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Washington, Oct 18 (IANS) The US Department of Commerce has announced a set of rules to update and strengthen its restrictions on the export of advanced computing semiconductors to China in an apparent move to further curb China’s technological advancement. The department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) released the rules to reinforce the export controls, which were published about a year ago to restrict China’s ability to purchase and manufacture certain high-end chips critical for military advantage, the bureau said in a press release.The rules include notification requirements for the export of certain chips “with performance just below the…

San Francisco, Oct 18 (IANS) Founder and CEO of gaming platform Roblox, David Baszucki has given its remote employees an option to join the company’s three-day, in-office schedule, or they can opt for a severance package if they do not wish to join the office physically.”For the remote employees whom we are asking to move to in-office roles, we will provide the option to join our three-day, in-office schedule (Tues.-Thurs.) or take a severance package,” Baszucki told employees in a memo on Tuesday.In the memo posted as a blog titled, “The Future of How We Work Together at Roblox”, he…

Lucknow, Oct 18 (IANS) The Council of Scientific & Industrial Research and Central Drug Research Institute (CSIR-CDRI), Lucknow have announced a strategic collaboration with a Bengaluru-based startup to develop new therapeutics for the treatment of cancer using artificial intelligence (AI) technology.The collaboration will entail the use of advanced AI and computational tools developed at Sravathi AI Technology Pvt Ltd, a start-up in AI-based drug discovery to design novel chemical entities (NCEs) with anti-cancer properties.Sanjeev Yadav, Senior Scientist, CDRI, said on Wednesday, “There are a number of such chemical compounds available but finding whether they have anti-cancer properties manually, through the…

On her arrival, the President was welcomed by Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, his Deputy Tejeshwi Yadav and other ministers and bureaucrats at the airport.From the airport, President Murmu reached Bapu Sabhagar at Gandhi Maidan and inaugurated the fourth agriculture road map of the state.Notably, Bihar has 93.60 lakh hectares land of which 79.46 lakh hectares land is being used for the agriculture purpose.Around 74 per cent people of Bihar are dependent on agriculture which contributes to 19 to 20 per cent in the GDP of the state. Besides agriculture, animal husbandry and fisheries have a 6…

The incident occurred on Tuesday night.Notably, this is the sixth such attack on Tamil fishermen in the past two months.The fishers, who were attacked and robbed off their belongings in mid-sea, complained to the police that the attackers were suspected to be from Sri Lankan and were speaking Tamil.Police said that N. Subramanian( 50), A. Murugesan (45), A. Sundaramoorthy (49), C. Rajagopal (63 ) and S. Mahalingam (60), natives of Vanavanmahadevi near Vedaranyam had ventured into the sea on the afternoon of Tuesday.Fishermen told police that while they were fishing in mid-sea off Kodaikarai coast, when four men allegedly Sri…

Seven Screen Studio, the producers of the movie, has moved the Madras High Court seeking the prevention of screening of the pirated version of the movie and requested the court to restrain the Internet service providers to take action against such release.Justice Abdul Quddhose of the Madras High Court directed to ban the pirated version of the movie and also directed the Internet service providers to ensure that the pirated version was not screened through their sites.Advocate Vijay Subramanian, who appeared for Seven Screen studio, had earlier mentioned in the court that the movie was heavily budgeted and if a…

Farmers doing good work for production of millets would also be felicitated on the occasion. According to the government spokesman, “Ahead of the Krishi Kumbh, a three-day ‘Sri Anna Mahotsav’, a state-level workshop will be organised in Indira Gandhi Pratishthan from October 27.Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will inaugurate the event.Farmers from six divisions will participate in the event on the first day, from five divisions on the second day and from seven divisions on the third day.“Fifty progressive farmers from each division will take part in the event which is aimed at creating awareness among people and farmers with regard…

The cabinet, which met earlier in the day, is learnt to have cleared the decision, sources said.The last hike in DA was effected in March 2023.The cabinet is also learnt to have cleared the proposal of hiking the minimum support price (MSP) for six Rabi crops, including wheat and Red Lentil (Masur) by up to 7 per cent, sources informed further.Further details were awaited.–IANSans/dpb

The 21st edition of India-France MSC meeting was held on Monday-Tuesday (October 16-17) at Air Force Station, New Delhi. The ministry of defence informed on Wednesday that the meeting was co-chaired from the Indian side by Air Vice Marshal Ashish Vohra, Assistant Chief of Integrated Staff, (Military Cooperation) at HQ IDS and Major General Eric Peltier, General Officer, International Military Relations of the Joint Staff from the French side.India-France MSC is a forum established to progress defence cooperation between both nations through regular talks at strategic and operational levels between HQ, Integrated Defence Staff and the Joint Staff HQ of…

Rithvik said: ” I am super excited to be hosting Jhalak season 11. Dancing is the one thing that truly makes me happy. I started off my journey on Indian television with ‘Jhalak’. I participated in Jhalak as a contestant.”“From a celebrity contestant to now hosting the show, life is a full-circle moment indeed. I feel really good and grateful that I am being able to host another dance reality show, this time being Jhalak. It was the only reality show that I had not hosted.”Talking about the show, Rithvik shared: “This season seems to be full of surprises, and…