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November 15, 2024 6:16 PM

A trillion dollar question – fossil fuel subsidies

Governments around the globe are ploughing billions of dollars into fossil fuel subsidies to shelter citizens from higher energy costs, but that comes at a fiscal burden, creates inefficiencies, and hampers the goal of reducing overall usage. At the U.N.'s COP29 climate summit in Baku, discussions ...

November 15, 2024 3:41 PM

OpenAI and rivals seek new path to smarter AI as current methods hit limitations

Artificial intelligence companies like OpenAI are seeking to overcome unexpected delays and challenges in the pursuit of ever-bigger large language models by developing training techniques that use more human-like ways for algorithms to "think". A dozen AI scientists, researchers and investors told...

November 15, 2024 3:36 PM

England storm to T20 series win over West Indies with two matches to spare

England sealed a Twenty20 series victory over West Indies with two matches to spare in St Lucia on Thursday after a nervy final-over win in their third T20 clash. Following a lengthy rain delay, England seemed on course to cruise to an unexpectedly comfortable series success when play did get under...

November 15, 2024 1:23 PM

Global measles cases jumped in 2023 due to ‘inadequate’ vaccine coverage

  Measles cases rose 20% last year, driven by a lack of vaccine coverage in the world's poorest countries and those riddled with conflict, the World Health Organization and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Thursday. Nearly half of all the large and disruptive ...

November 15, 2024 1:01 PM

Sri Lankan president’s coalition wins majority in general election

  Sri Lankans handed Anura Kumara Dissanayake a thumping win in a snap general election, giving its new leftist president greater legislative power to pursue policies to alleviate poverty and fight graft as the country recovers from a financial meltdown. Dissanayake, a political outsider in a...

November 15, 2024 12:33 PM

Prez Murmu, PM Modi, HM Shah extend greetings on Guru Nanak Dev’s Prakash Parv

President Droupadi Murmu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday conveyed their warm wishes to the nation on the 555th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev also known as 'Prakash Parv,' highlighting his teachings, which continue to inspire millions worldwide with me...

November 15, 2024 10:48 AM

Govt’s PAIR programme to boost research, innovation in higher education

The Union Government-led Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) has launched the Partnerships for Accelerated Innovation and Research (PAIR) programme to enhance quality research-oriented higher education in the country. In line with ANRF, operationalised in September, the PAIR programme ai...

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