Twenty four seats have been reserved in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly for the Pakistan Occupied Kashmir as “PoK is ours,” Union Home Minister Amit Shah said in Parliament on Wednesday. Tabling the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2023 in the Lok Sabha, Mr Shah said that earlier, Jammu had 37 seats but now…
Eighty-one-year-old Indian-origin writer Meira Chand was among the three Singaporeans conferred the Cultural Medallion, the city-state’s most prestigious arts accolade, in recognition of their artistic excellence and contribution to enriching the country’s arts and culture scene. Meira Chand, fellow novelist Suchen Christine Lim and Malay dance veteran Osman Abdul Hamid received the award from President…
Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit on Wednesday reserved three Bills passed by the state assembly in June this year for the consideration of President Droupadi Murmu. The governor has reserved the three Bills for the consideration of the President of India as per Article 200 of the Constitution, a Raj Bhavan spokesperson said. According to Article…
Unidentified governments are surveilling smartphone users via their apps’ push notifications, a US senator warned on Wednesday. In a letter to the Department of Justice, Senator Ron Wyden said foreign officials were demanding the data from Alphabet’s Google and Apple. Although details were sparse, the letter lays out yet another path by which governments can…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and former President Pranab Mukherjee had a “strange” relationship – the BJP leader would always touch the Congress veteran’s feet as a mark of respect – but it was one marked by “honesty and openness”, the late Mr Mukherjee’s daughter told NDTV Wednesday. Sharmishtha Mukherjee, the author of a new book…
Kavach, an indigenously developed automatic train protection system, has been deployed in three sections in South Central Railway zone along with 139 locomotives, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav informed the Lok Sabha on Wednesday. Mr Vaishnaw responded to questions raised by two Congress MPs from Kerala – Benny Behanan and Kumbakudi Sudhakaran – on the total…
The Gemini models are being developed in three iterations, differentiated by capability and processing power requirements. For consumers, Google Bard and Pixel 8 Pro phones will offer a first tryst with the new model.
In a setback to fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi and his wife, the Supreme Court has restored a cheating case lodged by the Gujarat Police, while setting aside a 2017 order of the state high court quashing the FIR against them. Mehul Choksi, along with his nephew Nirav Modi, is also an accused in the Punjab…
The Centre assured the Supreme Court on Wednesday that guidelines would be framed soon to regulate the seizure of phones or other digital devices belonging to individuals, particularly media professionals. A bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Sudhanshu Dhulia was informed by Additional Solicitor General (ASG) SV Raju that a committee has been formed…
Wozniak, who founded Apple in 1976 with Steve Jobs, is in Serbia ahead of the December 17 elections