Sharmila Dhankar’s inspiring journey from hardship to historic win at Commonwealth Games

Sharmila Dhankar’s inspiring journey from hardship to historic win at Commonwealth Games

Sharmila continued to perform consistently and emerged as a national-level shot putter. She participated in the Fazza International Para Athletics Championship in Dubai where she won the gold medal in shot put and the bronze medal in discus. Sharmila Dhankar created history by becoming the first-ever para-athletics gold medalist from India at the Commonwealth Games. … Read more

Hummingbird hawkmoths may have their own version of being left-handed or right-handed, using one preferred eye and one side of their long proboscis together to search flowers

Hummingbird hawkmoths may have their own version of being left-handed or right-handed, using one preferred eye and one side of their long proboscis together to search flowers

Credit: Erik Karits from Pexels Hummingbird hawkmoths may have their own version of being left-handed or right-handed, using one preferred eye and one side of their long feeding tube together to search flowers for nectar.The discovery, made by a team of biologists at the University of Konstanz, shows how creatures with small brains save mental … Read more

French Wildfire: French wildfire created a monster cloud, unleashing lightning that ignited more fires

French Wildfire: French wildfire created a monster cloud, unleashing lightning that ignited more fires

Monster cloud created by the wildfires PARIS: A wildfire in southwest France grew so powerful that its smoke column became a thunderstorm, generating lightning that struck the ground and ignited new fires beyond the original blaze, French officials said.Put another way, that means the inferno was no longer simply being propelled by the weather. It … Read more

US firms training AI using Chinese examples: Beijing

US firms training AI using Chinese examples: Beijing

Beijing accused US artificial intelligence firms Monday of using Chinese examples to train their models, days after Washington threatened sanctions on Chinese firms for allegedly stealing American technology.“It is understood that many American artificial intelligence enterprises have distilled Chinese models during their research, development and training processes,” the Chinese commerce ministry said in a statement.Distillation … Read more

US firms training AI using Chinese examples: Beijing

US firms training AI using Chinese examples: Beijing

Beijing accused US artificial intelligence firms Monday of using Chinese examples to train their models, days after Washington threatened sanctions on Chinese firms for allegedly stealing American technology.“It is understood that many American artificial intelligence enterprises have distilled Chinese models during their research, development and training processes,” the Chinese commerce ministry said in a statement.Distillation … Read more

Steve Jobs Quote: Quote of the day by Steve Jobs: “Coming back to America was, for me, much more of a cultural shock than going to India”; how one journey changed his life forever

Steve Jobs Quote: Quote of the day by Steve Jobs: “Coming back to America was, for me, much more of a cultural shock than going to India”; how one journey changed his life forever

When Steve Jobs said, “Coming back to America was, for me, much more of a cultural shock than going to India,” he wasn’t talking about cultural attractions, UNESCO monuments or tiger reserves. He made this remark years after his life-changing trip to India and he was describing how travel can quietly rewrite the way we … Read more