Lucknow: Underprivileged learners and students from rural backgrounds are set to gain access to cutting-edge technology through ‘Lab on Wheels,’ a pioneering initiative by Infosys in collaboration with Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU). This fully air-conditioned mobile laboratory, built inside a bus, is equipped with 3D printers, robotic automation kits, microscopes, Arduino boards,…
MUMBAI: Torrential rain amounting to 500 mm over 84 hours disrupted normal life in the city and surrounding areas on Monday, prompting the IMD to issue the season’s first red alert for Aug 18-19.BMC and the civic bodies of Navi Mumbai, Thane, Palghar and Mira Bhayander declared a holiday for all schools and colleges on…
Lucknow: A 300-metre stretch, connecting Vivekanand Marg on Chief Minister’s regular VIP route to Vikramaditya Marg near the CM’s residence at 5 Kalidas Marg, is battered and causing major inconvenience to commuters.The road, under Lucknow Municipal Corporation and part of Chief Minister’s emergency and VIP route, despite seeing passage of 8,000–10,000 vehicles daily, remained damaged…
Rahul Mukhiya (L), Munna Mukhiya (middle) and Ravi Kumar left for Gangotri for a construction job DEHRADUN: The firewood had already been stacked, and three effigies — built for Rahul Mukhiya, Munna Mukhiya and Ravi Kumar, each just 19 and working as labourers in flash flood-hit Dharali — had been arranged for the pyres when…
Lucknow: If you want to pursue two degrees together, one in online and other in offline mode then now it’s possible at Lucknow University. LU has opened an application window for admission to its online courses. Students already enrolled in any undergraduate or postgraduate programmes can take admission in these online courses along with work…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday refused to interfere with an order passed by the Bombay HC which had dismissed a petition challenging the validity of the entire Maharashtra assembly elections held last year on the allegation of bogus voting.HC had rejected the plea filed by a voter on the ground that he did not…
Lucknow: Three months after the death of a 20-year-old man due to drowning at a water park in Bakshi-ka-Talab area, police registered a case on Monday following the court’s intervention. The family had alleged that the then in-charge of BKT police station, Sanjay Kumar Singh, had assured action but did not take any. The family…
Lucknow: The Border Security Force (BSF) has entered into an agreement with the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur to enhance capabilities in drone forensics, counter-UAV technology, research and development, and training. The move comes after the BSF raised its first drone squadron to counter increasing aerial threats, especially in the wake of lethal drone attacks…
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh attempted Monday to garner broader support for NDA vice-presidential candidate C P Radhakrishnan, speaking to Tamil Nadu CM M K Stalin over the phone, and to former Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik (BJD), to seek their support for a consensus.Singh also called up former Andhra Pradesh CM Jagan Mohan Reddy…
Lucknow: Two staff members of a workshop preparing gold ornaments allegedly stole 180 grams of the precious metal worth several lakh from their workplace in Saadatganj, police said.The police lodged an FIR on Monday based on the complaint of workshop owner Dilshad Ahmed from Haata Bhikkham Khan Abdul Aziz Road in Saadatganj. As per police…
