IIT Madras to offer courses in augmented and virtual reality

March 14, 2024 11:22 pm | Updated 11:22 pm IST - CHENNAI The Indian Institute of Technology Madras Pravartak has partnered with VyVoxel, an international firm, to launch a course in augmented reality and virtual reality. The institute said market analysts had predicted that the AR and VR market would …...Read More

Chief Minister launches Kochi Water Metro extension to four more terminals

March 14, 2024 11:14 pm | Updated 11:15 pm IST - KOCHI The Kochi Water Metro project is proof of participatory democracy in action. The commissioning of more ferry terminals under the project would in turn lead to comprehensive development and better living standards, especially in islands around Kochi, Chief …...Read More

Future Gaming and Hotel Services purchased Rs 1,368 crores worth electoral bonds, most among firms

March 14, 2024 11:07 pm | Updated 11:55 pm IST Future Gaming and Hotel Services PR whose managing director is the well known lottery magnate Santiago Martin, is the largest donor to political parties for the period April 12, 2019 to January 24, 2024, the electoral bonds data released by …...Read More

Ajit faction switches from Sharad to Y.B. Chavan portrait after SC warning

March 14, 2024 11:06 pm | Updated 11:06 pm IST - Pune After the Supreme Court rapped the Ajit Pawar-led NCP faction on March 14 for continuing to use photos of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) founder Sharad Pawar even after the split in the party, Mr. Ajit Pawar clarified that …...Read More

AHSTA seeks to commence higher secondary answer script valuation on April 3

March 14, 2024 10:50 pm | Updated 10:50 pm IST - Thiruvananthapuram The Aided Higher Secondary Teachers’ Association (AHSTA) has demanded that higher secondary valuation camps get under way on April 3. In a statement on Thursday, the AHSTA said the General Education department had issued a circular that the …...Read More

Kisan Mahapanchayat resolves to oust BJP, gets trade unions’ support

March 14, 2024 10:44 pm | Updated 10:57 pm IST - New Delhi Thousands of farmers, who gathered in New Delhi on Thursday for a ‘Kisan Mahapanchayat’ under the Samyukt Kisan Morcha’s (SKM) banner, resolved to defeat the BJP in the upcoming Lok Sabha election. Alleging that the policies of …...Read More

PM Modi holds talks with Bhutanese counterpart

March 14, 2024 10:43 pm | Updated 10:43 pm IST - New Delhi Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday held extensive talks with his Bhutanese counterpart Tshering Tobgay focusing on ways to further strengthen the ties between the two countries. The talks took place hours after Mr. Tobgay began a …...Read More

'The ashes we have may not actually be my nana's': Family stunned as police investigate Hull funeral home

A young woman has told of her shock and devastation on realising that the ashes she thought were her grandmother's could belong to someone else - or might not even be ashes at all. Bethany Hill's family is among those to have spoken with Humberside Police after officers raided three …...Read More

State revises surrender policy for left-wing extremists, increases financial support

March 14, 2024 10:30 pm | Updated 10:30 pm IST Shivamogga The State government has revised its policy to assimilate left-wing extremists (Naxals) with the mainstream by enhancing the financial support offered as part of the rehabilitation package. The Naxals, who held positions in prominent committees of the extremist groups …...Read More

BJP closely watching Eshwarappa’s meeting, as supporters want him to contest against BSY’s son

March 14, 2024 10:29 pm | Updated 10:32 pm IST - BENGALURU/SHIVAMOGGA The BJP, which released the list of candidates for 20 Lok Sabha seats of total 28 in Karnataka on Thursday, is watching the outcome of a meeting convened by supporters of its OBC face and former Deputy Chief …...Read More