The mountain section whose collapse triggered deadly floods in Nepal and China on August 26 experienced exceptionally high temperatures in the days before the disaster, according to meteorological data reconstructed and analysed
Food prices are climbing across nearly every region of the world, and while climate extremes and weather-driven production disruptions are part of the story, a deeper structural issue is emerging. According to
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by Our Business Affairs Editor The recent collapse in IndiGo’s operations, marked by thousands of cancellations and severe nationwide disruptions, has reopened a deeper debate within India’s aviation sector—whether the turmoil at
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The development of aviation has opened up the world in a way that no other single invention has done before. – Charles Lindbergh In 1996, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 7
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Microsoft Corp.’s Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella this week became the latest tech leader to visit India, joining a growing procession of executives seeking to tap the country’s massive market and leverage
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Two Chinese men were taken into custody for allegedly smuggling Nvidia H100 and H200 chips to China, the U.S. Justice Department announced on Monday, Reuters reported. The arrests come as President Donald
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Scientists have detected the largest-known spinning structure ever observed in the universe — a colossal filament of galaxies, gas and dark matter twisting through space like a cosmic carousel. The team, using
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Japan’s SoftBank Group and U.S. chip giant Nvidia are in advanced talks to pour more than $1 billion into Skild AI, a fast-rising developer of foundation models for robots, according to sources
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It was, as Bloomberg reported, “the straw that broke the highly-optimized camel’s back.” On the evening of Dec. 2, just three days before India’s largest airline would lose control of its operations
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Wall Street’s enthusiasm for artificial intelligence companies is undergoing a dramatic reversal, with OpenAI losing favor while Alphabet Inc. rises in prominence, according to Bloomberg. OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, is facing
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by Our Correspondent in New Delhi In the cutthroat world of aviation, where margins are wafer-thin and operational missteps unforgiving, leadership is not just important—it is everything. And yet, in a stunning
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