Innovation often begins with solving problems that others consider impossible. For Dr Robert Sola Okojie, a Nigerian-born engineer and inventor, that pursuit has led to a career spanning more than two decades at Nasa and groundbreaking contributions to space technology. After 21 years at Nasa and securing 21 US patents, he was inducted into the…
If you live there, this isn’t some fun experience, it’s a necessity. The hop ties the tiny community of Papa Westray to the rest of Orkney for basic necessities like doctors, schools, government offices, and local businesses. You’ll regularly see teachers, researchers, medical professionals, and everyday locals commuting on it. Plus, when rough seas force…
AI generated image used for representational purpose NEW DELHI: The Allahabad high court, on July 17, upheld the murder conviction of an 82-year-old man and told him to surrender and go back to prison to finish his life sentence, after finding no grounds to overturn the trial court’s judgment or reduce his punishment. The court…
NEW DELHI: Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation is readying the framework to provide social security to millions employed in the unorganised sector and exempted establishments, gig workers and people who are self-employed – presently not part of its network – allowing them to deduct a part of their income for a universal provident fund scheme.The accumulation…
With several months still left in the year, many of us are already thinking about what we want to change, improve, or leave behind. The goals we set at the beginning of the year may have shifted, some plans may not have worked out, and some experiences may have left us carrying more than we…
Takaichi has previously expressed her love for metal music NEW DELHI: Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, on her visit to India, was seen trying her hand at the Indian classical string instrument, Santoor. A video shared by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his Instagram account shows the self-confessed “metal-head” strumming the percussion instrument.The PMO shared…
NEW DELHI: Should classrooms pay the price for election duty, ask educators. The entire regular teaching staff of two Delhi govt schools – one at Bhalswa and another near GTB Nagar – has been deployed for booth-level officer (BLO) duties during the peak period of the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, citing manpower…
Amazon has laid off employees from its Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) team, a report by the news agency Reuters claims. This unit is responsible for developing AI models and technologies to create systems that can perform at or beyond human capability across a wide range of tasks. The cuts come even as the company describes…
Rs 160 cr allegedly given to company from party a/cs NEW DELHI: Enforcement Directorate Tuesday carried out searches in Kolkata to probe the purchase of an aircraft — Embraer 600 — and an Agusta 109 SP helicopter for Rs 112 crore by Kolkata-based Carewell Aviation India Pvt Ltd, and Rs 160 crore it allegedly had…