Author: admin
A Turkish Airlines flight diverted to New York on Wednesday morning after one of its pilots died.Flight 204 was traveling from Seattle to Istanbul when it was diverted to John F. Kennedy International Airport for an emergency landing at approximately 6 a.m. after “one of the pilots suffered a medical emergency,” according to the Federal Aviation Administration.Capt. İlçehin Pehlivan “lost consciousness” during the flight, and after initial medical intervention proved ineffective, the co-pilot was rerouted to JFK, where the Airbus A320 safely landed, the airline said in a statement.Turkish Airlines also confirmed that Pehlivan died before the plane touched ground.…
Nitish Kumar Reddy announced himself on the international stage with a flamboyant 74 as a youthful Indian side delivered yet another commanding performance to thrash Bangladesh by 86 runs in the second T20I in New Delhi on Wednesday. With the win, the hosts took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. The 21-year-old Reddy (74 off 34 balls) played the most attractive innings of his nascent career while also taking a couple of wickets (2/23) with his seam bowling. Reddy combined with Rinku Singh (53 off 29), who too sizzled with a blistering fifty, to help India…
A law moving many town and county elections in New York to even-numbered years to align them with state and federal races was struck down by a state judge, providing a win to Republicans who claimed it was a partisan effort by Democrats to gain an electoral edge.Sponsors of the bill approved by the Democrat-led state Legislature last year said they wanted to shift elections for town supervisor, county executive and some other local posts from odd-numbered years to reduce confusion and increase voter turnout. Republicans denounced the law as an effort to move local elections to higher-turnout presidential election…
By Prathiba Raju and Abhijeet Singh New Delhi: Amid recent concerns regarding the classification of widely used drugs such as paracetamol and antibiotics along with 50 others, as spurious, the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has rejected those reports, calling them as a misinterpretation. The Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO), which oversees drug quality and safety in India, clarified the situation in response to media queries on the sidelines of an event.Dr. Rajeev Raghuvanshi, Drugs Controller General of India (DGCI), addressed the controversy and said, “In the recent news which came about three weeks back, there was actually…
Monetary policy committee’s shift offers flexibility but no signal of rate cuts; RBI Governor highlights inflation and stability as key priorities Source link
As artificial intelligence agents become more advanced, it could become increasingly difficult to distinguish between AI-powered users and real humans on the internet. In a new white paper, researchers from MIT, OpenAI, Microsoft, and other tech companies and academic institutions propose the use of personhood credentials, a verification technique that enables someone to prove they are a real human online, while preserving their privacy.MIT News spoke with two co-authors of the paper, Nouran Soliman, an electrical engineering and computer science graduate student, and Tobin South, a graduate student in the Media Lab, about the need for such credentials, the risks…
RIO DE JANEIRO — The social media platform X began returning to Brazil on Wednesday, after remaining inaccessible for more than a month following a clash between its owner, Elon Musk, and a justice on the country’s highest court.Internet service providers began restoring access to the platform after Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes authorized lifting X’s suspension on Tuesday.“TWITTER IS ALIVE,” Lucas dos Santos Consoli, known as luscas on X, wrote on the platform to his more than 7 million followers. “I’m happy that the platform decided to follow the laws of Brazil and finally adapted, after all I’ve…
NEW YORK — Vice President Kamala Harris is in the midst of a burst of media appearances designed to introduce her to a range of voters with just a month to go in a close election, but it’s gotten rocky at times — giving former President Donald Trump and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance, an opening to attack.Harris spent Tuesday in New York City sitting for three interviews — all of them different formats and popular with different audiences.But twice during that swing, Harris appeared unprepared to answer how she would govern differently from President Joe Biden, a key…
Screengrab of Riyan Parag’s bizarre no-ball.© X (Twitter) The second T20I between India and Bangladesh saw a delivery by Riyan Parag being called a no-ball for a very rare reason. Bowling his very first over in the 11th over of the Bangladesh innings, Parag decided to switch things up on the fourth ball. Parag tried a bizarre sling action, somewhat similar to former India batter Kedar Jadhav’s wide action. The trick backfired massively, as Parag ended up stepping outside the pitch tramlines, and rightly saw the ball signalled a no-ball. Watch: Riyan Parag’s bizarre no ball What was…
Time series forecasting is a critical component in various industries for making informed decisions by predicting future values of time-dependent data. A time series is a sequence of data points recorded at regular time intervals, such as daily sales revenue, hourly temperature readings, or weekly stock market prices. These forecasts are pivotal for anticipating trends and future demands in areas such as product demand, financial markets, energy consumption, and many more. However, creating accurate and reliable forecasts poses significant challenges because of factors such as seasonality, underlying trends, and external influences that can dramatically impact the data. Additionally, traditional forecasting…