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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India’s frugal moon mission, Chandrayaan 3, achieved the pioneering feat of landing near the south pole of the Moon. In STEM fields—of science, technology, engineering and mathematics—India and the Indian diaspora have nearly as many Nobel laureates (two in Physics, one in Chemistry and one in Medicine) as the People’s Republic of China and the Chinese diaspora (three in Physics, one in Chemistry and one in Medicine).

Randeep Singh Surjewala has said that the BJP is suffering from a complete «bankruptcy of leadership» in Haryana, and asserted that his party is set to repeat its 2005 performance when it bagged 67 of the 90 seats in the state. The Congress MP said even issues have become blurred in the polls this time and the people want to oust the BJP. «They (BJP) have not permitted any leader to be developed and this is a pan-India problem,» the Congress general secretary, who is also a former Haryana minister, told PTI. «They are killing established leadership of the BJP. What they have done in Rajasthan, got reflected in the Lok Sabha results, that people don't accept novices,» he said.

Rhea Singha has been named Miss Universe India 2024, earning the right to represent the nation at the upcoming global Miss Universe pageant. The highly anticipated finale took place on Sunday in Jaipur, Rajasthan, where Rhea stood out among the competitors and secured the esteemed title. Following her victory, Rhea expressed immense gratitude and joy, reflecting on her journey to this achievement. She acknowledged the dedication and effort that brought her to this milestone and drew inspiration from previous titleholders. The grand finale took place in Jaipur, Rajasthan, on Sunday. Rhea was ecstatic after her great victory. Addressing the audience in an emotional speech, she said, «Today I won the title of Miss Universe India 2024. I am so thankful. I have done so much work to get to this level where I can consider myself worthy enough for this crown. I am so inspired by the previous winners.» Rhea wore a shimmering peach-golden dress for the finale. She walked the stage in a metallic red bikini for the swimsuit round and a white, red, and yellow outfit with a veil for the costume round. In her arms, she held a Shivling as well.

tectonic plate that was thought to be lost for millions of years has been discovered in Borneo by geologists, bringing new insights into Earth’s ancient history. The plate, named Pontus, dates back 120 million years, according to a study led by Suzanna van de Lagemaat, a graduate geologist at Utrecht University, and her supervisor, Douwe van Hinsbergen. The discovery, based on geological data collected from the mountainous regions of Borneo, sheds light on the movements of tectonic plates that once formed part of the Earth’s crust. Van de Lagemaat said, «We thought we were dealing with relics of a lost plate that we already knew about. But our magnetic lab research on those rocks indicated that our finds were originally from much farther north, and had to be remnants of a different, previously unknown plate.»

micro data centres (MDCs), which are small facilities designed to handle critical CPU and GPU workloads that require lesser space and needs lower investments, a paper published by Nandan Nilekani-backed people+ai has found. The organisation’s brainchild, the Open Cloud Compute (OCC) project advocates a distributed network of micro data centres. The OCC network, unveiled by Nilekani in May, hopes to onboard at least three compute providers for a pilot by October, ET had reported on August 28. The pilot will likely be powering a hackathon at a university for undergraduate students via OCC.

Four people were killed and 17 others injured when multiple shooters opened fire Saturday in what police described as a targeted “hit” on one of the people killed at a popular nightlife spot in Birmingham, Alabama.The shooting happened shortly after 11 p.m. Saturday in Five Points South, a district filled with entertainment venues, restaurants and bars that is often crowded on weekend nights.

A “growing number” of international students are claiming asylum in order to stay in Canada after being allowed in on student visas, Immigration Minister Marc Miller says, calling it an “alarming trend.”

Nirmala Sitharaman has called for stress management lessons to be imparted by colleges and universities that will help increase the students' inner strength, comments made in apparent reference to the death of a young CA professional employed with EY that came under sharp criticism from opposition Congress which described her remarks «outright cruel.» Anna Sebastian Perayil, who passed her Chartered Accountancy exams in 2023 and worked at EY Pune office for four months, died in July. According to a letter her mother wrote to the EY India Chairman Rjiv Memani, Perayil was overworked with a «backbreaking» load as a new employee that affected her «physically, emotionally, and mentally». The government too has stepped in to say that it will investigate the work environment at Big Four accounting firm EY.

sleep and prepare us for hosting a new set of memories. A study published in the Science Journal found a particular ‘switch’ in our brain reactivates our memory during sleep. This «switch» aids in clearing the decks so that the memory pathways can regenerate and get ready for a fresh learning day. The ability to store new knowledge is a top priority for our brains.

Animal welfare activists are calling on the province of Ontario to rescue a young macaque monkey displaying “troubling” behaviour at a roadside zoo in the town of Kincardine.

NASA is planning to send an artificial star into space to help scientists solve some of the universe's biggest mysteries. Led by researchers at George Mason University, this $19.5 million mission will allow scientists to calibrate telescopes and more accurately measure the brightness of stars, from those nearby to distant supernova explosions in far-off galaxies. The mission aims to unravel key astrophysical mysteries, including the speed and acceleration of the universe's expansion.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Passage of time tends to blur memories of historical facts and events from the not-so-distant past.

A Bimol Akoijam raises pointed questions over the Centre's «inaction», suggesting that such a situation would not have been left unaddressed if it happened in states such as Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. In an interview with PTI Videos, Akoijam vehemently criticised the Centre's handling of the situation in Manipur, asking why the government of India was allowing the northeastern state to become like Afghanistan, which he described as a «banana republic». «With 60,000 troops stationed in Manipur, the central government should have prevented this crisis from persisting for so long,» Akoijam stated. «If this were happening in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, or Madhya Pradesh, would it have been allowed to linger? Most people would say no,» he added.

climate change: an emoji depicting a tree without leaves. Approval of the emoji was revealed in an update earlier this year from the Unicode Consortium. The leafless tree — also known as the "dead tree" or «dying tree» emoji — was first pitched in 2022 by Brian Baihaki, who saw a gap in messaging graphics that touch on environmentalism. «Drought is a natural part of the climate cycle… but the climate is changing (and) drought (is becoming) more frequent, severe, and even (spreading) to other places,» Baihaki noted. «Eventually, all the resources that the trees have will be exhausted.»

Homeless World Cup kicked off in the South Korean capital of Seoul on Saturday, marking the first time the event has ever been held in Asia. Held each year since 2003, the event bills itself as helping participants change their lives for the better through football, while also challenging society's perceptions of those experiencing homelessness. This year's edition features 52 teams from 38 countries worldwide, according to local organisers, and got under way Saturday on the main pitch at Seoul's Hanyang University.

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Nara Lokesh on Saturday said that creating 20 lakh jobs is the single agenda of the TDP-led NDA government in the state, which was given a massive mandate of 93 per cent seats in the 2024 elections. Addressing a special plenary session of the CII Southern Regional Council 2024-25 here, he highlighted that creating 20 lakh jobs in five years was one of the six primary promises NDA made in the run-up to the polls. «That is the single agenda (20 lakh jobs) with which your government is going to actually work here in the state of Andhra Pradesh,» said Lokesh, adding that the southern state aspires to become one of the first three states to achieve a GSDP of $1 trillion. Observing that CII has always played a collaborative role, he said that Andhra Pradesh, which has been a hub for agriculture, MSMEs and other sectors, now aims to move faster in Information Technology.

AAP) leader Atishi was sworn-in to lead the national capital till February 2025, when the term of this government is scheduled to end. Leitenant General VK Saxena administered oath of Atishi alongside her new team of Ministers which includes veterans Gopal Rai, Kailash Gahlot, Saurabh Bharadwaj, Imran Hussain and a fresh face, Mukesh Ahlawat. Atishi was chosen unanimously as the Chief Minister designate during the AAP legislature party meeting on Tuesday, following Arvind Kejriwal's resignation, which changed Delhi's political landscape.

Delhi New CM Oath Ceremony 2024 Live Updates: Aam Aadmi Party (AA) leader Atishi will take oath as the new Delhi Chief Minister at Raj Niwas around 4:30 pm on Saturday. Atishi will be the 17th woman chief minister in the country and the third woman Chief Minister of Delhi, after Sushma Swaraj and Sheila Dikshit.Five others will be sworn-in as ministers.

Artificial intelligence (AI) too could be capable of 'learning by thinking', which is known to be core to a great discovery, according to a review. Cognitive scientists have documented how people learn from observation, in which one acquires knowledge by observing the external world. However, another way of learning — a relatively neglected one — is 'learning by thinking', in which one gains knowledge without input from the external world, such as through thought experiments or self-explanations, according to Tania Lombrozo, a professor of psychology at the Princeton University and the author of the review published in the journal 'Trends in Cognitive Sciences'. In a thought experiment, one hypothetically explores a theory or a principle by thinking through its consequences, whereas in learning through self-explanations, one makes a sense of new information by relating it with what they already know.

JJP leader Dushyant Chautala, whose party is contesting the October 5 Haryana assembly polls jointly with Azad Samaj Party, predicts a hung assembly but exudes confidence that their alliance will win enough seats to emerge as a key player after the results. The JJP had won 10 of the 90 assembly seats in the 2019 Haryana assembly polls, the BJP 40 and the Congress 31. Chautala, 36, the great grandson of former deputy prime minister Devi Lal, predicts that no single party will be able to cross the 40-seat mark in the assembly elections. No single party can form government on its own. There are chances that nobody crosses the 40-seat mark. So, there will be parties with numbers and some Independents too who will win, former deputy chief minister Chautala told PTI.