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21 Oct

Seagram’s Royal Stag announces new campaign #InItToWinIt

editor0 CommentsBusinessICC Men’s T20 World Cup, Seagram’s Royal Stag

A new high energy campaign, #InItToWinIt has been launched by Seagram’s Royal Stag, for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup. #InItToWinIt campaign not only celebrates the game of cricket, but also supports team India in their endeavour to bring home the cup. The campaign features celebrated Indian cricketers Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah and Suryakumar Yadav as well as global super stars like Kane Williamson, Andre Russel, Mitchell Starc and Faf Du Plessis. #InItToWinIt campaign was rolled out with an exciting consumer promotion where fans can get an opportunity to watch the T20 WC live in UAE by participating either through…

21 Oct

Vi partners L&T for trials of Smart City Solutions on 5G

editor0 CommentsBusinessL&T, Vi

Leading telecom operator, Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL) and Smart World & Communication business of leading Engineering & Construction conglomerate Larsen & Toubro (L&T) have partnered, for a pilot project to test 5G-based Smart City solutions, as part of its ongoing 5G trials on Govt. allocated 5G-spectrum. The companies will collaborate to test and validate 5G use cases built on IoT, Video AI technologies leveraging L&T’s Smart City platform – Fusion, addressing the challenges of urbanisation, safety & security and offering smart solutions to the citizens, in a pilot to be conducted in Pune. The partnership between Vi and L&T aims…

21 Oct

Seminar on Electromagnetic Radiations

editor0 CommentsNorth EastDOT, LSA

Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Shillong License Service Area (LSA) has organized an “Awareness Seminar on EMF Radiation” on October 13, 2021. India is celebrating 75th year of Independence as AzadiKaAmritMahotsav and this session was organized as part of DoT’s public advocacy programme to commemorate the monumental occasion and to build a new Atmanirbhar Bharat by ensuring a robust telecom network with state of art technology and the best quality of service.The seminar was attended by government officials, general public, college faculty, telecom service providers, infrastructure providers and other officials. DoT is fully committed and equipped to facilitate the compliance of…

21 Oct

Donald Trump to launch his own social media network

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Nine months after being expelled from social media for his role in encouraging the January 6 Capitol insurrection, former President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he's launching a new media company with its own social media platform. Trump says his goal in launching the Trump Media & Technology Group and its “TRUTH Social" app is to create a rival to the Big Tech companies that have shut him out and denied him the megaphone that was important to his national rise. “We live in a world where the Taliban has a huge presence on Twitter, yet your favorite American President…

21 Oct

Trekkers missing in Himachal Pradesh

editor0 CommentsAccidentHimachal Pradesh, kinnaur

17 trekkers have gone missing in Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur district, on Wednesday. The trekkers had left Harshil in adjoining Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi for Chitkul in HP's Kinnaur on October 14, but they reportedly went missing during unpleasant weather from October 17 to 19 in Lamkhaga pass. The Lamkhaga Pass is one of the toughest passes which connects Kinnaur district with Harshil. Police and Forest Department teams, and a quick response team have been sent to the exact spot, Deputy Commissioner of Kinnaur Abid Hussain Sadiq said. He also said the help of Indo-Tibetan Border Police was also sought for their search.…

20 Oct

India vs Australia Warm-up for T20 World Cup: India would look to finalise their batting order for the tournament

editor0 CommentsIndia, SportsAustralia, India, T20 World Cup

Their preparations for the T20 World Cup off to a smooth start, India would look to finalise their batting order for the tournament-proper when they take on Australia in their second and final warm-up game here on Wednesday. India will face Pakistan in their main event lung-opener on Sunday. The tournament will be Virat Kohli's last as skipper in the format besides being the swan-song for head coach Ravi Shastri. As pointed out by Kohli before the warm-up game against England on Monday, India's top three is already settled with KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma opening the batting and the skipper coming in at the…

20 Oct

5 of them killed in clash between police and attackers at Lakshmi Narayan Akhra temple

editor0 CommentsCrimebangladesh, Lakshmi Narayan Akhra temple, violence

Amid escalating communal violence in Bangladesh, a clash between police and attackers caused at the Lakshmi Narayan Akhra temple in Chandpur's Hajiganj Upazila on Tuesday. The death toll in the violence was said to be five after one injured person succumbed during treatment. Commenting on the incident, Md Harunur Rashid, officer-in-charge of Hajiganj Police Station said the victim was transferred to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) from Comilla Medical Hospital for better treatment. Previously, several reports stated some people were killed, while 60 people, including journalists, police and common people were injured in the violence during Durga Puja celebrations in…

19 Oct

T20 World Cup 2021: Parthiv Patel says, “Don’t think Hardik Pandya is going to bowl in first few games”

editor0 CommentsSportsCricket, Sports, T20 World Cup

Openers Ishan Kishan (70) and KL Rahul (51) helped India to win over England by seven wickets in the ICC T20 World Cup Warm-up contest on Monday. Chasing 189 in Dubai, the Indian team got off to a solid start with the openers adding 59 runs in the Powerplay. Rahul (51), who had finished third in the Orange Cap race of the recently-concluded IPL 2021, brought up his fifty in the 9th over. After Rahul left, Kishan kept on going and he brought up his half-century in just 36 balls. In the end, Rishabh Pant (29*) and Hardik Pandya (12*) guided the Men in Blue home…

19 Oct

India records lowest single-day COVID case rise in 231 days; 164 deaths reported

editor0 CommentsCovid19, Health, IndiaCovid 19, India

India recorded 13,058 new coronavirus cases which is the lowest in 231 days, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,40,94,373, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. The death toll reached to 4,52,454 with 164 fresh fatalities, while the active cases have declined to 1,83,118, the lowest in 227 days, according to the data updated. The daily rise in new coronavirus infections has been below 30,000 for 25 straight days and less than 50,000 daily new cases have been reported for 114 consecutive days now. The active cases comprise 0.54 per cent of the total…

18 Oct

Rail roko: Farmers squat on rail tracks; 150 locations in the Northern Railway zone affected

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Several train routes, were affected on Monday (October 18, 2021) as protesters squatted on railway tracks to extend support to the Samyukt Kisan Morcha's six-hour 'rail roko andolan'. According to a railway official, four sections of the Ferozepur division (Punjab) were blocked by the protesters and the Ferozepur-Fazilka section in Ferozepur city and the Ferozepur-Ludhiana section at Ajitwal in Moga were affected. During the rail roko agitation, the protesters demanded the removal of Union minister of state for home Ajay Kumar Mishra ‘Teni’, whose son has been arrested in the Lakhimpur Kheri case. Groups of farmers staged sit-ins at railways…