Centre For Development of Telematics(C Dot) receives Digital Empowered PSU of India Award at 3rd Cyber Security Conclave
Centre For Development of Telematics(C Dot) receives Digital Empowered PSU of India Award at 3rd Cyber Security Conclave
Month: July 2021
U.S. Treasury sets new sanctions against Cuba as Biden meets with Cuban-Americans
The Biden administration announced new sanctions on Friday against Cuba’s national revolutionary police and its top two officials as the U.S. looks to increase pressure on the communist government following this month’s protests on the island. The Police Nacional Revolcionaria and the agency’s director and deputy director, Oscar Callejas Valcarce and Eddie Sierra Arias, were targeted in the latest sanctions announced by the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control. The police are part of Cuba’s interior ministry, which was already the subject of a blanket designation by the Trump…
Amit Shah set to take UP poll campaign forward
After Prime Minister Narendra Modi sounded the poll bugle for Uttar Pradesh assembly elections from Varanasi earlier this month, home minister Amit Shah is set to raise the ante on Sunday when he will visit Lucknow and Mirzapur. Shah will lay foundation stones for the UP Police and Forensic Science University in Lucknow and the Vindhyachal Corridor in Mirzapur, a dream project of chief minister Yogi Adityanath to give a makeover to the Vindhyachal temple and surrounding areas on the lines of the Kashi Vishwanath Dham. Shah will also…
Atal Innovation Mission successfully completes two-month long, one of its kind ‘ATL Tinkerpreneur Bootcamp’ across country
Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog successfully completed two month long and a first of its kind, digital skills and an exclusive entrepreneurship ATL Tinkerpreneur summer bootcamp held across the country. Designed for high school students across the nation, ‘ATL Tinkerpreneur’ saw a record-breaking 9000+ participants (including 4000+ girl participants) across 32 states and 298 districts. The Bootcamp witnessed participation from 820 ATLs, 50+ live expert speaker sessions were conducted with over 4.5 lakh views and imparted 30+ digital and entrepreneurial skills. ‘Tinkerpreneur’ – the name derived from the phrase ‘enabling…
Need collaborative and innovative efforts to protect our languages: Vice President
VP calls for quality translations and improving scientific terminology in Indian languages ‘If one’s mother tongue is lost, self-identity is lost’ Shri Naidu lauds initiative of CJI in shifting to mother tongue in court to amicably resolve a case Learn from best practices in other countries for promoting native languages: Vice President Virtually addresses a conference for ‘Telugu Kootami’ on the protection of mother tongue The Vice President Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu today called for innovative and collaborative efforts to protect and rejuvenate Indian languages. Stressing that preserving languages and…
SC to hear Pegasus plea
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a petition filed by senior journalists N. Ram and Sashi Kumar next week for an independent probe on the mass surveillance of more than 142 potential “targets” using the military-grade Israeli spyware Pegasus. The petitioners sought a probe headed by a former or a sitting judge. The snoop list includes journalists, lawyers, ministers, Opposition politicians, constitutional functionaries and civil society activists. The petition was mentioned by senior advocate Kapil Sibal before a Bench headed by Chief Justice N.V. Ramana. He submitted that the petition ought to…
Shilpa Shetty resigned from Raj Kundra’s company, Cops to interrogate
Shilpa Shetty’s husband Raj Kundra was arrested by the Mumbai police in a pornography case. Raj has been associated with an adult film racket and now has been sent in judicial custody till July 27th. Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra spent 6 long hours yesterday evening as officials from Mumbai’s crime branch searched through their sprawling home looking for key evidence. Sources said that, Shilpa’s involvement in the case is being probed into right now. The reason Shilpa has come under the scanner is because she resigned from the director’s position…
Ambience Group announces Art of Luxury event for Home Buyers
Ambience Group, one of India’s leading names in the real estate, hospitality and education sectors, has today announced an exclusive offer for home buyers valid from 30th July 2021 to 1stAugust 2021. The offer has been announced for the group’s residential project, Ambience Tiverton and Ambience Creacions, located in Sector 50, Noida and Sector 22, Gurugram, respectively. The projects offer 3-4 bedroom units with sizes from 2500 sq. ft. to 4000 sq. ft. Prices for Creacions starts at Rs 2.92 Cr onwards and Tiverton at Rs 2.5 Cr…
COVID third wave is likely to hit India by the end of August
World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says there are signals that the third wave of COVID-19 is in its early stages. At the same time, the Indian Medical Association has also warned that it was ‘inevitable and imminent’. The ferocity of the second wave and the damage it did to lives and finances is fresh in our minds. While escaping the virus should be our top priority, we also need to prepare for the financial emergencies that can arise due to the third wave. According to Ghebreyesus, the spread of the Delta…
Jan Ashirwaad Yatra: 43 central ministers to travel 400 km each from August 16, BJP plans to cover 150 Lok Sabha seats
The ministers have been asked to make short and effective speeches at various halts en route the ‘Jan Aashirwaad Yatra‘ and speak about the objectives of the Modi government, speak about various schemes, development projects and local issues. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was not allowed to introduce his 43 new and upgraded ministers in the Monsoon Session of Parliament but the party will now introduce them to the general public as part of a three-day long Jan Ashirwaad Yatra starting August 16 in 19 states. News spo india has…