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is you fund research and
you learn the basic facts
- BILL GATES

RESEARCH IS THE FOUNDATION ON

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WHICH INDUSTRY IS BUILT.

Varsity-Industry to
UGC PROPOSES 'REGIONAL CLUSTERS'

join hands for R&D Simone Biles is back

U niversities and industries
will now be able to form Re-
search and Development (R and S imone Biles is back. The gymnastics su-
perstar plans to return to competition at
D) clusters collaboratively at the U.S. Classic outside Chicago in early Au-
state and Central level to address gust, her first event since the pandemic-de-
the technological needs of the re- layed 2020 Tokyo Olympics.USA Gymnastics
gion, according to UGC Chair- announced Wednesday that Biles, a seven-
man Jagadesh Kumar. The clus- time Olympic medalist and the 2016 Olympic
ters would enable students to ac- champion, is part of the women's field for the
quire skill sets that make them single-day event set for Aug. 5 at NOW Arena
job-ready through internships. in Hoffman Estates. Biles has taken most of
The cluster could create a tech- "Higher educational institutions said. "The guidelines will pro- the last two years off following her eventful
nology-centric mechanism to have been asked to take meas- mote research and development stay in Japan in the summer of 2021, where
capture the local problems and ures to boost research and devel- through collaborations between she decided to remove herself from multiple
then assign the same projects to opment by creating R&D clusters universities and industries. Es- events to focus on her mental health.
the students who in turn at State or regional lev- tablishing the linkages between
could earn credits els through Univer- university and industry will help
u
out of the assign-
Did yo ? sity-Industry (UI) create training and apprentice- Space as 'strategic asset'
ments. The Uni-
versity Grants Know linkages. The
NEP recom-
ship opportunities in the indus-
tries, R&D labs, and research or-
Commission
(UGC) on
The universities
can now appoint highly experi-
mended vi-
brant UI
ganizations," he added. "The in-
dustries have been asked to cre-
I ndia will have to look at space as a "strate-
gic asset" of the country and should be-
come a world-leading space-faring nation by
enced industry professionals to
Tuesday ap- linkage, with ate the University Relations Cell 2047, ISRO chairman S Somanath said on
governance bodies and can also
proved the onboard professionals from the emphasis on (URC). Both the IRC and URC Wednesday. He made the remarks while de-
"Guidelines for industry as 'Professors of exposing stu- have to come out with new tech- livering the 38th Air Chief Marshal P C Lal
Sustainable Practice in accordance dents to real- nologies in the research labs be-
University-Indus- with the UGC guide- life examples and sides tailored made programmes
try Collaboration in lines. making them glob- for industry professionals," it
Indian Universities". ally competent," Kumar added.

P2 Hi-speed Net for P3 Humans survived asteroid

all Americans that killed dinosaurs
Memorial Lecture at an Indian Air Force
event in New Delhi. IAF Chief Air Chief
Marshal V R Chaudhari, and several air war-
riors were present on the occasion. "We have
to look at space as a strategic asset of the na-
tion. And we should create that capability, to
sustain it, build it," he said.
 People will need to upskill and reskill but
different types of jobs will definitely come up
- Arundhati Bhattacharya
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‘AI will devour old jobs, create new ones’

A s the field of generative AI continues to expand, con-
cerns about potential job losses across various indus-
tries have arisen, however, the CEO and Chairperson for
Salesforce India and former SBI chairperson, Arundhati
Bhattacharya offers an alternative perspective, suggesting
that while temporary job losses may occur, different types
of jobs will definitely emerge. "In every single industry and
revolution, we have always talked about massive job losses.
I don't believe you would describe it as much different in the
sense that there may be temporary job losses. People will
need to upskill and reskill but different types of jobs will
definitely come up," Bhattacharya told IANS during an in-
teraction. "Other areas will open up, and already we are
hearing so many new types of designations," she added.

HI-SPEED NET FOR

US TO SPEND $42BN Titan debris salvaged

ALL AMERICANS
D ebris from the lost submersible Titan has been
returned to land after a fatal implosion during
its voyage to the wreck of the Titanic captured the
world's attention last week. The return of the debris
to port in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, is
a key piece of the investigation into why the sub-
mersible imploded, killing all five on board. Twisted

T he US has announced to spend more

than $42 billion to provide reliable, af-
fordable and high-speed internet to all
chunks of the 22-foot submersible came ashore at a
Canadian Coast Guard pier on Wednesday. Horizon
Arctic, a Canadian ship, carried a
American states by 2030. The US Department of remotely operated vehicle, or
Commerce announced funding for all 50 states, ROV, to search the ocean
the District of Columbia, and US territo- floor near the Titanic
ries, which has been hailed by wreck for pieces of the
the White House as the submersible. Pelagic
u
largest internet funding
Did yo ? Research Services, that
announcement in histo-
ry. "High-speed inter- Know gramme, the $42.45 billion grants
owns the ROV, said that
it has completed off-
In addition
net is no longer a lux- will fund high-speed internet in- shore operations.
to helping connect
ury -- it is necessary everyone in America to high- frastructure deployment. Nineteen
for Americans to do speed internet, this funding will US states received allocations over
support manufacturing jobs
their jobs, to partici-
pate equally in school, and crowd in private sector
$1 billion with the top 10 allocations
to Alabama, California, Georgia, SC collegium
investment by using ma-
access health care, and to
stay connected with family
terials made in the
US.
Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri,
North Carolina, Texas, Virginia, and
revamped
and friends," the White House Washington. Awards will range from $27
wrote in a fact sheet. Under the
Broadband Equity Access and Deployment pro-
million to more than $3.3 billion, with every
state receiving a minimum of $107 million.
W ith the retirement of Justices KM Joseph and
Ajay Rastogi, the five-judge Collegium of the
Supreme Court headed by the Chief Justice of India
DY Chandrachud will now have Justices BR Gavai
and Surya Kant as its new members. Justices

IAF rescues man stuck on tree Joseph and Rastogi retired on June 16 and June 17
respectively. The revamped Collegium now includes
CJI Chandrachud, Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul,

I ndian Air Force (IAF) per-

sonnel rescued a person who
had taken shelter on a tree a
day before, owing to sudden
flooding in Madhya Pradesh's
Seoni district. The IAF helicop-
ter rescued the person safely
and provided him food and the
latter was handed over to the
Seoni district administration
for a health check-up. The per-
son who has been identified as
Sambhu Kahar had taken shel-
ter on a tree due to heavy floods
in Wainganga river in the
Seoni district. There has been
heavy rainfall in Seoni, Bal-
aghat and other adjoining dis-
tricts since Tuesday evening.
The man, along with four oth-
ers, had taken shelter on top of
a rocky hill in the area.
Sanjiv Khanna, BR Gavai and Surya Kant. Justices
Khanna, Gavai and Surya Kant will go on to
become the Chief Justices of India
one after the other. The Collegium
faced the task of selecting and
recommending names to fill
vacancies, including two al-
ready existing slots with
the retirement of Justices
Joseph and Rastogi. The
Collegium consists of five
senior most judges includ-
ing the CJI who decide ap-
pointments and transfers of
judges in the higher judiciary.
 Something or the other is being done
03 to break harmony in society
- Allahabad HC
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Humans survived asteroid

66 MILLION YEARS AGO…
Majority of docs in UK

that killed dinosaurs

came from India
A majority of care workers sponsored for
skilled work visas in the UK in 2022 came
mostly from non-EU countries with India lead-
ing the pack and just one per cent coming from
the EU countries, according to a new study. The

I n-depth research of the fossil record has shown

a Cretaceous origin for placental mammals,
which include humans, dogs, and bats, indicating
report by the Migration Observatory at the Uni-
versity of Oxford said the country's immigra-
tion system brought unprecedented numbers of
they co-existed with dinosaurs for a short period overseas workers into the
before the dinosaurs became extinct. The cata- health and care work-
strophic destruction triggered by the asteroid hit- force in 2022-3. India
ting the Earth resulted in the death of all non-avian was the top country
dinosaurs in an event termed the Cretaceous-Pale- of nationality for
ogene (K-Pg) mass extinction. Debate has long newly-recruited
raged among researchers over whether placental overseas doctors (20
mammals were present alongside the di- Current Biology, a team of palaeobiologists per cent) and nurses
nosaurs before the mass extinction, or from the University of Bristol and the (46 per cent).
u
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whether they only evolved after the University of Fribourg used statisti-
dinosaurs were done away with. cal analysis of the fossil record to
Fossils of placental mammals Know determine that placental mam- Poverty may impact
are only found in rocks mals originated before the mass
younger than 66 million years
Primates, the
group that includes the human lin-
extinction, meaning they co-ex- child's brain
old, which is when the asteroid isted with dinosaurs for a short
hit Earth, suggesting that the
group evolved after the mass
eage, as well as rabbits and hares
and dogs and cats) were shown to
have evolved just before the mass
time. However, it was only after
the asteroid impact that modern
G rowing up in poverty may impact the
wiring of a child's brain, according to a
new study from Washington University School
extinction. However, molecular extinction, which means their lineages of placental mammals of Medicine in St. Louis. The study, published in
ancestors were mingling
data has long suggested an older began to evolve, suggesting that JAMA Network Open, indicates a link between
with dinosaurs.
age for placental mammals. In a they were better able to diversify both neighborhood and household poverty and
new paper published in the journal once the dinosaurs were gone. the brain's white matter tracts, which allow for
communication between brain regions. White
matter plays a critical role in
Covid-19 was bio weapon? 'Clearing Adipurush was blunder' helping the brain process

T he deadly SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind Covid-

19, was deliberately engineered as a
"bioweapon' by China, claimed a researcher at the
TheAllahabad High Court's Lucknow bench on
Wednesday said that the censor board's passing
film 'Adipurush' was no less than a "blunder".
information. The find-
ings stem from the
largest long-term study
infamous Wuhan Institute of Virology, media re- While continuing to slam the makers of the film of brain development
ports said. In an interview conducted by Chinese- for their portrayal of religious characters of Ra- and child health con-
born human rights activist and author Jennifer mayana including Rama and Hanuman in the ducted in the U.S.
Zeng, Chao Shao claimed that the researchers were film, the bench of Justice Rajesh Chauhan and
tasked with identifying the most effective strain for Justice Prakash Singh said: "If we shut our
spreading among various species, including peo-
ple, Jerusalem Post reported. The true origin of the
mouth today, then you know what
will happen? These inci-
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of remaining 23 ponds will be completed by
June 30, Haryana Pond and Waste Water Man-

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 What's Ashes cricket without a little
bit of comments from past players
- Ben Stokes
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Kabbadi: India's winning

streak continues
T he Indian men's Kabaddi team kept its unbeaten streak alive af-
ter defeating Japan 62-17 in their Asian Kabaddi Championships
2023 match in Busan, South Korea on Wednesday, clinching their
third successive win at the tournament. Aslam Inamdar, who was
impressive on his de-
but against Korea on
Tuesday, got his second
Super 10 of the tourna-
ment and emerged as
the top scorer in the
match. Parvesh Bhain-

Alcaraz, Swiatek
swal led India in their

WIMBLEDON FROM MONDAY

defence, as per
Olympics.com. Both In-

are No 1 seeds
dia and Japan came into the match after two massive wins. Japan
had won 85-11 against Hong Kong and 45-18 against Korea previous-
ly, while India had won by 76-13 against Korea and 53-19 against Chi-
nese Taipei. But Japan had no answers for the game that Team India
played. India inflicted six all-outs in Japan, with three of them com-
ing in each half. The defending champions scored their first all-out
in the fourth minute itself and raced to a lead of 18-0.

C arlos Alcaraz - not four-time de-

fending champion Novak
bledon each of the past four times it
was held - and seven times overall.
Djokovic - and Iga Swiatek were seed-
ed No. 1 for Wimbledon on Wednes-
The tournament begins Monday.
Swiatek has been ranked No. 1 since
Indian boxer
day, as expected, because the All Eng-
land Club adhered to the ATP and
April 2022 and owns four Grand Slam
titles, most recently at the French
confirms bronze
WTA rankings. Alcaraz overtook Open. She has never been past the
Djokovic atop the men's standings on
Monday. Djokovic has not
fourth round at Wimbledon. Elena
Rybakina, the 2022 women's
I ndian boxer Sumit secured a resounding victory to confirm the
bronze medal in the 86kg category on the second day of Elorda
cup in Astana, Kazakhstan on Wednesday. Sumit dominated his
played since collecting champion at the All quarterfinal bout against Bekzat Tangatar of Kazakhstan from
u
his men's-record 23rd
Did yo ? England Club, is No. the get go and showcased his power and
Grand Slam title at
the French Open on Know The
3 among the
women's 32 seeds
precision to win 5-0 in a one-sided
affair. In the 51kg pre-quarterfi-
June 11 and slid to Wimbledon followed by Jessi- nal bout, Zoram Muana dis-
Championships, commonly known
No. 2, while Al- ca Pegula, Caro- played his prowess to
simply as Wimbledon, is the oldest
caraz rose one tennis tournament in the world line Garcia, Ons emerge victorious in 4-1
spot after winning and is widely regarded as the Jabeur, Coco split verdict against
a grass-court tune- most prestigious. Played in Gauff, Maria Daryan Kulzhabayev of
up tournament at London, the prize money for Sakkari, two-time Kazakhstan. He will face
Queen's Club on Sun- the 2023 tournament is champion Petra Kvi- Tokyo Olympics bronze
£44,700,000
day. Djokovic has won tova and Barbora Krej- medallist Saken Bibossinov
the championship at Wim- cikova. of Kazakhstan, in the quarter-
final on Thursday.

Lebanon-India clash in semis

S kipper Hassan Maatouk 24th minute strike steered
Lebanon to a 1-0 victory over the Maldives in a
Group B match of the SAFF Championship 2023, at the
Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru on Wednesday.
Lebanon has topped the group with an all-win record in
the four-team group. With this win, Lebanon set up a
semi-final clash with India to be played on Saturday,
July 1, 2023. The two teams met recently in the final of
the Intercontinental Cup in Bhubaneswar, where India
emerged as the winner. The Maldives, ranked 154 in the
FIFA Men's rankings were hoping to punch above its
weight by winning against Lebanon, whom they have
never beaten in previously. However, the solitary goal
from Hassan Maatouk dashed their hopes.
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