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Technology: “Surpass AI,” PM Modi to Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates

March 29, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Asserting that technology can play a major role in sectors such as agriculture, health, and education, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday urged Microsoft Inc. co-founder to encourage technologists to aim higher and surpass even Artificial Intelligence (AI) with greater innovation. In a 45-minute-long wide-ranging interaction, the two world leaders—one in […]

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Trade: India-US trade to surpass $200 billion in 2024, says Garcetti

March 8, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The India-United States trade is likely to surpass the previous record of USD 200 billion this year and huge opportunities exist for the two largest democracies to expand cooperation in defense and space sectors, besides critical emerging technologies like semiconductors and artificial intelligence, said US American Ambassador Eric Garcetti on Thursday. […]

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Abortion: France, the largest Catholic nation, makes pregnancy termination a constitutional right

March 6, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The Christian theology has taught the faithful—particularly over 1.3 billion Catholics—that abortion is an unpardonable sin. For centuries, the faithful have fought amongst themselves on this critical issue. Even now, the Republicans and the Democrats fight in the USA on whether abortion is a woman’s right. Now, France, the largest Catholic […]

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600 students of Adani Vidya Mandir, Bhadreshwar, pledge to plant over 25,000 saplings

March 6, 2024 Vinayak Barot

Mundra, March 6, 2024: In a unique celebration, students of Adani Vidya Mandir, Bhadreshwar (AVMB), dedicated their 12th annual day ‘Utkarsh’ to United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). As part of this, 600 students pledged to plant over 25,000 saplings over a period of three years on the school premises and outside, including mangroves on […]

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Technology: Google agrees to restore Indian apps on Play Store—for now

March 5, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Pending a decision by the antitrust body Competition Commission of India (CCI), search engine behemoth Google on Tuesday agreed to reinstate all the delisted apps of Indian startup companies on its Play Store after a government intervention got the two sides talking to resolve a dispute over service fee payments. Union […]

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Price rise: CMIE’s inflation projections lower than RBI’s

March 4, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Contrary to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)’s projections, the leading economic think tank, the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE), said on Monday the country’s inflation may decline for two years in a row. It is likely to fall to 4.3 percent in 2024-25 from 5.4 percent in 2023-24, which […]

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Economy: Moody’s ups India growth forecast to 6.8% for 2024

March 4, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Global rating agency Moody’s on Monday raised India’s growth forecast for the 2024 calendar year to 6.8 percent, from 6.1 percent estimated earlier, on the back of ‘stronger-than-expected’ economic data of 2023 and fading global economic headwinds. This forecast came a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi, exuding confidence in the […]

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Ganganyaan mission: PM Modi reveals names of 4 Indian astronaut-designates

February 27, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: A day after ISRO Chairman S. Somanath said India is planning to send its crewed mission to the Moon by 2040, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday revealed the names of four astronaut-designates selected for the prestigious Gaganyaan mission. Gaganyaan is India’s crewed orbital spacecraft intended to be the formative […]

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Adani University, Vjoist sign MOU to collaborate on academics and research

February 22, 2024 Vinayak Barot

Delhi, 22 February 2024: In a development aimed at fostering academic excellence and innovation, Adani University has partnered with Vjoist Innovation to offer unparalleled educational and research opportunities. The memorandum of understanding was inked by Prof. Dr. Ravi P Singh, Provost, Adani University, and Dr. Tasos Vasiliadis, Founder and CEO, JOIST Innovation Park, Greece. Vjoist Innovation, […]

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Education: ED bars Byju’s CEO Raveendran from foreign travels

February 22, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: From being a high-achiever in 2022, what a great fall he has suffered now. Founded in 2011 by Byju Raveendran and Divya Gokulnath, education technology behemoth Byju’s claimed to have over 150 million registered students in April 2023, and became a decacorn with a valuation of over USD 10 billion. Then […]