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New Delhi: Rocket scientist V Narayanan will take over the mantle from current Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief S Somanath on January 14. His elevation was announced by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet. Here some some key points about his academic and ISRO journey: Mr Narayanan completed his M Tech in Cryogenic Engineering and…
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Las Vegas, US: Generative AI, including ChatGPT, was used to organise the New Year’s Day attack outside the Trump International Hotel in the United States’ Las Vegas, where a highly decorated soldier exploded a Tesla Cybertruck. During the investigation, Las Vegas police found that 37-year-old Matthew Livelsberger, who fatally shot himself just before the truck…
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Jan Suraaj party Chief Prashant Kishor. File | Photo Credit: ANI The health condition of Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor, who was admitted to the ICU of a hospital in Patna after leading a fast unto death, was stable on Tuesday (January 7, 2024) night and intravenous fluid was administered to him, doctors treating…
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Image used for representation A motorcycle taxi driver, who killed his wife over suspicion of infidelity and hid her body inside a bed box at his house in Delhi, had also planned to kill her friend who he believed she was in a relationship with, police said on Tuesday (January 7, 2025). However, Dhanraj was…
File picture of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday (January 7, 2025) warned that “all hell will break out” if Hamas did not release hostages before January 20, when he will be sworn in as the 47th President of the United States. “All hell will break out….
Washington: US President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday warned that “all hell will break out” if Hamas did not release hostages before January 20, when he will be sworn in as the 47th President of the United States. “All hell will break out. If those hostages aren’t back, I don’t want to hurt your negotiation, if…
Firefighters scrambled to corral a fast-moving wildfire in the Los Angeles hillsides dotted with celebrity homes as a fierce windstorm hit Southern California on Tuesday (January 7, 2025), fanning the blaze seen for miles as scores of residents abandoned their cars and fled on foot to safety with roads blocked. Nearly 26,000 people in more…
Ottawa: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday hit back at US President-elect Donald Trump’s threat to use “economic force” to absorb Canada into the United States, saying there is no possibility of merging countries. “There isn’t a snowball’s chance in hell that Canada would become part of the United States,” Mr Trudeau wrote on…
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Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering microRNAs and their role in controlling gene expression. This pioneering discovery was made using the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans. This 1-mm long, slender, and transparent nematode has been the star of many pathbreaking discoveries in biology, four of which have…
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A technician solders the wires of a lithium-ion battery. Repair module of Li-ion battery. Engineer hand holds soldering iron and tin-lead to solder electronic board. | Photo Credit: Fahroni The story so far: On January 2, the International Federation of Air Line Pilots’ Associations (IFALPA) issued three position papers on the fire risk due to…
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