Secunderabad: National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC on Wedenesday entered into an MoA (Memorandum of Agreement) with Dept of Mining, College of Engineering, Osmania University at its office here under the aegis of its CSR Program. Debasish Chattopadhyay, RED (South) signed the agreement on behalf of NTPC and P.Laxminarayana, Registrar, Osmania University on behalf of Osmania University….
New Delhi: The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on Wednesday constituted a three-member ad hoc committee to run the day-to-day affairs of the WFI after the sports ministry suspended the wrestling national body for not following the provisions of its own constitution while taking decisions. Wushu Association of India president Bhupinder Singh Bajwa will be the chairman…
New Delhi: The University Grants Commission (UGC) warned universities on Wednesday against offering MPhil courses, saying it is not a recognised degree and cautioning students against taking admission in such programmes. “It has come to the notice of the UGC that a few universities are inviting fresh applications for MPhil (Master of Philosophy) programmes. In this…
Bengaluru: The Karnataka Rakshana Vedike (Narayana Gowda faction) on Wednesday targeted business establishments in Bengaluru and damaged their signboards and name plates which did not use Kannada. The activists took out rallies in various parts of the city, especially in the business hubs such as MG Road, Brigade Road, Lavelle Road, UB City, Chamarajapet, Chickpet, Kempe…
New Delhi: The top Congress leadership held a meeting with leaders of the party’s Andhra Pradesh unit on Wednesday to discuss the strategy for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls in the southern state. The meeting that was attended by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, former party chief Rahul Gandhi and other top leaders of the party comes…
New Delhi: Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have uncovered an important mechanism that allows the tuberculosis (TB) bacterium to persist in the human host for decades. The team, including researchers from the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) and Institute For Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine (InStem), Bengaluru, found that a single…
New Delhi: While artificial intelligence (AI) is capable of transforming societies in positive ways, it also presents risks that need to be better understood and managed, new research has warned. Joe Burton, a professor at Lancaster University, UK, contends that AI and algorithms are more than mere tools used by national security agencies to thwart…
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the construction of a new 4.56 km long, 6-lane bridge on the river Ganga, connecting Digha and Sonepur in Bihar, according to an official statement. The total cost for the project is estimated at Rs 3,064.45 crore, including Rs 2,233.81 crore for civil construction, it added. The bridge…
New Delhi: “Ease of living” is the key focus of the third national conference of chief secretaries that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair on December 28 and 29, with the raging issue of artificial intelligence also figuring on the agenda. According to an official statement, the conference that started here on Wednesday will discuss the…
Hyderabad: Former Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao’s government bought 22 Toyota Land Cruiser vehicles, “without anybody’s knowledge” before the assembly polls, hoping the BRS government would come back to power and KCR could use them, Chief Minister Revanth Reddy said on Wednesday. Addressing a press conference after launching the ‘Praja Palana’ public outreach programme through which…
