Kyiv launches biggest drone attack on Russia so far, kills 6

Ukraine Launched hundreds of drones across Russia on Sunday, killing at least six people in one of Kyiv's largest aerial attacks of the war. Kyiv has stepped up its attacks on Russia this year, with long-range missiles and swarms of drones targeting military industries and energy facilities. 

As Al agents get popular, questions of control, onus

A 2021 research paper examines the 'delegation experience', in which Al does a task a consumer could've done.

The paper argues that such delegation can be experienced in two ways: as empowering. when Al enables consumers to accomplish their goals, and as replacing, when handing over a task diminishes their sense of autonomy.

Odisha's coastal erosion: The measures to save lives, livelihoods

This is a large, cylindrical container made from high-strength, porous synthetic fabrics and filled with a sand slurry, to form an artificial coastal structure.

These tubes, used to form sea walls, absorb the impact of waves when they hit the shore and help minimise erosion.

One such embankment is being developed at Pentha village in Kendrapara. 

How the 1946 naval uprising hastened India's independence from British rule

On December 1, 1945, Navy Day was to be celebrated. But the night before, some sailors on the HMIS Talwar, a shore establishment (naval base built on land) in Bombay, hoisted brooms and buckets and wrote slogans like "Down with the British" and "Quit India". The commanding officer was changed and Commander Arthur Frederick King, was brought in, but the underlying issues of morale weren't addressed.

India's sweet revolution depends on this: Safeguard the bee, sustainability is key

Independence day this year coincided with the US's National Honey Bee Day. A honey bee is a small insect that can sit on a fingertip. Why is it accorded such importance in the US? According to the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the quiet role of bees as pollinators is responsible for almost one-third of global crop output. It enhances yields for 87 of 115 leading food crops. 

'Ashoka-era stupa, bigger than Sanchi': 90 years on, Ujjain mound comes under renewed focus

The Madhya Pradesh government has begun a push to excavate and restore monuments linked to Mauryan-era emperor Ashoka, beginning with a fresh excavation of Vaishya Tekri-after an almost 90-year-gap-in Ujjain.