Bengaluru, July 4 (IANS) The two-day India Innovation Summit by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), to be held here on July 12-13, will focus on the disruptive technology of Artificial Intelligence (AI), the industry body said on Wednesday."The 14th edition of the summit will focus on the new age technologies like AI, machine learning and block chain technologies that...
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) The Delhi government on Wednesday launched the "Connect Delhi" initiative in a bid to make commuting easy for the residents of national capital, officials said.The initiative will carry out a holistic planning exercise covering all public transport to ensure all areas of Delhi are connected. The "route rationalisation and last mile connectivity" initiative will bring...
Mumbai, July 4 (IANS) Actor-filmmaker Farhan Akhtar, who seems to be having fun time in Vienna, also met popular YouTuber Dhruv Rathee in the Austrian capital.Rathee is a social and environmental activist, who is often seen criticising Indian government on various platforms.Rathee shared a photograph from his meeting with Farhan and tweeted: "Caught a flight down today to Vienna to...
Moscow, July 4 (IANS) As England edged past Colombia 4-3 on penalties to qualify for the quarter-finals of the FIFA World Cup, the performance of referee Mark Geiger was the biggest talking point of the round-of-16 tie.Besides issuing as many as eight yellow cards throughout the game which was locked 1-1 after regulation time, referee Geiger failed to control the...
Mumbai, July 4 (IANS) Expectations of a healthy rural demand on the back of government's enhanced farm sector support buoyed the key Indian equity indices on Wednesday.Consequently, the 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) zoomed by 266.80 points or 0.75 per cent.Similarly, the wider 50-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) ended the day's trade in the positive territory. It gained...
Kolkata, July 4 (IANS) The Coal India Ltd (CIL) has urged power stations "not to restrict intake of coal during monsoon period when power generation demand drops", but to use this period as an opportunity to build stocks to cope with subsequent increase in power demand, a statement said on Wednesday.The coal behemoth said most of the thermal power stations...
Panaji, July 4 (IANS) Goa Congress President Girish Chodankar on Wednesday said the BJP was letting down its grassroots workers in constituencies represented by its alliance partner and offered to help the "hapless" cadre."I have been receiving phone calls from the constituencies of Fatorda, Porvorim, Saligao and Siolim where the BJP workers plead for help to save them from the...
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) The Union government on Wednesday enhanced Air India's compensation for special flight services to ferry VIPs like the President and the Prime Minister.According to the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), the expenditure for "Special Extra Section Flights" (SESF) operations has been enhanced to Rs 534.38 crore plus applicable taxes for 2016-17."The CCEA... has given...
Moscow, July 4 (IANS) The Round-of -16 in the 2018 FIFA World Cup finished on Tuesday night and with two days without football before the first of the quarterfinals, here are a few things the past four frantic and entertaining days have taught us, says Xinhua news agency.1.Passing isn't everythingSpain went out after losing a penalty shootout to hosts Russia...
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday hailed the Union Cabinet's decision to give Minimum Support Price (MSP) of 1.5 times on the input cost to farmers as "historic".He also asserted that his government will continue to take steps for the welfare of the farming community."I am delighted that the government has fulfilled its promise to...
