NEW DELHI: The NCERT has rolled out special classroom modules on ‘swadeshi’, tracing its roots from 1905 anti-partition agitation in Bengal to PM Narendra Modi’s call for a self-reliant India.The publications, ‘Swadeshi: Vocal for Local’ (for middle stage) and ‘Swadeshi: For a Self-Reliant India’ (for secondary stage), revisits the historic movement that urged Indians to…
Lucknow: The RSS’s Rashtriya Parv Evam Utsav Samiti concluded its Vijayadashmi celebrations on Friday with the resolution of bringing social transformations vis-à-vis culture and faith.On Thursday, the procession, passing through 151 intersections in Lucknow, was welcomed at 100 spots. Before the procession, the samiti organised a special exhibition which was open to the public from…
NEW DELHI: Starting Nov 15, if you don’t have a FASTag for your vehicle, or if the tag is invalid or non-functional, you will be allowed to pay 1.25 times the regular toll using UPI. This comes as a major relief, as currently, those without a valid FASTag are required to pay double the toll…
Lucknow: Even as the demand for fertiliser looks set to rise in the wake of the upcoming Rabi cropping season, a close investigation by the state cooperative department found that nearly 15% to 20% of the fertiliser often gets wasted or leaked while being transported from the railway heads to the Multipurpose Primary Agricultural Credit…
Lucknow: The National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT), under the ministry of Electronics and IT, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Lucknow-based Future Crime Research Foundation (FCRF), an IIT-Kanpur incubated non-profit organisation, to strengthen India’s cybercrime research, training, and policy ecosystem.The MoU was signed in the presence of Union minister Ashwini…
Rajkot police arrested a 25-year-old man, claiming to be a filmmaker, for allegedly raping a 15-year-old girl for 18 months. (Representative image) Rajkot: A 25-year-old man, who claimed to be a filmmaker, was arrested for allegedly raping a 15-year-old girl for nearly a year-and-a half by offering her roles in Gujarati movies. The accused was…
BENGALURU: OpenAI competitor Anthropic has appointed Rahul Patil as its chief technology officer. Patil joins the league of Indian-origin leaders at the helm of some of the world’s most influential technology companies.Patil succeeds co-founder Sam McCandlish, who is moving into the role of chief architect. Patil joins the AI company, which has developed Claude AI…
Lucknow: The district administration of Bahraich has invoked the National Security Act (NSA) against eight people jailed in connection with the communal violence that broke out during the immersion of Durga idol on Oct 13 last year.Violence had escalated after Ram Gopal Mishra, a devotee participating in a procession being taken out for idol immersion,…
MUMBAI: RBI has proposed a revamp of rules on external commercial borrowings. The draft guidelines for 2025, the most extensive rejig since a Dec 2018 framework, replace uniform caps with limits tied to a borrower’s financial strength. Companies may raise up to $1 billion or 300% of their net worth (whichever is higher), while financial…
Lucknow: The 84th Establishment Day of Uttar Pradesh Police Radio was celebrated on Friday with traditional simplicity and enthusiasm, marking another milestone in the department’s journey of innovation and public service.The event featured presentations by senior officers, including the inspector general and deputy inspector general, highlighting the latest technological advancements in police communication, ongoing and…
