Manoj Das

Utkal University pays tribute to Manoj Das

Bhubaneswar: Utkal University paid tributes to litterateur Manoj Das in a special function organised at Parija Library of the university, on the occasion of his birth anniversary. The vice-chancellor, Prof Sabita Acharya attended the occasion as the chief guest at Manoj Das Reading Room. She fondly remembered her brief meeting with Das at Sri Aurobindo…

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Naveen Patnaik

Odisha approves cyclotron unit at NISER

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has approved state government funding of Rs 150 crore for the establishment of a state-of-the-art Medical Cyclotron unit in the Tata Memorial Cancer Hospital being established on the NISER campus at Jatni. A Medical Cyclotron is necessary for production of radioactive isotopes required for critical imaging procedures such as the PET…

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AI

AI-generated propaganda rivals human-made versions, study raises concerns over misuse

Artificial intelligence-generated propaganda exhibits comparable persuasiveness to real propaganda, according to a study involving over 8,000 US adults conducted by researchers from Stanford University and Georgetown University. The study also raises concerns about the potential for propagandists to leverage AI in disseminating extensive misleading information. The researchers selected six English-language articles associated with Iranian or…

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mo bus

Mo Bus service to be extended in three more districts

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday approved extension of Mo Bus service to the districts of Sambalpur, Jharsuguda and Ganjam covering nine cities. The service extension will be part of Sambalpur-Jharsuguda-Brajarajnagar-Belpahar and Berhampur-Gopalpur-Chhatrapur-Hinjilicut-Digapahandi clusters. This extension of services of Mo Bus will help in public transportation of about 11,61,000 urban population in the three…

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