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Today's Headlines - 09 April 2024

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India's Electronics trade amid declining Chinese export

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India lags far behind global competitors like Vietnam, Taiwan, and Mexico in leveraging Washington's tariff measures against China to boost electronics exports to the US.

 How Artificial Intelligence  Regulation is Shaping Up Globally

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As Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology is evolving and adopted by businesses at a staggering speed, government and intergovernmental bodies across the world are moving to understand it and potentially put regulations around it.

Right against climate change a fundamental right, says SC

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In a case relating to the conservation of the critically endangered Great Indian Bustard (GIB), the Supreme Court has asserted that individuals possess a "right to be shielded from the detrimental impacts of climate change," a right that ought to be upheld under Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution.

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TSAT-1A Satellite 

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TASL announces successful deployment of sub-metre resolution optical satellite TSAT-1A.

New York Times vs OpenAI: Is there a case for copyright

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The New York Times (NYT) sued OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement. The core of the NYT's lawsuit is the assertion that OpenAI and Microsoft's use of its copyrighted material to train AI models constitutes direct copyright infringement.

GCC’s ‘Vision for Regional Security’

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For the first time since its inception, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) announced its ‘Vision for Regional Security’ at a ceremony held in its headquarters in Riyadh on 28 March 2024.

Global source water exceeds safe drinking limits of PFAS

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The University of New South Wales (UNSW) and international partners have published a study revealing alarming levels of contamination of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in source waters worldwide, which is much higher than previously estimated, as published in the journal Nature Geoscience.

How the “junk DNA” led to humans being tailless

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According to new research a genetic change in our ancient ancestors may partly explain why humans don’t have tails like monkeys.

The Southern Ocean has the earth’s cleanest air

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The Southern Ocean is renowned for having the cleanest air on Earth. But the precise reasons why have remained a mystery, until now.

How do mosquito bats work?

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Among all the electronic and chemical technologies humans have developed to battle the mosquitos, the most impressive is the 'electric tennis bat'. The mosquito bat is akin to a portable thunderstorm for them.