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For people living with severe paralysis, video games were once among the many everyday experiences thought to be permanently out of reach. That assumption is now being quietly overturned. In recent demonstrations, paralysed patients implanted with a brain–computer interface from Neuralink have played video games using nothing but their thoughts. No controllers. No hand movements….
Harvard College has introduced a new, centralised system for summer funding and programme applications, a move that aims to bring order and equity to a process that students have long described as fragmented. According to The Harvard Crimson, the change is being implemented through the newly created Summer Funding Opportunities Office (SFO).Until last year, Harvard-sponsored…
AR Rahman recently found himself at the centre of a storm after hinting that he may have lost work in Bollywood over the past eight years due to growing communal undercurrents. His remarks triggered sharp reactions across the industry and social media, drawing criticism from some and cautious disagreement from others. While Rahman later issued…
Whether you need a visa to travel to Switzerland depends primarily on your nationality, the length of your stay, and the purpose of travel. Switzerland follows the Schengen visa framework, which governs short-term and long-term entry rules for third-country nationals. For more clarity, visit Switwit Short-term vs long-term visas Switzerland issues two main categories of…
Attention is a unique currency of modern times, and important in every aspect of life. The significance of same in love and romantic life is impeccable. Attention serves as primary currency of mutual inclination towards the relationship. In NumroVani, How India Thinks Study 2025, 62% people mentioned ‘attention’ as their first green flag of their…
In Yes Minister, when Jim Hacker finds out that Italian terrorists have access to British-made weapons, Sir Humphrey Appleby tries to mollify him by pointing out it’s not their department’s problem. British weapons in the hands of foreign terrorists were outside the Ministry of Administrative Affairs’ jurisdiction. Probably a Defence Ministry problem, or a Foreign…
US stocks were largely directionless on Thursday, trading close to record highs as investors sifted through mixed earnings from some of Wall Street’s most influential companies, while gold surged further in an extraordinary safe-haven rally.The S&P 500 edged up by less than 0.1% and hovered near its all-time high set earlier this week. The Dow…
The National Centre for Seismology confirmed via an X post that a tremor a measuring 3.0 was felt in Virudhunagar district at 9.06 pm. VIRUDHUNAGAR: Mild tremors were felt in Srivilliputhur, Sivakasi, Sattur and Kovilpatti areas of Virudhunagar district of Tamil Nadu on Thursday night. The National Centre for Seismology confirmed via an X post…
Russia on Thursday invited Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy to come to Moscow for the peace talks as the war between the two countries is about to enter its fifth year, news agency Reuters reported citing a Kremlin statement.Any meeting between Putin and Zelenskyy would need to be well prepared and results-oriented, Kremlin foreign policy aide…
GREATER NOIDA: India made a strong start to the five-match mixed disability T20 series against England with a seven-wicket victory here on Thursday.Put in, England put up a competitive 173 for five in their allotted 20 overs. In response, India chased down the target in 18.5 overs.England captain Callum Flynn set the early tempo with…
