NEW DELHI: Microsoft Co-founder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates on Saturday said that technologies like digital public infrastructure (DPI) that are created in India can be transformative for the world.

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a candid conversation with Microsoft Co-founder Bill Gates, not only discussed AI, climate change, healthcare and digital inclusion but also gave him some useful tips about how to remain healthy while finding inner peace in hectic times.

NEW DELHI: Director duo Siddharth Singh and Garima Wahal, who are gearing up for the release of their film 'Dukaan', based on surrogates, has talked about how the upcoming movie is different and why they chose to not go for a big Bollywood name.

NEW DELHI: Industry players on Friday hailed the government's advisory against increasing instances of direct as well as surrogate advertisements and endorsements of activities.

LUCKNOW: The Election Commission of India (ECI), for the first time, will set up polling stations for the Lok Sabha elections inside the premises of high-rises and gated colonies in Uttar Pradesh.

NEW DELHI: Mothers Against Vaping, a united front of proactive and concerned mothers, has lauded the government’s efforts to restrict the spread of new-age gateway devices like e-cigarettes and vapes.

MANCHESTER: Defending champions Manchester City eased into the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League for a seventh successive season after comfortably beating FC Copenhagen 3-1 at Etihad Stadium.

NEW DELHI: Indian innovations across the spectrum are fantastic and are the key to solving problems in the field of health, agriculture, gender and climate, Microsoft Co-founder and philanthropist, Bill Gates, said in the national Capital on Thursday.

NEW DELHI: Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates on Wednesday visited the Microsoft India Development Centre (IDC) in Hyderabad, a centre of innovation that he envisioned in 1998.

NEW DELHI: Mothers Against Vaping, a united front of proactive and concerned mothers who are combatting the escalating vaping crisis among youth, has highlighted the urgent need to take immediate action on the World Health Organisation’s call on South East Asian countries to curb use of new-age gateway devices such as e-cigarettes and vapes, particularly among children and youth.

ATHENS: A frigate of the Hellenic Navy was sailing as part of a European Union (EU) maritime security operation to protect free navigation in the Red Sea, the Greek government said.

NEW DELHI: Shankar Mishra who gained notoriety in January 2023 for allegedly urinating on his fellow passenger, a septuagenarian woman, aboard a New York-Delhi Air India flight, has now taken legal action against his former employer, 'Wells Fargo.'

AMRITSAR:Om Prakash Soni held election rallies in Islamabad, Bhadra Kali Colony Baba Deep Singh Colony, Lahori Gate and other areas during the election.

NEW DELHI:Union Minister Piyush Goyal said on Saturday that the transportation of food grains through waterways will soon start from Patna to Pandu in Guwahati, ensuring better price and market access for the farmers.

CHANDIGARH: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab has demanded the Governor of the state to file a criminal case against Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi in the matter of sand mafia. On Monday, a delegation of AAP led by AAP's Punjab affairs co-in-charge and MLA from Delhi Raghav Chadha met Punjab's Hon'ble Governor Banwari Lal Purohit and submitted a memorandum.

NEW DELHI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for unveiling the hologram statue of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose at the India Gate in the national capital.

NEW DELHI:In an environment of high inflation due to higher input cost and high unemployment caused due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the government is expected to provide relief to individuals and increase disposable income to boost consumption in the Union Budget FY23, to be tabled in the Parliament on February 1.

NEW DELHI: The Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday announced that Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's grand statue, made of granite, will be installed at India Gate.

NEW DELHI: German frigate Bayern arrived in Sri Lanka on a three-day visit on Saturday. The submarine hunter vessel will remain docked at the Colombo Port till 18 January.

NEW DELHI: German frigate Bayern arrived in Sri Lanka on a three-day visit on Saturday. The submarine hunter vessel will remain docked at the Colombo Port till 18 January.

SAN FRANCISCO: Microsoft's board of directors has hired a reputed law firm to review the effectiveness of the company's sexual harassment and gender discrimination policies and practices, including the inquiry against Bill Gates.

AMRITSAR: During today's meeting of the Interim Committee of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, the authority to nominate a new member of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee on behalf of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak  Committee was authorised to Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami, President of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee.

CHANDIGARH:Reacting to a recent statement of SAD President Sukhbir Singh Badal that 'don’t punish Akali Dal for his ‘mistakes’ in the sacrilege case', Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder Randhawa on Tuesday said that inadvertent mistakes can be forgiven but intentional sins of Badal are unjustifiable and can’t be forgiven.

NEW DELHI: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced to provide $7 million to conduct genomic research in eight low and middle income countries, including India. Other countries are South Africa, Senegal, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, and Brazil.

AMRITSAR: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) will hold a roadshow from the Attari border to the Golden Gate in Amritsar  on October 29 to uphold in protest  against  extension  of  limit  of  Border  Security  Force  from 15  km  to 50  km.

CHATHA(Batala):Punjab Chief Minister Mr Charanjit Singh Channi today announced construction of a memorial gate and a stadium in memory of martyr Naik Mandeep Singh who attained martyrdom at Jammu and Kashmir during an anti-insurgency operation.

AMRITSAR: A protest rally was held at the gate of Guru Nanak Dev Hospital today under the chairmanship of Mr Narinder Singh and Prem Chand in support of their demands.

NEW DELHI: The Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying (DAHD) and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) have signed a multi-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for sustainably improving India's livestock sector to support the nation's food and nutritional security.

WASHINGTON:US intelligence agencies should be tasked with investigating emerging public health threats overseas to combat future disease outbreaks, a former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner has said.

SITAPUR(UP):A two-member team of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday visited the Sitapur jail to interrogate Samajwadi Party MP Mohd Azam Khan in connection with a money laundering case.

CHENNAI:A Special team of the Tamil Nadu Police will reinvestigate the accidental death of the prime suspect in the Kodanad estate murder and heist case, Kanakaraj as also the suicide of the estate employee, Dhinesh Kumar. The team will also probe the accidental death of the daughter and wife of the first accused, K.P. Sayan in Kerala.

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Government has also released an amount of Rs. 2.30 crore for the construction of new gates and repair of old gates of high and senior secondary schools. Earlier, Rs 3.93 crore has been released for construction of new gates and repair of old gates of primary and middle schools. With this, no school will be left without a gate.

CHANDIGARH:  Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday underlined the need to propagate the ideology of the 9th Sikh Guru, Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib, around the world, to promote the values of peace, harmony, secularism and co-existence, which Guru Sahib upheld through his supreme sacrifice.

NEW DELHI: The US military negotiated a secret arrangement with the Taliban that resulted in members of the militant group escorting clusters of Americans to the gates of the Kabul airport, the CNN reported.

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Government has released an amount of about Rs. 4 crore for the construction of new gates and repair of old gates of primary and middle schools to beautify the facades of the schools as well as to ensure the safety of the students.

ATHENS: Greece will not become a gateway to Europe for irregular migration flows, like it happened in the 2015-2019 period,the country's Migration and Asylum Minister Notis Mitarachi told Parliament, pointing to recent developments in Afghanistan.

CHANDIGARH/DERA BASSI:Punjab Health and Family Welfare Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu today launched Pneumococcal Conjugate vaccine under the national immunization program from here.

AMRITSAR:The sub-committee formed to investigate the incidents of forcing the Sikh candidates to remove Kakaars for sitting in the Patwari examination held by the Punjab government at SD College, Sector 32, Chandigarh and other places has appealed to those harassed candidates to contact the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC). Notably, SGPC President Bibi Jagir Kaur formed a sub-committee to investigate these objectionable incidents under the leadership of SGPC general secretary Advocate Bhagwant Singh Sialka.

AMARAVATI:Andhra Pradesh State Disaster Management Authority (APSDMA) commissioner K. Kannababu on Thursday cautioned people living by the trajectory of Krishna river to be wary as higher flood inflows are expected due to a flood gate breaking.

NEW DELHI: Even as IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw was reading a statement on the Pegasus project amid an ongoing row over alleged large scale snooping involving politicians, Trinamool Congress MPs snatched the report from the Minister's hand and tore it into pieces on the floor of the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday condemned the hacking of private phones of top political leaders, journalists, businessmen, scientists, constitutional authorities and others as a shameful attack not just on individual privacy but also on national security by the BJP-led government at the Centre.

FEROZEPUR: Out of 10 gates in Ferozepur City built by Ferozshah Tughlaq while ruling the Sultanate of Delhi from 1351 to 1388, three – Bagdadi Gate, Delhi Gate and Makhu Gate – have been given faceliftam

MOHALI: Aryans Group of Colleges, Rajpura, Near Chandigarh organized a
webinar on International English Language Test (IELTS). Ms Nidhi Malik, IELTS Trainer
interacted with the Aryans students of Nursing, Pharmacy, Law, Engineering, Management,
B.Ed and Agriculture. Dr. Anshu Kataria, Chairman, Aryans Group presided over the event.

CHANDIGARH:It is unfortunate that Capt. Amarinder Singh is now engineering organized fermentation of brazen communalism to achieve his narrow parochial gains with intent to out-maneuver his potential Sikh challengers in the Congress Party. It is exceedingly disparaging to see the disgraceful assemblage of ‘Hindu Leaders’ only at the luncheon meeting, hosted by the Congress Chief Minister Capt. Amarinder Singh, yesterday at Chandigarh. The meeting of urban based ‘Hindu Leaders’ was actually the demonstration of Captain’s new brand of communalism and political opportunism to camouflage his colossal failures and rampant corruption in his ‘Mafia regime’.

BENGALURU:Walmart has announced the expansion of its Covid-19 support efforts for MSMEs with the launch of Vriddhi Cares. The new program helps MSMEs support their family members and employees with telecare services and health advice and provides ongoing access to pandemic-related business advice and resources

CHANDIGARH: One of the irrigation scheme’s most effective and enduring interventions is in the area of agriculture. Initiatives in this direction of the state government, enable it to tell a different story. Thanks to the government’s initiatives in expanding irrigation network. While in 2013-14, the state has 114,000 hectares irrigated area, that was increased to 1.17,000 hectares in 2014-15. It further increased to 1,20,000 hectares in 2015-16 reveals the government records. With increased in the irrigated areas, produce of food grains also registered an increase in the state.

SHIMLA: Urban Development Minister Suresh Bhardwaj today presided over the webinar on Sustainable and Safe Hilly Area Development with focus on earthquake, landslide and floods. The webinar was organized jointly by the National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) and the Himachal Pradesh State Disaster Management Authority (HPSDMA).

PATIALA:Deputy Commissioner Patiala Mr. Kumar Amit visited Samania Gate to inspect the ongoing work of laying granite cobble stone on the road near Samania Gate and sandstone cobbles on the pavement under the first phase of Heritage Street to be built around the heritage fort Quila Mubarak of Patiala. Accompanied by Chief Administrator, Patiala Development Authority, Surabhi Malik, he met PUDA officials and representatives of Universal Fabricators, the agency hired to complete the work and he was apprised of the progress of the work on Heritage Street.

NEW DELHI: A new controversy has erupted featuring former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh with Mumbai Police inspector, Anup S. Dange seeking an inquiry into his connections with "dubious characters" Jitendra Navlani and Bharat Shah who are having underworld links.

GENEVA: The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said that although February 2021 has been colder than the average of the same months in the last two decades, "none of that negated climate change or reversed the long-term rise in temperatures".

MUMBAI: The Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) on Monday reserved its verdict in 63 moons Technologies Limited's challenge to the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) order disallowing the company from providing Straight Through Processing (STP) Gate Services.

After appearing for GATE 2021 between Feb 5th, to Feb 14th, every student is now eagerly waiting for GATE 2021 result. Expanded as Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering, it is an important exam for engineering and technology students. GATE 2021 was held for 27 subjects or papers and was organised by IIT Bombay.

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police on Tuesday told a court that Punjabi actor-activist Deep Sidhu is the "main instigator" of the violence on Republic Day at the Red Fort during the farmers' tractor rally.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday said his government will bring the State Amendment Bills to negate the draconian Farm Laws again in the Vidhan Sabha since the Governor had failed to send the earlier Bills to the President.

SAN FRANCISCO: Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates, who has been a target of conspiracy theorists for his push for vaccinations, has received the first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine.

SAN FRANCISCO:  Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates owns the largest chunk of private farmland in the US across 18 states, a new report has revealed. Bill and Melinda Gates amassed 242,000 acres of land in the US, with the largest holdings in Louisiana (69,071 acres), Arkansas (47,927 acres) and Nebraska (20,588 acres), according to The Land report.

AMRITSAR: A delegation of the non-governmental organization (NGO), Amritsar Vikas Manch, a voluntary community development organization working for sustainable development in and around the city of Amritsar held a meeting with V.K. Seth, Director of Sri Guru Ram Das Jee International Airport Amritsar.

NEW DELHI: Visitors to the iconic India Gate in the national capital can now easily approach the police in any emergency.
With the New Year just around the corner, a modern beat booth decked with a public announcement system, LED panels for display of awareness messages and solar panel, was inaugurated at the war memorial there on Saturday.

CHANDIGARH: To enforce strict investigation compliance and to improve the conviction rate in criminal cases, especially heinous crimes and crimes against women, children and other weaker sections, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday ordered specific targets to be set for investigation of criminal cases by police officers across ranks.

GENEVA:A team of 10 international scientists will travel to the Chinese city of Wuhan next month to investigate the origins of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19), the World Health Organization (WHO) has said.

HYDERABAD: Microsoft founder Bill Gates was Thursday conferred TiE lifetime achievement award.
Receiving the award virtually during TiE Global Summit, he said it was honour to receive this prestigious award from TiE.

NEW DELHI: Security agencies have alerted law enforcement agencies in Delhi to keep strict vigil in the national capital as the banned Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) group in its latest move has given a call to farmers of Punjab and Haryana to raise "Khalistan flags" on November 26 at India Gate here.

NEW DELHI: A drunken man on Monday rammed his car into the iron gate of the Safdarjung tomb complex causing damage to the gate and the adjoining stone signage. The man received injuries and was rushed to the RML hospital for treatment.

NEW YORK: ANS) Taking a swipe at Donald Trump without taking the US President's name, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates described the Joe Biden and Kamala Harris team as a "very good set of people" without "outliers" who contradict public health experts during a raging pandemic.

CHANDIGARH: Citing the agency's poor track record in the Bargari case, which it had closed without any investigation, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday said his government will not allow the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into his state without permission.

KOLKATA: Repairing the damaged lock gate of the Durgapur barrage is expected to be completed by Wednesday evening, a senior district official said.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Cabinet Ministers on Monday hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over its atrocious charges against the Chief Minister, saying it was the BJP state leadership that was misleading the farmers and spreading shocking lies to save their skin, after being completely cornered on the issue of the draconian Farm Laws.

DURGAPUR(West Bengal):A portion of lock gate of Durgapur barrage got severely damaged on Friday night triggering panic among villagers that it may lead to inundation of a large part of low-lying areas in West Bengal's West Burdwan district, officials said on Saturday.

NEW DELHI: Gamers in India, amateur and professional, have always coveted agile and portable gaming solutions that can enhance their experience.
The gaming market in India has also been on an upswing with the country's online gaming industry likely to add 190 million gamers and become a $1 billion market by 2021.

CHANDIGARH: The much hyped special session of Punjab Vidhan Sabha started today at 11 AM and adjourned for an hour after paying tributes to departed souls of farmers.

CHANDIGARH:The Punjab Government has decided to convene a special session of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha on Monday, October 19, to bring in a legislation to counter the dangerous anti-farmer Farm Laws of the central government.

NEW DELHI:Paytm on Tuesday announced the same-day settlement facility for all kinds of fund transfers on its payment gateway that will help businesses that depend upon immediate availability of funds to pay down-stream partners.

CHANDIGARH:Asserting that convening a Vidhan Sabha session to negate the Centre's farm laws was his government's prerogative, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said on Monday the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) had neither the moral right nor any political standing to dictate terms to him or his government in this matter.

NEW DELHI:  A day after President Ram Nath Kovind signed the Agriculture Bill's and made them laws, the Punjab Youth Congress workers on Monday set ablaze a tractor in the high security India Gate area to protest against the contentious legislation.

CHANDIGARH: One of the irrigation scheme’s most effective and enduring interventions is in the area of agriculture. Initiatives in this direction of the state government, enable it to tell a different story. Thanks to the government’s initiatives in expanding irrigation network. While in 2013-14, the state has 114,000 hectares irrigated area, that was increased to 1.17,000 hectares in 2014-15. It further increased to 1,20,000 hectares in 2015-16 reveals the government records. With increased in the irrigated areas, produce of food grains also registered an increase in the state.

SHIMLA: Urban Development Minister Suresh Bhardwaj today presided over the webinar on Sustainable and Safe Hilly Area Development with focus on earthquake, landslide and floods. The webinar was organized jointly by the National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) and the Himachal Pradesh State Disaster Management Authority (HPSDMA).

CHANDIGARH: To facilitate people for sending Rakhis to the jail inmates on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan i.e. August 3, the Jails Department has issued detailed direction in this regard with time to receive the rakhis from 8.30am to 5pm.

SAN FRANCISCO: People might have to take multiple doses of a potential Covid-19 vaccine to protect themselves from the disease, said Microsoft Co-founder Bill Gates.
The billionaire philanthropist told CBS News on Wednesday that "none of the vaccines at this point appear like they'll work with a single dose."

SAN FRANCISCO:Google has launched a new app called Explore that is built into Chromebook and will help users take full advantage of their machines.
Explore' app will help users navigate Chromebook. It's an evolved form of Get Help, the previous in-product education app.

CHANDIGARH:  As part of its efforts to mitigate industry suffering and provide proactive financial assistance, Punjab has already sanctioned Rs.2165.53 crore to MSME units under Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) with Rs.1133.93 crore already disbursed

SYDNEY:It is time to recognise and mitigate airborne transmission of COVID-19, says a plea to the World Health Organization (WHO) issued by 239 scientists from around the world.