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New Delhi: Jacob Coxon, an AI researcher at Anthropic, announced his resignation Wednesday, alleging that leading technology firms, including OpenAI, are acting irresponsibly in an unchecked race toward developing superintelligence and "gambling with our lives". Coxon, who spent the past three years conducting pre-training research...

Digapahandi: A 70-year-old woman who went missing from Bhubaneswar five years ago has finally returned home after her grandson recognised her during a live television broadcast from an old-age home in the city. Indu Bisoyi, a native of Naliha village under Kukudakhandi block, was reunited...

Biaora(Madhya Pradesh): A 21-year-old college student from Madhya Pradesh has turned an unlikely social media identity into an environmental campaign after spending months cleaning a heavily polluted river largely on his own. Surendra Singh Choudhary, better known online as Bittu Tabahi, has been removing plastic,...

New Delhi: Acoustics of chimpanzees' laughs, grunts and whimpers have revealed that young ones may go on to develop distinct vocal patterns or 'dialects', according to a study. Researchers said findings published in the journal PLOS One provide a new way of understanding how distinct...

New Delhi: The prevailing El Nino conditions over the equatorial Pacific are most likely to intensify into a very strong event in the coming months and persist through February 2027, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has said. It said this could have substantial impacts on...

Ayodhya: Air Marshal Jeetendra Mishra (retd), a decorated former Indian Air Force officer and veteran fighter pilot, has been appointed the first Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust in Ayodhya. Mishra was selected for the key administrative position Wednesday...

Kathmandu: The devastating floods that swept through Nepal were triggered by a massive fall of ice and rock in the high Himalayas and not by an earthquake or glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF), according to experts. The flash floods that triggered near the Nepal-Tibet border...

By Arindam Ganguly, OP Bhubaneswar: As Bhubaneswar expands with new residential colonies, commercial complexes and concrete infrastructure, kitchen gardens could offer a simple way to address some of the challenges of urban growth—from rising temperatures and shrinking green spaces to reliance on outside sources for...

Gwalior: A social media stunt to express love proved costly after a Gwalior man’s car was covered with 3,400 lipstick marks by his girlfriend, prompting the police to impose a fine of Rs 5,500 on him and order him to remove the marks. The car...

New Delhi: The next space exploration phase will deepen India’s role in human spaceflight, planetary exploration and advanced space technology as these efforts will support India’s ambition to become a leading global space power, according to the government. An official fact sheet states that India...