Patna, 14/3′ A BJP MLA in Bihar was on Tuesday suspended for two days on account of unruly behaviour, triggering protests from his party colleagues who staged a walkout though the government praised Speaker Awadh Bihari Chaudhary for setting a “good precedent”. As Chaudhary announced the suspension of Lakhendra Raushan, the latter rose…
New Delhi, 14/3: Animal welfare group PETA has written to the presidents of the BJP and the Congress, urging them to include animal welfare-related policies in their respective election manifestos for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. In the letters, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals’ (PETA) India chapter has urged the…
Mumbai, 14/3: Professor Manoj Tiwari, the Director of the Mumbai-based National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE) has become the first-ever researcher from India to be awarded the prestigious David F. Baker Distinguished Research Award from the Institute of Industrial & Systems Engineers (IISE). This prestigious award, given once a year, honours individuals who…
Tokyo, 14/3: Japan announced the official start of Tokyo’s cherry blossom season on Tuesday, 10 days earlier than usual and tied with a record early start seen only twice before. In past years the country’s meteorologists have linked the increasingly early blooms to climate change, and temperatures in Tokyo have been unseasonably mild in…
Kulgam, 14/3: In an early morning swoop, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) Wednesday carried out raids at multiple locations across Kashmir in connection with an alleged terror conspiracy case. Reports said the probe agency sleuths accompanied by J&K police and CRPF personnel conducted raids at nine locations in Anantnag, Kulgam, and Pulwama districts…
Seoul, 14/3: North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast on Tuesday, South Korea’s military said, the latest of several weapons tests as the South and the United States conduct their largest joint military drills in years. The missiles were fired about 7:40 a.m. (2240 GMT on Monday)…
Mumbai, 14/3: Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty gained in early trade on Tuesday despite weak global cues. Amid volatile trading, the 30-share BSE Sensex surged 205.55 points or 0.35 per cent to 58,443.40 points while the broader NSE Nifty rose 44 points or 0.26 per cent to 17,198.30 points. In the…
Washington DC, 13/3: The new lively copilot feature on Microsoft Bing that lets users interact with OpenAI’s ChatGPT, has taken the information search experience to a whole new level. Yes, lately, it has faltered a bit with weird responses, but it has largely gained positive responses from around the world. Now, in a…
New Delhi, 13/3: The Reserve Bank is likely to hike benchmark lending rates by 25 basis points in its bi-monthly policy next month to bring down inflation within the central bank’s comfort zone, DBS Group Research said on Monday.To contain the rising prices, the RBI has hiked interest rates by 250 basis points since May…
New Delhi, 13/3: Scores of farmers from Punjab on Monday gathered at Jantar Mantar to protest against the Centre and press for their demands, including equal distribution of water and implementation of the Minimum Support Price scheme. A delegation of farmers also submitted a memorandum addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to officials concerned.
