Month: July 2023

PM addresses G20 Environment and Climate Ministers’ Meet in Chennai

Manish Kumar

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi addressed the G20 Environment and Climate Ministers’ Meet in Chennai via video message today. Welcoming the dignitaries to Chennai, the Prime Minister remarked that the city is rich in culture and history. He also urged them to explore the ‘must visit’ destination of Mamallapuram which is a UNESCO World Heritage site and one can experience inspiring stone carvings and its great beauty. Quoting the great poet Thiruvalluvar from about two thousand years ago, the Prime Minister said, “Even the oceans will shrink, if the…

“India understands its global responsibilities and is working on a comprehensive roadmap with friendly countries”

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The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated SemiconIndia 2023 at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar, Gujarat today. The theme of the Conference is ‘Catalysing India’s Semiconductor Ecosystem’. It showcases India’s semiconductor strategy and policy which envisions making India a global hub for semiconductor design, manufacturing and technology development. Industry leaders expressed their views on the occasion. President and CEO SEMI Shri Ajit Minocha said that for the first time in India’s history, geopolitics, domestic politics and private secret capacities are aligned in India’s favor to become a player in semiconductor production.…

PM to release education and skill curriculum books translated into 12 Indian languages

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Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will inaugurate the  Akhil Bharatiya Shiksha Samagam on 29th July 2023 at Bharat Mandapam, Pragati Maidan in Delhi at 10 AM. It coincides with  the 3rd anniversary of National Education Policy 2020. During the programme, Prime Minister will release the first instalment of funds under the PM SHRI Scheme. These schools will nurture students in a way that they become engaged, productive, and contributing citizens for building an equitable, inclusive, and plural society as envisaged by National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. Prime Minister will also…

Global leaders from Industry, Academia and Government participated in the 2nd Edition of Semicon India

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India is leading the technology revolution with focus on electronics. As part of the revolution, semiconductors play an indispensable role and have applications in nearly all sectors, including communication, defence, automobiles and computing devices. Strengthening the important pillar of progress of the country – ‘Electronics’ and reinforcing the vision of ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’, India is poised to broaden and deepen its value chain and facilitate a world class semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem. To showcase India as a hub for semiconductor design and manufacturing, SemiconIndia 2022 Conference was organised in Bengaluru last year.…

Body Of Missing Crypto Billionaire Found Chopped Up in Suitcase

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Fernando Perez Algaba, Missing Millionaire Crypto Influencer Found Chopped Up in Suitcase  The Buenos Aires Police have launched a murder investigation after they found the dismembered remains of a missing millionaire and Crypto influencer.  Autopsy report revealed that he was shot three times before his body was chopped up.  The self-made billionaire was based in Barcelona, where he shifted from Miami. He had been staying in Argentina for a week before his alleged murder.  Mr. Algaba accumulated his wealth by renting luxury vehicles and selling cryptocurrency and flaunted his lavish…

Ukrainians facing ‘horrific’ problem with mines left by Russians

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As Ukrainian forces slowly push ahead with their counteroffensive, the country’s military and civilians face a deadly problem which is land mines left by Russia.  There are new, advanced types that can sense movement or destroy vehicles from hundreds of metres away.  Land mines have proved a formidable obstacle for Ukraine’s military, bogging down assaults during its counteroffensive and disabling armoured vehicles.  Meanwhile, Vladimir Putin told African leaders this morning that Moscow respected their peace proposal on Ukraine and was “carefully studying” it.  As Ukrainian forces slowly push ahead with…

Singapore executes a woman for the first time in 19 years

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Saridewi Djamani, 45, was sentenced to death in 2018 for trafficking nearly 31 grams (1.09 ounces) of heroin, the Central Narcotics Bureau said.  Human rights groups, international activists, and the United Nations have urged Singapore to halt executions for drug offences, saying there is increasing evidence it is ineffective as a deterrent.  Singapore’s laws mandate the death penalty for anyone convicted of trafficking more than 500 grams of cannabis and 15 grams of heroin.  Law punishes low-level traffickers and couriers, critics say.  Neighbouring Thailand has legalized cannabis while Malaysia ended…

India withdraws from games in China over stapled visa controversy

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New Delhi has withdrawn from the games being held in China.   India marks a strong protest against Beijing’s attempts to normalize its segregated approach towards India’s Arunachal Pradesh.  China issued stapled visas to Indian athletes; India calls the decision “unacceptable”  China claims India’s Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, and Arunachal Pradesh to be so-called disputed territories.  China also declined to take part in a G20 tourism meeting held in India’s Kashmir, saying that it did not support “holding any kind of G20 meetings in the disputed territory”.  A stapled visa…

Meta plans retention ‘hooks’ for Threads as more than half of users leave the app

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Meta Platforms executives are heavily focused on boosting retention on their new Twitter rival Threads after the app lost more than half of its users.  Meta is looking at adding more “retention-driving hooks” to entice users to return to the app.  Zuckerberg and Cox highlighted the company’s release of an artificial intelligence model called Llama 2 this month.  Meta Platforms executives are heavily focused on boosting retention on their new Twitter rival Threads after the app lost more than half of its users in the weeks following its buzzy launch,…

Today the Women Empowerment program jointly organised by FTCCI and VST concluded.

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“Fearless Females”: 180 Women Turned-Up for Empowerment Despite Meteorological Red Alert”   Today the Women Empowerment program jointly organised by FTCCI and VST concluded.   The program was aimed at empowering and uplifting aspiring women entrepreneurs in the region: Meela Jayadev, President, FTCCI   Hyderabad, July 28, 2023…….”Fearless Females”.  One hundred and eighty(180) Women Turned-Up to a two-day Empowerment program organized by the Federation of Telangana Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FTCCI) in partnership with VST Industries. Though it was the wettest day of the season with incessant rains, shows…