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Topic: Lights

The lights in our cars—‘daytime running’ to ‘dancing’ to LEDs revolutionised by Mercedes-Benz

Just a few years ago, it seemed like cars had tungsten headlights. Now every car has some form of LED technology on exterior as well as interior lights.

Decorate your new house with neon attack’s customised neon lights

Are you looking for a way to make your new house feel like home? Add a neon sign.

Octopuses have a mystery ‘light sense’ that helps them in the dark, new study finds

Israeli researchers have found that octopus arms can sense a beam of light and avoid it even when its eyes can't see the light.

Modi’s 9-min candle plan Sunday: Needless spectacle or much-needed motivation for Indians?

PM Modi requested Indians to light candles, lamps or mobile torches at 9 pm Sunday for nine minutes in a show of solidarity in the fight against Covid-19.

Dark side of India’s night lights: As states prosper, rich-poor gap in districts widens

As states grow economically, the gap between the rich and poor districts within the state widens, as observed in night lights data from 1991 to 2015.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.