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19 Feb

Salman Khan pens heartfelt birthday wish for Rajat Sharma

editor0 CommentsEntertainmentindia tv, rajat sharma, salman khan

Bollywood superstar Salman Khan on Friday took to Twitter and penned a heartfelt note for India TV's Chairman and Editor-in-Chief, Rajat Sharma on his 65th birthday. Salman congratulated him on his and the channel's new look and tweeted, "Janam Din Mubarak Sharma Ji. Birthday par india tv ka new look, aap ka new look. Dono ke liye mubark baad! @RajatSharmaLive." Rajat Sharma who is known for putting famous personalities on spot with his famous show 'Aap Ki Adalat' continues to bring noteworthy contributions to the field of journalism. On the occasion of his birthday, he shared a glimpse of the channel's modern look. He…

19 Feb

India second team after Pakistan to win 100 T20Is

editor0 CommentsIndia, SportsINDIA, t20is

Rohit Sharma-led India on Friday became the second team to win 100 T20Is. India achieved this phase after defeating West Indies by 8 runs in the second T20I of the three-match series here at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata. Rohit Sharma is yet to lose a single game after becoming India's full-time captain. India has won all eight games so far under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant's quality knocks were backed up by a spirited bowling performance at the death by Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Harshal Patel as India defeated West Indies by eight runs in the second T20I. In…

19 Feb

Kolkata sees increase in Alexa Adoption

editor0 CommentsBusiness, IndiaAmazon Alexa

Millions of customers across the country have used the Amazon Alexa voice service on Echo smart speakers, the Amazon shopping app for Android, Fire TV devices and hundreds of Alexa built-in speakers, TVs, smartphones, smart watches and more by other brands. The number of requests to Alexa in 2021 increased by 68% with almost 50% customers from non-metro cities. To celebrate Alexa’s India anniversary, Amazon has announced blockbuster deals which will be available on 15th and 16th February. During March-April’21, customers asked 11,500 questions every day about COVID, health and wellness related topics. Customers also loved starting and concluding their…

19 Feb

Vi demonstrates 5G Voice over during 5G trials

editor0 CommentsBusiness, India5G trials, vi

Vodafone Idea Limited (Vi) has announced that it has successfully demonstrated 5G Voice over New Radio (VoNR) with its technology partner, Nokia, during the ongoing 5G Trials in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. Once deployed, the VoNR solution will enable Vi to offer its subscribers high-definition voice experience over 5G, as well as several advanced voice applications and use cases in the future. Vi is conducting 5G Trials on Govt. allocated 5G spectrum in Gandhinagar, Gujarat and Pune in Maharashtra. The VoNR trial was done on Nokia’s comprehensive portfolio of solutions including its AirScale 5G RAN, 5G Core and IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)…

18 Feb

NIA arrests ex-officer Arvind Digvijay Negi

editor0 CommentsNorth East

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday captured its previous Superintendent of Police (SP) and IPS official Arvind Digvijay Negi as they were purportedly releasing mystery records to an over ground laborer of the prohibited Lashkar-e-Taiba dread gathering. The case relates to the spread of organization of over ground laborers (OGWs) of the restricted Laskhar-e-Taiba (LeT) for offering help in arranging and execution of psychological oppressor exercises in India. The NIA had before captured six individuals for the situation.

18 Feb

Amid rift, Abhishek Banerjee reappointed as TMC national general secretary

editor0 CommentsPoliticalTMC

Abhishek Banerjee was appointed Trinamool Congress national general secretary a working committee meeting on Kolkata on Friday. Party supremo Mamata Banerjee, chairing the first working committee meeting since all posts were dissolved on February 12, retained nephew Abhishek in a post he held earlier. Emerging out of the meeting, senior party leader Partha Chatterjee said, “Yashwant Sinha, Subrata Bakshi and Chandrima Bhattacharya will be the party national vice-presidents; Sukhendu Sekhar Ray will be the national spokesperson.” The rift inside the party came to the fore on several occasions, the latest being the tweets of Abhishek loyalists on one-man-one-post which the…

18 Feb

West Bengal: 3 labourers die after getting stuck inside vacuum oxygen unit at steel plant

editor0 CommentsWest BengalDurgapur

At least three people have died and several other workers have fallen ill after a gas leak at Durgapur Steel Plant in West Bengal. Unwell workers have been taken to a local hospital where their conditions was stated to be stable. According to news agency ANI, the three labourers who died were stuck inside a vacuum oxygen unit at steel plant. They were rescued and rushed to hospital but they could not be saved. Relief and rescue work are continuing at the plant. "A High-level enquiry committee has also been immediately constituted to investigate the incident and ascertain the root…

18 Feb

Calcutta High Court Dismisses PIL Seeking Removal Of WB Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar

editor0 CommentsPoliticalCalcutta High Court, Jagdeep Dhankhar

The Calcutta High Court on Friday dismissed a petition seeking the removal of West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on grounds that he was destroying the spirit of federalism. A Bench of Chief Justice Pakash Shrivastava and Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj dismissed the petition filed by lawyer Rama Prasad Sarkar on the grounds that the court, even with the limited scope of judicial review in the case, was not satisfied that the material placed along with the petition furnished any ground to entertain the plea. Chief Justice Srivastava observed that Article 361 of the Constitution provides that the Governor shall not be…

18 Feb

30TH DOWN TOWN PUBLIC ORATION ON THE OCCASION OF 33 RD ANNIVERSARY OF DOWN TOWN HOSPITAL

editor0 CommentsAssam, Business

33rd Anniversary function of down town hospital held at down town hospital Auditorium on 15th of February 2022 . Shri Dhruba Hazarika,Former Chairman of APSC and Eminent Writer and Recipient of Sahitya Akademi Award 2021 Smt. Anuradha Sarma Pujari blessed the occasion as the Chief Guest of Honour respectively. Shri Hazarika congratulated Dr. N.N Dutta for releasing his second edition of his book and providing 33 years of untiring services rendered to the people of North East Region. He also inaugurated the 33rd edition of down town Newsletter with Ms. Gariasi Dutta, Director of down town hospital and the editor…

18 Feb

TOPCEM CEMENT OFFERS FREE CATARACT TREATMENT & SURGERY FOR UNDERPRIVILEGED PEOPLE

editor0 CommentsAssam, North East

Topcem Cement, a concrete major, has coordinated liberated from cost waterfall treatment and waterfall medical procedure camp. The primary target of this camp is to contact the matured and destitute individuals with waterfall in towns and giving back the vision to those that have preventable visual deficiency. Eye Doctors – An Eye Institute & Surgery Centre, Guwahati is the hospital partner in identifying the villages, sensitizing the community, building capacities for the support and providing the best-in-class cataract facility to the patients in their surgical centre in Guwahati. The camp is being organized in two phases. In the first phase,…