Bhubaneswar : Snehadeep Kumar, an Electronics and Electrical Engineering student of KIIT Deemed-to-be-University, has been nominated as a fellow of the prestigious Royal Astronomical Society, London, thus joining the club of select few Indians who have been bestowed with this honour. He sets his name amongst the world’s greatest scientists such as Charles Babbage and…
Washington DC, 17/12: The managing director of Elon Musk’s family office is seeking new equity investors for Twitter, news platform Semafor reported on Friday, citing two people familiar with the fundraising effort. Musk’s money manager, Jared Birchall, reached out to potential investors this week, offering shares of Twitter at the same price, $54.20,…
Mumbai, 16/12: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday summoned, on December 19, actress Rakul Preet Singh in connection with a four-year-old drug trafficking and consumption case. Her statement was recorded by the ED in this connection last year too. “The actress has been asked to appear before the investigating agency on December…
New Delhi, 16/12: Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud on Friday said no Supreme Court bench will be available from December 17 till January 1 during the ensuing winter vacations. The CJI made the announcement a day after Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju’s statement in Rajya Sabha in which he said there…
Dhaka, 16/12: India set Bangladesh a massive victory target of 512 after declaring their second innings at 258 for 2, riding on maiden Test hundred from young Shubman Gill and the 19th ton from veteran Cheteshwar Pujara on third day of the opening match of the series. In the morning, Bangladesh were dismissed…
New Delhi, 16/12: A low decibel verbal sparring took place in Lok Sabha during Question Hour between Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani. The episode began when the minister while replying to a question by BJD member Chandra Sekhar Sahu pertaining to her department,…
New Delhi, 16/12: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday reviewed bilateral cooperation in areas of energy, trade and defence and security during a telephonic conversation. In the context of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, Modi reiterated to Putin his call for dialogue and diplomacy as the only way…
Goa, 16/12: : Just like his famous father, cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar, Arjun Tendulkar has slammed a hundred on his First-Class debut. Playing for Goa, the 23-year-old slammed a ton -113 off 195 balls with 15 fours and two sixes (at the time of writing this)-against Rajasthan on Day 2 of their Ranji Trophy match…
New Delhi, 16/12: The National Testing Agency on Friday said medical entrance examination NEET-UG will be conducted on May 7, 2023. The second edition of the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) will be conducted from May 21 to 31, 2023, it announced. “The schedule for all crucial exams has been announced this…
Balasore, 16/12: Amidst heightened military tension along the India-China boundary in Arunachal Pradesh, India on Thursday successfully conducted a full-range trial of the inter-continental range ballistic missile Agni-5 besides launching a major air combat exercise in the North East involving multiple critical air-bases. Though the Defence Ministry is silent on the Agni-5 test,…
