‘Wish there were more daughters among medallists,’ says PM Modi at IIT convocation: Why women remain underrepresented in premier institutes

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the 57th Convocation Ceremony of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), in New Delhi. “Wish there were more daughters among the medalists.” Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remark at the IIT Delhi convocation speech. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday expressed his desire to see more women among the medal winners and…

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Florida community fears a radioactive waste pile could threaten thousands living nearby | World News

Image: Amy Green/Inside Climate News In Progress Village, Florida, a huge mound of industrial waste has become a symbol of a much bigger environmental and public-health debate. The historically Black community sits beside a massive phosphogypsum stack, a structure created from the waste left behind during phosphate fertiliser production.The stack is difficult to miss. The…

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Blueface faces backlash after controversial comment sparks heated clash with woman during viral livestream

Rapper Blueface is facing backlash after a viral livestream showed him having a heated argument with a woman about colorism and racism. The disagreement reportedly started after Blueface complimented the woman’s dark skin, saying she looked “so nice that dark” and calling her “a good dark skin.” The woman questioned his choice of words, leading…

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Mojtaba Khamenei: Iran planning to release more public images of Mojtaba Khamenei amidst global scrutiny

Mojtaba Khamenei’s first public images set for release Images of Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei appearing in public are set to be released for the first time since his appointment in March, according to Iran’s state-run Mizan news agency.Images of Khamenei “among the people and out in ​streets, as well in meetings with the commanders…

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Why did Kick streamer TreyLiving slap Fishtank contestant Burt Bronx on camera? Here’s what we know

A video showing a physical fight between Kick streamer TreyLiving and Fishtank Season 3 contestant Burt Bronx is going viral online. The incident happened during the BAU house marathon hosted by Cuffem and was caught on the livestream. Bronx, who is gay and has autism according to his Instagram bio, allegedly slapped TreyLiving’s butt while…

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In 1986, Lake Nyos released a deadly carbon dioxide cloud that killed 1,746 people, but the gas was still building up 30 years later | World News

Lake Nyos looks deceptively ordinary in photographs. It sits in a volcanic landscape in north-western Cameroon, surrounded by steep green slopes and farmland. Yet beneath its surface, an unusual geological process once allowed enormous quantities of carbon dioxide to accumulate in deep water.On 21 August 1986, that gas escaped suddenly. A dense cloud of carbon…

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He quit a Rs 13 lakh job to study AI in the US, then reportedly landed a Rs 1.5 crore AWS role

Aditya Arepalli reportedly walked away from a Rs 13 lakh technology job to pursue a Master’s in Artificial Intelligence in the US. After completing his studies at the University at Buffalo and building practical expertise through coding, certifications and projects. For Aditya Arepalli, a comfortable start to his career was not enough. After graduating in…

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British national killed in PoK clashes; another held for over 2 months: Report

Pakistan’s widening crackdown in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) draws international attention. (Photo: ANI) A British national was killed during clashes between protesters and Pakistani security forces in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), while another Briton has been detained in the region for more than two months, The Guardian reported.According to the report, Mohammad Akhtar, 50, a resident of…

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Rohan Arni, 17, used deep learning to study mysterious space signals with 98% accuracy; now he is a US Regeneron STS finalist

Rohan Arni used deep learning to study mysterious space signals; his model achieved 98% accuracy. (Photo: Society For Science) At 17, Rohan Arni is exploring one of astronomy’s most intriguing mysteries: fast radio bursts, or FRBs, incredibly powerful flashes of radio waves that can travel across the universe and last for only milliseconds. A student…

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