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A bus with passengers sitting on the roof with belongings, drives past a damaged vehicle, a day after separatist militants conducted deadly attacks, in Bolan district of Pakistan’s restive province of Balochistan, Pakistan on August 27, 2024 | Photo Credit: Reuters At least five terrorists of a banned militant group were killed and three were…
PM Modi will be visiting Singapore after a visit to Brunei on September 3-4. (File) New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Singapore in the first week of September, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced on Friday. The visit will be crucial in further strengthening bilateral ties between the two nations. “PM Modi will…
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The law prohibits mobile phones, tablets, and smartwatches during school hours. In this digital age, excess screen time has become one of the major health concerns, especially among young teenagers. It’s really hampering their physical growth, mental stability, and the time they usually spend outdoors. The educational departments and governments of the whole world are…
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Bangladesh is grappling with devastating floods due to relentless monsoon rain (File) New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has once again trashed reports that the flooding in some areas of Bangladesh were caused by the opening of a dam on the Gumti River in Tripura. The Centre said that the report is “factually…
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A Chinese military Y9 intelligence-gathering aircraft that Japan’s defence ministry said “violated” Japanese airspace at 11:29 a.m. (0229 GMT) for around two minutes on August 26, 2024. File | Photo Credit: AFP PHOTO/JAPAN’S MINISTRY OF DEFENSE Japan’s Defence Ministry Friday (August 30, 2024) sought a record 8.5 trillion-yen (USD 59 billion) budget for the next…
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National Security Adviser Ajit Doval with Sri Lankan President and presidential candidate Ranil Wickremesinghe during a meeting in Sri Lanka on August 30, 2024. Photo: X/@IndiainSL via PTI Three weeks ahead of Sri Lanka’s crucial Presidential election National Security Adviser Ajit K. Doval, who arrived in Colombo on Thursday (August 29, 2024), met prominent Presidential aspirants, apart from…
The agreements will also enable collaborative research to evaluate capabilities and risks of AI models. AI startups OpenAI and Anthropic have signed deals with the United States government for research, testing and evaluation of their artificial intelligence models, the U.S. Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute said on Thursday. The first-of-their-kind agreements come at a time when…
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Starfish are known to possess the ability to regenerate limbs lost over time (Representational) New Delhi: Researchers have identified the hormone that triggers a starfish to shed its limbs to survive predators, describing it as being similar to the one controlling appetite in humans. The research team at Queen Mary University of London, UK, proposed…
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Daily Quiz: On rationalists 6 / 1 | Founder of the Committee for the Eradication of Blind Faith (Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmoolan Samiti, or MANS) after leaving his medical practice, he was also the editor of the Marathi weekly magazine Sadhana, which promoted scientific temperament and liberal thought. Name this rationalist who took up cudgels against…
Despite a slowing job market, the share of people with more than one job has grown. In the post-pandemic era, the United States has witnessed a disturbing trend: an increasing number of people are forced to take multiple jobs to make ends meet. Of late, what was once referred to as the “gig economy” or…
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