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SECTOR | 03 Nov 2025

Reinforcements for the cyber frontline

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IIT-Bombay study examines a parallel battlefront that opened during Operation Sindoor and the implications for India

Education

SECTOR | 02 Nov 2025

Zico Kolter leads OpenAI safety panel with power to block unsafe AI

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If you believe artificial intelligence poses grave risks to humanity, then a professor at Carnegie Mellon University has one of the most important roles in the tech industry right now. Zico Kolter leads a 4-person panel at OpenAI that has the authority to halt the ChatGPT maker's release of new AI systems if it finds them unsafe. That could be technology so powerful that an evildoer could use it to make weapons of mass destruction. It could also be a new chatbot so poorly designed that it will hurt people's mental health. Very much we're not just talking about existential concerns here, Kolter said in an interview with The Associated Press. We're talking about the entire swath of safety and security issues and critical topics that come up when we start talking about these very widely used AI systems. OpenAI tapped the computer scientist to be chair of its Safety and Security Committee more than a year ago, but the position took on heightened significance last week when California an

Education

SECTOR | 01 Nov 2025

President Murmu to visit Uttarakhand for three days, Kainchi Dham on agenda

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President Droupadi Murmu will be on a three-day visit to Uttarakhand from Sunday, during which she will also visit Neem Karoli Baba Ashram at Kainchi Dham, her office has said. Murmu will grace the second convocation ceremony of the University of Patanjali at Haridwar on Sunday, it added. "On November 3, the president will address the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly at Dehradun on the silver jubilee of Uttarakhand state," said the statement issued on Saturday by the Rashtrapati Bhavan. On the same day, she will grace a function to commemorate the 125 years of the establishment of the Raj Bhavan, Nainital. ?On November 4, Murmu will visit the Neem Karoli Baba Ashram at Kainchi Dham. "Before returning to New Delhi, the president will also grace the 20th convocation of Kumaun University at Nainital," the statement added.

Harish Salve calls for reform in judicial appointments, warns of overreach

Business Standard | 01 Nov 2025

Education

SECTOR | 01 Nov 2025

SICSem begins India's first end-to-end chip manufacturing project in Odisha

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Power electronics chip company SiCSem performed ground breaking ceremony here on Saturday for setting up the country's first end-to-end silicon carbide semiconductor production plant entailing investment of about Rs 2,000 crore. The integrated facility, expected to be operational by 2027-28, will have a capacity of processing 60,000 SiC wafers annually and packaging about 9.6 crore units. "?Our dream of bringing advanced technology to Odisha is coming true today, and our special focus is on enabling a seamless integration of industry and academia. "In this regard, we are partnering with IIT Bhubaneswar for a semiconductor research lab. I recently had the honour of approving Rs 4.95 crore from the MPLAD for establishing the NaMo Semiconductor Lab," Union IT and Electronics Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on the occasion through a video message. Silicon carbide chips are used for handling high voltage application in products like renewable energy, electric vehicle, power inverters, ..

Education

SECTOR | 30 Oct 2025

IIT Madras develops breakthrough Vertical landing technology using hybrid rocket thrusters

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Soft landing has crucial implications in planetary landings of unmanned or manned exploration modules and terrestrial landings of VTOL aircrafts.

Education

SECTOR | 30 Oct 2025

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Orders Ending H-1B Visa Hires In State Universities

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Florida leads the nation in higher education and thousands of highly-qualified Americans graduate from its colleges and universities every year.

Education

SECTOR | 30 Oct 2025

FM Nirmala Sitharaman set to visit Assam on Nov 7-8, Rajnath Singh on Nov 9

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On November 8, Nirmala Sitharaman will lay the foundation stone of Swahid Kanaklata Barua State University at Bholaguri tea estate in Gohpur, says Assam CM

Education

SECTOR | 29 Oct 2025

Kerala govt to review implementation of PM SHRI scheme, says CM Vijayan

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The Kerala government will review the implementation of the Centre's PM SHRI in the state in the wake of controversies and concerns that have come up in this regard, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said here on Wednesday. He said a seven-member Cabinet sub-committee has been constituted to study the implementation of the central school scheme. The further proceedings with regard to its implementation would be put on hold until the subcommittee submits its report, he said while briefing the media about the decisions taken during the cabinet meeting here. "This will be communicated to the Centre through a letter," Vijayan said. General Education Minister V Sivankutty would be the chairman of the cabinet sub-committee in which ministers K Rajan, P Rajeeve, Roshy Augustine, K Prasad, K Krishnsnkutty and A K Saseendran would be the members, the CM added. Earlier, multi-level discussions had been held by CPI (M) and CPI leaders under the aegis of Vijayan for the past few days to arrive

NCERT, IIT-Madras ink MoU to boost educational research, tech integration

Business Standard | 29 Oct 2025

Education

SECTOR | 29 Oct 2025

Delhi's Cloud-Seeding Trial For Wednesday Put On Hold, Insufficient Moisture In Clouds

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The Delhi government conducted two cloud-seeding trials on Tuesday in collaboration with IIT-Kanpur but there was no precipitation in Delhi. Minimal rainfall was recorded in Noida and Greater Noida after the trials.

Education

SECTOR | 29 Oct 2025

Indians faced nearly 20 heatwave days in 2024 on average: Lancet report

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People in India each experienced nearly 20 heatwave days in 2024 on average, of which about six-and-a-half days would not be expected were it not for climate change, according to a new global report published by The Lancet journal. Estimates suggest that an exposure to heat in 2024 resulted in a loss of 247 billion potential labour hours per year -- a record high of nearly 420 hours per person -- and 124 per cent more than that during 1990-1999. The agriculture sector accounted for 66 per cent, and construction sector for 20 per cent of the losses in 2024, according to the '2025 Report of The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change'. A reduced capacity of labour due to the extreme heat is associated with a potential loss of income of USD 194 billion in 2024, it said. An international team of 128 experts from 71 academic institutions and UN agencies, led by University College London, were involved in producing the ninth edition of the report. Published ahead of the 30th UN ..

The Hindu Group, Sharnbasva University sign partnership to power future-ready graduates

Business Line | 28 Oct 2025