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  • Friday, April, 2024| Today's Market | Current Time: 08:22:43
  • Winners of Megathon, the largest student Hackathon

    Hyderabad : The E-Cells of IIIT-Hyderabad and IIT-Hyderabad organsied this weekend a 3rd edition of Megathon, the largest student hackathon in Hyderabad  at IIIT-Hyderabad campus.    Megathon’18, held at IIIT-H campus recently saw a huge turnout of participants from various colleges stretching as far as IIT-H, SRM Chennai, VIT,  BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, NIT Waranga and others. Mr. […]

    PM Modi to attend ‘Ashara Mubaraka’ in Indore today

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend Ashara Mubaraka, the commemoration of martyrdom of Imam Hussain, organized by the Dawoodi Bohra community in Indore today. Prime Minister will also meet the 53rd religious head of Dawoodi Bohra community Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin. Dr Saifuddin is holding nine-day religious discourse at the Saifi Nagar mosque in the city, which began […]

    Kerala floods: NHAI suspends user fee at three toll plazas

    National Highways Authority of India, NHAI has waived off user fee at three toll plazas in Kerala in view of the unprecedented flood situation in the state. The waiver has been made on the toll plazas at Paliekkara in Thrissur district, Pampampallam in Palakkad district and Kumbalam in Cochin. According to an official release, this came […]

    Freshworks Powers Refreshing Customer Experiences for Al Tayyar Travel Group

    RIYADH, Kingdom  :  Freshworks the leading provider of cloud-based customer engagement software, recently onboarded Al Tayyar Travel Group, one of the largest travel and tourism companies in Saudi Arabia, onto its growing customer base in the Middle East. Evolving consumer expectations and increasing use of technology are radically changing the dynamics of most service industries […]

    GST relief for common man

    Giving major relief to common man, the GST Council reduced tax rates on more than 50 items and exempted sanitary napkins, rakhis, stone, marble, wooden deities and Saal leaves from the ambit of the Goods and Services Tax. It has  decided to slash the tax rate on as many as 17 items to 18 percent […]

    Jorhat: 81st ATPA annual meeting

    By Bijoy Handique (PNI)   Jorhat : Assam Labour Minister Pallav Lochan Das during his address as the chief guest on the occasion of 81st Annual General Meeting of Assam Tea Planters’ Association (ATPA) that was held at the Jorhat Gymkhana Club called upon the veteran members and planters from the ATPA to cooperate with […]

    International Media Body condemns Killing of Kashmiri editor Bukhari , demands protection of Jounalists

    Brussels: The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)   has strongly condemned the brutal killing of  , editor of Raising Kashmir, a prominent daily in the Kashmir Valley. Bukhari and two others were shot down by three motor bike borne assailants. Joining its affiliates the Indian Journalists Union (IJU) and the National Union of Journalists, India (NUJI) […]

    CCI decides two more Lesser Penalty cases relating to tenders of Pune Municipal Corporation

    New Delhi : The Competition Commission of India (‘CCI’) passed final order in two cases involving bid rigging/ collusion in three tenders floated by Pune Municipal Corporation for “Design, Supply, Installation, Commissioning, Operation and Maintenance of Municipal Organic and Inorganic Solid Waste Processing Plant(s)”. These cases were taken up by CCI suo motu under Section […]

    Opposition parties meet today to discuss Presidential election

    Opposition parties will meet in New Delhi today to discuss the Presidential election and their choice of Presidential candidate.  Congress President Sonia Gandhi convened a meeting of opposition leaders in this regard. Congress had said that decision by the BJP to choose Ram Nath Kovind as the NDA nominee for Presidential elections was taken unilaterally.  […]

    Darjeeling disorder: Situation remains status quo

    The situation in Darjeeling continues to be tense. With the indefinite protests by the GJM showing no signs of fading, the hill district is bracing itself for further demonstrations. The West Bengal government has sent a report on the on-going violence to the Union Home Ministry while Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee left for the Netherlands […]