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To make our economy grow, we need to push private consumption. To increase private consumption, people need more disposable income. For that, one route is to reduce the money an ordinary person spends on basics such as health and education. The Union Budget 2025-26 seems to have missed this opportunity. We need to focus on…
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R1 being built and deployed on an open source basis gives India both a signal and a key tool in proceeding down the foundational AI model path. | Photo Credit: Reuters The emergence of DeepSeek-R1 from China — a highly advanced Artificial Intelligence large language model (LLM) — has jolted technology stocks that were valued…
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Representations of cryptocurrencies | Photo Credit: Reuters India is reviewing its stance on cryptocurrencies due to shifting attitudes towards the virtual asset in other countries, a senior government official told Reuters on Sunday (February 2, 2025). The review, which follows crypto-friendly policy announcements by U.S. President Donald Trump, could further delay publication of a discussion…
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Cracks in paint coatings could soon become a thing of the past. In a new study, researchers from the Raman Research Institute (RRI) in Bengaluru have found a way to delay the onset of cracks after studying them in great detail. As playful as this sounds, the technique has potential applications in diagnosing diseases and…
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P. Ramesh Babu, chief cardiologist at Aster Ramesh Hospitals addressing a press conference in Vijayawada on Sunday. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies play a key role in medical diagnostics. In Western countries, doctors in preventive cardiology no longer depend solely on tests such as ECG, Treadmill Tests and Echo to…
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Union Minister Suresh Gopi at the Parliament House complex. File | Photo Credit: PTI Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP and Union Minister Suresh Gopi kicked up a controversy on Sunday (February 2, 2025) by stating that an upper caste person should be made the Minister for Tribal Affairs and a person from a backward caste…
File picture of West Bengal Education Minister Bratya Basu | Photo Credit: Debasish Bhaduri The controversy over organising Saraswati Puja at Jogesh Chandra Law College in Kolkata took a different turn on Sunday (February 2, 2025) as West Bengal Education Minister Bratya Basu faced protests by a group of students. “I am here to talk…
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Samajwadi Party leader Dimple Yadav with party candidate Ajit Prasad during a roadshow for the Milkipur Assembly constituency by-elections, in Milkipur Ravi Pasi, a Samajwadi Party (SP) worker from Mau, is focused on at least six daily nukkad (street-corner) meetings in Ayodhya district’s Milkipur constituency, where a bypoll is scheduled for February 5. “This is…
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The Greater Chennai Corporation is undertaking several bridge projects to improve connectivity and traffic flow: Bridges Connecting ECR and OMR: Three steel bridges are proposed to link East Coast Road (ECR) and Old Mahabalipuram Road (OMR) across the Buckingham Canal to provide alternative routes, easing congestion on narrow bridges: I. Venkatesapuram – Elango Nagar: Connects…
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Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks with Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz as they walk in the garden of the Chequers, in Aylesbury, Britain, on February 2, 2025. | Photo Credit: via Reuters British Prime Minister Keir Starmer welcomed German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to his country estate Sunday (February 2, 2025) on the eve of seeking…