Use big data, AI to counter terrorism, says Shah
NEW DELHI: Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday stressed on the need to constitute a team of young and tech-savvy officers to dismantle the terror ecosystem utilising big data, artificial intelligence and machine learning driven analytics.…
Separate ‘Bheel’ state gaining popularity in Rajasthan
JAIPUR: The demand to form a separate ‘Bheel Pradesh’ or Tribal state is gaining momentum. Thousands of tribals from Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, and Maharashtra held a mega rally on Thursday at Mangarh Dham in Banswara to raise this…
AMRUT projects need specific approval in hill states.
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Friday urged the Centre to adopt distinct norms for hilly states like Himachal Pradesh for sanctioning projects under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transport…
UP government requires restaurant proprietors to show names.
LUCKNOW: The controversy over the display of owners’ names on eateries falling on the Kanwar Yatra route is far from over with the UP government's decision drawing flak from various quarters including a BJP leader, allies and the…
NIA arrests Canada-based designated Khalistani terrorist Landa
Chandigarh: The anti-terror federal probe agency NIA has arrested one Baljeet Singh alias Rana Bhai alias Balli, a key aide of Canada-based designated individual Khalistani terrorist Lakhbir Singh Sandhu alias Landa, in connection with its…
Sri Lanka trip T20I captain Surya
New Delhi: Suryakmar Yadav, who was part of the leadership group during Gautam Gambhir’s playing days at Kolkata Knight Riders, has been named skipper for the three-match T20I series against Sri Lanka later this month. What, though, remains…
Easy win for India against Pakistan in opener
Mumbai: The women’s T20 World Cup scheduled in Bangladesh is approaching soon. Every move made by the ten teams will be under scanner till the tournament. Traditionally, Bangladesh has been a heaven for the spinners. Take for example the…
Former IOC vice-president Kevan Gosper dies
SYDNEY: Former Olympic powerbroker Kevan Gosper, one of Australia's top sports administrators, has died aged 90, the Australian Olympic Committee said Friday.
Gosper, who served two stints as International Olympic Committee…
Kusale ready for Olympics
Mumbai: Kolhapur, a district in Western Maharashtra, is known for its spicy food, a one-of-a-kind temple of Goddess Mahalaxmi and Kusti (wrestling). Such is the hold of wrestling in the city and people that Kolhapur is the home of Khasbag…
Forex kitty up by $10 billion to $667 billion
MUMBAI: The country’s forex reserves, a key monetary defence against external risks, have rallied by a whopping $10 billion to touch an all-time high of $666.85 billion as of the week ending July 12, boosted by the heavy inflow into…
Reserve Bank raises concern over falling deposit mobilisation
MUMBAI: Warning banks and non-banks in particular and all lenders in general again over the falling deposit mobilisation and increasing credit offtake, leading to asset liability mismatches, Governor Shaktikanta Das has said the Reserve…
On Day 1, Sanstar’s Rs 510 crore public offering sold 4.16 times.
NEW DELHI: The initial public offering of Sanstar Ltd was fully subscribed on the first day of subscription on Friday.
The plant-based speciality products company’s Rs 510-crore initial share-sale received bids for 15,62,64,000 shares…
Portal for non-tariff barriers in 2-3 months
NEW DELHI: An online platform designed for the registration and resolution of non-tariff barriers (NTBs) affecting exporters is anticipated to launch within the next two-three months, said Rajesh Agarwal, additional secretary with Commerce…
IT failure, profit booking before Budget knock off Rs 8 lakh crore from equities market.
Mumbai: Snapping a four-day winning rally, India’s equity market benchmarks – BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty50 – took a beating on Friday due to a global sell-off, triggered by operating system issues that caused devices to crash worldwide.…
Attacks on Bangladesh student protesters ‘shocking’: UN
GENEVA: UN human rights chief Volker Turk said Friday he was deeply concerned by this week's violence in Bangladesh, calling the attacks on student protesters "shocking and unacceptable".
"There must be impartial, prompt and exhaustive…
A global Microsoft outage interrupts airplanes, banking, trade, and other businesses.
The outage caused large-scale disruptions across airports in India, US, UK, Australia, Hong Kong, and major European cities. The London Stock Exchange and the National Health Service also reported fallouts.
Next Indian Ambassador to the US is Vinay Mohan Kwatra.
India’s last Ambassador to the US was Taranjit Singh Sandhu who retired in January this year and since February the position has been lying vacant.
Vietnam’s top Communist Party leader Nguyen Phu Trong dies at 80.
HANOI: Nguyen Phu Trong, Vietnam's most powerful contemporary leader and architect of the country's largest anti-corruption campaign, died Friday at the age of 80, state media said.
During Trong's 13 years as general secretary of the…
A large Brazilian river has tons of dead fish following industrial garbage disposal
TANQUA, Brazil: Several tons of fish have died along one of the main rivers in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state after an alleged illegal dumping of industrial waste from a sugar and ethanol plant, environmental authorities and prosecutors said…
Yemeni Houthi militants bomb Tel Aviv, killing one and injuring 10.
TEL AVIV: An explosion rumbled through the streets of central Tel Aviv early Friday morning after an apparent drone strike caused shards of shrapnel to rain down, injuring at least 10 people and leaving one dead, authorities said.…