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Air pollution in Delhi (Image: Reuters) A ’finer’ Graded Response Action Plan — a set of anti-air pollution measures followed in the national capital and its vicinity according to the severity of the situation — will come into from October 1 and environment experts believe advance action this year will lead to lesser incidences of severe pollution. Earlier, GRAP would come into effect from October 15. Earlier, GRAP would come into effect from October 15. The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM), a statutory body established in August 2021, for management of air quality in Delhi-NCR decided to implement GRAP early, considering suggestions from the public and experts that advance action can prevent drastic deterioration in air quality. Under the revised GRAP, curbs can be imposed on polluting activities up to three days in advance based on forecasts. Earlier, the authorities would implement the measures only after the PM2.5 and PM10 concentration touched a particular … [Read more...] about ‘Finer’ plan to fight air pollution to come into force from Oct 1

Representative image The Revised Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) – a set of measures followed to tackle air pollution in Delhi and its adjacent areas according to the severity of the situation – came into force from Saturday. Considering suggestions from the public and experts that early precautionary measures can prevent deterioration in air quality, the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) decided to implement GRAP early this time. Under the revised action plan, curbs can be imposed on polluting activities up to three days in advance, based on forecasts. The environment department will be using the new real-time source apportionment system which will help identify the sources of air pollution in real time and the data will be available from October 20, officials said. The green war room will monitor violations and redress complaints and grievances in keeping with the practice being followed for the last two years. GRAP has now been classified under four … [Read more...] about To tackle air pollution in Delhi, CAQM to implement Revised Graded Response Action Plan from today

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Ronda Rousey will be at WWE WrestleMania 39, but she won’t have a top match on the show. According to the latest Wrestling Observer Newsletter (h/t SEScoops ), Rousey is slated to team with Shayna Baszler in a match against Io Sky and Dakota Kai for the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship, a surprising twist for a high-profile star who has typically dominated the world title picture. Rousey’s future has been up in the air after the former UFC star shockingly dropped the SmackDown Women’s Championship to Charlotte Flair last December. That was one of many reported changes to plans involving Rousey and the upper echelon of WWE’s women’s division, with Rousey once slated to face Raquel Rodriguez before that match was ultimately removed from Royal Rumble and Rousey was taken off the pay-per-view altogether. At one point penciled in for a SmackDown Women’s title defense at WrestleMania 39, Rousey couldn’t agree to … [Read more...] about Planned WWE WrestleMania 39 Match A Welcome Change For Ronda Rousey

Representative Image. We all know about ChatGPT by now, but what about the competition? Is there anything else that is just as efficient and powerful? Well, yes and no. While there are alternatives, they are often geared toward a specific niche, and some are even paywalled. Having said that, it is always good to know your options. So, here are some alternatives to ChatGPT. DeepL Write A writing tool that focuses on German and English, DeepL Write's primary function is to be an AI-assisted companion. Read More It will help you fix mistakes with your sentences, check your phrasing and seek to improve your writing quality. DeepL Write is currently in beta, with an optional Pro subscription plan to access more features such as infinite translations, customisation options and more security. ChatSonic As it says on the homepage , ChatSonic is like ChatGPT but with superpowers. Why? For starters, it has access to the internet, which … [Read more...] about Here are some ChatGPT alternatives that you can try now

Google has already declared "code-red" and is fast-tracking its AI technologies to challenge ChatGPT. Google has announced an event for February 8 where it plans to show new technology it has been working on for the future of search and Artificial Intelligence (AI). While the company hasn't revealed any details about the event, it has said that it is "reimagining how people search for, explore and interact with information, making it more natural and intuitive than ever before to find what you need." Also Read | Google confirms search and maps AI event on February 8: What to expect Many are speculating that the event will finally give people a glimpse of Google's ChatGPT competitor, the OpenAI-developed natural language chatbot that has taken the world by storm. In just over two months of launching, ChatGPT already has an active user base of 100 million , and the threat it poses is very real. After all, why would you waste time searching through dozens of … [Read more...] about Google may unveil its ChatGPT competitor soon

Larry Page (Image: Reuters) Last month, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Google’s founders, held several meetings with company executives. The topic: a rival’s new chatbot, a clever A.I. product that looked as if it could be the first notable threat in decades to Google’s $149 billion search business. Mr. Page and Mr. Brin, who had not spent much time at Google since they left their daily roles with the company in 2019, reviewed Google’s artificial intelligence product strategy, according to two people with knowledge of the meetings who were not allowed to discuss them. They approved plans and pitched ideas to put more chatbot features into Google’s search engine. And they offered advice to company leaders, who have put A.I. front and center in their plans. The re-engagement of Google’s founders, at the invitation of the company’s current chief executive, Sundar Pichai, emphasized the urgency felt among many Google executives about artificial intelligence and that chatbot, … [Read more...] about Google calls in help from Larry Page and Sergey Brin for A.I. fight

The AI will sift through terabytes of satellite data to determine how climate change and natural disasters affect agricultural output and wildlife habitats. (Photo via Pixabay/Pexels) NASA and IBM have teamed up to push a novel use of AI technology on Earth observation data from Nasa satellites. The two groups have announced their intention to create many programmes to mine Earth observation data for information regarding climate change. For example, one project will employ NASA's Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2 dataset, a record of land cover and land use changes acquired by Earth-orbiting satellites, to train an IBM geospatial intelligence foundation model. The AI will sift through terabytes of satellite data to determine how climate change and natural disasters affect agricultural output and wildlife habitats. In the meantime, another initiative will likely involve constructing a sizeable language model from Earth science literature. IBM has built a natural language … [Read more...] about Here’s why IBM and NASA have teamed up to study the effects of climate change using AI

Microsoft Microsoft Corp on Wednesday rolled out a premium Teams messaging offering powered by ChatGPT to simplify meetings using the AI chatbot that has taken Silicon Valley by a storm. The premium service will cost $7 per month in June before increasing to $10 in July, Microsoft said. OpenAI-owned ChatGPT will generate automatic meeting notes, recommend tasks and help create meeting templates for Teams users. Microsoft, which announced a multi-billion dollar investment in OpenAI earlier this month, has said it aims to add ChatGPT's technology into all its products, setting the stage for more competition with rival Alphabet Inc's Google. The chatbot, which can produce prose or poetry on command, is at the forefront of generative AI, a space where more and more big tech companies are funneling their resources in. Read More ChatGPT on Wednesday announced a $20 per-month subscription plan, which will let subscribers receive access to faster responses and … [Read more...] about Microsoft rolls out ChatGPT-powered Teams Premium

Not just Bengaluru, many towns and cities across India — Jodhpur, Patna, Guwahati, Silchar, Surat, Ahmedabad, Mumbai and Gurugram (above), to name a few — were flooded after spells of intense rain that overwhelmed their poor and choked urban infrastructure. (Image: @ashwinning/Twitter) While there are a host of manmade and natural factors behind the increasing incidence of floods in Indian cities, it is the former that is more to blame, experts have warned, emphasising that the environment must be respected and things set right before it is too late. Unplanned construction in low-lying areas and wetlands, rampant concretisation, choked and overwhelmed storm-water drains, as well as disappearing water bodies and natural water channels are responsible for urban floods, which throw life out of gear in cities every monsoon. A spurt in spells of very heavy rainfall in short durations triggered by erratic weather patterns is a double whammy for already-choked urban infrastructure, … [Read more...] about Intense rain, choked infrastructure: Why urban India sinks every monsoon

File image of Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai (ANI photo) In a bid to curb vehicular pollution, the AAP government has decided that petrol and diesel will not be provided without PUC (pollution under control) certificate at petrol pumps in the national capital from October 25, Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai said on Saturday. He said that a notification in this regard will also be issued soon. A meeting of officials from environment, transport and traffic departments was convened on September 29 to discuss the implementation and modalities where it was decided to go ahead with the plan from October 25, the minister said. Vehicular emission is one of the key contributors to rising pollution in Delhi. It is imperative to reduce it so it has been decided that from October 25 petrol, diesel will not be provided at petrol pumps without PUC certificate of the vehicle, Rai said in a press conference. He also said that the Delhi government will launch its 24X7 war … [Read more...] about No pollution certificate? No fuel for you from October 25: Delhi govt