Category: Breaking News

The Congress on Thursday alleged that the party’s official Twitter account as well as that of a large number of its leaders and workers have been blocked by the microblogging site. This comes close on the heels of the blocking of party leader Rahul Gandhi’s Twitter account after he shared pictures of the family of the nine-year-old alleged rape and murder victim last week in violation of the law.   Congress social media department head Rohan Gupta said the party’s official Twitter account and around 5,000 accounts of its top…

The “Union Home Minister’s Medal for Excellence in Investigation” for the year 2021 have been awarded to 152 Police personnel (List attached). This medal was constituted in 2018, with the objective to promote high professional standards of investigation of crime and to recognize such Excellence in Investigation by investigating officers.           Among the personnel receiving these awards, 15 are from CBI, 11 each from Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra Police, 10 from Uttar Pradesh, 9 are from Kerala and Rajasthan Police, 8 are from Tamil Nadu Police, 7 are from Bihar,…

In a big relief for the common citizens, the Reserve Bank of India has decided to charge penalties on banks for non-availability of cash in ATMs. The RBI has launched the ‘Scheme of Penalty for non-replenishment of ATMs’, which will come into effect in October. Under the scheme, a penalty of Rs 10,000 per ATM will be levied if they are out of cash for more than 10 hours per month. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has directed all banks and white label automated teller machine operators to ensure that ATMs never…

Durand Cup, the world’s third oldest and Asia’s oldest football tournament is poised to make a comeback after a year’s hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic. With the dynamic support of All India Football Federation (AIFF), IFA (West Bengal) and the Government of West Bengal, the 130th Edition of Durand Cup is set to become a landmark event.   The prestigious tournament was first held in 1888, at Dagshai (Himachal Pradesh) and is named after Mortimer Durand, who was then the Foreign Secretary in charge of India. The tournament was a…

Speaking at the HT Auto EV Conclave, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari backed the country’s advancement in the electric vehicle (EV) mission. He noted that support; encouragement and awareness for EVs provided via central and state governments’ EV policies, subsidies, incentives and exemptions have played an important role in India’s adoption and progress towards electric mobility.   The minister also urged various industry stakeholders to come together to make India the world’s largest EV manufacturing and supplying hub. Confident that EVs will overtake fossil-fuel-run vehicles by 2050, Gadkari said,…

Vice President attended total 133 events over last year including 22 inaugural events Wrote a series of 26 Facebook posts on lesser known women freedom fighters & another Facebook series on freedom fighters incarcerated in Cellular Jail Wrote extensively in Indian language papers on the need to promote mother tongue Emphasised the need for reconnecting our innate strengths Productivity of Rajya Sabha rises to 95.82% during 2020-21 until Budget Session with 44 bills passed, the highest in last four years YouTube subscriber base of RSTV increases from 5 lakhs to…

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will participate in ‘Atmanirbhar Narishakti se Samvad’ and interact with women Self Help Group (SHG) members/community resource persons promoted under the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) on 12th August 2021 at 12:30 PM via video conferencing. During the event, a compendium of success stories of women SHG members from all across the country, along with a handbook on universalization of farm livelihoods will also be released by the Prime Minister.    Prime Minister will also release capitalization support funds to the tune of…

HCL Technologies has launched DRYiCE Software’s ‘AI-Driven and Automation-Powered Employee Experience’ (AEX), an end-to-end digital workplace solution that transforms employee experience and fosters productivity while optimizing costs through artificial intelligence (AI), automation, and self-help capabilities.   Enterprises have faced unprecedented workplace productivity and employee experience degradation due to remote working during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the early stages, these enterprises reacted to workplace transformation by deploying a myriad of solutions to rapidly get work-from-home initiatives off the ground. However, these solutions addressed only parts of workplace issues and required significant integration and customization…

The seven-year-old joint venture, called Prione Business Services Pvt., will end operating from mid-2022, the companies announced on Monday. The JV called Prione set up a fully-owned unit Cloudtail that sold goods online alongside independent shops & grew to be one of the largest sellers on Amazon. The Joint Venture has enabled over 300,000 sellers and entrepreneurs to go online and enabled 4 million merchants to use digital payments. There was continuous allegation from the local retailers that the giants had abused their dominance through deep discounts, exclusive ties and cheap support from certain…

The UK government has come up with a £4m fund to support projects trialling running fibre optic broadband cables through water pipes in order to connect hard-to-reach homes without digging up roads.   The fund will be used to test out monitors in pipes that can help water companies identify and repair leaks more quickly. Almost a fifth of water supply every day is lost due to leaks and it is hoped that sensors could help deliver water companies’ commitment to reduce water loss by half.   Infrastruture works, in particular installing new ducts…