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United Nations, Sept 24:Leaders from government, business, and civil society on Monday announced potentially far-reaching steps to confront climate change at the United Nations Secretary General's Climate Action Summit here on Monday. As carbon pollution, temperatures, and climate destruction continue to rise, and public backlash mounts, the Summit offered a turning point from inertia into...

Bengaluru, Sept 23: A 35-year-old died in a road accident near Sambhram College hear today. The driver of the truck which allegedly killed the man, identified as Lal Bahadur, fled the spot after deserting the vehicle when the public tried to catch him. Bahzadur was working in an apartment as a security guard.

Bengaluru, Sept 22: To encourage research on Artificial Intelligence (AI) ethics, Facebook has selected six projects from India that will focus on three key areas - governance, cultural diversity, and operationalising ethics. The winners declared on Friday, included the top two submissions in each category. Facebook announced the Ethics in AI research awards in June with a regional focus of India...

Washington, Sept 20: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has rejected a US lawmaker's call to break his company, saying he's not going to sell WhatsApp or Instagram at any cost. Senator Josh Hawley (Missouri Republican) tweeted that he met Zuckerberg during his visit to Washington, DC on Thursday, and asked him to sell Instagram and WhatsApp. "Just finished meeting with @facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Had...

NASA is analysing, validating and reviewing the images clicked by its lunar orbiter of the area on the Moon where India's Chandrayaan-2 mission made an unsuccessful attempt to soft land its Vikram module, according to a media report that quoted a project scientist of the US space agency. NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft has snapped a series of images during its flyby on...

Chamarajanagar, Sept 19: Police in Karnataka's Chamarajanagar on Thursday seized two trucks in a raid at an illegal sand mining spot near Cauvery river belt at the Kollegal taluk of the district. Police had received several complaints about the illegal sand mining activities at Cauvery belt in the Chamrajnagar district. Acting on complaints, a team of police personnel, led by Chamrajnagar...

New Delhi, Sept 18: Over 75% Indians believe that the notion of working for one employer your entire career is "old-fashioned" and so is the traditional retirement, according to a survey. Twenty-five per cent Indians would want a second innings post-retirement in a career they love, it said. The survey also pointed out that 84% Indians ended up choosing a career based on what they majored in but...

Kanchanaburi, Sept 17: At least 86 of the 147 tigers rescued from an infamous Thailand temple where they featured as a tourist attraction have died due to genetic problems, authorities said on Monday. The tigers were suffering from problems due to inbreeding and died between 2016 and 2019 in the two government wildlife sanctuaries, the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation...

Sept 17: Seeking to promote electric vehicles (EVs), the Tamil Nadu government has announced its policy for the sector offering a slew of sops, including investment subsidy and waiver of various taxes and duties. Chief Minister K Palaniswami released the Tamil Nadu Electric Vehicle Policy 2019 which offered a number of incentives for the manufacturers to boost the eco-friendly vehicles. "The Tamil...

Crimea, Sept 14: A newly discovered comet could only be the second interstellar object scientists have found after 'Oumuamua’. The new comet - designated C/2019 Q4 (Borisov) - appears to have originated from outside the solar system, but it has not yet been officially confirmed, NASA said on Thursday. The object - designated C/2019 Q4 (Borisov) - was discovered on August 30, 2019, by astronomer...