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Sunil Jain, managing editor of The Financial Express passed away at 58 due to post-covid complications

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Sunil Jain, managing editor of The Financial Express Sunil Jain, Managing Editor of Financial Express, passed away following post-Covid complications on Saturday. He was 58. Veteran journalist, columnist and Managing Editor of The Financial Express Sunil Jain has died due to COVID-19-related complications, his sister Sandhya Jain announced on May 15. Jain was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi after he had contracted the coronavirus infection. "Doctors & staff at AIIMS battled heroically, but the demon was too powerful," his bereaved sister tweeted. “My brother, Sunil Jain, passed away this evening after post-Covid complications. He suffered a cardiac arrest earlier in the day, but was revived, and finally passed after another cardiac arrest around 8.30 p.m. The doctors and all medical staff at AIIMS did their best and more. I thank you for standing by us in this dark hour,” his sister Sandhya Jain said in a statement. PM Narendra Mod

A Vacation Can Reduce the Risk of Heart Disease

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A Vacation Can Reduce the Risk of Heart Disease Got some vacation time built up? Forget whatever excuses you 've been using for not taking it, and plan a mini holiday. Right now! Research shows that regular getaways may increase longevity by preventing heart disease. In fact, men in a nine-year study who took at least one vacation per year were almost 30% less likely to die from a heart-related cause compared with the men who kept their noses to the grindstone. "What we found is that people who vacation more frequently in the past 12 months have a lowered risk for metabolic syndrome and metabolic symptoms," says Bryce Hruska, an assistant professor of public health at Syracuse University's Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics. "Metabolic syndrome is a collection of risk factors for cardiovascular disease. If you have more of them you are at higher risk of cardiovascular disease. This is important because we are actually seeing a reduction in the risk for card

FACEBOOK'S AI ROBOTS SHUT DOWN AFTER THEY STARTED TALKING TO EACH OTHER IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE

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FACEBOOK'S AI ROBOTS SHUT DOWN AFTER THEY STARTED TALKING TO EACH OTHER IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE In 2017, facebook had to stop one of its experiments when two artificial Intelligent robots started talking to each other in a language that only they understood. The language was created by them to simplify things but was incomprehensible to humans. The robots were prepared to make a negotiation over an experimental trade of ordinary objects like hats, balls etc. Also they were instructed to improve during the process that made them even better than they were before the experiment started. The robots had a learning algorithm that allows them to learn anything different that happens while the experiment. For instance, imagine a MMA fight where a robot that has some defined moves fights a human. The robot there is a machine that would only follow the set of instructions coded. There is less or no chance of a robot winning in front of a trained fighter this way but if the robot happens to be