a doctor. Kolkata: Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, where a trainee doctor was raped and murdered last week, is echoing slogans for justice – day and night. The fallout has now taken a political turn with both BJP and Trinamool announcing rallies today. Here…

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The Science Quiz: Modern India’s foundations of science and scholarship

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The Science Quiz: Modern India’s foundations of science and scholarship

Indian Institute of Technology Madras(IIT,M) in Chennai on Thursday. | Photo Credit: Velankanni Raj B/The Hindu Questions: 1. In the early 1900s, this chemist published a famous work called ‘A History of Hindu Chemistry’ in two volumes. He was noted for his work on the synthesis of various nitrites and as an industrialist, philanthropist, and…

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As Gaza toll crosses 40,000, corpses are buried in yards and tiered graves

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As Gaza toll crosses 40,000, corpses are buried in yards and tiered graves

People bury the body of a Palestinian killed in an Israeli raid, on a cemetery where displaced Palestinians shelter as Gaza health ministry announced that death toll has surpassed 40,000, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, August 15, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Tiers of graves are stacked deep…

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BCCI declines offer to take over hosting of women’s T20 World Cup from crisis-hit Bangladesh

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BCCI declines offer to take over hosting of women’s T20 World Cup from crisis-hit Bangladesh

File picture of BCCI Secretary Jay Shah | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap India has turned down an offer from the International Cricket Council to replace Bangladesh as host of the Twenty20 World Cup for women in October. The ICC is contemplating a change of venue following political turmoil in Bangladesh. More than 300 have…

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Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok generates deepfakes of PM Modi and other illegal images

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Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok generates deepfakes of PM Modi and other illegal images

The Hindu was able to generate political deepfakes while using the enhanced Grok model [File] | Photo Credit: REUTERS The AI chatbot Grok on Elon Musk-owned social media platform X is being used to generate graphic, explicit, fake, or illegal media soon after its image-generation capabilities were announced, claimed general users and journalists. Just by…

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Will India Host Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 In Place Of Bangladesh? Jay Shah’s Response

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Will India Host Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 In Place Of Bangladesh? Jay Shah’s Response

File photo of BCCI Secretary Jay Shah© X (Twitter) The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Secretary Jay Shah said that India turned down the request from Bangladesh Cricket Board to host the Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 in October. The political unrest has resulted in question marks over whether the…

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Rupee turns flat at 83.94 against US dollar in early trade

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Rupee turns flat at 83.94 against US dollar in early trade

The Indian rupee turned flat at 83.94 against the US dollar in early trade on Friday (August 16, 2024) amid concerns over elevated crude oil prices and the outflow of foreign capital from domestic equity markets. However, a positive sentiment in the domestic as well as global equity markets and a weak American currency supported…

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Sensex, Nifty surge in early trade tracking rally in global peers

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Sensex, Nifty surge in early trade tracking rally in global peers

A screen displays stock numbers outside the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) building, in Mumbai. | Photo Credit: PTI Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty surged in early trade on Friday (August 16, 2024) following a sharp rally in global markets along with buying in IT stocks and Reliance Industries. The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 805.96…

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“Struggling Already, Need Help”: Andrew Flintoff’s Emotional Revelation After Horrific Accident

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“Struggling Already, Need Help”: Andrew Flintoff’s Emotional Revelation After Horrific Accident

Andrew Flintoff revealed that he is struggling to ask for help.© X (Twitter) Former England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff spoke in depth about his horrific car crash while filming for BBC’s Top Gear in 2022, with the incident leaving him with significant facial injuries that required surgery. Following the incident involving Flintoff, BBC suspended…

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What ISRO’s ‘Baby Rocket’ Launch Means For India’s Future In Space

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What ISRO’s ‘Baby Rocket’ Launch Means For India’s Future In Space

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Friday launched its Earth Observation Satellite-8 (EOS-8) on a small rocket from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. The Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) carried an experimental earth imaging satellite named EOS-8 and SR-0 Demo Sat which was made by a Chennai-based start-up Space Rickshaw. The mini…

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