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Viral video: Pedestrian sprints through falling rocks in Uttarakhand landslide zone

A pedestrian narrowly escaped a landslide on Uttarakhand’s Badrinath highway, captured in a viral video. Ignoring warnings and whistles, the individual dashed across the closed Bhanerpani slide zone as boulders crashed down. This incident has raised concerns about safety and stricter enforcement of road closures in landslide-prone areas after a rockslide blocked the Rishikesh-Badrinath highway.

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NASA and IBM create ‘Surya’: Advanced AI for predicting solar storms and strengthening space defence

NASA, in collaboration with IBM, has unveiled ‘Surya,’ a groundbreaking AI model designed to revolutionize space weather forecasting. Trained on nine years of Solar Dynamics Observatory data, Surya accurately predicts solar flares and eruptions, crucial for safeguarding satellites, communication systems, and power grids. Early results show a 16% accuracy boost and two-hour advance visual forecasts.

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