Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Indian music composer and producer Ricky Kej, who won his career’s third Grammy award, on Sunday. PM took to his Twitter handle and wrote, “Congratulations @rickykej for yet another accomplishment. Best wishes for your coming endeavours.” Just won my 3rd Grammy Award. Extremely grateful, am […]
Nvidia fixes Discord update slowing down user’s GPU issue
American technology company Nvidia has stated that there’s a fix for a recently discovered issue where the Discord update being open in the background limited the performance of some graphics cards. The Verge, an American technology news website, has reported that according to a tweet from the company, the patch will download automatically when […]
Delhi LG approves recruitment of teachers and non-teaching staff of govt aided schools
Delhi Lt Governor VK Saxena has approved the filling up of teaching and non-teaching staff of government-aided schools through DSSSB as is being done in the case of Delhi government schools. In a far-reaching decision that will mitigate and curtail often flagged malpractices, that include subjectivity, favouritism, nepotism and unaccounted discretion in the recruitment/appointment […]
Microsoft’s new Teams Premium tier is powered by OpenAI features
Microsoft has now made its Teams Premium service available with features that are powered by OpenAI’s GPT-3.5 AI language model, which has been all the rage in the past months. According to The Verge, an American technology news website, the new premium tier includes an intelligent recap feature that automatically generates […]
CBI arrests railway officials, contractor in bribery case
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Monday arrested a deputy chief engineer and a senior section engineer of Northeast Frontier Railway and a contractor of a private company based at Guwahati in Rs eight lakh bribery case. All the arrested accused were produced before the competent court. The deputy chief […]
Reliance unveils India’s first hydrogen combustion engine technology for heavy-duty trucks
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) on Monday unveiled India’s first Hydrogen Internal Combustion Engine technology solution for heavy-duty trucks flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the India Energy Week in Bengaluru. A RIL release said that the Hydrogen Internal Combustion Engine (H2ICE)-powered trucks will emit near zero emissions, deliver performance on par with conventional […]
Maharashtra: PMLA court grants Anil Deshmukh permission to visit Nagpur
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and former Maharashtra Home minister Anil Deshmukh was on Monday granted permission to visit Nagpur. The former minister had moved a petition before a special PMLA court in Mumbai seeking permission to visit Nagpur. Deshmukh, who was booked in connection with an alleged Rs 100-crore extortion case, was granted […]
NIA arrests 7th accused in Bihar’s Phulwarisharif PFI case
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested the 7th accused in Bihar’s Phulwarisharif Popular Front of India (PFI) case. Identified as Irshad, the accused was actively involved in PFI’s criminal conspiracy to spread communal hatred and enmity. Continuing its crackdown on PFI activists who had conspired to carry out targeted […]
BJP govt is like East-India Company, says Mehbooba Mufti; compares J-K with Palestine, Afghanistan
People’s Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti on Monday launched a sharp attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party and compared Kashmir with Palestine alleging that the government is like an “East-India Company”, adding that it wants to make Jammu and Kashmir “like Afghanistan”. Referring to the anti-encroachment drive in J-K, Mufti […]
Assam: First Youth20 Inception Meeting 2023 begins in Guwahati
The first Youth20 (Y20) Inception Meeting under the G20 started in Guwahati on Monday. B Narayanan, director general, NE Zone, Union Information and Broadcasting Ministry; Meeta Rajivlochan, secretary, Ministry of Youth and Youth Affairs, Kalyan Chakravarthy, principal secretary, Assam government, and Prof. Parameswar K Iyer, director, IIT Guwahati addressed a […]
Israeli Embassy and Indian Jews mark Tu B’Shevat holiday with ancient ceremony
Israel’s embassy in India marked the holiday of Tu B’Shevat with a festive Malida ceremony on Monday. The Malida ceremony consists of special prayers and a dish of sweetened rice called poha, served with coconuts, dates, and fruits. The 15th day of the Hebrew month of Shevat marks the beginning of the trees’ new […]
J-K: Indian Army rescues pregnant woman; jawans carry her on shoulders for 5 km in Kupwara village
Indian Army soldiers today carried a pregnant woman on their shoulders for five kilometres in the snowbound Kupwara district of Kashmir Valley, saving both mother and baby. According to the Army officials, Indian Army received a distress call from her family members at 11:00 am from Badakhet village of Kalaroos […]
HAL facility a milestone in self-reliance in defence manufacturing: Rajnath Singh
Underlining the importance of self-reliance in the defence sector, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said the inauguration of the helicopter factory of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) marks a major milestone in this direction. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated the HAL’s helicopter factory in Karnataka’s Tumakuru and also unveiled light […]
Delhi HC seeks status report on Ansal’s plea seeking quashing of FIR
The Delhi High court on Monday called for a status report on the plea moved by Ansal Housing Ltd. seeking the quashing of an FIR lodged for alleged cheating and breach of trust. Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma issued notice to Delhi police and directed them to file a status report. The matter has been listed on April 10 for […]
BJP parliamentary party meeting to be held tomorrow
The weekly meeting of the Bharatiya Janata Party which takes place in Parliament every Tuesday during the functioning of the House is slated for tomorrow. Discussion on crucial issues, including the recently passed Union Budget 2023-24 is likely to take place in this meeting. Among the top leaders of the […]