In a bid to motivate students from government schools, the education department has decided to give laptops to meritorious students from the next session, officials said. The education department has sent a proposal to the state government for sanctioning the budget for giving laptops to students. RK Kunwar, director of […]
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CSIR UGC NET 2019 exam to be held on December 27, check details here
In view of the ongoing protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act, National Testing Agency has released an official notice regarding the postponement of CSIR UGC NET examination for Assam and Meghalaya students on its official website. CSIR UGC NET exam will be held on December 27, 2019. Candidates who have […]
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IIM Bangalore students divided over CAA
Students of the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIM-B) are sharply divided over the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) with a section of them not wanting the institute to be dragged into the turf war. “I urge you to understand that the protest is solely an individual right and we should […]
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RBI’s ‘operation twist’, Jharkhand results to sway indices (Market Outlook)
Higher liquidity inflows on the back of the Reserve Bank’s ‘operation twist’ along with Jharkhand Assembly election results will influence the Indian equity market movements during the truncated week ahead, experts said. Additionally, investor sentiments will be swayed by derivatives expiry and rupee’s strength against the US dollar. “Some volatility […]
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Make India export-friendly destination: Xiaomi’s Manu Jain
In order to become a global manufacturing hub, India needs to compete with other manufacturing hubs such as Vietnam and China — preferred by investors due to their attractive and stable export-oriented policies coupled with better infrastructure and logistics network, says Manu Jain, Vice President, Xiaomi and Managing Director, Xiaomi […]
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Got through depression thanks to my sense of humour: Shaheen Bhatt
She’s known as the daughter of a popular filmmaker and the sister and half-sister two famous actors. Her family’s connect with the entertainment world might have made it easier to be an assistant director for Bipasha Basu-starrer Raaz 3, and a writer for Ajay Devgn-starrer Son of Sardaar (both 2012). […]
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Oracle aims to double customer base in India to 2,000 soon
With a new data centre up and live in India, US-based global Cloud major Oracle has unleashed its animal spirit, targeting to double its customer base in the country to 2,000 from its current base of close to 1,000 customers. In a country of India’s size, getting another 1,000 customers […]
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Army chief designate Manoj Naravane says real spy world not like ‘James Bond, guns, girls’
Underlining the importance of intel in successful military operations, Army chief-designate Lieutenant General Manoj Naravane on Saturday said the world of intelligence is not like the glamorous portrayal of “James Bond, guns and girls” but more of “John Le Carr’s ‘Smiley’ novels”. The Lt. General was speaking at the launch […]
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Dale Steyn names the best fast-bowler in the world
Veteran South Africa pacer believes Australian quick Pat Cummins is the best bowler in the world right now. He was answering a slew of questions on Twitter and also picked the Indian cricket team’s pace attack as the best in the world. During the Q&A session, he was also asked […]
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Dignity to the dead: This Tamil Nadu man performs funerals for unclaimed bodies
The five bodies had been lying at the government hospital in Vellore for one and a half months. The dead, including a woman, were more than 65 years old and their bodies had remained unclaimed at the hospital mortuary. Last Wednesday, P Manimaran stepped in and performed the last rites […]
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Exhausted Klopp hails wonderful night for Liverpool
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp hailed his team’s Club World Cup victory over Flamengo as a “wonderful night” and said the European champions had again shown the power of their self-belief. An extra-time goal from Roberto Firmino proved decisive after Flamengo had proven to be a match for Klopp’s Premier […]
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Facebook pulls down group that used computer-generated faces to push pro-Trump message
Facebook has taken down a well-financed campaign that used dozens of artificially generated faces to spread pro-Trump and anti-Chinese government messages, the company and outside researchers said on Friday. Researchers from New York-based Graphika and the Digitial Forensics Research Lab, an arm of the Washington-based Atlantic Council, said it was […]
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JU defers convocation, Governor Dhankhar calls it ‘worrisome’
In a fresh stand-off with the Mamata Banerjee government, West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday put on hold the degree scrolls signed by him after the Jadavpur University deferred its scheduled December 24 special convocation and instead called a court meeting to discuss modus operandi of only conferring academic […]
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Airtel brings its WiFi calling to 6 new smartphones
After introducing its voice over Wi-Fi service in India recently, Bharti Airtel added six new devices to the list of smartphones that are compatible with its Wi-Fi calling. Now, Airtel customers on Samsung S10, S10+, S10e, M20 and One Plus 6 and 6T can configure Airtel Wi-Fi calling, which enables them to […]
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Aamir Khan’s daughter Ira channels her ‘inner Sona Mohapatra’.
The one star kid who has chosen a different route to discover her fortunes is Aamir Khan’s daughter Ira. She has not been launched by her famous father opting instead to turn a director and that too for theatre. Her first play as director, Medea, debuted in December in Mumbai. Now, she […]