Day: July 24, 2020

Trump honours former track phenom and Kansas congressman Ryun

11:41 pm July 24, 2020

Washington: President Donald Trump on Friday presented one of the nation’s highest civilian honours to Jim Ryun, a former Republican congressman and the first US high schooler to break the 4-minute barrier in running the mile. Ryun was the 1968 Olympic silver medalist in the 1,500-metre run and is a three-time Olympian. Trump presented him with the Presidential Medal of […]

HM’s remark against custodial torture, a welcome move

Home minister distributes electric potter wheels to artisans

11:35 pm July 24, 2020

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday distributed 100 electric potter wheels to as many trained artisans under the Kumhar Sashaktikaran Yojana of the Khadi and Village Industries Commission, in a bid to strengthen the potters community. Shah distributed the electric chaaks in Balva village of the Kalol taluka in his parliamentary constituency of Gandhinagar via video-conferencing. “Lauding the Kumhar […]

Locust control operations carried out in over 4 lakh hectare so far in 10 states

11:33 pm July 24, 2020

New Delhi: The Centre on Friday said that locust control operations have been carried out in more than 4 lakh hectares area so far in 10 states. The control measures have been undertaken in states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Uttarakhand and Bihar. “No significant crop losses have been reported in the states of Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Bihar and Haryana. However, some […]

Gold smuggling:NIA seizes Rs 1 crore, nearly 1 kg gold from Swapna Suresh’s bank lockers

11:31 pm July 24, 2020

Kochi: The National Investigation Agency, probing the sensational gold smuggling case, on Friday said it has seized over Rs 1 crore and nearly 1 kg gold kept in safe deposit lockers of prime accused Swapna Suresh maintained at two banks in Thiruvananthapuram. In a remand report submitted before the Special NIA Court here when accused Suresh and Sandeep […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

POSOCO to use AI for demand forecasting: Chairman

11:27 pm July 24, 2020

New Delhi: National electricity grid operator POSOCO chairman KVS Baba on Friday said Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the next great thing the state-owned firm plans to use for demand forecasting. Baba was speaking at a virtual global workshop titled ‘Power Utility Challenges during COVID-19 Pandemic‘ organised by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) India Council and Power & […]