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Innovate to enhance defence system, says ex-DRDO chief - Times of India
Nagpur: Engineers should make it a habit to experiment and innovate to enhance vigilance and defence system in the country, said VK Aatre, an eminent scientist and former head of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), on Tuesday.Replying to the felicitation after being conferred with lifetime achievement award for his contribution to the field of science at Suresh Bhat Hall at a function organized by The Engineers’ Forum, Aatre said, “War is inevitable and therefore it is...
DKS, 4 others booked by ED for laundering - Times of India
NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate has registered a money laundering case against Karnataka water resources minister D K Shivakumar and a few others on the basis of a tax evasion and hawala transactions case filed by the income tax department.Besides Shivakumar, the agency has named two of business associates and two staffers of Karnataka Bhavan in New Delhi — all booked under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, ED officials said.The case has been filed based on a chargesheet filed by...
Separatists circulate tape of woman asking jihadi son to die fighting forces - Times of India
NEW DELHI: In an attempt to discourage militants from surrendering at the behest of their parents’ emotional pleas, separatists in Kashmir circulated an audio of a mother urging her son to die fighting security forces rather than give up.The recorded audio clip, which went viral, is a last phone conversation between a mother and her militant son who was killed in an encounter with security forces at Qazigund area in Kulgam district on Saturday.
Sushma assured she will write to Pakistan on Kartarpur Sahib, claims Sidhu - Times of India
CHANDIGARH/NEW DELHI: Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu drew fresh flak on Tuesday on his Islamabad visit and remarks on Kartarpur Sahib gurdwara corridor, even as he claimed that India was ready to write to Pakistan seeking access for pilgrims to the Sikh shrine across the border.The Akali Dal accused him of “doing drama” over the shrine, and branded him a “traitor” for hugging Pakistan Army chief Qamar Javed Bajwa during his Islamabad visit last month to attend the swearing-in of Imran...
Modi, Hasina jointly inaugurate oil pipeline, rail projects
NEW DELHI/DHAKA: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday jointly inaugurated the construction works of a cross-border oil pipeline and two rail projects, with the former describing the two countries as members of the same family.Hasina and Modi joined the event in the evening via video-conferencing from Dhaka and New Delhi respectively.The 130-km India-Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline connecting Siliguri in India with Parbatipur in Bangladesh...
Wilful defaulters, fugitive economic offenders barred from settlement mechanism: Sebi - Times of India
MUMBAI: Seeking to put in place a stringent settlement mechanism, Sebi has decided to bar wilful defaulters fugitive economic offenders as well as entities responsible for defaults that have "market wide impact" from settling proceedings.Besides, the regulator would not consider any application for settlement which had been rejected earlier for the same alleged default.The changes to the settlement mechanism were approved by the board of Sebi at its meeting here Tuesday.These are based on...
Chandigarh: HC seeks report on installation of CCTV cameras in police stations - Times of India
CHANDIGARH: The Punjab and Haryana high court on Tuesday directed the states of Punjab, Haryana, and UT Chandigarh to submit status report regarding installation of CCTV cameras in Police Stations .
Petrol, diesel rates scale new highs on rising crude prices, dip in rupee - Times of India
NEW DELHI: After a one-day hiatus, petrol and diesel prices Tuesday were hiked again to new highs.While rates were not changed on Monday, a 10 paise per litre hike in petrol price and a 9 paise a litre increase in diesel was effected Tuesday, according to a price notification of state-owned oil marketing companies.Petrol in Delhi now costs Rs 82.16 per litre and diesel is priced at Rs 73.87 a litre.In Mumbai, petrol priced touched an all-time high of Rs 89.54 per litre.
UP TET 2018 online application process begins today @ upbasiceduboard.gov.in
NEW DELHI: The online application process for Uttar Pradesh Teacher Eligibility Test (UPTET) 2018 has begun today on the UPTET official website.The Teachers Eligibility Test (UP-TET)-2018 exam would be conducted on November 4, 2018.
EU leaders to tackle Brexit, migration failures at summit
BRUSSELS: EU leaders grapple this week with two of the biggest threats to the European project — the messy divorce with Britain, and their failure to share responsibility taking in people seeking better lives or sanctuary in Europe.Their summit in Salzburg , Austria starting Wednesday evening launches a series of monthly meetings aimed at overcoming key differences with Britain as its departure next March fast approaches.The summit also focuses on the plight of people crossing the...
Maldives president took gifts from island developers: Report
NEW DELHI: The president of the Maldives appeared to accept lavish gifts from a billionaire developer who was later leased two islands in the paradise archipelago without bidding for them, a corruption watchdog alleged Tuesday.The claims -- including that President Abdulla Yameen directly participated in a multi-million dollar scam that helped developers skirt public tenders and acquire dozens of islands and lagoons -- come days before the strongman leader seeks re-election in the nation of...
School festival to be held sans pomp in Alappuzha - Times of India
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The State School Kalolsavam will be held in Alappuzha this December. This was decided by the manual committee for the school youth festival on Monday, said education minister C Raveendranath. Alappuzha was fixed as the venue for the youth festival earlier itself, but after the floods, the government had asked the manual committee to look whether it could be conducted in the district. The committee decided to go ahead with the festival in the district itself.
Doctors shifted, but hospitals not ready to let them go - Times of India
GURUGRAM: Officials at the Civil Lines hospital have decided to write to the commissioner (health) against the transfer of a gynaecologist to another district, as the hospital is struggling to cater to around 400 patients coming to the gynaecology OPD and 30 deliveries on an average daily.
Alert residents foil kidnapping bid - Times of India
PUNE: The alert residents of Chikhali nabbed a 30-year-old man late on Saturday evening when he attempted to kidnap a two-year-old boy from an open plot here.The boy was playing with other children from the area when the incident took place.
Shankersinh Vaghela eyes NCP seeking relevance - Times of India
GANDHINAGAR: Shankersinh Vaghela , the former chief minister of Gujarat who left the Congress ahead of the 2017 assembly elections and helped the BJP — directly in the Rajya Sabha elections and indirectly in the assembly elections by fielding his own candidates — is now reportedly unhappy with the BJP and plans to open a new front by joining the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).He is also looking for better relations with the Congress once again.
Stockholm pulls the plug on citizen-run @sweden
STOCKHOLM: It was a radical experiment in free speech, even for Sweden: Give ordinary and not-so-ordinary people the chance to be, more or less, the official voice of a nation. After seven years of Twitter posts on topics as varied as manga comics, ugly sweaters and the dangers of prescription drugs, Sweden is calling it quits.Since 2011, control of the Twitter account @sweden has been handed to a different person each week, allowing the curators to tweet about almost anything they please.
‘Engineering and medical students facing more ethical dilemmas’ - Times of India
Mysuru: “Students pursuing engineering and medical courses are today facing more moral, and ethical dilemmas than those studying courses such as BA, BSc and BCom,” said Swami Veereshananda of the Ramakrishna Mission here on Monday.Veereshenanda, who inaugurated the two-day seminar on ‘A Comprehensive Look at Swami Vivekananda as a Humanist’ organised by the Swami Vivekananda Chair of the philosophy department of University of Mysore (UoM) at the EMRC Auditorium here on Monday, opined that the...
Bureaucratic reshuffle: Tarun Kapoor appointed DDA vice chairman - Times of India
NEW DELHI: Senior IAS officer Tarun Kapoor has been appointed vice chairman of the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) as part of a bureaucratic reshuffle effected on Monday by the Centre.Kapoor is heading power department in his cadre state Himachal Pradesh.
Ola zones, kiosks set up at Chennai airport - Times of India
CHENNAI: Ola, a ridesharing company, has partnered with Chennai airport and set up designated Ola zones and kiosks for travellers to book cabs.Through this partnership, passengers at the airport will now be able to also book a cab with the assistance of Ola representatives stationed at Ola kiosks set up outside domestic and international arrival terminals.Ola kiosks will enable uninterrupted access to cabs and a convenient booking experience for commuters without a smartphone or Ola...
Israel releases US professor detained in West Bank village
JERUSALEM: Israel has released an American law professor detained for allegedly trying to block Israeli troops in a West Bank village slated for demolition.The 66-year-old Frank Romano was detained on Friday in the embattled village of Khan al-Ahmar , along with two Palestinian activists.Witnesses said that Romano stood in front of heavy equipment being used to clear barriers that had been set up to slow demolition.
S Korea's Moon Jae-in wants 'heart-to-heart' summit talks with North's Kim Jong-un
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA: South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Monday that he will push for "irreversible, permanent peace", and for better dialogue between Pyongyang and Washington, during "heart-to-heart" talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un this week. His chief of staff, however, played down the chance that Moon's summit with Kim will produce major progress in nuclear diplomacy.Moon flies to Pyongyang on Tuesday for his third summit of the year with Kim.
Rohit Tomar’s video: Father of main accused, who worked as ASI, suspended - Times of India
NEW DELHI: Four days after Rohit Tomar’s video, wherein he is seen brutalising a woman, went viral, his father, an assistant sub-inspector ( ASI ), was suspended from services and was taken into custody for questioning as he too was seen in the second video that went viral, first on Facebook and then on WhatsApp.Police said that the cop, Ashok Tomar , was posted in central district and had been missing from the time this video came to light and his son got arrested thereafter.
Machines will do more tasks than humans by 2025: World economic forum
PARIS: Robots will handle 52 per cent of current work tasks by 2025, almost twice as many as now, a world economic forum (WEF) study said on Monday.The sharp increase could also see a net gain in "new roles" for humans, who will have to revamp skills to keep pace with the "seismic shift" in how we work with machines and computer programmes, the forum estimated."By 2025 more than half of all current workplace tasks will be performed by machines as opposed to 29 per cent today," a statement by...
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