Unfolding your favorite apps just got even better. Merging cutting-edge app optimizations with foldable form factors, Samsung Electronics has worked with industry leading partners to take the foldable experience further on the Galaxy Z Series. To ensure that your favorite apps have been optimized for the unique foldable form factors of Galaxy Z Fold3 … Read more
New Delhi : Chief Justice of India (CJI) N V Ramana on Tuesday is administering oath of office to nine new judges, including three women, of the Supreme Court. The CJI started the swearing-in by administering oath of office to Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka. With the swearing-in of the nine new judges, the strength … Read more
New Delhi : Google received 36,934 complaints from users and removed 95,680 pieces of content based on those complaints in July, the tech giant company said in its monthly transparency reports released on Tuesday. In addition to reports from users, Google also removed 5,76,892 pieces of content in July as a result of automated detection. … Read more
Samsung Electronics has announced that registration is now open for the third installment of its Virtual Experience series, following the success of its recent broadcast-focused VX showcase. The event will highlight displays that have been designed for quick service restaurants (QSRs) and Small and Midsize Businesses (SMBs). From fast-food outlets to cafés, Samsung, a … Read more
New Delhi : With 30,941 people testing positive for coronavirus, India”s total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 3,27,68,880, while the active cases declined to 3,70,640, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. The death toll has climbed to 4,38,560 with 350 fresh fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 am. The … Read more
Guwahati : Journalists’ Forum Assam (JFA) commends the concern expressed by Madras High Court in a recent directive to Tamil Nadu government to constitute a press council so that the menace of fake news/journalists can be legally addressed. The forum also opines that a recognized journalist should be barred from doing non-journalistic jobs like that … Read more
The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi has congratulated Sundar Singh Gurjar for winning the Bronze medal in Javelin at Paralympics Games in Tokyo. In a tweet, the Prime Minister said; “India is overjoyed by the Bronze medal won by @SundarSGurjar. He has shown remarkable courage and dedication. Congratulations to him. Wishing him the very best. #Paralympics” … Read more
The Union Government is committed to accelerating the pace and expanding the scope of COVID-19 vaccination throughout the country. The new phase of universalization of COVID-19 vaccination commenced from 21st June 2021. The vaccination drive has been ramped up through availability of more vaccines, advance visibility of vaccine availability to States and UTs for enabling better … Read more
Lucknow : A Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) jawan on VIP duty died after he was hit by an unidentified vehicle here on Monday evening shortly before the convoy of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who was returning from Mathura, reached the spot, according to police. The deceased has been identified as Lallu Prasad Yadav … Read more
New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Indian medal-winners at the Tokyo Paralympics on Monday and also spoke to them over phone to laud their efforts. As javelin thrower Sumit Antil clinched India”s second gold at the ongoing Paralympics, shattering the men”s F64 category world record, Modi said the country is proud of him. … Read more
Srinagar : Former minister and Apni Party president Altaf Bukhari Monday asked the government to create an atmosphere conducive for parties to freely participate in the political process. “As the political process is going to be started, an environment should be created so that people from every political party operating here move freely, convey their … Read more
Bengaluru : Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday directed officials to take necessary steps to ensure that there is no delay in the disposal of cases of atrocities against Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs), including those pending in courts. “In cases relating to atrocities against SC/STs, it has come to notice that … Read more
Guwahati : Assam reported four deaths due to COVID-19 on Sunday, while 293 more people tested positive, pushing the state’s infection tally to 5,88,318, the National Health Mission said. The latest fatalities were reported from Cachar, Hojai, Kamrup Metropolitan and Udalguri districts. The state’s Covid death toll stands at 5,640 persons. According to … Read more
Firozabad : BJP MLA from Uttar Pradesh”s Firozabad Manish Asija on Sunday claimed that over 40 children have succumbed to dengue in the district over the past week and blamed the state health department and the local civic body for the “tragedy”. However, Health Minister Jai Pratap Singh termed Asija”s claims “wrong” and said no … Read more
Ballia (UP) : The family members of a 24-year-old woman who had alleged rape by BSP MP Atul Rai have been provided security after they expressed threat to their lives, a police officer said on Sunday. The woman died on August 24 after she and her friend Satyam Rai set themselves afire outside the Supreme … Read more
New Delhi : No death due to COVID-19 was recorded in Delhi for the fourth consecutive day on Sunday, while 31 new cases were reported with a positivity rate of 0.04 per cent, according to the health bulletin issued by the city government. This is the 19th time since the national capital was hit by … Read more
Mumbai : A Mumbai woman wanted in a drug case being probed by the Narcotics Control Bureau has allegedly amassed a large number of properties in Maharashtra and Rajasthan, an official said on Sunday. Rubina Niyazu Shaikh is on the run after her Bandra home was raided recently and Rs 70 lakh cash and more … Read more
Coimbatore : A teenage girl has been arrested on the charge of marrying a minor boy after sexually abusing him, police said on Sunday. The girl working in a petrol bunk near Pollachi, 43 kms from here, became friendly with the boy a few months ago, the police said. The two went missing from August … Read more
New Delhi : Over 11,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered to inmates of three jails in the national capital so far by the Delhi Prisons Department, officials said on Sunday. A total of 11,525 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered, they said. As on Friday, 1,710 Tihar jail inmates aged above 45 … Read more
Bengaluru : ISRO said it successfully conducted the first hot test of the System Demonstration Model (SDM) of the Gaganyaan Service Module Propulsion System for a duration of 450 seconds at the test facility of Propulsion Complex (IPRC), Mahendragiri, Tamil Nadu, on Saturday. The system performance met the test objectives and there was a close … Read more
Samsung, India’s most trusted smartphone brand, today announced the launch of Galaxy Watch4, Galaxy Watch4 Classic and Galaxy Buds2 in India. Galaxy Watch4 series will start a new a new era of smartwatch innovation to drive holistic health and wellness. With a comfortable fit, Galaxy Buds2 is designed to be worn all day, … Read more
Jaipur : Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday underwent angioplasty at the Sawai Man Singh government hospital here after experiencing severe chest pain. Lokesh Sharma, the officer on special duty to the chief minister, said, “The CM”s angioplasty has been done successfully. Everything is fine”. Earlier in the day, Gehlot had said that … Read more
Thane : A court in Thane district of Maharashtra has sentenced a man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for allegedly repeatedly raping a 23-year-old woman and cheating her. Additional sessions judge Rajesh S Gupta held 33-year-old Steven alias Oberi Godfrey D”cruz guilty for the offences and pronounced the sentence on Thursday. The court also … Read more
Indian Navy is participating in the sea phase of Exercise Malabar 2021 from 26 – 29 August 2021 along with the US Navy (USN), Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force (JMSDF) and the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Malabar series of maritime exercise commenced in 1992 as an IN-USN Exercise. In 2015, JMSDF joined Malabar as a … Read more
Dubai : Aiming at deepening the academic and cultural ties between India and the UAE, an agreement was signed under which faculty members from Indian universities will spend six to 10 months every year for undertaking research and teaching social sciences in Abu Dhabi. The agreement between Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) and New … Read more
New Delhi : Actor Sonu Sood is scheduled to meet Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday, sources said. The 47-year-old actor catapulted to the national spotlight for helping migrant workers reach their home states during the nationwide lockdown last year. He also helped people during the second wave of COVID-19. The agenda of the … Read more
Chandigarh : Haryana”s Covid tally rose to 7,70,411 on Thursday with 16 fresh cases, while the death toll reached 9,671 after one more person succumbed to the disease, according to the Health Department”s bulletin. The latest death was reported from Jind district, it said. Of the fresh cases, six were from Gurgaon and two … Read more
Kotdwar : Two tourists from Delhi were killed and another was injured when their car fell into a deep gorge between Lansdowne and Jaiharikhal in Uttarakhand”s Pauri district. The accident occurred at around 11 pm on Wednesday, Lansdowne Kotwali Station House Officer (SHO) Santosh Kunwar said. Two of the car occupants — identified as … Read more
Bengaluru : Karnataka reported 1,213 new COVID-19 cases and 25 deaths on Thursday, taking the total number of infections to 29,43,463 and the toll to 37,231, the health department said on Thursday. The day also saw 1,206 discharges, taking the total number of recoveries in the state so far to 28,86,906. Bengaluru Urban logged the … Read more
Mumbai : Hindi film lyricist Manoj Muntashir was at the centre of a growing Twitter storm on Thursday with several colleagues in the industry and others slamming him for “seeding hatred” in a video in which he compares Mughal emperors to “dacoits”. Muntashir, who has written lyrics for films such as “Kesari” and “Bhuj: The … Read more
New Delhi : Right to privacy includes right to be forgotten and to be left alone, the Delhi High Court has said while directing various online platforms including YouTube to remove certain objectionable videos and audio clips of a Bengali actress. The high court, in an interim order, said the actress is entitled to protection … Read more
Ahmedabad : Two sanitation workers died of suffocation, while another went missing after they entered a sewer line without wearing any safety equipment in Gujarat”s Ahmedabad city on Thursday, police and fire department said. Although efforts are on to rescue the missing sanitation worker, chances of his survival are slim, said fire officer Mithun Mistry, … Read more
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the district magistrates to complete the process of approval of applications for children, registered under the ”PM-CARES for Children” scheme, so that those who have lost their parents or legal guardian due to the COVID-19 pandemic could get the benefit. The apex court came out with the … Read more
Samsung, India’s largest and most trusted consumer electronics brand, has launched an Augmented Reality (AR) filter on Instagram and Facebook that will allow people to virtually experience how Samsung’s much loved lifestyle TV, The Frame would look in their homes. AR filter will allow consumers to virtually experience The Frame in their … Read more
Kennewick (US) : Authorities believe one gunman killed three people and wounded another during a spree of shootings and arsons in eastern Washington on Wednesday. A suspect was believed to have been found dead later after police fired on a vehicle. KEPR reports that police were called about several fires and a shooting shortly … Read more
Agra : Six more people in Agra district died after consuming spurious liquor, taking the toll to 10, family members said on Wednesday. Police said it still needs to be confirmed whether the persons died of spurious liquor. But Additional Director General of Police (ADG), Agra, Rajeev Krishna said this cannot be ruled out. … Read more
Barmer (Raj) : A MiG-21 fighter jet of the Indian Air Force crashed in a village in Barmer district on Wednesday following a “technical malfunction” during a routine trainee sortie but the pilot ejected safely, officials said. It is the fourth MiG-21 crash this year. The plane crashed in a largely uninhabited area in … Read more
New Delhi : The Supreme Court Wednesday asked Delhi High Court to decide “preferably within a period of two weeks” the plea pending before it challenging the appointment of senior IPS officer Rakesh Asthana as Delhi Police Commissioner. The 1984-batch IPS officer was shifted to the Union cadre from Gujarat cadre and appointed Commissioner on … Read more
New Delhi :A Delhi court on Wednesday discharged BJP MP Hans Raj Hans in a case of allegedly giving ambiguous information in his affidavit filed along with his nomination form in the 2019 general elections. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Dharmender Singh granted the relief to the Member of Parliament from north-west Delhi after finding that … Read more
Kolkata : West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh on Wednesday said that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is in a hurry for holding assembly by-polls as she wants to cling on to the chair. Ghosh told reporters here that when the assembly election was underway in March-April this year she had urged the chief election commissioner … Read more
Samsung, India’s most trusted smartphone brand, today announced the future ready Galaxy M32 5G with 12 band-support for 5G experience and the promise of two-year OS upgrades. Powered by MediaTek Dimensity 720 processor, the #MonsterLikeABoss Galaxy M32 5G is designed for tech-savvy millennials and Gen Z consumers who live fast-paced lives. Galaxy M32 5G … Read more
Bareilly : A man, who was to board a Mumbai-bound flight from here, was arrested after two Aadhaar cards with his photo but different names were seized from him, police said on Wednesday. According to police, one of the cards had the name Ashfaq Nawab Sheikh on it while the other had Aslam Ismail printed … Read more
New Delhi : Flights connecting Jamnagar in Gujarat to Bengaluru and Hyderabad will be inaugurated on Thursday, Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said. The flights on the Jamnagar-Bengaluru route and the Jamnagar-Hyderabad route will be operated under the UDAN scheme by Star Air. Under the regional connectivity scheme, UDAN, financial incentives from the Centre, … Read more
New Delhi : The Delhi Police has arrested one more person for allegedly raising anti-Muslim slogans during a protest near Jantar Mantar here on August 8, officials said on Wednesday. The accused, identified as Uttam Upadhyay, was arrested from Ghaziabad on Sunday, police said. In a video that surfaced on social media, the police … Read more
NITI Aayog and World Resources Institute (WRI), India, jointly launched the ‘Forum for Decarbonizing Transport’ in India as part of the NDC-Transport Initiative for Asia (NDC-TIA) project on 23August. The launch was held virtually and inaugurated by NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant. Dignitaries from various ministries and NDC-TIA project partners, along with stakeholders from the … Read more
International Centre for Automotive Technology (ICAT) organized a knowledge-sharing two-day ‘Ethanol Economy’ webinar last week through its technology platform of ASPIRE to celebrate AzadiKaAmritMahotsav. Prime Minister Sh Narendra Modi, released the “Report of the Expert Committee on Road Map for ethanol blending in India 2020-2025 on the occasion of World environment day, 5th June 2021. Experts … Read more
NITI Aayog and Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (M/DoNER) will be launching the first edition of the North Eastern Region (NER) District SDG Index Report and Dashboard 2021–22 on 26 August 2021. This inaugural edition is the first of its kind region-wide district SDG index in the country and a milestone in the … Read more
The Vice President, M Venkaiah Naidu today urged the medical fraternity in general and the Indian Medical Association, in particular, to take up special awareness campaigns to educate the people about the safety and importance of getting vaccinated against COVID-19. Inaugurating ‘Vaccinate India Programme’, an initiative of Sustainable Goals Coordination Center, Government of Karnataka in … Read more
Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare dedicated the AYUSH Building and Night Shelter of AIIMS Deoghar to the nation today in the presence of Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar, Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare. He also inaugurated the OPD Services of the institute in the new AYUSH Building. Banna … Read more
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy is hosting various activities during the week 23-27 August 2021 to celebrate “Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav” . A series of programmes marked the launch of MNRE’s celebration. In Chandigarh, a new Unified Web Portal (https://solar.chd.gov.in ) for processing of Solar Net/Gross Applications was launched by Sh. Debendra Dalai, IFS, … Read more