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31 Oct

Deepotsav 2024: Ayodhya sets two new Guinness World Records

Banasree SarkarworldAyodhya

During the seventh Deepotsav on Wednesday, the historic town of Ayodhya, which has great cultural and religious value, achieved two Guinness World Records, marking a new milestone. The city's astounding 2,512,585 diyas lit up the banks of the Saryu River, breaking the record for the greatest oil lamp show. When 1,121 persons took part in a grand aarti and performed "diya" rotations simultaneously, setting the second world record, it demonstrated how unified everyone was in their dedication. The Deepotsav celebrations were held on 55 ghats, including the Saryu River and Ram ki Paidi. To count the diyas that broke the…

16 Sep

Wokha Forest Division and Dimapur Forest Division observed World Ozone Day

Banasree SarkarworldWorld Ozone Day

Mokokchung Forest Division, Wokha Forest Division and Dimapur Forest Division observed World Ozone Day on September 13 and 14. On September 13, Mokokchung Forest Division celebrated World Ozone Day at Forest Office, Marepkong, alongside teachers and students from Government Middle School Marepkong, with the subject "Montreal Protocol: Advancing Climate Action." According to a press release from DFO Mokokchung, Fr-I Tiatemsula Imchen focused on preserving Earth from ultraviolet rays and the factors that contribute to the ozone layer's depletion in the stratosphere of the Earth. As primary measures to combat ozone layer depletion, she promoted restricted car usage, pesticides, reuse and…

31 Jul

Heavy rainfall expected in Tripura: IMD alerts

Sonakshi Sarkarweather

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued yellow and orange alerts for Tripura from July 30 to August 1, predicting heavy to very heavy rainfall over the state in the coming days. In a press statement, IMD Agartala detailed the weather conditions leading to the alerts. The monsoon trough at mean sea level now passes through Jaisalmer, Ajmer, Gwalior, Churk, Balasore, and extends east-southeastward to the northeast Bay of Bengal, reaching up to 1.5 km above mean sea level. Additionally, cyclonic circulations over northeast Assam and neighboring areas between 1.5 and 3.1 km above mean sea level, as well as…

29 May

Due to storms and flood Manipur schools to remain close for three days

editorManipur, weather

The northeast region states have been facing landfall cyclonic storm 'Remal' these following days. The natural disaster has left a trail of destruction in the states. In the view of the situation, Manipur Education department officials has announced that both private and government schools will remain close for three days from 29 May to 31 May, 2024. The incessant rain and storm has caused widespread destruction and inconvenience to too many households, for precautionary measures the government has decided to issued the order.

25 May

Orange alert for northeastern region, IMD

editorNorth East, weather

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued an orange alert north-eastern states as the states will soon face heavy to heavy rainfall in upcoming days. According to the IMD reports, the dates for the weather disaster are on May 27 & 28 Assam and Meghalaya to face extremely heavy rainfall. On the other hand, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, and Tripura will witness on May 27. Further, Arunachal Pradesh will receive extremely heavy rainfall on May 28. And lastly, Sikkim will witness heavy rainfall on May 27 and 28, 2024.

06 Apr

World’s top 10 richest people

editorworld

Recently Mark Zuckerberg becomes the world’s third-richest person after surpassing Elon Musk ($181 billion) with $187 billion wealth. Actually Bernard Arnault is the world’s richest with $223 billion fortune, followed by Jeff Bezos at $207 billion. Bill Gates ranks fifth at $ 153 billion, followed by Steve Ballmer ($147), Warren Buffet ($138 billion) and Larry Page ($ 138 billion), and Larry Ellison ($137 billion). Right now people are becoming rich and get success in their work. Today India has become a very good place for business and many people are becoming rich from here. Actually even from India many people…

13 Jun

EU regulators may demand Google sell part of Ad-tech Business

Priyanka BhowmickworldWorld

European Union antitrust regulators may order Alphabet Inc Google to sell part of its ad-tech business, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Monday. The European Union's top antitrust watchdog, the European Commission, is expected to issue a formal complaint against Google as early as Wednesday, the source said, intensifying trans-Atlantic efforts to reduce the tech giant's dominance in digital advertising. In 2022, the Commission opened an investigation into Google's pervasive presence at nearly all levels of the supply chain for online display advertising, raising concerns about its dominant position. Break-up orders from EU competition enforcers…

16 May

Mark Zuckerberg move towards AI to create new products

editorBusiness, world

This isn't the first time Zuckerberg has shifted his focus from one new technology to another. Earlier, Zuckerberg had taken the same stance on crypto and metaverse. (File photo). After various experiments on crypto and the metaverse, Mark Zuckerberg has now turned to AI in his quest to define the future of meta. Facebook becoming Meta on October 28, 2021, was a sign of how quickly Mark Zuckerberg wanted to change the social network he created. Facebook was founded in 2004 and has so far maintained its relevance primarily through acquisitions. It seems the challenge Zuckerberg is facing is moving…

04 May

Ajay Banga confirmed as the next President of World Bank

Priyanka BhowmickBusiness, BUSINESS, worldBusiness, india

Ajay Banga, who on Wednesday became the next President of the World Bank, becoming the first Indian-American to head a global financial institution, said he looks forward to working with him when developing countries are facing tracking the most difficult development challenges. "The Executive Directors of the World Bank today elected Ajay Banga as the President of the World Bank for a five-year term beginning June 2, 2023," the bank said in a press statement. In February, President Joe Biden announced that the United States would nominate 63-year-old Banga to lead the World Bank because he is "well-equipped" to lead…

12 Apr

IMD rejects the prediction of Skymet

editorClimate & Environment, weather

On Monday the private weather forecaster Skymet predicted “below normal” monsoon rainfall this year by citing the threat of El Nino. the private forecaster further added that in the upcoming month of June - September India may get only 94% of the rainfall that India usually gets in these months. Contradictory to this IMD on Monday said that monsoon is likely to be Normal and there is a 67% probability for “normal to above normal” rainfall during June - September. M Ravichandran, secretary of, ministry of earth sciences, while releasing IMD’s monsoon forecast said- “The forecast based on dynamical and…