Spread the love Vinesh Phogat Meenakshi Goyat ended Vinesh Phogat‘s hopes of making the 2026 Asian Games squad with a 6-4 win in the semifinals of the women’s 53kg selection trials at the Indira Gandhi Stadium in New Delhi on Saturday.Vinesh lost 4-6 to Asian bronze medallist Meenakshi in the last-four clash of the women’s 53kg category after winning her...
‘Find and kill them all’: China unveils AI-powered drone swarms that can hunt targets autonomously
Spread the love A Chinese research team has unveiled a new artificial intelligence algorithm that it claims could significantly advance autonomous drone warfare, enabling swarms of fixed-wing drones to independently locate and eliminate enemy targets even in heavily contested environments where communications are jammed and visibility is limited.According to a peer-reviewed paper published on May 19 in China’s aviation journal...
‘Extremely Severe’ alert buzzes phones as heavy rain lashes parts of Delhi, UP
Spread the love NEW DELHI: Several residents across Delhi-NCR and parts of western Uttar Pradesh were startled on Saturday after receiving an “Extremely Severe Alert” notification on their mobile phones, accompanied by a loud warning buzzer.The alert warned of severe weather conditions, including thunderstorms, lightning, strong winds, heavy rainfall and hailstorms, likely to affect several districts over the next few...
Explained | What is genome sequencing and why does the Genome India Project matter?
Spread the love The story so far: The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) recently said that the exercise to sequence 10,000 Indian human genomes and create a database under the Centre-backed Genome India Project is about two-thirds complete. About 7,000 Indian genomes have already been sequenced of which, 3,000 are available for public access by researchers. The proponents of the project say...
Watch: TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee attacked by mob in Bengal, eggs & stones hurled
Spread the love NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee was beaten, attacked with stones and eggs were hurled at his convoy during a visit to West Bengal’s Sonarpur South to meet families affected by post-poll violence on Saturday.According to police, stones and eggs were thrown at Banerjee’s convoy as he travelled through South 24 Parganas. The...
Karnataka CLP elects DK Shivakumar as leader; CM oath ceremony on June 3
Spread the love DK Shivakumar NEW DELHI: The Congress Legislature Party on Saturday elected DK Shivakumar as their new leader during a meeting held at Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru.The meeting concluded after outgoing Karnataka chief ministerSiddaramaiah stepped down as the Congress Legislature Party leader, paving the way for the election of his successor.According to the Karnataka Congress, Siddaramaiah moved a...
Vinesh Phogat knocked out of Asian Games trials after semifinal loss to Meenakshi
Spread the love Vinesh Phogat Vinesh Phogat‘s hopes of making India’s squad for the 2026 Asian Games ended on Saturday after she lost 4-6 to Asian bronze medallist Meenakshi Goyat in the semifinals of the women’s 53kg category selection trials at the Indira Gandhi Stadium in New Delhi.The defeat ended Vinesh’s campaign after an eventful day in which she had...
Jaw pain and nausea together? Why doctors say it needs immediate attention
Spread the love Jaw pain is more likely to make most people think of a dental problem than a heart emergency. Nausea, meanwhile, may be blamed on something you ate. But when the two show up together, especially suddenly, doctors say they should not always be brushed off. According to Dr Sushant Chhabra, Cluster Head, Emergency Medicine, Manipal Hospitals North-West Region,...
What is Bangladesh’s Padma Barrage?
Spread the love Bangladesh has approved a large river engineering project called the Padma barrage, on the Padma river, which is Bangladesh’s stretch of the Ganga, in Rajbari district. It is Bangladesh’s attempt to partially re-engineer the hydrology of its southwest region, which has become prone to drought after decades of reduced seasonal flows linked to the Farakka barrage upstream...
CUET chaos: Uncertainty & tears as students left in lurch at Noida centre
Spread the love (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: The National Testing Agency (NTA) seems to be testing students’ patience. Just weeks after the NEET-UG row triggered nationwide outrage, another major examination conducted by the agency has landed in troubled waters. This time, it is the Common University Entrance Test (CUET-UG) 2026, where technical glitches and administrative confusion left students stranded inside...
