New Delhi, 26/1: Nari shakti and women empowerment dominated the theme of tableaux of Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and Tripura at the Republic Day parade here on Thursday. Kerala presented the tableau of “Nari Shakti and Folk Traditions of Women Empowerment” that includes Kalaripayattu, a martial art with more than 2,000 years history,…
Dubai, 26/1: Pakistan captain Babar Azam was named as winner of the ICC Men’s ODI Cricketer of the Year 2022 award, winning the coveted honour for the second year in a row. He had competition from Australia’s leg-spinner Adam Zampa, West Indies’ opener Shai Hope and Zimbabwe’s off-spin all-rounder Sikandar Raza. Azam played…
New Delhi, 26/1: As India celebrates its 74th Republic Day, Google commemorated the occassion with a Doodle, illustrated by Gujarat-based guest-artist Parth Kothekar, on many elements of the parade in the national capital. The Google Doodle has been crafted from intricately hand-cut paper, making sure the different elements of Republic Day find a…
Bangalore, 26/1: IBM Corp on Wednesday said it would lay off 3,900 people as part of some asset divestments and posted flat fourth-quarter revenue due to lacklustre demand for its consulting services. Big Blue spun off its large and laggard managed infrastructure business, now called Kyndryl, in late 2021 to focus on its…
New Delhi, 25/1Jamia Milia Vice Chancellor Najma Akhtar on Wednesday called SFI “a small student group with no following” and accused it of disturbing peace on the campus as the group announced screening of a recent BBC documentary on 2002 Godhra riots on campus. We do not want any disturbance on the campus. We desire…
Washington DC, 25/1: A chatbot powered by reams of data from the internet has passed exams at a US law school after writing essays on topics ranging from constitutional law to taxation and torts. ChatGPT from OpenAI, a US company that this week got a massive injection of cash from Microsoft, uses artificial…
Sri Nagar, 25/1: Due to incessant rains and landslides, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra was halted near Ramban on Srinagar-Jammu National Highway on Wednesday. Due to poor weather conditions and landslides in the area, the afternoon leg of #BharatJodoYatra in Ramban & Banihal has been cancelled. Tomorrow is a rest day and the…
Mumbai, 25/1: The bidding of teams for the inaugural edition of the Women’s Indian Premier League (WIPL) on Wednesday saw bids worth Rs 4,669.99 crore, surpassing the record set by Men’s Indian Premier League (IPL) in 2008. The Adani Group won the Ahmedabad team with the bid of Rs 1,289 crore, while Reliance…
UP, 25/1: The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted interim bail to Ashish Mishra, son of Union Minister Ajay Mishra, for eight weeks with strict conditions in a case related mowing down of farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri case. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and J K Maheshwari said further extension of his bail…
New Delhi, 25/1:Former Congress leader Anil K Antony on Wednesday said that he was getting threat calls and hate messages after his tweet on BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Antony, son of former Defence Minister A K Antony quit Congress citing “intolerant calls to retract a tweet.” Speaking…
