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“I realized that there has been no change in my position as a permanent invitee which I have been for the past 19 years. I knew that a few juniors in my party were elevated above me. When I came to know of this, as an ordinary man with emotions, I expressed. But I have always been loyal to the party and I have never ever left the party,” said Chennithala.Incidentally, what has irked top state Congress leaders is the elevation of Shashi Tharoor as a full time CWC member as he became a Congress party member in 2009, while…

Reacting to a follower who posted that 14-year-olds are being told climate change is going to end the world as we know it and essentially nothing can be done, Musk replied that climate change definitely will not end the world as we know it.However, “we shouldn’t be complacent about changing the chemical constituency of our atmosphere & oceans,” the billionaire stressed.“If people keep pushing hard, humanity will solve the sustainable energy problem in time,” Musk added.Musk had earlier claimed that farming has no major effect on the climate, which drew flak from the scientific and agriculture communities.In June this year,…

Influenza viruses remain a major threat to human health and can cause severe symptoms in young, elderly, and immuno-compromised populations, leading to annual epidemics which endanger between three and five million people of severe illness and cause 290,000 to 650,000 deaths worldwide.These viruses primarily target respiratory epithelial cells to replicate, where they cause cell damage and death.Scientists have become aware that these epithelial cells are not mere passive barriers, helpless to attack, but instead are vital in driving the antiviral immune response. However, until now, the understanding of the mechanism underpinning that response has been very limited.Now, a team from…

The incident occurred on Sunday night and the victims were identified as Pushpa Sarika and the driver of the vehicle whose identity is still unknown. A police officer said that the Toyota Innova the family was riding in collided with a truck with a Haryana license plate. Police images show the front of the truck was significantly dented in the collision, and the Innova appeared to be crushed. The victims, according to the police, were Guwahati locals. The injured persons were sent to Assam Medical College Hospital in Dibrugarh, where three of them are said to be critical.”There was a…

Known for his movies like ‘Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania’, ‘Badlapur’, ‘October’, ‘Kalank’, amongst many others, Varun is currently shooting for his next project ‘VD 18’.The avid social media user took to Instagram and shared striking photos of himself.In the pictures, Varun is wearing a pair of blue shorts, and is sitting on the beach soaking up the sun. Flaunting his toned physique and abs, there is the picturesque sea in the backdrop.He gave the music of ‘In the summertime’ by Shaggy and Rayvon, to his post. Varun captioned the post as: “Caption de do. Best one makes it?” It is…

The YoY contraction in the government’s corporate tax revenue may thus be explained by unlisted/small and mid size firms delaying their tax payments in Q1FY24, the report said.It could be an early sign that the economy is possibly in a late business cycle, it added.“Startlingly, we are seeing signs of a reversal to pre-Covid behaviour when we consider Q1FY24 corporate tax payments by unlisted/SMID firms. The share of listed companies in Q1 corporate tax collections by the government is back to the highs of 76 per cent (vs 50 per cent last year and pre-Covid average of 80 per cent…

New Delhi, Sep 11 (IANS) Facing regulatory hurdles in India, global cryptocurrency platform Coinbase reportedly plans to end all services for its users in the country later this month.Coinbase Co-founder and CEO Brian Armstrong visited India last year and had questioned “informal restrictions” on crypto trading by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI).Armstrong had claimed that Coinbase had to halt the trading service in India because of “informal pressure” from the RBI.According to a TechCrunch report, the crypto exchange has now warned customers in India that “it will be discontinuing services for…

New Delhi, Sep 11 (IANS) When it comes to maintaining the overall digital quality of life, India at 52nd position still lags behind China (44th spot) globally, a report showed on Monday.The Digital Quality of Life (DQL) Index by cyber-security company Surfshark is an annual study that ranks 121 countries by their digital wellbeing based on 5 core pillars — internet quality, internet affordability, e-security, e-infrastructure and e-government.The 5th DQL study ranks India 52nd in the world, up from 59th last year.The increase is largely due to the country’s surge in internet quality, for which it now ranks 16th.“However, the…

But investors have to be cautious since fundamentals do not support a sustained rise above 20,000. Large FII selling may re-emerge at higher levels, he added.The market is ignoring worries arising out of crude at $90. Some profit booking in small-caps is advisable. Now, safety is in quality large-caps, he said.Vaishali Parekh, Vice President – Technical Research, Prabhudas Lilladher said Nifty extended the gains further ahead with sentiment getting better and ended above the 19,800 zone to register the highest weekly closing, turning up the weekly trend after five weeks and strengthening the overall trend further.The index is expected to…

San Francisco, Sep 11 (IANS) Meta is reportedly planning to train a new artificial intelligence (AI) model that is likely to be as powerful as OpenAI’s latest chatbot GPT-4.Meta is buying more Nvidia H100 AI-training chips and is ramping up its infrastructure to train the new chatbot, reports The Wall Street Journal.The company reportedly plans to begin training the new large language model early in 2024.Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is likely to make it initially free for companies and researchers to create AI tools.Meta has assembled a group to build the new AI model, with the goal of speeding up…