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New Delhi: BRICS countries Saturday called for stronger energy security through diversified supply sources, resilient infrastructure and stable energy markets, while acknowledging that fossil fuels will continue to play an important role in the global energy mix, particularly for emerging and developing economies. "We acknowledge...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has identified 185 sites for setting up small hydro power projects, Additional Chief Secretary (Energy) Vishal Kumar Dev said Friday. Speaking on the sidelines of a stakeholder dialogue on small hydro power development in Bhubaneswar, Dev said Odisha, which accounts for nearly...

Kendrapada: The population of nesting water birds in Odisha's Bhitarkanika National Park has risen marginally this year, with the annual colonial bird census recording 1,32,279 birds, including 76,151 chicks, across 10 species, a forest official said Friday. The count was up from 1,30,796 birds recorded...

Mumbai: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Friday called for stronger accountability and safeguards around artificial intelligence as the technology moves into finance and other critical sectors, warning that regulators and companies must ensure rapid innovation does not create new forms of systemic risks. Speaking at the...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has asked the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, which has proposed phased implementation of front-of-package labelling (FoPL) on packaged foods, to come up with more clarifications on the planned labels of "nutrients of concern", fat, sugar and salt....

Bhubaneswar: People in Odisha will no longer need to visit police stations or offices for several routine police services, with the Odisha Police Friday bringing 14 citizen services under the state government's 'Ama Sathi' WhatsApp chatbot. DGP Binaytosh Mishra launched the integrated service at the...

San Francisco: Anthropic said Thursday it has blocked efforts by bad actors to use its artificial intelligence models for malicious activity such as cyberattacks, surveillance, and research that could have led to biological weapons. As AI models grow more powerful, elaborate cyberattacks no longer require...

Cape Canaveral: The two NASA astronauts who led the Artemis II moonshot earlier this year are stepping away from spaceflight. NASA announced Wednesday that Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman and pilot Victor Glover will no longer serve as active astronauts but will continue to support...

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...

Bhubaneswar/Baleshwar: A day after at least five orangutans were rescued from a forest in Odisha's Baleshwar district, a joint probe was launched by the state police's STF and the WCCB on suspicion that an international wildlife smuggling racket might be behind the animals' sudden appearance...