India

22 Jul

Fuel prices remain unchanged for 5th day

editor0 CommentsBUSINESS, Business, India

Oil marketing companies (OMC) continued the pause on fuel price revision for the fifth consecutive day, the longest period in weeks, as global development on oil production and rising US inventories softened crude and product prices. Accordingly, in the national capital, petrol continued to be sold at Rs 101.84 per litre, while diesel remained unchanged at Rs 89.87 a litre on Thursday. The pump price of fuel has been static since Sunday. It rose on Saturday with petrol being revised upwards by 30 paisa per litre while diesel prices remained unchanged. One of the main reasons for pause in fuel…

22 Jul

WBCHSE result will be published today

editor0 CommentsEducation, India, West Bengal

West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE) board will declare the results today at 3 pm via the media. The students will get their results in the available link at wbchse.nic.in and wbresults.nic.in at 4 pm. To check the results, students need their admit card but for this pandemic this year exams were cancelled. So admit card did not issue. Thus to get the results Students can visit the campus office of their respective schools. It is not compulsory for the students to be present at the school but it is mandatory for a parent or guardians to be…

22 Jul

DRDO successfully flight-tests surface-to-air missile Akash-NG

editor0 CommentsIndia, Tech Byte

Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully flight-tested the New Generation Akash Missile (Akash-NG), a surface-to-air Missile from Integrated Test Range (ITR) off the coast of Odisha on July 21, 2021. The flight trial was conducted at around 12:45 PM from a land-based platform with all weapon system elements such as Multifunction Radar, Command, Control & Communication System and launcher participating in the deployment configuration. The missile system has been developed by Defence Research & Development Laboratory (DRDL), Hyderabad in collaboration with other DRDO laboratories. The launch was witnessed by the representatives of the Indian Air Force. In order to…

22 Jul

PM Modi to inaugurate 9 medical colleges in UP

editor0 CommentsEducation, India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate nine new medical colleges on July 30 from Siddhartha Nagar district. The new medical colleges will become functional after the inauguration. According to the government spokesman, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has asked the administration to complete all necessary arrangements on time. It will be a historic occasion for the state when all the nine medical colleges in nine districts are inaugurated simultaneously. The medical colleges that will be made functional this month will be in Deoria, Etah, Fatehpur, Ghazipur, Hardoi, Jaunpur, Mirzapur, Pratapgarh, and Siddhartha Nagar. The state had only 12 medical colleges till…

21 Jul

Indian Army, BSF exchange sweets with Pakistani counterparts on Eid

editor0 CommentsIndia

The Indian Army and Border Security Force (BSF) on the Eid festival on Wednesday exchanged sweets with the Pakistan Army and Rangers respectively on the Line of Control (LOC) and the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir. The Indian Army exchanged sweets with its Pakistani counterpart at five places on the LOC, whereas the BSF offered sweets to the Pakistan Rangers at six places on the IB. Colonel Emron Musavi, the Srinagar based defence spokesman, said that as a gesture for promoting peace, harmony and compassion in the true spirit of the Eid festival, India and Pakistan Armies held…

21 Jul

Leopard skin, arms seized in Odisha: One arrested

editor0 CommentsCrime, India

In the latest interception of wildlife offence, the Special Task Force (STF) wing of Odisha police on Wednesday arrested a poacher and seized leopard skin, arm and ammunition from his possession in Manmunda police station jurisdiction of Boudh district. The arrested person identified as Hara Rana was nabbed while he was planning to strike a deal to sell the leopard skin. Besides the leopard skin, a country made SBML gun, 12 ammunitions, besides gun powder and other incriminating materials were seized from his possession, STF officials said. The poaching of these protected animals has shot up in Odisha with the…

21 Jul

Wipro investing 7,454 cr for business transformation

editor0 CommentsBUSINESS, Business, India, Tech Byte

Wipro on Tuesday said it would invest $1 billion (Rs 7,454 crore) over the next 3 years to expand cloud services for business transformation of its clients worldwide. “We will invest $1 billion over the next 3 years in cloud services, technologies, acquisitions and partnerships to simplify and accelerate business operations of our clients,” said the software major in a statement. The global giant also unveiled FullStride cloud services to enhances its offerings and talent to its clients. “As the cloud opportunity accelerates, FullStride services bring together our full portfolio of capabilities, offerings and talent to our clients across verticals,”…

21 Jul

Maruti crosses 50 lakh cumulative sales milestone in rural markets of India

editor0 CommentsBusiness, BUSINESS, India

The country’s largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India on Wednesday said it has crossed the 50 lakh cumulative sales milestone in rural markets of India. With over 1,700 customised outlets in rural parts of the country, nearly 40 per cent of the total MSIL sales come from rural markets today, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd (MSIL) said in a statement. The company’s total sales in the April-June period of this fiscal stood at 3,53,614 units. In fiscal 2020-21, it had sold a total of 14,57,861 units, down from 15,63,297 units sold in 2019-20. Commenting on the feat, MSIL Senior Executive Director (Marketing…

21 Jul

Fuel price cut relief may come soon as global oil softens

editor0 CommentsBusiness, India

Consumer’s bearing the brunt of rising fuel prices for more than a couple of months may expect some relief over the next few days as Oil marketing companies (OMC) have begun evaluating the fall in global oil prices and its resultant impact on fuel prices in the country. The benchmark Brent crude that had risen to $77 a barrel late last month has shed more than 10 per cent in the last fortnight to reach a level of $68.85 a barrel now. If the price line remains below $70 a barrel for a few more days, petrol and diesel prices…

21 Jul

2nd ODI: Chahar takes India to thrilling 3-wicket win

editor0 CommentsIndia, Sports

Pace bowler Deepak Chahar hammered 69 off 82 deliveries and shared an unbeaten 84-run partnership for the eighth wicket with Bhuvneshwar Kumar to bring India back from the dead and win the second One-day International by three wickets for an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. Sri Lanka had made 275/9 in their 50 overs while India reached the target with five balls to spare. The Indian team looked down and out after left-handed batsman Krunal Pandya was dismissed as the seventh man with the team score on 193. Although there were 89 deliveries to get the remaining 83…