The law ministry is finalising its note on Election Commission of India proposal to link Aadhaar with voters’ list, a move expected to weed out duplicate entries and help migrant voters exercise their franchise even when they live outside the constituency where they are registered as voters, people familiar with […]
Bus and Auto Fare will increase in Dehradun from today, Know how much to pay
Due to increasing inflation and the cost of things, it is becoming troublesome for everyone today, while traveling by city bus, Vikram and auto on the roads of Uttarakhand capital will become expensive from Wednesday ie today. While the minimum fare for traveling in the city bus has increased from […]
2020 Kia Sorento will get Smartstream turbo hybrid powertrain and a new platform
Kia Motors Corporation has revealed details of the next-generation Sorento’s new platform and powertrains today. The new Sorento will be the first Kia SUV to be based on new platform when production commences later this year. When the first-generation Sorento was launched in 2002, it was underpinned by a robust […]
Chandigarh-Kharar highway expansion project to miss fifth deadline
Already delayed by over a year, the 10-kilometre Kharar-Chandigarh road expansion project that entails construction of two flyovers and three bridges is set to miss its deadline for the fifth time, with the National Highway Authority of India confirming that the work would not be completed before September 2020. The […]
JNU admin approves creation of alumni endowment fund
JNU vice-chancellor (VC) M Jagadesh Kumar on Tuesday appealed to the university alumni to contribute to the JNU Alumni Endowment Fund to help the institution achieve “financial self-sufficiency”. Kumar’s appeal came after the university’s executive council approved the creation of the fund. “On behalf of JNU, I passionately appeal to […]
IIMC appeals students to discontinue hunger strike, demands under consideration
The Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), here on Tuesday, urged students not to go ahead with the hunger strike as their demands were under consideration. In a letter to the IIMC, students had on Monday said they would go on hunger strike if their demands were not met by […]
At AIIMS, organs of two brain dead donors save 7 lives in 48 hours
India’s premier medical institute the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, received organ donations from the families of two brain dead patients in a span of past 48 hours, hospital authorities confirmed on Tuesday. The two hearts, four kidneys, two livers, four corneas and bones of a 26-year-old […]
Institutions can’t conduct PGDM, MBA courses simultaneously : AICTE
The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has said conducting the Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) and the Master of Business Administration (MBA) courses in the same institution is not allowed. “Conducting PGDM and MBA courses in the same institution is not permissible,” the AICTE said in a […]
Facial expressions not true indicator of emotions. Here’s why
Drawing cues from someone’s facial expression might be a wrong approach to conclude about people’s feelings as new research suggests that facial expressions might not be reliable indicators of emotion. The study also puts emphasis on not to trust a person’s face. Aleix Martinez, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at The Ohio […]
UP Board Exam 2020: 2.39 lakh skip Hindi paper on Day 1
An unprecedented 2,39,133 examinees did not turn up to write the UP Board high school and intermediate examinations on Tuesday, the first day of the examinations. Of these 1,57,042 were high school and 82,091 intermediate examinees, according to data released by the UP Madhyamik Siksha Parishad. This huge number of […]
Uttarakhand UBTER Polytechnic result 2019 released at ubter.in
Uttarakhand Board of Technical Education, Roorkee (UBTER) has release the Uttarakhand Polytechnic odd semester exam results on its official website. Students who have appeared in the examination can check their results online at ubter.in. Candidates can click here to check the Uttarakhand Polytechnic odd semester exam results. How to check the […]
Elon Musk joins calls to regulate companies developing AI, including Tesla
Elon Musk has called for regulating all companies, including Tesla, which are working in the field of developing advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI). Responding to an article about independent research lab OpenAI by MIT Technology Review, Musk tweeted: “OpenAI should be more open in my opinion. All orgs developing advanced AI should be […]
BCCI President Sourav Ganguly reacts to world’s largest cricket stadium in Motera
The Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera, Ahmedabad is well on its way to become the largest cricket stadium in the world as it will host 110,000 spectators, more than doubling its previous capacity of 54,000. The pictures of the venue has already created a lot of buzz among fans and […]
In first meeting after poll sweep, Kejriwal discusses Delhi’s development with Shah
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal met Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday, his first stop for the courtesy calls on the central government leadership after sweeping Assembly elections. The meeting went on for over 20 minutes at Shah’s residence at Krishna Menon Marg in New Delhi. The meeting was […]
‘Javed Akhtar threatened Kangana,’ claims Rangoli
Bollywood lyricist-writer Javed Akhtar had once called Kangana Ranaut home and threatened her before asking to apologise to Hrithik Roshan, sister Rangoli Chandel has claimed. She also said filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt threw a slipper at her when she refused to play a suicide bomber. “Javed Akhtar ji called Kangana home and intimidated […]