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15 Jun

‘Biporjoy’ to hit Gujarat this evening, 74,000 people displaced

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsIndiaIndia

Over 74,000 people have been evacuated as dangerous Cyclone Biporjay is forecast to hit the Kutch coast at 4 pm today. The cyclone is expected to bring winds of up to 150 km per hour, with heavy rains posing a serious threat to the region. A red and orange alert has been issued in several districts of Gujarat, indicating the situation is serious. Union Defense Minister Rajnath Singh held discussions with the heads of three departments focusing on preparedness and response measures. Eight states, including Kerala, are on high alert as a possible risk of a cyclone looms. The India…

14 Jun

Siddharth Banerjee joins UNIVO

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsBusiness, IndiaIndia

UNIVO has appointed Siddhartha Banerjee as its Chief Executive Officer and Board Member. Banerjee will be responsible for leading and growing the business. With his appointment, he brings expertise from the consumer and technology industries to drive UNIVO's growth and innovation in a dynamic online higher education landscape. In his career spanning over 23 years, Banerjee has held leadership positions in global companies including Unilever, Vodafone, and Facebook (now Meta) and made a significant impact on their growth and digital transformation journeys. Commenting on his appointment, Siddhartha Banerjee said, "The online education ecosystem is constantly evolving through transformation and UNIVO…

13 Jun

Daughter kills mother, stuffs body in suitcase and reports to police

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsIndiaIndia

A girl is accused of killing her mother in anger. It did not end there, the woman herself reached the police station with the body of the deceased mother in a suitcase. Bangalore police were shocked by the incident. It is known that the original home of the accused woman is in West Bengal. According to police sources, the 39-year-old woman lives in a flat in Bengaluru with her family. Her mother had daily quarrels and troubles with a physiotherapist woman by profession. She killed her mother in anger on Monday. After that, the mother's body was packed in a…

12 Jun

Center bans over 150 ‘anti-India’ sites, YouTube channels

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsBusiness, IndiaIndia

YouTube News channels, which were reduced, had over 12,123,500 subscribers and a total of 1,320,426,964 views.The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (INB) has taken down more than 150 websites and YouTube-based news channels since May 2021 for producing "anti-India" content, officials aware of the details said. Websites and channels have been removed for violation of Section 69A of the Information Technology (IT) Act, which empowers any government agency or mediator to issue orders to block content in the interest of the sovereignty and integrity of India, defense of India. To prevent incitement to the commission of any cognizable offense relating…

10 Jun

BSF shoots down another Pakistani drone carrying narcotics in Punjab

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsCrime, India, InternationalIndia, International

Days after a Pakistani drone carrying drugs was seized in Punjab, Border Security Force (BSF) troops on Saturday foiled another attempt to smuggle drugs from Pakistan to India. Bsf troops shot down a drone carrying suspected drugs from Pakistan near Rai village in Punjab's Amritsar.\Earlier, forces recovered a Pakistani drone on the international border near Rai village on Thursday and Friday midnight. Punjab Frontier's PRO, said they suspect the smuggled item to be heroin with a total weight of around 5.5 kg. "On June 10, at around 4 am, BSF troops deployed along the border reported the indian space violation…

10 Jun

Road accident death rate fell in Kerala after AI cameras started working

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsAccident, Business, India, Lifestyle, TechnologyIndia

Kerala Transport Minister Antony Raju has claimed that since the introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) cameras, the death rate in road accidents has come down in the state. The AI cameras installed across the state became operational on June 5. "Kerala reports an average of 12 road accident deaths per day, but since the introduction of AI cameras, the number has come down to 5-8," Minister Raju said on Friday. In the first four days since installation, 3,52,730 traffic violations were detected by the cameras. The minister said that Keltron has uploaded 19,790 cases to the Integrated Transport Monitoring System,…

09 Jun

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s daughter Parakala gets married to PMO officer in simple ceremony

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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's daughter Parakala Vangmayi, a journalist by profession married to Pratik Doshi, a PMO officer in a simple ceremony in Karnataka's Bengaluru on 8th of June(Thursday). The marriage rituals were followed according to the Brahmin tradition.No VIP's were invited it was an intimate and simple marriage ceremony.

09 Jun

Rains are ‘at least four to five days’ away in West Bengal

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsIndia, weather, West BengalWest Bengal

The monsoon has arrived in Kerala, the Met office said on Thursday. A week behind the start of the season in mainland India. In Bengal, it is not expected for "at least four to five days", a weather official said. "The southwest monsoon has moved over the remainder of the south Arabian Sea and parts of the central Arabian Sea, the entire Lakshadweep region, most of Kerala, most of south Tamil Nadu, the remainder of the Comorin region, the Gulf of Mannar, and some other parts. South-west, central, and north-east Bay of Bengal. Thus, the southwest monsoon has entered Kerala…

09 Jun

Meesho revamps it’s brand identity

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsBusiness, IndiaBusiness, India

Meesho has unveiled a new brand identity for the e-commerce platform that helps every Indian get the ultimate joy by making value-first purchasing decisions. The company aims to strengthen its position as a one-stop horizontal platform that caters to the daily needs of millions of Indian shoppers.Brand Restructuring aims to showcase the inclusion of the e-commerce platform with a huge collection of value-first products and how it is helping customers across income categories, geographic, language, gender and age groups realize their shopping aspirations. The new colour palette includes hues of 'jamuni' and 'mango', evoking the vibrancy and splendor of India's…

08 Jun

31 are still missing in Odisha train Accident, says West Bengal CM

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsIndia, West BengalIndia, West Bengal

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on June 6 said at least 31 passengers from her state are still missing five days after the devastating triple train accident at Bahanaga Bazar railway station in Odisha's Balasore district. Ms Banerjee, who landed in Cuttack to review the condition of the injured passengers, said the bodies of 103 passengers from West Bengal had been identified and 86 of them had reached their destination. In West Bengal, around 200 injured persons were under treatment, she said. Odisha officials declined to comment on Ms Banerjee's statement about the 31 missing passengers.