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SciencePhoto: TOI ScienceNASA launched a washing-machine-sized spacecraft on October 1 to inspect up to four inactive satellites and rocket bodies in low Earth orbit. The SSPICY mission will begin inspections in early 2027. It uses autonomous navigation, sensors, and electric propulsion to test technologies aimed at future satellite repair and orbital debris removal.
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TechnologyPhoto: ET TechMicrosoft CEO Satya Nadella stated that the most trustworthy superintelligence system is not the one users inherently trust the most, but the one that requires the least trust from people. He shared this insight in a post on X, emphasizing that true trustworthiness in AI comes from minimizing the need for user trust in the model itself.
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PoliticsPhoto: Economic TimesCockroach Janta Party (CJP) leaders held a press conference after their detention to protest Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. They alleged the government is creating a fearful, Emergency-like atmosphere and criticized authorities for ignoring citizens demanding electoral reforms. They also claimed heavy police presence in Delhi aims to suppress dissent ahead of their planned demonstration.
Economic Times··Delhi
PoliticsPhoto: Deccan HeraldThe Congress party criticized the National Testing Agency (NTA) and the Ministry of Education for serious incompetence and malpractice, according to a parliamentary standing committee report. The report, chaired by Rajya Sabha MP Mukul Wasnik, highlighted false claims by the Ministry denying any paper leaks since NTA's inception in 2017. Congress urged the Modi government to take the findings seriously and abandon arrogance.
Deccan Herald··New Delhi
PoliticsPhoto: Prabhat KhabarPrime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Poonamallee-Vadapalani corridor of Chennai Metro's second phase on Sunday. Costing around ₹4,900 crore, the 15 km corridor includes 11 elevated stations and a 3.7 km double-decker structure with a modern driverless metro system. Modi traveled on the metro with Tamil Nadu CM C. Joseph Vijay, bought a ticket himself, and interacted with staff. Regular services start from October 12.
Prabhat Khabar··Chennai
PoliticsPhoto: Zee News HindiCJP founder Abhijeet Dipke described October 10 as the "beginning of the end of this dictatorship" following the party's protest at Jantar Mantar. Dipke and two other CJP leaders were released from preventive detention in Delhi after the demonstration.
Zee News Hindi··Delhi
TOI Science·
Photo: TOI ScienceNASA launched a washing-machine-sized spacecraft on October 1 to inspect up to four inactive satellites and rocket bodies in low Earth orbit. The SSPICY mission will begin inspections in early 2027. It uses autonomous navigation, sensors, and electric propulsion to test technologies aimed at future satellite repair and orbital debris removal.
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