Returning the favour? In 1971, Iran had sheltered Pakistan assets

TOI Correspondent from Washington: The report of Pakistan giving sanctuary to Iranian military aircraft revives one of the subcontinent’s great geopolitical ironies: more than five decades after Iran sheltered Pakistani military assets during the 1971 India-Pakistan war – with quiet encouragement from the Nixon administration – Pakistan now appears accused of returning the favour to…

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IMD launches two AI-enabled advanced weather forecast systems | India News

NEW DELHI: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday launched two new services including AI-enabled monsoon advance forecasting system that will provide progress of the seasonal rainfall and “localised weather information” up to four weeks in advance to support farmers across 16 states and more than 3,000 sub-districts.The second product, on the other hand, relates…

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‘Bad days for… you know who’: Himanta-Suvendu bonhomie grabs attention at Assam govt swearing-in ceremony | India News

NEW DELHI: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari shared a cozy moment from the swearing-in ceremony of the Assam government. Along with the exchange the two leaders also possibly alluded towards a shared problem of the two states, that being of the infiltrators.Photos posted by Suvendu Adhikari on…

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‘LoP is not rubber stamp’: Rahul Gandhi writes to PM Modi, registers dissent with CBI chief selection process | India News

PM Modi and Rahul Gandhi NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday recorded his dissent with the proceedings to pick the next director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), alleging that he was not provided with the self-appraisal reports of the candidates and that the government’s choice was therefore “pre-decided.”As…

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VP to AIIMS Graduates: AI can’t replace doctor at patient’s bedside | India News

NEW DELHI: Amid rapid expansion of artificial intelligence in healthcare, Vice President C. P. Radhakrishnan on Tuesday told graduating students at the 51st convocation of AIIMS that no technology could replace “the moral weight of a doctor’s presence at the patient’s bedside”.Addressing students at Bharat Mandapam, the Vice President said AIIMS Delhi was no longer…

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