Month: September 2021

FTX and Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team Announce Long-Term Partnership&nbsp

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ANTIGUA, Antigua and Barbuda – FTX Trading Limited (“FTX” or “the Company”), a leading global cryptocurrency exchange, today announced a long-term relationship with the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team. This relationship will span multiple race seasons with the FTX logo being featured prominently on both the cars and the drivers. Part of the FTX branding will be unveiled during the upcoming Russian Grand Prix, which is scheduled for this coming Sunday, September 26th and will continue to expand leading up to the start of the 2022 season.    Sam Bankman-Fried, CEO & Founder of FTX, commented…

Shehnaaz Gill will resume shooting for film after she recovers: Honsla Rakh producer

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Ever since the death of her rumoured boyfriend, Sidharth Shukla, actor Shehnaaz Gill has not been seen in public. Sidharth died of a sudden heart attack earlier this month at the age of 40. Shehnaaz was supposed to shoot for her Punjabi film, Honsla Rakh from September 15 but the shooting has been postponed by the makers due to the tragic incident. Honsla Rakh also stars Diljit Dosanjh. “We are waiting for her to recover and heal from the grave loss. We had originally planned to shoot the song on…

IPL 20201: Sunrisers Hyderabad player T Natarajan tests positive for COVID-19

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Sunrisers Hyderabad player T Natarajan has tested positive for COVID-19 after a scheduled RT-PCR test was run on him. The player has isolated himself from the rest of the squad and is currently asymptomatic. Besides him, there are six close contacts of the player who have been isolated. However, the match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Delhi Capitals is on as the other players have tested negative. As per the BCCI release, the medical team has identified the below mentioned six close contacts of the player, who have also been placed in isolation – Vijay Shankar…

Actor Gehana Vasisth granted pre-arrest bail by Supreme Court in the pornography case

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Actor Gehana Vasisth was granted protection from arrest by the Supreme Court on Wednesday. This was in connection with the porn film case that has till now witnessed several arrests, including that of Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty’s husband Raj Kundra. Advocate Ajit Wagh, who is representing Vasisth contended before a bench comprising justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and BR Gavai that the prosecution needs custody citing a pornography racket that is getting unearthed. He added that the first FIR was based on a tip and Yasmin was caught. Three FIRs were…

Carcass of a gigantic 40 ft long whale washes ashore on Vasai beach

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A gigantic carcass of a 40-ft-long whale was found on Tuesday washed ashore from the Arabian Sea on the remote Mardes Beach in Maharashtra’s Vasai on Tuesday. The locals after spotting the carcass, which was weighing over 30 tonnes, summoned forest officials who rushed there to ascertain the mammal’s species. The carcass was decomposing rapidly and letting off a strong suffocating stench in the entire vicinity. However, the officials failed to ascertain the species as the creature was already highly decomposed. They surmised that the gigantic marine creature may have…

Capgemini launches Net Zero Strategy offering to help organizations move from pledges to results on their sustainability journey

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Mumbai – Capgemini announced today its second sustainability offering, empowering clients to turn their climate goals into a reality and accelerate their path to net zero. Net Zero Strategy leverages the Group’s in-depth sustainability track record and deep industry knowledge. As a leading responsible organization, Capgemini’s sustainability offerings contribute to its dual ambition: to become carbon neutral by 2025 and net zero by 2030, and to help clients save 10 million tons of CO2 by 2030. Using science-based targets, Capgemini is working with clients to set the vision, trajectory, and roadmap to help them accelerate…

A Zero Carbon Roadmap for Kazakhstan

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Washington – Kazakhstan committed to achieve zero carbon dioxide emissions by 2060 at a UN Summit last year. Funded by the World Bank, RINA has been awarded a contract as part of this process to carry out a series of energy reviews and analyses of different industrial sectors. The work will be carried out across the food & beverage, transport manufacturing, chemical and metallurgy industries and is seen as a crucial step as part of the overall strategy to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. As a result of the work, RINA will be…

Centre Encourages Innovation and Creativity in a Knowledge Economy

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In a yet another significant push towards Mission  Aatmanirbhar Bharat,  benefits related to 80% reduced fee for patent filing & prosecution have been extended to Educational institutions as well. Centre has notified the amendments to the Patents Rules in this regard Recognizing the importance of nurturing innovation and creativity in a knowledge economy, India is taking great strides in strengthening its intellectual property ecosystem in recent years. In order to create a conducive environment for innovation, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade has been working towards promoting greater…

Shipping Minister Sonowal to inaugurate and lay foundation stone of three projects at New Mangalore Port tomorrow

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Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways Shri Sarbananda Sonowal will inaugurate and lay foundation stone of three projects at New Mangalore Port tomorrow. These include laying of foundation stone for a truck parking terminal and modification of U.S. Mallya Gate, and dedication to nation of the newly built business development centre. Due to improved hinterland connectivity, the container and other general cargo traffic is increasing at this Port. Around 500 trucks are moving to and fro daily for evacuation of cargo from New Mangalore Port to distant places outside Dakshin Kannada…

Ministry of Electronics and IT organizes strategy workshop on making India one of worlds’ largest connected countries

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Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) organized a workshop titled “Connecting all Indians”, to make India one of the largest connected countries of the world. The workshop invited both public and private stakeholders including largest internet service providers in the country – Jio, Airtel, officials from MeitY and the Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications, to discuss a roadmap to accelerate internet access in currently underserved and uncovered villages and towns of the country.  Keeping in view the vision of the Prime Minister, world’s largest  fiber based rural broadband…