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Yahoo
7 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Microsoft and a Top U.S. Lab Target Nuclear Red Tape With AI
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Idaho National Laboratory have quietly joined forces to tackle one of nuclear power's biggest headaches: the months?long, millions?of?dollars licensing process. They're using Azure's AI tools to draft the dense safety and engineering reports that regulators demand. Warning! GuruFocus has detected 7 Warning Sign with MSFT. Instead of engineers digging through thousands of pages by hand, the AI solution pulls in all the technical documents, weaves together the right language and spits out a first draft of the reports for the NRC and DOE. It's not replacing human expertsit's taking care of the grunt work so people can focus on refining rather than drafting from scratch. This could be a real game changer. Reactor approvals can stall for a year or more, but if report assembly gets cut down by even a few weeks, developers can move faster on bringing carbon?free power online to meet rising demand. And this isn't their first experiment. Back in 2023, Microsoft, INL and Idaho State University built a digital twin of a nuclear reactor using Azure. If this new AI assistant delivers, it might just become the new normal for how the next generation of reactors gets built and licensed. This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Time of India
14 hours ago
- Politics
- Time of India
Dangerous than Emergency: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on detention of Bengali workers
Live Events (You can now subscribe to our (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel Calling the detention of Bengali-speaking migrant workers in BJP-ruled states "illegal" and "more dangerous than Emergency", West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee raised a challenge that she be kept in a detention about a notification in BJP-ruled states, where provisions of illegal detention have been issued, she said: "I dare you to send me to a detention camp, I will speak more in Bengali." "Altogether 1,000 migrant workers have been arrested and detained in BJP-ruled states and many have been pushed back to Bangladesh. People from Birbhum, Cooch Behar, Nadia and other districts are being detained in Odisha and BJP-ruled states," she said."On February 2025, a notification was issued in BJP-ruled states where people can be kept in detention for a month... It is illegal detention and more dangerous than Emergency."Banerjee said Bengali-speaking migrant workers were targeted in the name of NRC and are harassed and tortured. "We, from the West Bengal government , and Trinamool Congress are noticing this every day. We are receiving complaints. I am ashamed and pained by the actions of the India government and the BJP," Banerjee of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari said, "The Trinamool Congress is gearing up to craft a political narrative of Bengali identity. But, in whose interest? In the interest of Bengali-speaking Rohingyas? Or in the interest of illegal Bangladeshi Muslim infiltrators? When the process of identifying and deporting illegal Bangladeshi and Rohingya infiltrators has begun across India, the Trinamool leader is attempting to become their shield!"
NDTV
21 hours ago
- Politics
- NDTV
"Rights Of Voters Being Snatched": Jairam Ramesh On Voter List Revision
New Delhi: Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday criticised the decision of the Election Commission to determine citizenship of Indian nationals, accusing them of doing "NRC through back door" over the poll-body's decision to Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls ahead of the Bihar Assembly election and stated that the constitutional rights of voters were being snatched. He further questioned why the exercise was being conducted four to five months before the Bihar assembly polls, further stating that there was an atmosphere of fear in Bihar. "The constitutional rights of the voters are being matter is pending before the Supreme is not the responsibility of the Election Commission to prove citizenship. Why is this exercise being conducted four to five months before the assembly polls?... There is an atmosphere of fear in Bihar..." Mr Ramesh told ANI. Earlier on July 15, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi has questioned the authority of the Election Commission of India to determine citizenship of Indian nationals, accusing them of doing "NRC through back door" over the poll-body's decision to Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls ahead of the Bihar Assembly election. Speaking with ANI, Mr Owaisi said. "Who gave the ECI the power to determine whether someone is a citizen or not? Our party was the first to say that SIR is NRC through the back door." Mr Owaisi also questioned the result of the last SIR conducted in Bihar in 2003"We demand the number of those BLOs. We will ask our party members to meet those BLOs and ask them where the people from Nepal, Myanmar and Bangladesh are that they are talking about... The SIR was conducted in 2003. How many foreign nationals were revealed at that time?" Mr Owaisi continued his verbal tirade not just on the ruling alliance and ECI but also on the INDIA bloc by ruling out the possibility of joining the alliance and accusing it of suppressing the new leaders. "One-sided love is not going to happen. The people of Bihar should understand that the accusations that were made against us were based on lies and were made because they do not want a leader of the poor and oppressed people to become their political leadership," Mr Owaisi said while speaking to ANI. "They just want you to remain their slaves, to walk behind them with your head bowed," Mr Owaisi added.
Indian Express
a day ago
- Politics
- Indian Express
Voter list revision not a solution to demographic change in Assam, Himanta Biswa Sarma says
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said that concerns over demographic changes in Assam cannot be addressed by 'legal' steps such as voter list revision and a National Register of Citizens (NRC), emphasising that 'indigenous solutions' are required instead. As reported by The Indian Express, after the Election Commission of India last month announced a nationwide intensive revision of electoral rolls starting with Bihar, the Assam government requested that the NRC, which has been in limbo since 2019, be factored as one of the admissible documents for the SIR once it is finalised. If this request is accepted, it could effectively mean a delay in the state's SIR. While the NRC exercise was meant to address decades of demographic anxieties in Assam by identifying Indian citizens and distinguishing them from illegal immigrants, the draft NRC published in 2019 drew criticism from many quarters, including from the Assam government. It had excluded 19.6 lakh people from among 3.3 crore applicants, and the Assam government has maintained that the inclusions and exclusions in it are erroneous. The government claims that it excludes 'indigenous people' while including large numbers of 'foreigners.' Since 2019, it has pressed for sample reverification of the NRC. Sarma frequently voices his lack of confidence in the NRC exercise that was carried out, and on Tuesday, he said that he does not believe either an NRC or a voter list revision are an adequate response to 'demographic invasion.' He alleged that Middle and Lower Assam, where Bengali-origin Muslims are concentrated, have been subjected to 'demographic invasion' and that Upper Assam is under threat of similar changes. 'Demography is a social science concept. It is not a legal concept. If you tell the court that demographic change is happening, the court will say 'so what'? They are all Indian… This is an invasion on culture, civilisation, tradition. The reply to that cannot be given by NRC and voter list revision. If people from Dhing, Lahorighat (places in Central Assam with a large Bengali-Muslim population) try to come to Jorhat, what will the appropriate reply be? The local people will not give them land, the government will not let them settle on government land, and then demography will not be invaded. And our people will work themselves. If these three things are done, demographic change will halt. What will be the need for NRC?' he said. He claimed that the NRC in Assam failed because of 'a lack of a mechanism' to effectively carry it out in border districts. 'We have had NRC here. We don't know what will happen here (regarding voter list revision), but there is no mechanism (to identify foreigners) in South Salmara-Mankachar, Hailakandi (districts bordering Bangladesh). Our problems need an Assamese kind of solution, an indigenous solution…. Some anganwadi worker inside a village, some gaon panchayat secretary had the responsibility of making the NRC for their particular village. How can they call their own relatives in the village foreigners?… Assam's problem cannot be compared to that in any other state; it has to be improvised as we keep battling them,' he said. Citing an example of Uriamghat in Upper Assam's Golaghat district, which he alleges is seeing Bengali-origin Muslims from Middle Assam settling, he said, 'The answer to demographic invasion cannot be NRC because they have land patta, names in voter list, Aadhar cards, ration cards in Dhing and Lahorighat. In the voter list revision in Uriamghat, they will say we are Indian citizens, put our names in the voter list in Uriamghat. How can you stop?… If I take one lakh people from Assam to a UP constituency, the UP government cannot deny adding them to the voter list because they are bonafide Indian citizens.'
News18
a day ago
- Politics
- News18
'Can't Become Doctors, Leaders Watching Reels': Owaisi Urges Youth To Read Newspapers
Last Updated: Owaisi urged the youth to stop wasting time on social media reels and start reading newspapers. He stressed that such distractions hinder their potential to become leaders. All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi has advised the youth not to waste their time watching reels on social media and read newspapers. Addressing the public in Hyderabad, Owaisi also said the youth cannot become leaders, doctors or engineers if they waste their time watching reels. 'I would like to appeal to the youth not to waste their time watching reels. I request you all to read newspapers," Owaisi said. 'You can't become leaders, doctors, engineers, or scientists if you waste time watching reels. How will you answer Booth Level Officers (BLOs) during the electoral roll revision?" Owaisi asked. VIDEO | Hyderabad, Telangana: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi (@asadowaisi) urges youth, saying, 'I would like to appeal to the youth not to waste their time watching reels. I request you all to read newspapers. You can't become leaders, doctors, engineers, or scientists if you… — Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) July 15, 2025 On Tuesday, Owaisi had questioned the authority of the Election Commission over determining the citizenship of Indian nationals, accusing them of doing 'NRC through the back door". This came after the poll body's decision to Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls ahead of the Bihar Assembly election. Speaking to ANI, Owaisi said, 'Who gave the ECI the power to determine whether someone is a citizen or not? Our party was the first to say that SIR is NRC through the back door. " Owaisi also questioned the result of the last SIR conducted in Bihar in 2003. 'We demand the number of those BLOs. We will ask our party members to meet those BLOs and ask them where the people from Nepal, Myanmar and Bangladesh are that they are talking about." 'The SIR was conducted in 2003. How many foreign nationals were revealed at that time?" Owaisi asked. view comments First Published: July 16, 2025, 11:23 IST Disclaimer: Comments reflect users' views, not News18's. Please keep discussions respectful and constructive. Abusive, defamatory, or illegal comments will be removed. News18 may disable any comment at its discretion. By posting, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
