New York: Using wearable sensor technology, researchers have developed an automatic alert system that may help people to quit smoking by sending video messages. The smartphone app — initially limited to Android-based operating systems — automatically texts 20 to 120-second video messages to smokers when sensors detect specific arm and body[Read More…]
Kumbakonam recently became the first town in Kerala to acquire Bandicoot, a robotic system to try and do away with manual scavenging. “Our main objective is end manual scavenging, which has casteist roots in many parts of the country. Many lives continue to be lost to manual scavenging and when[Read More…]
A total of 220 cow carcasses were seized from a warehouse in Rajasthan’s Alwar district early on Wednesday, police said. The animal carcasses were found buried inside a Govindgarh facility,” Sub-Inspector Dhara Singh told IANS. Other than the cow carcasses, there were also remains of buffaloes and goats seized from[Read More…]
If asked, do you find Google results relevant? Majority would say a ‘Yes’. We often opt for a Google search for any image, video or textual information. Now Google moves ahead to make the tabular data search results more relevant. This progress was mapped out in the wake of the[Read More…]
Hyderabad: Depressed over being rejected by a girl’s parents, an Army jawan committed suicide by jumping in front of a train in Telangana‘s Gadwal town on Tuesday, police said. The railway police found the body of Vinod Kumar, 25, on the tracks early morning. The jawan had come on leave[Read More…]
As CBI investigates the Muzaffarpur shelter home case more instances of crime are duged up. The owner of the government-funded NGO, Brijesh Thakur has been the main accused in the shelter home case. Two separate cases have been registered against him so far. The second case was filed only after[Read More…]
New Delhi: The price of non-subsidised LPG cooking gas will be hiked by Rs 35.50 per cylinder in New Delhi, and that of the subsidised one by a marginal Rs 1.76, effective August 1. According to Indian Oil Corporation, the increase in prices of non-subsidised LPG cylinder is mainly due[Read More…]
New Delhi: As BJP President Amit Shah said the Congress did not have the courage to implement NRC in Assam, while this government had the courage to do it, the Congress on Tuesday condemned it and asked who is lying, whether it is Shah or Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh,[Read More…]
Don’t forget to look up and catch a glimpse of a brighter Mars tonight as the Red Planet makes its closest approach to Earth in 15 years on Tuesday when the two planets will be 57.6 million kilometers apart. On July 27, Mars was at opposition, meaning that the Sun[Read More…]
It has been a week since the Muzaffarpur shelter home rape case came into light and few days since Central Bureau of Investigation took over the case. The investigation into the matter is on and yet another shocking and saddening case has been discovered. Earlier the CBI had registered a[Read More…]
Shri Gopalkrishna Gandhi, former West Bengal governor, has been selected for 24th Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award for his outstanding contribution towards the promotion of communal harmony, peace and goodwill. The Advisory Committee of the Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award in its meeting held on 28th July, 2018 announced the award will be presented[Read More…]
A day after Assam NRC final draft list released with letting over 40 lakh applicants left out, the entire nation has come under a panic the fear of getting deported haunts. Of the many not on the list of eligible citizens, it has emerged that the family of India’s former[Read More…]
Amid the ongoing tussle between the Centre and the opposition over recently released Assam NRC final draft list of eligible citizens, Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Raja Singh said that in a bid to keep India safe, Rohingya and Bangladeshi illegal immigrants should be shot dead. On Tuesday July 31, Telangana[Read More…]
In the latest development in the Ranchi family death incident, police has recovered two suicide notes from the house. According to the suicide notes that are of 15 pages and two pages respectively it is believed that the two brothers killed other five members of the family and then hanged[Read More…]
RJD leader Lalu Prasad’s youngest son, Tej Pratap dresses up as Lord Shiva, sets out for Deoghar to offer prayers on the occasion of ‘Sawan’. Before leaving for Deoghar he was seen with a shell in a Shiva temple. It was his costume that stole away the show. Tej chose[Read More…]
A video of a BJP MLC has floated on social media and has been tweeted by RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav from his twitter handle where the MLC is openly threatening Bihar’s governor. In the video, he is clearly heard saying, “Rajyapalnama kaa hain, ki jo keh denge wo ho jayega.[Read More…]
Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting, Rajyavardhan Rathore informed the Parliament that present central government has spent over Rs 4,880 crore on advertisements through electronic, print and other media since 2014-15. Not limiting here, an amount of Rs 162.83 is a “booked expenditure” for 2018-19, said Rathore. In Rajya[Read More…]
New Delhi: Of over 60 lakh children aged 6-13 who were reckoned as ‘out of school’ in 2014, more than 75 per cent belonged SC, ST and other minority groups, the Lok Sabha was told on Monday. Quoting a 2014 survey done by International Market Research Bureau (IMRB), Minister of[Read More…]
New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday slammed Prime Minister, saying the journalists reporting the Rafale scam are being threatened. Supreme leader’s minions are now sending threatening messages to journalists reporting on the #RafaleScam asking them to ‘back off or else…’, wrote Gandhi in Twitter. I’m really proud of[Read More…]
In the wake of increased crime due to the circulation of fake WhatsApp videos and images, a Delhi based Professor Ponnurangam Kumaraguru and his team is working on a machine-learning based solution. If the experiment goes successful, it is believed that the fake videos and images could be identified with[Read More…]
The Congress continued to target Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his speeches in Lucknow last week, saying he should stop dramatising poverty. Congress leader Anand Sharma told reporters here that speaking was part of Modi’s DNA and if he does not give speeches, it probably can affect his health. Noting[Read More…]
New Delhi: A new crypto-currency miner, dubbed PowerGhost, is targeting corporate networks in India and several other regions in the world, according to new research from Russia-based cybersecurity company Kaspersky Lab. PowerGhost uses multiple fileless techniques to discreetly gain a foothold in corporate networks, meaning that the miner does not store[Read More…]
New Delhi: Union Minister for Women and Child Development (WCD) Maneka Gandhi on Monday apologised for the remarks she made on transgenders while presenting the anti-trafficking bill in the Lok Sabha last week. I sincerely apologise for using the term ‘other ones’ during the debate on the Trafficking of Persons (Prevention,[Read More…]
Former union minister and Indian National Congress senior spokesperson Anand Sharma raises several issues during press briefing today. He mainly spoke about two major issues in the country that is increasing incidents of communal disharmony and secondly, degrading condition of India’s economy. According to him, there is a need to[Read More…]
About 97-98 per cent of child abuse cases are not reported to the appropriate authorities in the country, Supreme Court Judge Deepak Gupta said here at a symposium. “The cases are not reported because these incidents of cruelty or ill-treatment happen within the family or (involve) close friends or relatives,”[Read More…]