George Lucas says AI is ‘the future’ of filmmaking and there’s ‘nothing you can do about it'(Photo by Kristy Sparow/Getty Images) The 82-year-old filmmaker who built Industrial Light & Magic now says artificial intelligence makes movies easier to make—and compares the people resisting it to those who once clung to horses over cars. George Lucas…
New Delhi: Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has intensified work to rejuvenate 64 of the 101 waterbodies identified under the Centre’s Jal Sanchay Abhiyaan, with a target of completing the first phase by Aug-end.The authority has issued no-objection certificates (NoCs) to Delhi Jal Board (DJB) for the restoration of 27 waterbodies, while work on installing in-house…
The Centres operationalised TOD Policy, allowing higher-density with a FAR) of up to 500 NEW DELHI: The Centre notified the Transit Oriented Development (TOD) Policy under the Master Plan for Delhi-2021, paving the way for higher-density, mixed-use development around metro corridors and major transit hubs in the national capital this year. The notification, issued by…
Divy Khare| TNNBokaro: Congress MLA Shweta Singh on Wednesday yet again took up the long-pending issues of scheduled flight operations from Bokaro airport and the proposed Amritsar-Kolkata Industrial Corridor (AKIC) with the Centre during her visit to New Delhi.Accompanied by state industries minister Sanjay Yadav, she met Union steel minister H D Kumaraswamy and pressed…
Dipterocarp forest at the Danum Valley Field Centre. Borneo’s tropical forests, dominated by trees from the Dipterocarp family, have some of the highest canopies in the world, with some trees reaching 100 meters Simply cutting back aggressive climbing vines in logged tropical forests allows the tree canopy to recover three times faster than planting new…
Shyam Steel Group director Lalit Beriwal Kolkata: Shyam Steel Group’s mega projects, the foundation stone for which is likely to be laid by CM Suvendu Adhikari on Friday, are expected to generate employment for 20,000 people with an investment of Rs 15,000 crore, making these the biggest projects in terms of investment and jobs announced…
Desert control worker Yin Yuzhen walks along sand dunes covered by grass checkerboard that’s part of desertification control efforts at the Engebei Ecological Area near Ordos in northern China’s Inner Mongolia province on Friday, June 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Across the deserts of northern China, a quiet, repetitive movement has played out for…
The project, located in Serenje Province, will involve engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning of the solar plant Ahmedabad: Gujarat-based solar module manufacturer Navitas Solar’s EPC arm, Navitas Planet, has secured a $20 million contract to develop a 54MW utility-scale solar power project in Zambia, marking its entry into Africa’s utility-scale EPC market.The project, located in…
Australia raises student visa fees, but ELICOS gets a pass When Australia increased its subclass 500 student visa fee from AUD 2,000 to 2,500 in July 2026, it also did something less obvious. It created a separate, lower fee of 2,050 dollars for English Language Intensive Courses for Overseas Students, known as ELICOS. Every other…
Tharoor urged Sonam Wangchuk to end his strike NEW DELHI: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday penned an open letter expressing solidarity with the students protesting at Jantar Mantar over alleged irregularities in competitive examinations, while urging climate activist Sonam Wangchuk to end his indefinite hunger strike.He appealed to Wangchuk to end his fast, saying…