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• 22, Feb 2021

With Financial Action Task Force (FATF) commencing its three-day plenary meeting today, there is no light at the end of the tunnel for Pakistan. Hanging in the grey list of the global anti-terror watchdog, Pakistan has been trying to garner support from the member nations to escape th

• 20, Feb 2021

NASA's Perseverance rover has been equipped with a record 25 cameras and two microphones. Several of these cameras were turned on during the rover's descent to Mars, thereby capturing striking images with phenomenal details.Less than 24 hours after NASA’s science rover

• 20, Feb 2021

Centurions in the India-England series — Joe Root, Rohit Sharma and Ravichandran Ashwin — have all kneeled down to dispose of spin. But how does one go about playing the sweep?Drooping thick moustache. Beard when the mood seized him. Slightly hunched shoulders. A very he

• 20, Feb 2021

The Gujarat high court yesterday upheld the civic polls schedule and rejected the plea filed by Congress leaders regarding separate dates of counting of votes for both the phases of civic polls. The bench of Justice J B Pardiwala and Justice I J Vora said the high court did not

• 20, Feb 2021

The Central Government today launched the Go Electric campaign to boost the adoption of electric mobility vehicles and electric cooking appliances to ensure energy security in the country.Launching the campaign, Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadakari said, Go Electric i

• 20, Feb 2021

More than 1,000 fingerprint scanners and proprietary software have been deployed at all police stations across Karnataka. Even though Bengaluru is known as the technology capital of the country, police in the Silicon Valley of India was using the archaic method of using ink for t

• 19, Feb 2021

The Bangladesh Supreme Court yesterday launched the Artificial Intelligence (AI) based translation software ‘Amar Vasha’ through a virtual event. The software will translate orders and judgements of the Supreme Court from English to Bangla.Chief Justice of the Supreme Co

• 19, Feb 2021

Shri Anoop Kumar Mendiratta, Secretary, Department of Legal Affairs, Ministry of Law & Justice, on behalf of Union Minister for Law & Justice Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, represented India in the Commonwealth High Level Law Ministers Meeting on the Legal aspects of COVID-19. The

• 19, Feb 2021

Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah paid his respects to Pranavanandji at Bharat Seva Ashram Sangh, Kolkata and took blessings of the Gurus. In his address on this occasion, Shri Amit Shah said this day is very important because today is the birthday of Acharya Ramakrishna Paramahansa

• 19, Feb 2021

Chetan Sakariya says that the unexpected windfall of Rs 1.20 crore will change his life but he still felt empty.On the day he became a crorepati within a few minutes of intense bidding at the IPL 2021 auction, Rajasthan Royals’ new signing, Chetan Sakariya, had one regret. Jus