New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) Delhi Lieutenant Governor T.S. Sandhu on Friday called upon students to become true enablers of change in an era of rapid digital transformation.Addressing the Annual Day and Prize Distribution Function at Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College, Delhi University, T.S. Sandhu said, “In today’s era of rapid digital transformation, I encourage students to become true enablers of change. While information technology offers immense potential to create meaningful impact, i…
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New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) India’s ‘techade’ will be shaped by emerging technologies such as 6G, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and quantum computing, as the country builds on its strong telecom transformation, Dr Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar, Minister of State for Communications and Rural Development, said on Friday here.Inaugurating the second edition of the ‘COAI DIGICOM Summit 2026’, the minister stated that the telecom sector has undergone transformative changes in recent years and is now poise…
Baruipur (West Bengal), April 24 (IANS) Women in large numbers, among other locals, waited to catch a glimpse of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a public rally in Jadavpur, ahead of the second phase of Assembly elections in West Bengal. One of them carried a book that she wrote on the Prime Minister while a young girl wished to gift PM Modi a self-made sketch.Mahua Upadhyay, who wrote a book on PM Modi, told IANS, “This is a book written on him. The amendments that he (PM Modi) made, the good th…
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) National Democratic Alliance (NDA) leaders on Thursday welcomed the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) decision after it issued a show-cause notice to Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge over his “terrorist” remark. The NDA leaders said that Kharge needs to see a “psychiatrist” and is “intellectually bankrupt”.The ECI issued the notice to Kharge for violating the provisions of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) following his remark made during a press conference, purp…
New Tehri (Uttarakhand), April 23 (IANS) Eight persons returning from a funeral were killed and two others injured on the Chamba–Kauti road in Tehri, Uttarakhand, after the SUV they were travelling in fell into a gorge near Nail on Thursday, the police said.Tehri District Magistrate Nitika Khandelwal said the victims, residents of Thyoldhar village in Ghansali, were returning home after performing the last rites of a villager in Haridwar.There were around 10 people in the vehicle at the time o…
Kolkata, April 23 (IANS) The polling for first phase of the West Bengal Assembly polls for 152 constituencies in 16 districts of the state had concluded at 6 p.m. on Thursday, with the record polling percentage in the last 15 years already surpassed by 5 p.m., nearly an hour before the official time of conclusion of the polling process. Since at 6 p.m. queues of voters were there at certain polling booths in the state.The Office of the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) was able to provid…
Rangpo (Sikkim), April 23 (IANS) BCCI Secretary Devajit Saikia on Thursday inspected the newly built indoor cricket academy at the Sikkim Cricket Ground in Mining, Rangpo, ahead of its formal inauguration by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 28.The Rs 23-crore facility, developed within the premises of the Sikkim Cricket Association (SICA) ground, features modern amenities including net practice areas, a gymnasium, a swimming pool, and other infrastructure aimed at raising cricket training s…
Nadia (West Bengal), April 23 (IANS) Locals here on Thursday welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ten-point guarantee to the “women and sisters” of the state while youngsters expressed their happiness with the promise of jobs if the BJP is voted to power.PM Modi made the promises while addressing a rally in Krishnanagar before the second phase of Assembly elections.Among his ten guarantees, his primary focus was on women’s safety.Listing the guarantees, a woman at the gathering said, “PM Modi…
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) South African High Commissioner to India, Anil Sooklal, has urged the international community to encourage parties involved in the West Asia conflict to remain engaged and find peace for the good of humanity. In an interview with IANS, Sooklal said that war in West Asia is having a very negative impact on the world, especially in terms of energy security. He reiterated Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statement that “now is not the time for war.”He expressed optimism tha…
Kolkata, April 23 (IANS) The polling percentage in the first six hours of the first phase of West Bengal Assembly polls on Thursday till 1 P.M. was significantly high at 62.18 per cent.As per records available from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, the polling percentages in the first six hours till 1 P.M. in all the seven phases of the Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal in 2024 were much lower.The respective poll percentages till 1 P.M. in the seven phases of polls in 20…