New Delhi, Dec 8 (UNI) Union Minister of State for Communications Devusinh Chauhan on Friday told the Rajya Sabha that the Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of Communications have jointly developed an Integrated Alert System “SACHET” to alert the citizens about impending disasters. By using this system, Short Message Service (SMS) will be sent…
Chennai, Dec 8 (UNI) The Solar Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (SUIT) instrument on board the Aditya-L1 spacecraft–India’s first sun exploratory mission– has successfully captured the first full disk images of the Sun. The first full disk images were captured in the 200-400 nm wavelength range. The SUIT captured images of the Sun’s photosphere and chromosphere in…
New Delhi, Dec 8 (UNI) Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra was on Friday expelled from the Lok Sabha over the ‘cash for query’ allegation. The Lok Sabha passed a resolution to expel Mahua Moitra based on the report of the Ethics Committee over ‘cash for query’ complaint. Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Prahlad Joshi, tabled…
Gaza, Dec 8 (UNI) Only 14 out of 36 hospitals in the Gaza Strip keep operating, but even they are providing only limited services, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a fresh report released on Thursday. On Monday, the World Health Organization (WHO) said that the number of functioning…
Mumbai, Dec 8 (UNI) The BSE Sensex on Friday bounced back by 304.33 points to 69,826.07, a new high in the opening session on the strength of Metal, Realty, Technology and BSE services. The National Stock Exchange (NSE) moved up 80.20 points to 20,981.35. The Sensex registered intraday highs and lows at 69,888.33 and 69,606.69…
New Delhi, Dec 8 ( UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said India is a vibrant start-up ecosystem with a talented workforce poised to be an active contributor to the evolution of Artificial Intelligence (AI). PM Modi made these remarks in his LinkedIn post on the upcoming Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence Summit and…
Mumbai, Dec 8 (UNI) The Reliance Foundation Youth Sports (RFYS), in collaboration with the All India Football Federation (AIFF), conducted a two-day technical preparation program for the Indian Women’s League (IWL) 2023-24 match officials at the Jio Institute here on December 4-5. Attended by 24 referees and six match officials from six AIFF centres across…
Moscow, Dec 8 (UNI) A Russian passenger plane with 176 people on board made a safe emergency landing at Novosibirsk airport on Friday morning after its engines caught fire shortly after takeoff, local media reported. The incident occurred around 07:00 local time (0000 GMT), according to preliminary data, when the Boeing 737 plane, operated by…
Mumbai, Dec 8 (UNI) As widely expected by markets and policy-watchers, the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) on Friday decided to keep the policy repo rate unchanged at 6.50%. With the central bank maintaining the status quo on key lending rates, EMIs for housing, cars, businesses, and other loans would not…
Hyderabad, Dec 8 (UNI) BRS chief and former Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) was hospitalised on Friday after sustaining a hip fracture at his farmhouse in Erravelli on the outskirts of the city, sources said. KCR suffered the left hip injury after he apparently slipped in his farm house on Thursday night. On…
