Author: Anchal Chand

On Tuesday, March 14, 2024, Microsoft baked-up startup OpenAI announced the initial release of GPT-4, a powerful artificial intelligence model that support texts as well as images. Background In his tweet, the chief executive of the company, Sam Altman, called the latest model the most capable and oriented to human values and objectives, while still being a fallacious model. In his online demonstration of the new version, Greg Brockman, the president of the startup company, displayed how GPT-4 could assist users in calculating their taxes. The demonstration also showed that the technology could take an image of a manually drawn…

The Prime Minister of Australia, Anthony Albanese, claimed on Tuesday, March 7, 2024, that his government ought to diversify trade and foreign investment partners, meanwhile preparing to lead a business delegation to New Delhi. According to Albanese, this delegation shares the democratic values of his country. Background In his speech at the AFR Business Summit in Sydney, he emphasized the nation to be more secure to trade with and asserted that Canberra desired a greater variety and diversity in the countries to trade with. Albanese will be accompanied by business leaders from across finance, architecture, transport, energy, and higher education…

The U.S. is deliberately aiming to expand its restrictions on the export of chipmaking equipment to China. For this, the U.S. is seeking corporation with countries like Japan and the Netherlands. As a result, domestic suppliers for chipmaking equipment are rising as a substitute for the export companies of the past. United States Seeking Help From Japan and Netherlands Although the U.S. has not gained the absolute support of other countries to hinder the tech sector of China through severe export restrictions, Washington is firm enough to make unilateral efforts to play havoc with the tech ambitions of China. In…

According to officials, the demonstration of jetpack suits developed by a British company was held at AATS in Agra. The device is generally comprised of a uniquely designed suit with three small jet engines at the back and arms to control the direction of flight and movement of the wearer. The Demo The device has been developed by Gravity Industries, a British company. The Indian Army started the procedure to test jetpack suits to bolster strategic mobility in the sensitive international border areas with deleterious neighbouring countries like Pakistan and China. The Indian Aerospace Defence News shared the videos via…

On March 2, 2024, two Americans were arrested in the city of Kansas, Missouri, in charges of an alleged scheme to transport technology related to aviation to Russian companies. The detainees include 59 years old Cyril Buyanovsky and 55 years old Douglas Robertson. Accused Arrested Matthew Axelrod, the Commerce Department official for the U.S., revealed about the arrests on Thursday, March 2, 2024, at an American Bar Association event in Miami. Buyanovsky and Robertson run and operate a firm, named KanRus Trading Company, which involves repairing and shipping technology and submitting false information for export. These include some fraudulent invoices…

Beijing is recruiting the retired military pilots of Britain since 2019. The Air force chief of Britain, Mike Wigston marked the recruitment as “unacceptable”. Reaction by Britain Commenting on the former pilots of Britain being recruited to train intelligence agencies in Australia and the military of China, the Air Chief Marshal of the Royal Air Force, Mike Wigston, marked it as “unacceptable”. Information had been shared by the country to warn the pilots against working in China. In October, the news to modify the law to make it an offence for a veteran pilot to train a foreign military, post…

On March 1, 2024, the defence ministry of Taiwan claimed that 19 J-10 fighter planes from China had been spotted in their air defence zone in the past 24 hours. Background Referring to the activity as “continuous oppression” by Beijing, the defence ministry asserted that 19 Chinese air force fighter planes had sortied into the southwestern corner of the air defence identification zone (ADIZ) of the island. As per the map released by the ministry, this part of the island is closer to the coast of the country than to the island itself. The forces of Taipei monitored this incursion…

Aiming to shield the Indo-China border against the enemy’s drones and aircraft hovering in the area, the Indian defence ministry has agreed to the acquisition of  two heterogeneous and very short-range air defence systems. These systems will reinforce the Indian Army against China in peak mountains. New Air Defence Systems for Indian Army A French firm, Thales, an Indian manufacturer of missile systems and ammunitions, Bharat Dynamics Limited, and a Swedish company for aerospace and defence, Saab will join the partnership to develop the first type of Very Short Air Defence System. Based on the “Make in India” scheme, this…

Antony Blinken arrived at Turkey’s Air Force Base at Incirlik. This official visit to Turkey aims to hold bilateral talks about Finland and Sweden’s stalled NATO applications and to extend Washington’s support for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) ally. Earthquake at Turkey and Syria On February 6, 2024, a gargantuan earthquake of 7.8 magnitude struck southern and central Turkey, along with northern and western Syria, causing devastating destruction and deaths of more than 45,000 people. Survivors have been rendered homeless, with loss of their dear ones and in desperate need of humanitarian support to overcome the harsh aftermath conditions.…

Hwasong-15, an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), was tested on Saturday afternoon in a “sudden launching drill”. The drill was marked as all systems go for any vigorous counterattack against bellicose forces. Hwasong-15 Developed by North Korea, the Hwasong-15 is the long-range ballistic missile with the theoretical capability to reach the US mainland. It was first put to the test on 28 November, 2017. On Saturday, the missile was fired from Pyongyang airport and landed into sea off Japan’s west coast after an “emergency firepower combat standby order” and a written order issued by the leader, Kim Jong Un. As per…