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India’s expanding data centre and artificial intelligence ecosystem could position the country as a global leader in power trade, with experts pointing to surplus electricity capacity and rapid reforms in the power distribution sector, according to speakers at a national conference on energy and technology.Speaking at the National Conference on AI and Machine Learning based…
Most people think of stool as nothing more than bodily waste, something to be flushed away and forgotten. Yet in modern medicine, healthy human stool has become a powerful therapeutic tool capable of treating severe and life-threatening infections that do not respond to antibiotics. Hospitals, research centres and stool banks are actively seeking healthy donors,…
HUBBALI: Students at CG Bellad Govt First Grade College in Akkialur of Haveri district came to college in saffron shawls Thursday in protest against some girls coming to campus in hijabs.For the past month, students had been urging the principal to ban hijabs on campus and ensure adherence to the prescribed dress code. Unfiltered! Abhijit…
How Putin’s visit, mega events have sent Delhi’s five-star rates to dizzying heights NEW DELHI: Russian president Vladimir Putin’s visit to Delhi with a large delegation is proving to be the icing on the cake for the capital’s five-star hotels that are witnessing peak occupancy and tariff this week. A number of mega events, including…
New Delhi: Punjab National Bank Monday said that it expects the Indian economy to show robust growth in the coming quarters of the current fiscal, which is expected to boost credit demand for banks.“The Indian economy is very robust, despite challenges; our Q2 GDP growth number was 8.2%. In that quarter (July-Sept), the full impact…
NEW DELHI: Diesel sales jumped to six-month high in Nov as the cut in GST (goods and services tax) rates boosted festive season demand, leading to increased industrial and commercial activities, industry data showed on Monday.Diesel consumption, an indicator of economic activities, rose 4.7% to 8.5 million tonnes during the month, posting the highest gain…
NEW DELHI: Opposition parties disrupted proceedings in Lok Sabha and walked out of Rajya Sabha on the first day of the winter session after govt refused to concede their demand to immediately allow a debate on the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls being conducted by Election Commission.They rejected the stand of parliamentary affairs…
Bitcoin fell sharply on Monday, slipping below $86,000 in early Asian trade as renewed selling hit the cryptocurrency market at the start of December.The world’s largest digital asset dropped by 6%. Ether also declined more than 7% to around $2,800, while other major tokens, including Solana also registered steep losses. Traders said that the broader…
British Airways is preparing to expand its India operations to tap into the country’s fast-growing aviation market and rising outbound travel demand, a senior airline executive said, citing the country’s “incredible potential”.The carrier, which has been flying to India for more than a century, currently operates 56 weekly flights from Indian cities to London —…
Public anger over Hong Kong’s deadliest residential fire in decades has spilled into the streets, even as a student activist who demanded accountability was reportedly detained under the city’s national security regime.Miles Kwan, 24, had been distributing flyers outside a city train station on Friday, urging commuters to support an independent investigation into the blaze…
