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Mumbai, Oct 22 (IANS) Ahead of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series, Australia captain Pat Cummins has said that his side will “make amends” this time around after the loss in the last four successive editions of the series. India retained the title in the last four BGT, which includes their famous series wins in 2018-19 and 2020-21, where Rishabh Pant played a remarkable knock of 89 not out in Gabba and snatched the victory in style to end Australia’s 32-year undefeated run at their fortress. The Aussie skipper called the India wicketkeeper-batter an X-factor in the middle order while also highlighting…
New Delhi, Oct 16 (IANS) Artificial intelligence (AI) is set to play a crucial role in delivering the target of a $1 trillion digital economy by 2028, about 20 per cent of India’s GDP, and the country can maximise AI’s potential to boost economic growth, drive inclusive progress and help it emerge as a global leader in public services, a new Google report said on Wednesday. A recent Google-commissioned report estimated that at least Rs 33.8 lakh crore of economic value from AI adoption can be achieved in India in 2030. According to the new paper, titled ‘An AI Opportunity…
Thursday, 10 October 2024 The NSW Government is investing $7.5 million into Multilingual NSW which will deliver the new Multilingual NSW Academy for translators and interpreters to further strengthen NSW’s linguistic diversity and government services. The Multilingual NSW Academy will support the development and sustainability of translating and interpreting services across the State and fulfil a 2024-25 Budget commitment. The Academy will explore new opportunities for partnerships and collaborations with leading training organisations, including University of New South Wales, Macquarie University, Western Sydney University and TAFE NSW. The Academy aims to increase the specialist and digital competency of Multicultural NSW’s…
Canberra, Oct 10 (IANS) Dementia is on the brink of surpassing heart diseases as the leading cause of death in Australia for the first time, official data revealed. According to the data, which was published on Thursday by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, ischaemic heart disease, also called coronary heart disease and coronary artery disease, was responsible for 9.2 per cent of deaths in Australia in 2023, while dementia accounted for 9.1 per cent, reports Xinhua news agency. Lauren Moran, head of mortality statistics at the bureau, said that there has been a drop in heart disease mortality and a…
Sydney, Oct 5 (IANS) Australia is one of the world leaders in mammal extinctions and 10 species have been identified as among the most imperilled, the country’s national environmental organisation said on Saturday. The Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) has consulted a range of ecologists and biologists and identified 10 species as at serious risk of extinction, the organisation said in a media release. They are Tasmania’s Maugean skate, the swift parrot, the regent honeyeater, a small wallaby called the Top End nabarlek, the Baw Baw frog, Victoria’s grassland earless dragon, the central rock-rat, the Kangaroo Island assassin spider and two…
Lima, Oct 7 (IANS) Junior shooters capped off a dominant performance with a gold medal in the men’s 50m pistol team event at the ISSF Junior World Championship Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun, as India topped the medal tally with 13 gold, three silver and eight bronze medals. Italy was second with five gold and four silver and bronze medals each, while Norway placed third with four gold and a total of 10 medals. The junior men’s 50m pistol team of Deepak Dalal (545), Kamaljeet (543) and Raj Chandra (528) combined for a tally of 1616, to put it across Azerbaijan by a point.…
New York, Oct 6 (IANS) Scientists have been trying to improve advanced pain management using artificial intelligence (AI) for drug discovery and now, an AI algorithm has identified multiple gut metabolites and US FDA-approved drugs that have potential to be repurposed as non-addictive, non-opioid pain medications. Feixiong Cheng, Director of Cleveland Clinic’s Genome Center, and tech giant IBM are using AI for drug discovery in advanced pain management. The team used the new AI tool to predict how 369 gut microbial metabolites and 2,308 FDA- approved drugs would interact with 13 pain-associated receptors. The AI framework identified several compounds that…
The NSW Faith Affairs Council met today. In light of recent events, the NSW Faith Affairs Council have released the following statement: As people of faith, we recog nise that our common humanity makes us one family, and we embrace each other as brothers and sisters. We acknowledge the pain many in our community are feeling due to events in the Middle East. We implore those who are grieving to find solace in the compassion and understanding of others, and to refrain from any words or acts which promote hate and resentment or incite violence. Our state has shown great resilience throughout…
London, Sep 27 (IANS) Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) on Friday fined Meta 91 million euros (around $101.5 million) for 2019 breach that exposed hundreds of millions of Facebook passwords. The Irish regulator announced its final decision following an inquiry into Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (MPIL) which was launched in April 2019, after meta said it had inadvertently stored certain passwords of social media users in ‘plaintext’ on its internal systems (without cryptographic protection or encryption). “It is widely accepted that user passwords should not be stored in plaintext, considering the risks of abuse that arise from persons accessing such…