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robot civil servant employed by the Gumi City Council in South Korea was discovered unresponsive after an apparent fall down a flight of stairs. The incident, which occurred around 4 pm last Thursday, has been termed as the country's first robot suicide, according to media reports. According to the city council, the 'Robot supervisor' was found smashed and lying in the stairwell between the first and second floors of the council building. Mirroring humans, witnesses reported tha the robot «circling in one spot as if something was there» before the incident occurred. The exact cause of the fall is still under investigation, and the city council official said that «Pieces have been collected and will be analysed by the company.» About the robot servant:

TCS, HCL Tech, Anand Rathi Wealth, Prestige Estates, RIL among others will be in focus due to various news developments and first quarter results. HCL Tech, IREDA Shares of HCL Tech and IREDA will be in focus as the companies will announce their respective first quarter results today.

Aditya Vision, in which Ashish Kacholia has a 1.87% stake, on Wednesday informed exchanges about the stock split of its equity shares into 10 fully paid shares. The company will announce the record date for the subdivision of equity shares after the receipt of approval of the members.

health risks. Recent cases have highlighted how prolonged exposure to pigeon feathers and droppings can lead to severe allergic reactions and respiratory issues among residents. Here's detailed information on these risks and what you need to know. Case Study: Allergic reactions in East Delhi A new case study sheds light on the health hazards posed by pigeon droppings and feathers, revealing a troubling incident involving an 11-year-old boy from East Delhi. As per a TOI report, the boy developed severe allergic reactions after prolonged contact with pigeon feathers and droppings, leading to potentially fatal consequences. He was admitted to Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, where doctors diagnosed him with Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis (HP), a rare but serious lung condition triggered by allergic reactions to pigeon proteins. Understanding Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis (HP) Dr. Dhiren Gupta, Co-Director of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) explained to TOI that HP is a chronic interstitial lung disease characterized by lung inflammation and scarring, making breathing difficult. While more common among adults, HP is rare in children, affecting only 2-4 per one lakh population annually. The boy received immediate medical attention, including steroids and high-flow oxygen therapy to reduce lung inflammation and restore normal breathing.

Those looking for a reason why headline wage growth has remained persistently high despite the slowdown in inflation need look no further than the federal government, according to an analysis published this week by Desjardins Group.

Consider a country whose economy has suffered due to years of lower productivity growth than its peers, high inequality and low private investment. To compound its problems, it is not part of dynamic free-trade zones, which would lower its tariffs, push its industry to be more competitive and reduce friction for goods crossing borders. This is the huge to-do-list that Keir Starmer faces as the new Prime Minister of UK, but it is also more or less the challenge that New Delhi confronts.

HDFC Bank is conducting a system upgrade on Saturday, July 13, 2024, to upgrade and enhance customers' banking experience by improving performance speed, expanding capacity for high traffic and boosting overall reliability.

Democrats are in a state of panic and there are multiple reasons for it. Biden’s approval ratings are on the decline and several of the potential replacements are trailing behind Republican candidate Donald Trump who is also a former president. There is only person who is capable of defeating Trump. She is former First Lady Michelle Obama. Various national surveys have given her a double-digit lead over Trump. This should have been some sort of relief for the Democrats. However, the former First Lady has said that she is not interested in a political career. The never-ending woes for the Democrats continue.

RIP," a Joe Carnahan-directed thriller starring Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, has been acquired by Netflix. The initiative is being led by Artists Equity, their production business. In addition to co-starring, Damon and Affleck will produce the film. Plot specifics are being kept under wraps. After a month of being pitched to various agencies, the project is scheduled for an autumn shot, as per the reports of 'The Hollywood Reporter'.

Narendra Modi & Co may have a few speed bumps on their road to a 'Viksit Bharat'. The recent meeting between Telugu Desam Party (TDP) supremo Nara Chandrababu Naidu, a key ally of the NDA government, and BJP's top-brass has sparked concerns after the Andhra Pradesh CM has listed his state-specific demands. Further, a Bloomberg report has stated that Naidu has sought more than Rs 1 lakh crore handout for Andhra Pradesh in the forthcoming Budget 2024.

Trent Ltd. traded 0.56 per cent lower in Tuesday's session at 12:37PM (IST). The stock opened at Rs 5624.15 and has touched an intraday high and low of Rs 5628.0 and Rs 5552.0, respectively, during the session so far. The stock quoted a 52-week high of Rs 5662.8 and a 52-week low of 1657.25. About 6,140 shares changed hands on the counter so far.

Private equity firm Bain Capital is reportedly on the verge of finalizing a deal to acquire Envestnet, the enterprise wealth tech provider.

OpenAI unveils' Five-Tier' system to gauge AI progress towards human surpassing abilities: How it works However, OpenAI did show some staffers Q* demos which showed the LLMs capable of answering tricky science and math questions which are currently out of reach for the commercially available models today. The document describes a project that uses Strawberry models with the aim of enabling the company’s AI to not just generate answers to queries but to plan ahead enough to navigate the internet autonomously and reliably to perform what OpenAI terms “deep research," according to the source.Strawberry will reportedly mark a specialized way of processing an AI models after it has been pre-trained on very large datasets.

Santa Barbara County has charred nearly 18,000 acres since it began on July 5. Though there are worries that the fire may eventually move to more inhabited areas, it is now raging mostly in rural areas close to Los Padres National Forest, as reported by 'Fox Weather'. Conditions for fires have gotten worse due to the prolonged heat wave that is affecting the Western US and the dry weather. The area hasn't seen such extreme and protracted heat in 20 years, according to meteorologists from the National Weather Service. Although there isn't a drought in California right now, the state's parched vegetation and unrelenting heat make combating fires extremely difficult.

August update is set to improve several camera functionalities. These improvements include enhancements in white balance, HDR optimization, and the reduction of image and video overprocessing.

black holes due to the elusiveness of intermediate-mass black holes (IMBH). Intermediate-mass black holes should be more prevalent if they form gradually from smaller ones. In contrast, it would contradict what we know about black hole physics if they are limited to tiny or gigantic sizes, as per the reports of MSN.

Japan has issued its first new banknotes in two decades, yen packed with 3-D hologram technology to fight counterfeiting

3B rocket malfunctioned shortly after launch on its maiden mission in 1996, China's space industry suffered a serious blow. A big fireball and much damage were caused when the rocket went off course and fell into the nearby village of Mayelin. While US defense authorities believed the death toll to be in the hundreds, official reports stated there were six casualties. As a result of this catastrophe, US space industries withdrew from their partnerships with China, which led to the implementation of strict export regulations that are still in place today, as per reports of 'Yahoo News'.

Donald Trump loves to remind voters that President Biden has overseen the highest inflation in 40 years. But don’t count on Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, to bring inflation down faster than Biden if he wins the presidential election in November. Most economists believe inflation, deficits and interest rates would be higher during a second Trump administration than if Biden remains in the White House, according to a quarterly survey of forecasters by The Wall Street Journal.

HCLTech, India’s third largest software exporter, reported a 6.8% sequential growth in net profit at Rs 4,257 crore, beating ET’s analyst poll estimates of Rs 3,745 crore. A fatter bottom-line came largely on the back of a spike in non-core income in the June quarter otherwise marked by sluggish demand. Revenues and margins declined sequentially. The company’s EBIT came at Rs. 4,795 crore, down 4.4% QoQ & up 7.5% YoY.

She replaces James Baxter-Derrington in the editor role, who has left to pursue other opportunities, and Investment Week would like to thank him for all his hard work on the brand during his tenure. Maddock-Jones joined Investment Week just over two years ago, originally as senior reporter before being promoted to features and comments editor. She initially joined from Trustnet, a UK investment fund news and research publication which is part of the FE fundinfo network, where she worked as a reporter. Maddock-Jones has five years experience working within the B2B editorial space fo...