ONGC, J&K Govt collaborate to enhance healthcare facilities at Baltal, Chandanwari

ONGC sets up permanent hospital; will continue to operate post Amarnath Yatra SRINAGAR: ONGC has teamed up with the Department of Health and Medical Education, Government of Jammu & Kashmir to bolster healthcare infrastructure in Jammu and Kashmir. Recognizing the critical need for sustainable healthcare infrastructure in the region, ONGC under its Corporate Social Responsibility […]

Three-day int’l conference MAiTRI 2024 concludes at NIT Srinagar

SRINAGAR: The National Institute of Technology (NIT) Srinagar, in collaboration with Dr. B.R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar, successfully hosted the 2nd International Conference on Machine Intelligence for Research and Innovations (MAiTRI 2024) from June 21st to 23rd. The three-day hybrid event, marking the 112th birth anniversary of the legendary Alan Turing, was a […]

Financial literacy critical competency in rapidly evolving economic landscape: Expert at KU

SRINAGAR: To enhance the financial literacy of students and to equip them with essential knowledge about banking and financial management, the Department of Management Studies, University of Kashmir (KU), Friday organised a daylong ‘Financial Literacy Programme’ in collaboration with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) here. On the occasion, Assistant General Manager, RBI, Anoop Kumar […]

Biden stumbles in first presidential debate with Trump, sets off alarm bells for Democrats

Biden stumbles in first presidential debate with Trump, sets off alarm bells for Democrats

ATLANTA: Joe Biden, seeking a second term in the White House, stumbled in his first televised presidential debate with his predecessor Donald Trump, setting off alarm bells among top Democrats about whether the incumbent president can stay atop in the gruelling months ahead of the elections. During their roughly 90-minute debate defined by personal attacks […]

Majority of debate watchers say Trump won debate over Biden: CNN Poll

Majority of debate watchers say Trump won debate over Biden: CNN Poll

ATLANTA: Former US president Donald Trump turned in a better performance than President Joe Biden during the first of presidential debates, a shift from 2020 when debate watchers saw the 81-year-old Democrat as outperforming his Republican rival. During Thursday’s feisty debate that lasted roughly 90 minutes, President Biden and 78-year-old Trump sparred over the economy, […]

Jaishankar to lead India delegation at SCO Summit in Astana

NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will lead the Indian delegation at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Astana (Kazakhstan) to be held on 3-4 July, it was officially announced here on Friday. At a media briefing here, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal also indicated that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Moscow for […]

110 new languages arrive on Google Translate with AI’s help

NEW DELHI: Using artificial intelligence (AI), Google on Thursday announced to add 110 new languages to Google Translate, including Cantonese, NKo and Tamazight. These new languages represent more than 614 million speakers, opening up translations for around 8 per cent of the world’s population. “Some are major world languages with over 100 million speakers. Others […]

New criminal laws to come into force on July 1, all police stations to hold special event

New criminal laws to come into force on July 1, all police stations to hold special event

NEW DELHI: All 17,500 police stations in the country will hold a special event on July 1 involving women, youth, students, senior citizens and eminent personalities to apprise them the key features of the new criminal laws, which will come into force on that day, official sources said. The new laws — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita […]

INDIA bloc wanted constructive debate on NEET issue: Rahul Gandhi

INDIA bloc wanted constructive debate on NEET issue: Rahul Gandhi

NEW DELHI: Asserting the INDIA bloc wants a constructive debate on the NEET issue, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Friday said it is unfortunate that they were not allowed to raise it in the Parliament. In a video message shared from his ‘X’ handle, Gandhi urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to […]

Falsely implicated, I was forced to spend 5 months in jail: Hemant Soren

Ranchi: Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Friday claimed that he was falsely implicated in a money laundering case and was forced to spend about five months in jail. In a veiled attack on the BJP, the executive president of Jharkhand’s ruling JMM said he was concerned about how the voice of political leaders, […]