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Washington: The Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Richard R. Verma will lead US delegations to Nepal on August 16 and India from August 17-22 to advance and support a prosperous, secure, and resilient future for both countries, the US Department of State said. In Delhi, Deputy Secretary Mr Verma will meet New Delhi, India to meet with senior government officials, climate leaders, and aerospace academics and industry representatives. In order to boost the US-India partnership further, discussions will be held on a range of issues, including economic development, clean energy and climate action, and STEM education. He…

Kolkata: Amid nationwide uproar over the Kolkata hospital rape-murder, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has announced a rally this evening to demand death penalty for the guilty. She has given a Sunday ultimatum to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the central agency that has taken over the probe, to ensure capital punishment for the culprits. “Within Sunday (August 18), CBI has to facilitate the hanging of the guilty and complete the entire probe. Our Kolkata Police has completed 90 per cent of the probe,” she has said. With the protesters accusing the police of mishandling the case and…

New Delhi: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Secretary Jay Shah said on Thursday that star batters Rohit and Virat Kohli should not be insisted on playing Duleep Trophy since exposing them more will have a risk of injuries. The Duleep Trophy, which marks the beginning of red-ball cricket in the domestic season, will feature top India stars from the international circuit and emerging talents competing at the highest level. The tournament is set to begin on September 5, 2024, in Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh and M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru. Though BCCI is encouraging top Indian players and…

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday shared highlights from his interaction with the athletes, who represented the nation in the Paris Olympics 2024, on Independence Day. The Indian contingent displayed their exceptional performances at the Paris Olympics. Each athlete delivered their best. The entire nation is proud of their achievements. https://t.co/oY6ha34wne— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 16, 2024 The Prime Minister hailed the performances of the Indian athletes particularly the Indian Men’s Hockey Team, double-bronze-medalist Manu Bhaker, Sarabjot Singh and Aman Sehrawat among many others for their stellar show at the quadrennial event. PM’S CANDID MOMENTS PM Modi engaged…

New Delhi: Tech giant Google on Thursday announced to bring its ‘AI Overviews’ feature to six new countries, including India. In India, the company is rolling out the ‘AI Overviews’ in English and Hindi and are also introducing popular country-first features that were well-received during its Search Labs experiment. “It will help you easily switch between English and Hindi results with the language toggle button, and listen to responses with Text-To-Speech by tapping the ‘Listen’ button,” the company said in a blog post. The six new countries are India, United Kingdom, Japan, Indonesia, Mexico and Brazil, along with local language…

Sriharikota: ISRO today successfully placed an Earth observation and SR-O DEMOSAT satellites into intended orbit. The space agency launched its third and final developmental flight, Small Satellite Launch Vehicle-D3, carrying Earth Observation Satellite EOS-08. The rocket lifted off majestically from the first launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre here, situated about 135 km east of Chennai at a pre-fixed time of 9.17 am. The objectives of the SSLV-D3-EOS-08 mission include designing and developing a microsatellite and creating payload instruments compatible with the microsatellite bus, the Bengaluru-headquartered national space agency said. Built on the Microsat/IMS-1 bus, EOS-08 carries three…

Goemkarponn desk MARGAO: Corjem Sports Club down Novowaddo Sports Club 6-5 via the tiebreaker to enter into the quarterfinals of the Batora United 9-a-side football tournament Organised by Batora United and played at St.Alex Church ground Curtorim. The match started at a fast pace and both teams showed urgency to score goals and succeeded on many occasions but couldn’t break the deadlock and remained 0-0 till halftime. In the second session, Novowaddo Sports Club opened the scoreline through Delly Fernandes with a powerful header that crushed in the Corjem nets in the 40th minute of play while Corjem found the…