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Moving past celebratory headlines of space exploration and vaccine manufacturing, this essential e-book asks the tough questions about what it really takes to convert research into industrial capability, and capability industrial into global influence. The Hindu Group’s e-book, The Quest to be a Science Superpower: Where India’s Research Is and What It Will Take to…
Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation staff clear a fallen tree near the Cyclone Warning Centre. | Photo Credit: K.R. Deepak Relief and restoration work picked up across Visakhapatnam and neighbouring districts on Friday (September 25, 2026), a day after the deep depression crossed the north Andhra coast. The system brought heavy rain, strong winds and widespread…
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‘Some modern bats can migrate thousands of kilometres and live in very diverse climates on every continent, except Antarctica.’ | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto From the largest ever study of bat genome and fossils, scientists deduced that the world’s only flying mammals — that account for one fifth of all living mammals — likely originated in…
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Google is getting ready for an early test launch and working toward its next milestone in 2027 [File] | Photo Credit: REUTERS Google is preparing to launch and test its AI chip in space to understand how to scale AI hardware in orbit as part of Project Suncatcher. The company said it was getting ready…
Ethiopian forces battled overnight to repel an assault by Tigray rebels in the Afar region, a humanitarian source said Friday, with reports of an internet blackout in the north of the country. Rebels in the northern Tigray region seized local airports and launched attacks into the neighbouring states of Afar and Amhara this week, saying…
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Tourism is often measured in arrivals, room nights and destinations covered. A quieter shift is taking place in the way some travellers experience a place: with smaller groups, local participation and closer attention to the ecosystems they enter. In the Eastern Ghats and along the Visakhapatnam coast, a handful of nature-based initiatives are building experiences…
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Tesla did not disclose production volume plans or pricing of the trucks at a webcast event late on Thursday at the plant [File] | Photo Credit: REUTERS Tesla is beginning deliveries of its Semi trucks to a first set of customers this week, executives said at its plant in Sparks, Nevada, almost nine years after…
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Telangana People’s Front (TPF) members at a government school in Nizamabad district under ‘Badi Nidra’ programme. | Photo Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT Poor quality of government schools and the rising cost of private education are putting an increasing burden on families in Telangana, and despite waiting through successive governments, the condition of government schools remained a…
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Children engrossed in making models during the STEM and Robotics Club session of Brainybotz, an organisation that aimes to introduce young minds to robotics and STEM through hands-on learning experience, in Visakhapatnam. | Photo Credit: KR Deepak What if beating the heat begins not with an air-conditioner, but with an idea? That is the question…
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When Zhu Zhili was looking for a base to set up an artificial intelligence film studio in China two years ago, there was just one clear choice: the southern city of Shenzhen with its vast tech ecosystem. This year, AI filmmaker Zhu said he has fielded calls from officials in cities and industrial parks across…
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