Punjab debt goes up by over ₹47,000 crore, experts call for check on freebies 

Punjab debt goes up by over ₹47,000 crore, experts call for check on freebies 

Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann | Photo Credit: – Punjab has accumulated a debt of over ₹47,000 crore in the past a year and a half, prompting calls from economists to rationalise freebies amid lack of resources to make fresh capital investments as the State’s outstanding debt hovers over 50% of its GDP. Chief Minister Bhagwant … Read more

Decide whether AI system can be a patent ‘inventor’: Experts – ET HealthWorld

Decide whether AI system can be a patent ‘inventor’: Experts – ET HealthWorld

New Delhi: Generative artificial intelligence, the technology engine powering the popular ChatGPT chatbot, seems to have a limitless bag of tricks. It can produce on command everything from recipes and vacation plans to computer code and molecules for new drugs. But can AI invent? Legal scholars, patent authorities and even Congress have been pondering that … Read more

Denmark experts visit Rajasthan for urban water sector development

Denmark experts visit Rajasthan for urban water sector development

A team of experts from the City of Aarhus, Denmark, visited Jaipur over the weekend to chalk out a plan of action for the development of urban water sector during the next three years in Rajasthan. The State government had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on May 19 for bringing efficiency to the water … Read more

Health experts ‘must raise alarm on AI threats’ – ET HealthWorld

Health experts ‘must raise alarm on AI threats’ – ET HealthWorld

Paris: Health professionals must warn the world about the dangers of artificial intelligence (AI), a group of academics wrote on Wednesday, as clamours grow for work on the technology to be halted. The academics wrote in the BMJ Global Health journal that time was running out to take action because corporations, the military and governments … Read more

Experts question timing of Chhattisgarh’s release of water into Mahanadi

Experts question timing of Chhattisgarh’s release of water into Mahanadi

A massive controversy erupted in Odisha over Chhattisgarh’s release of Mahanadi water into lower catchment of the river system. Water experts and political leaders accused the neighbouring State of attempting to mislead the Mahanadi Water Disputes Tribunal led by Supreme Court Justice A.M. Khanwilkar. According to Water Resource Department of Odisha, Chhattisgarh has opened 20 … Read more

Experts: Relying on smartwatches for BP readings may not be a smart move – ET HealthWorld

Experts: Relying on smartwatches for BP readings may not be a smart move – ET HealthWorld

Lucknow: Ram Prakash, a retired teacher, was relaxing in the lawns of his house in Indiranagar on February 9, when he had a headache. Like we all mostly do, he popped a painkiller and continued reading the newspaper. After three days, the headache returned, prompting Prakash to again pop the pill. But, when the frequency … Read more