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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 […]

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Roving Periscope: Over 900 Kuki infiltrators from Myanmar may reignite the Christian militancy in the Northeast

September 23, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Four months after the then Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed hinted at a ‘Western’ conspiracy to potentially cobble together a new Christian nation from the adjoining areas of Bangladesh, India, and Myanmar in the Northeastern region, her fears may be coming true with the reported infiltration of over 900 heavily-armed […]

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Semiconductors: President Biden, and PM Modi announce plans for a new plant in India

September 23, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The USA and India will work together on setting up a semiconductor fabrication plant in the South Asian nation, giving a boost to visiting Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s efforts to bolster chip manufacturing in the country. The proposed plant will make infrared, gallium nitride, and silicon-carbide semiconductors, according to a White […]

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Roving Periscope: MS chief warns of ‘foreign interference’ on eve of US polls

September 19, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Amid this year’s Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had, in a TV interview, disclosed that some ‘foreigners’ were not only ‘interested’ in the Indian parliamentary elections but also ‘interfering’ in it. Now, Microsoft Corporation’s President Brad Smith has warned of possible meddling by foreign state actors in the final […]