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The next Tata: Half-brother Noel succeeds Ratan to continue the 156-year-old legacy

October 11, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Noel Tata, 67, a Trustee on the Boards of Sir Ratan Tata Trust and Sir Dorabji Tata Trust, will step into the giant shoes of his illustrious half-brother, Ratan Tata, 86, who breathed his last late on Wednesday. His appointment as Chairman of Tata Trusts came after Ratan Tata’s death […]

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Nobel 2024: South Korean author Han Kang gets the Prize for Literature

October 10, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: South Korean author Han Kang has been chosen for the award of the 2024 Nobel Prize for Literature for her “intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life,” the media reported on Thursday. The Nobel Prize Committee, on its X handle, said that Kang’s […]

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Ongoing wars: India-ASEAN friendship crucial in times of conflicts, says PM Modi

October 10, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday asserted that the friendship between India and the members of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) is very important at a time when parts of the world were facing conflicts and tensions. Addressing the 21st India-ASEAN Summit in Laos, he said he had […]

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Tata, the Titan: On Monday, he denied it; on Thursday he passed away

October 10, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: When news went viral on October 7 in the media that he was unwell and admitted to Mumbai’s Breach Candy Hospital, Ratan Tata, 86, promptly denied it. “Thank you for thinking of me,” he humbly wrote in his last social media post, on Monday. “I am aware of recent rumors circulating […]

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Nobel 2024: Three scientists share the Chemistry prize for work on protein structures

October 9, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Three scientists—David Baker (University of Washington), Demis Hassabis, and John Jumper (both Google Deep Mind, the UK)—will share the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, the award-giving body said on Wednesday, for their work on the structure of proteins. The Prize, widely regarded as among the most prestigious in the scientific […]

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Nobel Physics: Canadian and US physicists share the 2024 Prize for AI research

October 8, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Tuesday awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics to John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton for their foundational contributions to artificial intelligence (AI) through the development of machine learning with artificial neural networks, the media reported. “This year’s two Nobel Laureates in […]

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Adani University Holds its First Convocation

October 5, 2024 revoi editor

Ahmedabad, 5 October 2024: Adani University celebrated its first convocation ceremony today at its Shantigram campus, marking a significant milestone in the institution’s journey towards academic excellence. Padma Shri Kartikeya Vikram Sarabhai, one of the world’s leading environmental educators and the Founder & Director of the Centre for Environment Education (CEE) delivered the convocation address. […]

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Living standards: India’s per capita income to go up by $2,000 over 5 years

October 4, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: It took India 75 years to achieve a per capita income of USD 2,730 but the next step will be much faster, taking only five years to add USD 2,000 to it, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Friday. Speaking at the Kautilya Economic Conclave, she expressed confidence in the […]

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Markets: Investors lose Rs. 9.6 trillion as global tensions drag down Indian stocks

October 3, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Global uncertainties and heightened volatility because of geopolitical tensions, the possibility of the Iran-Israel war escalating across the Middle East, dragged down Indian stocks on Thursday. Amid a significant sell-off, the Indian stock markets witnessed a sharp decline. The BSE Sensex plummeted 1,769.19 points (2.10 percent) to close at 82,497.10, […]

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Environment: After heavy rains, large parts of the Sahara desert turn green!

September 26, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With nearly half a foot of rain, large parts of the Sahara desert, one of the driest places on Earth, are witnessing a surprising burst of greenery, the media reported. Heavy rainfall has led to vegetation sprouting across the typically barren Sahara desert, US Space Agency. NASA’s satellite images reveal. Patches […]