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New Delhi: The air quality in Delhi continues to worsen as the city’s Air Quality Index (AQI) reaches hazardous levels, posing serious health risks to residents. Today, Delhi AQI was recorded at 406, placing the city in the ‘severe’ category, according to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). As Delhi’s AQI today hits hazardous levels, a thick layer of smog enveloped the capital for the fourth consecutive day, with pollution levels affecting visibility and breathing conditions across various parts of the city.Delhi AQI Severe in Multiple AreasDrone footage captured early Saturday morning revealed a dense blanket of smog near prominent…

File photo of Mohammed Shami.© BCCI Star India pacer Mohammed Shami has made a sensational comeback to competitive cricket. The right-arm pacer, who missed the action for around a year due to injury, played for Bengal in their recently-concluded Ranji Trophy match against Madhya Pradesh. Shami bowled 43.2 overs in the game and took seven wickets besides scoring a quickfire 36. Bengal went on to win the game by 11 runs. A fresh media report has claimed that Shami is set to be fast-tracked into India’s Test squad. A report in Dainik Bhaskar claimed that Shami is all…

Since the advent of the computer age, industries have been so awash in stored data that most of it never gets put to use. This data is estimated to be in the neighborhood of 120 zettabytes — the equivalent of trillions of terabytes, or more than 120x the amount of every grain of sand on every beach around the globe. Now, the world’s industries are putting that untamed data to work by building and customizing large language models (LLMs). As 2025 approaches, industries such as healthcare, telecommunications, entertainment, energy, robotics, automotive and retail are using those models, combining it with…

President-elect Donald Trump sharply criticized the rising price of groceries throughout his campaign, even delivering an address outside his New Jersey home in August alongside a table covered with cereal boxes, coffee grounds and ketchup.A wave of consumer discontent appears to have helped lift him back into the Oval Office, but Trump now faces the task of how to ease voters’ frustration.Food inflation soared to a peak of more than 10% in 2022, but price increases have slowed to about 2%, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data shows.Still, the yearslong bout of rapid inflation has sent food prices soaring more…

BAKU, Azerbaijan — Hundreds of activists formed a human chain outside one of the main plenary halls at the United Nations climate summit on what is traditionally their biggest protest day during the two-week talks. The demonstration in Baku, Azerbaijan will be echoed at sites around the world in a global “day of action” for climate justice that’s become an annual event.Activists waved flags, snapped their fingers, and hummed and mumbled chants in a silent protest, with many covering their mouths with the word “Silenced.” Demonstrators held up signs calling for more money to be pledged for climate finance, which…

WASHINGTON — Iran successfully sought a meeting with Elon Musk, according to a U.S. official, one in a series of steps that appeared aimed at easing tensions with President-elect Donald Trump.Iran’s U.N. Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani met with Musk — a Trump ally named this week to advise his administration on ways to cut the federal government — on Monday in New York, according to a U.S. official briefed on the meeting by a foreign colleague.The official said he had been informed that the discussion covered a variety of topics, most notably Iran’s nuclear program, its support for anti-Israel groups…

New Delhi: The recent emergence of a human case of H5N1 bird flu in Canada has sparked renewed concerns about the potential for a larger outbreak. A teenager in British Columbia is currently in critical condition, being treated for acute respiratory distress after testing positive for the virus. This is Canada’s first confirmed human case of the strain, and it has renewed the questions about the risk of a new pandemic or potential lockdowns.The teenager, whose identity and exact age have not been disclosed, was reported to have been healthy prior to falling ill, with no underlying health conditions, according…

When Tilak Varma came to bat in the fourth T20I at Johannesburg, South African skipper Aiden Markram brought on Keshav Maharaj, a move that seemed questionable given the match-up-left-arm spinner versus left-handed batter. Perhaps, Tilak’s struggle against Axar Patel in an IPL 2024 match between Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals was playing on Markram’s mind. Tilak, however, soon exposed the folly behind that thought – carting two sixes in the fourth and fifth balls he faced off Maharaj. Similarly, pacer Andile Sipamala followed the common strategy of pitching the ball full and wide outside the off-stump to keep…

To fend off the worst impacts of climate change, “we have to decarbonize, and do it even faster,” said William H. Green, director of the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) and Hoyt C. Hottel Professor, MIT Department of Chemical Engineering, at MITEI’s Annual Research Conference.“But how the heck do we actually achieve this goal when the United States is in the middle of a divisive election campaign, and globally, we’re facing all kinds of geopolitical conflicts, trade protectionism, weather disasters, increasing demand from developing countries building a middle class, and data centers in countries like the U.S.?”Researchers, government officials, and business…

The rapid advancement of generative AI promises transformative innovation, yet it also presents significant challenges. Concerns about legal implications, accuracy of AI-generated outputs, data privacy, and broader societal impacts have underscored the importance of responsible AI development. Responsible AI is a practice of designing, developing, and operating AI systems guided by a set of dimensions with the goal to maximize benefits while minimizing potential risks and unintended harm. Our customers want to know that the technology they are using was developed in a responsible way. They also want resources and guidance to implement that technology responsibly in their own organization.…