Quantum

With the National Quantum Mission, India hopes to accelerate breakthroughs in medicine, logistics, and finance, solving complex problems faster than ever before

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Using quantum computers for calculations involves using the superpower of superposition

ISRO Chief K Sivan addresses media during a press conference, in Bengaluru on Thursday.

QKD technology underpins quantum communication tech that ensures unconditional data security by virtue of principles of quantum mechanics, which is not possible with conventional encryption systems

Several govt space agencies and private concerns are interested in mining the moon for Helium-3

In theory, CRISPR can be used to edit out diseases such as diabetes

Air pollution is estimated to have cost Delhi and Mumbai around Rs 70,000 crore in 2015

Artificial intelligence and information technology made great strides

Thanks to Ohsumi's work, new drugs that can stimulate autophagy are being studied, and this could mean a better understanding of cancers

This year's Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry relate to research in fields, the potential of which is hard to imagine

Several exoplanets have been identified and quite a few are in the habitable zones of stars. Some of them might just be harbouring life

Facebook's drone Aquila and Alphabet's balloon Project Loon seek to provide cost-effective internet access in remote areas

Nasa's Mission Juno will try to gather evidence if the largest planet in the solar system is entirely gaseous or whether it has a solid core

Ligo or, Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave observatories, in different parts of the world aim to find out what happened at the Big Bang or just afterwards

Plants 'remember' by storing information using a type of protein called the prion, otherwise associated with neurological diseases in mammals, says a study

In India, we seem to lack the scientific temper that enables one to question the authenticity and rationality of claims made by some people

Overseas institutions are also a better bet for Adani. Tapping Indian banks, especially state-run lenders, would be a tad cheaper, but might invite greater political scrutiny ahead of general election

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454 members voted in favour of the Bill, while two voted against it.

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Tensions have been high since Canadian PM Trudeau on Monday alleged that the Indian government was behind the fatal shooting of Hardeep Singh Nijjar

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As they did in June, Fed policymakers at the median still see the central bank's benchmark overnight interest rate peaking this year in the 5.50%-5.75% range

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Closing Bell on Thursday, September 21: The broad-based selling was led by public sector banks with the Nifty PSU Bank index sliding 2.3 per cent

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Vegetable prices eased in August and brought down retail inflation to 6.8%. This is likely to continue in September, the Reserve Bank of India said in its monthly bulletin

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The history of the women's reservation bill is chequered. The Ramakrishna Hegde-led Janata Party government in Karnataka pioneered it, introducing a 25 per cent reservation for women in panchayats

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Amazon is India's most visited e-commerce application, and one of the most liked selling platforms for sellers. Here's your guide to sell your product on Amazon India

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The euro was up 0.1% against the dollar at $1.0667. the yen was up a similar amount at 147.69 to the dollar, with traders out for a Japanese public holiday

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In the midst of these economic challenges, a crisis of confidence is emerging, with growing doubt about the Chinese economy's future

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The fiscal burden of states will increase over time

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Former RBI Governor Bimal Jalan said it is better if the person's expertise is considered than whether he/she is a bureaucrat or a private sector executive

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The government introduced the Women's Reservation Bill in the Parliament almost three decades after it was first drafted

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Canada said it was expelling a top Indian diplomat Monday as it investigates what Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called credible allegations that India's government may have had links to the assassination in Canada of a Sikh activist.
Trudeau said in Parliament that Canadian intelligence agencies have been looking into the allegations after Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a strong supporter of an independent Sikh homeland known as Khalistan, was gunned down on June 18 outside a Sikh cultural centre in Surrey, British Columbia.
Trudeau told Parliament that he brought up the slaying with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the G-20 last week, that he told Modi that any Indian government involvement would be unacceptable and that he asked for cooperation in the investigation.
Canadian Foreign Minister Mlanie Joly said the head of Indian intelligence in Canada has been expelled as a consequence. "If proven true this would be a great violation of our sovereignty and of the most basic

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MEA's statement comes after Canada expelled an Indian diplomat on Monday as it investigates credible allegations that India's government may have had links to the assassination in Canada

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrives for his daily press conference on COVID-19, in front of his residence at Rideau Cottage in Ottawa. Photo: PTI

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By integrating DALL-E to ChatGPT, OpenAI has the opportunity to solidify its Chatbot platform as a generative AI hub for not just producing original texts but Images, artwork, and more

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Amazon Web Services (AWS) India on Thursday announced that edtech social enterprise ConveGenius has built a conversational artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot on its platform for government schools and low-free private schools.
The conversational AI chatbot platform -- SwiftChat -- aims to improve learning outcomes for school students using more than 53 conversational AI chatbots that deliver personalised learning content in 13 regional languages to over 100 million students across India.
ConveGenius has built SwiftChat Conversational AI Platform on AWS, a release said.
"Using the SwiftChat platform, which holds 124 million student profiles across 19 million devices, government schools can create omnichannel chatbots to deliver personalised learning, like curated videos and read-along content, through a single AI-enabled chatbot conversation," it said.
Besides the personalised learning, SwiftChat offers teacher training and data-driven decision-making for school administrators, ..

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It cut its forecast for economic growth in the July-September period to just 0.1% from August's forecast of 0.4% and noted clear signs of weakness in the housing market

A bird flies past The Bank of England in the City of London (Photo: Reuters)

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India uses soybeans to manufacture soyoil, which helps the country cut its hefty edible oil imports, while the by-product soymeal is used for animal feed and exported mainly to Southeast Asia

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In a "significant" move, aviation watchdog DGCA on Thursday said regulations for watch duty time limitations and rest requirements for air traffic controllers have been implemented at 57 airports, including Amritsar, Coimbatore, Patna and Imphal.
The implementation of the norms will ensure that air traffic controllers will get adequate rest while carrying out their duties.
The regulations regarding 'Watch Duty Time Limitation (WDTL) and rest requirements for Air Traffic Controllers (ATCOs)' are being implemented at the 57 airports from Thursday, DGCA said in a release.
According to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), the norms are modelled on ICAO regulations and based on the country's national, social and cultural contexts, coupled with scientifically valid, optimal duty time limit for ATCOs.
ICAO is the International Civil Aviation Organisation.
"This is a significant reform in the civil aviation sector and will provide adequate rest to ATCOs while engaging in the 

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