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NASSCOM: India’s DeepTech startups face fund crunch

June 22, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Although the number of India’s DeepTech startups surged significantly in 2023, funding dropped by 77 percent, according to the National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM). The report, “India’s DeepTech Dawn: Forging Ahead”, drawn up by NASSCOM and global consulting firm Zinnov, highlighted the worrying trend of a funding winter, […]

Education

Roving Periscope: Now, Tajikistan bans women’s hijab, and ‘alien garments’

June 21, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The “Arab Spring”, which commenced in Tunisia in 2010 and quickly spread to many Islamic countries against fundamentalism and their monarchies, and forced some Muslim countries to introduce a whiff of freedoms, may now be flowering in the third season. Drawing lessons from Saudi Arabia introducing liberties, and Iranian women fighting […]

Business

AI’s risks: An ordinary downturn can spiral into a severe economic crisis, says Gopinath

June 11, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: As the positive and negative impacts of Artificial Intelligence (AI) unfold worldwide, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) second in command has warned that it (AI) also has the potential to turn an ordinary downturn into a severe economic crisis worldwide. The disruptive effects of AI on the economy and financial markets […]

Business

Roving Periscope: Oxford varsity to return 500-year-old statue ‘stolen’ from India

June 11, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Five years ago, renowned economist Utsa Patnaik and Congress MP Shashi Tharoor revealed that the British Empire, which systematically plundered the Indian subcontinent and pauperized its people, siphoned off their proverbial wealth to the tune of USD 45 trillion (9.2 trillion pounds) between 1765 and 1938. Besides, the British also took […]

Defence

Roving Periscope: “Please marry, raise kids,” alarmed Japan urges its people

June 7, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: While some countries fight overpopulation, Japan is so worried about its emptying schools and roads that it is set to officially launch an app to encourage young people to date, marry, and produce children. Rural areas are particularly affected by this aging and depopulation problem and hundreds of Japanese schools now […]

Business

Space: Sunita Williams makes history, pilots NASA’s Boeing spacecraft

June 6, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Indian-American astronaut Sunita ‘Suni’ Williams-piloted spacecraft, carrying her fellow NASA astronaut Barry ‘Butch’ Wilmore, was launched on Wednesday toward the International Space Station (ISS) from the Cape Canaveral Space Station in Florida, the USA, in a test flight that was earlier hit with multiple delays. “Let’s go, Calypso,” Sunita, whose parents […]

Business

Next pandemic: “It’s absolutely inevitable,” warns top British scientist

May 28, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Days after Singapore reported FLiRT, a new variant of Omicron, the COVID-19 strain, a British scientist has warned that the next pandemic is “absolutely inevitable.” Stressing learning from the hard-won lessons of COVID-19, Sir Patrick Wallance, former Chief Scientific Advisor to the United Kingdom Government, cautioned, “We are not ready yet,” […]

Business

Employment: AI will make all jobs “optional,” says Elon Musk

May 24, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Artificial Intelligence (AI) will eliminate all kinds of jobs and potentially turn them into mere hobbies, Elon Musk said on Thursday. Addressing a startup and technology event in Paris, he said with the maturing of AI, none of us will have a job. Musk, the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, emphasized […]

Business

COVID-19: Alert in Singapore; ICMR junks BHU’s “study” of vaccine side effects

May 20, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: When COVID-19 is rearing its head again in Singapore, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has junked a purported “study” carried out by some Benares Hindu University (BHU) researchers who claimed the COVAXIN vaccine used in India created ‘side effects.’ According to the media reports, Singapore’s government is sounding the […]

Business

Space: Sunita Williams’ 3rd flight postponed due to a tech glitch

May 7, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams’ long-awaited third space flight has been aborted hours before liftoff, the media reported on Tuesday. The launch of the Boeing Starliner, which was set to fly Williams and NASA co-astronaut Barry Wilmore was postponed due to a technical glitch. No new date has been officially announced for […]