Capacity Building Program for Civil Servants of Sri Lanka 

New Delhi / Colombo: The 3rd Capacity Building Program for senior civil servants of the Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka concluded successfully at the National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG) on 24th May 2024 in New Delhi. The program was attended by 41 senior civil servant officers from Sri Lanka, including Assistant Divisional Secretaries, Assistant Secretaries, Deputy Sergeants, and Directors and others. The program added to NCGG’s record of having trained 95 civil servants from Sri Lanka.   Identified by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) as an ‘institution in…

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Looks like Israel has a plan

Tel Aviv: Over 30 million shekels ($8.2 million) were allotted by Israel’s Ministry of the Negev, Galilee, and National Resilience for the creation and growth of youth departments within local government. According to the Ministry, the funding is being provided to support young people’s economic integration while also enabling them to reach their full potential. The youth departments will assist youth with job and education initiatives after receiving funding.

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Medvedev speaks his mind loud and clear

Dmitry Medvedev

Moscow: Following comments made over the weekend by Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski on the use of nuclear weapons, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has threatened Poland with “radioactive ash.”.   Sikorski has previously discussed how the US would allegedly respond if Russia used nuclear weapons against Ukraine with the British daily The Guardian. “The Americans have told the Russians that if you explode a nuke, even if it doesn’t kill anybody, we will hit all your targets (positions) in Ukraine with conventional weapons, and we’ll destroy all of them,”…

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CMS Cambridge level scholars bring laurels to institution

CMS Cambridge level

Lucknow: The brilliant students of Cambridge Section of City Montessori School, Gomti Nagar II Campus have passed the I.G.C.S.E. The youngsters have made the name of Lucknow proud on the world stage by giving excellent results in Cambridge Board Examination (Class-10) and A-Level (Class-12). Cambridge International Assessment Education (CAIE) has declared the results of the board examinations held in March 2024. This year, IGCSE. (Class-10) CMS in Cambridge Board Exam. Students got 48′ grades and 57’s. They have brought pride to the school by  excellent academic performance by earning good…

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HCLTech and Arm collaborate on custom silicon chips for AI workloads

HCLTech

NOIDA: HCLTech, a leading global technology company, and Arm, a leading technology provider of processor IP, announced their collaboration to augment custom silicon chips that support AI-driven business operations. The partnership will bring to market solutions that enable semiconductor manufacturers, system OEMs and cloud services providers to enhance the computing efficiency of their data center environments and meet evolving customer demands. HCLTech will leverage pre-integrated Arm® Neoverse™ Compute Subsystems (CSS) to help clients minimize development risks and swiftly deliver innovative, market-customized solutions geared toward improved performance and scalability for AI workloads. HCLTech has preferential access…

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Lions of Junagadh to roar freely in Lake City Udaipur

Junagadh lions

Udaipur: After July, the roar of lions will be heard in the Lion Safari being prepared in Sajjangarh Biological Park, Udaipur. For this, the construction work of the enclosure is going on at a fast pace. It is believed that by July the enclosures will be ready for the lion safari. After this, a pair of lions will be brought here from Junagadh in Gujarat. In February this year, permission was given to bring two lions (a pair of male and female) from Junagadh to Udaipur. After which the tender…

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In India, cyber bluffmasters on the prowl

India

New Delhi: Amidst the focus on digital economy, online transactions are increasing rapidly. Along with this, cases of cyber fraud are also increasing rapidly in India and Indians are facing losses worth thousands of crores of rupees. In the first 4 months of this year alone, more than 7 lakh cases of cyber fraud have been registered in the country. Loss of more than Rs 1750 crore in 4 months In a report by ET, the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Center has been quoted as saying that in the first…

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City of Joy feels the impact of Cyclone Remal

Cyclone Remal

Kolkata: Cyclone Remal and pre-monsoon have hit West Bengal. The impact of cyclonic storm ‘Remal’ has started becoming visible in West Bengal. There has been heavy rain in Kolkata overnight, due to which most of the areas were knee-deep in water on Monday morning. At many places, trees have been uprooted and electric poles have been uprooted, due to which power supply is disrupted. Whereas the traffic has completely stopped due to accumulation of water on the roads. Along with this, common life is in complete disarray. Due to the…

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Vice Admiral Gurcharan Singh takes over as Commandant, NDA

Gurcharan Singh

New Delhi: Vice Admiral Gurcharan Singh assumed the appointment of Commandant, National Defence Academy on 25 May 2024 from Vice Admiral Ajay Kocchar. An alumnus of the National Defence Academy (Khadakwasla), he was commissioned into the Indian Navy on 01 Jul 1990. The Flag Officer has held several appointments, both afloat and ashore. As a specialist in Gunnery and Missiles, he has served onboard Indian Naval Ships Ranjit and Prahar. He holds the distinction of being part of the commissioning crew of three Indian constructed warships, viz, INS Brahmaputra/ as…

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Anantnag-Rajouri records highest turnout 

Anantnag-Rajouri

Srinagar: After record voter turnouts in Srinagar and Baramulla in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Anantnag-Rajouri Parliamentary Constituency (PC) too has shattered voter turnout records, with 51.35 % recorded at 5 pm in the districts of Anantnag, Poonch, Kulgam and districts of Rajouri and Shopian partially, the highest since 1989 ie in 35 years. With this, in the ongoing General Elections 2024, the three PCs in the valley namely Srinagar (38.49%), Baramulla (59.1%) and Anantnag-Rajouri (51.35% as of 5 PM) have recorded voter turnouts which is highest in…

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