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NEET 2024 Live: Man held in Kolkata for taking money for place on merit list - Hindustan Times

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NEET 2024 News Live: Check the latest updates here (Photo by Santosh Kumar/ Hindustan Times) NEET 2024 News Live Updates: The Kolkata Police has arrested a person associated with an educational institute for allegedly taking money from a student's parent and promising a place on the NEET merit list and a medical seat in Kolkata. Meanwhile, the seven-member panel of the Education Ministry on NTA reforms held its first meeting on Monday and later informed will seek suggestions from students and parents on how to create a robust system of entrance examinations in the country. The panel headed by former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief K Radhakrishnan was formed to ensure transparent, smooth and fair conduct of examinations through the National Testing Agency (NTA), as the integrity of tests such as NEET UG and UGC NET conducted by the agency is in question with allegations of paper leak and other irregularities. ...Read More In addition to forming the panel, the centre

Timnit Gebru: The 100 Most Influential People in AI 2023 | TIME - TIME

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T imnit Gebru co-wrote one of the most influential AI ethics papers in recent memory, a journal article arguing that the biases so present in large language models were no accident—but rather the result of an intentional choice to prioritize speed over safety. Gebru lost her job in 2020 as the co-lead of Google's ethical-AI team after she refused a demand to remove her name from the independently published paper. (Gebru says she was fired; Google says she resigned.) Since those events, Gebru has become a torchbearer in the world of responsible AI. As founder and executive director of the Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR), she has built a space for a kind of interdisciplinary AI research that is rare to see at Big Tech companies. DAIR's hybrid model of research and community building has so far focused on two parallel tracks. On one track, Gebru and her colleagues interrogate the tech industry's dependence on poorly paid, precarious w

Daily Samakal sustains popularity among readers: Hasan | News - Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS)

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Daily Samakal sustains popularity among readers: Hasan   DHAKA, Oct 7, 2023 (BSS) - Information and Broadcasting Minister and Awami League (AL) Joint General Secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud today said the daily Samakal has earned popularity among the readers and maintained it till now on the way to its 18-year journey.   "I hope the daily Samakal will sustain for more hundred years. And the newspaper would work to build the nation alongside being the mirror of the society," he said.   The minister said this while addressing a function at Times Media Bhaban marking the 18th founding anniversary of the daily Samakal in the city.   Editor of the newspaper Alamgir Hossain, city editor Shahed Chowdhury and chief reporter Lotan Ekram, among others, were present in the function.   Dr Hasan hoped that the daily Samakal and other mass media would criticise the responsible persons and present the developm

How to broadcast messages on a Google Nest smart speaker or display - Android Police

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You can broadcast messages if you have at least two Google Home or Nest speakers in your house. This feature repeats your message on all speakers (or specified ones), saving you from yelling messages across multiple rooms. This feature is compatible with all Google Assistant speakers. You don't need to rely on Google's Nest products to broadcast messages. The broadcast message command is simple, but it can be difficult to get it working correctly the first time. We show you how to use the Google Assistant broadcast feature and avoid common issues. What is the Google Assistant broadcast feature? The Google Assistant broadcast feature repeats messages on connected Google Home or Nest devices in your home. You can broadcast a message to every speaker in the house, a specific room, or a device. You can't use this feature to broadcast messages to de

Biggest websites for news US: Top 50 updated each month - Press Gazette

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The News Corporation building in New York. Picture: Reuters/Brendan McDermid Celebrity-focused newsbrand People.com was the fastest-growing news website in the US in May, according to Press Gazette's latest ranking. Top 50 most popular news websites in the UK (monthly ranking) Top 50 most popular news websites in the world (monthly ranking) Visits to the popular magazine's website were up 18% month-on-month to 165.3 million, according to data from digital intelligence platform Similarweb. It was followed by two News Corp titles – foxnews.com (269.1 million visits) and nypost.com (160.8 million), which were both up 8% month-on-month. Thanks for subscribing. Close CNN (419.2 million visits, up 3%) and the New York Times (503.4 million, up 3%) also saw growth