LIVE news updates: 2 dead, 6 missing after flash floods near Dharamshala

26-06-2025

Today's top news updates: Two people have died and six others remain missing following heavy rainfall and rising water levels near the Manuni stream in Himachal Pradesh's Kangra district, officials reported. According to authorities, the SDRF, volunteers, and project personnel evacuated individuals from camping areas to a safer location near the Ambedkar building in Kaniara, where food and water were provided. Officials further stated that a sudden surge of water, triggered by heavy rain, inundated a residential colony within 15 minutes, leading to the tragic incident. In other developments, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has recruited three researchers from OpenAI to advance his company's superintelligence initiative, according to the Wall Street Journal. The hires — Lucas Beyer, Alexander Kolesnikov, and Xiaohua Zhai — were previously based at OpenAI's Zurich office. Meanwhile, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has begun procuring two additional Mobile BSL-3 (MBSL-3) laboratories to enhance outbreak response capabilities and improve healthcare access in remote and hard-to-reach areas. Known as RAMBAAN, these mobile labs are the first-of-their-kind, fully indigenous Rapid Action Mobile BSL-3 units, designed for field deployment and equipped to handle diagnostic demands during outbreaks involving both known and novel high-risk pathogens. Developed under the Pradhan Mantri-Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission by ICMR in collaboration with Klenzaids Contamination Controls Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai, the RAMBAAN labs are currently stationed at the National Institute of Virology in Pune and the RMRC in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. These units were first deployed during the Nipah virus outbreak in Kozhikode, Kerala, in September 2023, and again in Malappuram district in July 2024.

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ChatGPT 5 said I Don't Know after 34 seconds of thinking, Elon Musk calls it impressive response, here is why

India Today

27 minutes ago

India Today

ChatGPT 5 said I Don't Know after 34 seconds of thinking, Elon Musk calls it impressive response, here is why

Elon Musk is going head-to-head with OpenAI's ChatGPT in the AI race with his own Grok chatbot. While the xAI CEO has constantly argued that Grok 4 is a more powerful model than ChatGPT 5, its one response has left him X, a user named, Kol Tregaskes shared a screenshot from his conversation with ChatGPT 5's Thinking model. The OpenAI chatbot gave up after thinking for 34 seconds, stating, 'I don't know – and I can't reliably find out.'advertisementMusk replied to the post. The tech billionaire admitted that the response was 'impressive.' Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT face a major challenge when it comes to hallucination. Often, the AI will generate inaccurate information confidently as a response to the user. ChatGPT 5's response in this case is a big leap. As the chatbot decided to admit that it could not provide information instead of providing inaccurate details just for the sake of giving a response. This not only prevents any spread of misinformation, but builds more trust from the user's perspective. In this way, a user will know the model will only provide a response when it is confident that the information is ChatGPT's original release in November 2022, OpenAI has worked on preventing the chances of hallucination. With ChatGPT 5, there remains a 10 percent chance of such incorrect steps are necessary when it comes to LLM development. The aim of AI companies is to reach Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) with their models. AGI refers to an AI model that possesses human-like intelligence and understanding. Though, for now, it remains a theoretical does not want ChatGPT to be your primary sourceOpenAI is aware of the potential shortfalls when it comes to hallucinations even with ChatGPT 5. The company wants to dissuade users from using the model as their primary source, despite making constant head Nick Turley asserted that users should still verify information received from the chatbot. He told The Verge, 'Until I think we are provably more reliable than a human expert on all domains, not just some domains, I think we're going to continue to advise you to double check your answer.' Turley urged the use of ChatGPT as a way to get a second opinion. Since its release on August 7, ChatGPT 5 has increased the number of active users. The company has also launched ChatGPT Go, an affordable premium plan for India, priced at Rs 399 per month.- Ends

ChatGPT goes desi: New ₹399 subscription with GPT-5, OpenAI now allows UPI payments in Indian currency

Mint

31 minutes ago

Mint

ChatGPT goes desi: New ₹399 subscription with GPT-5, OpenAI now allows UPI payments in Indian currency

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Kernex Microsystems consortium wins order worth Rs 151 cr

Business Standard

35 minutes ago

Business Standard

Kernex Microsystems consortium wins order worth Rs 151 cr

From West Central Railway Kernex Microsystems (India)- KEC consortium has received a letter of acceptance from West Central Railways, Bhopal for provision of KAVACH on UHF backbone with OFC with route diversity in Itarsi (excluding) - Khandwa (excluding), Bina (excluding) - Ruthiyai and associated sections of Bhopal Division, West Central Railway. The accepted Bid cost for the project is Rs. 151.41 crore (lncl. GST@18%). The completion period is 600 days from the date of LoA. The cumulative KAVACH orders received along with consortium and JV partners from 01 April 2024 to till date is Rs.3,136.53 crore (incl. GST).