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04 Nov

“CSIR-NIScPR Celebrates “International Open Access Week-2022”

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International Open Access Week is documented worldwide to make awareness regarding open-access studious business among researchers and publishers by CSIR-NIScPR. it's celebrated globally throughout the last full week of solar calendar month to focus on the many aspects and opportunities of the Open Access business, utterly absolutely utterly totally different reach activities unit of activity organized in addition as talks, seminars, symposia, or the announcement of open-access mandates or varied milestones in open access. International Open Access Week is organized by theme for Promotion of educational and analysis Collaboration (SPARC) in partnership with the Open Access Week telltale Committee. Council…

31 Oct

Parag Agarwal likely to get 42 million dollars from Twitter

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsIndia, InternationalBusiness, INDIA, international, Twitter

After much practice, the ownership finally has changed. An end to many speculations that have been going on for many days. Ending all previous speculations, Elon Musk is finally the owner of the Twitter software. And soon after the purchase, CEO Parag Agarwal was out of a job as expected. Parag was working as a software engineer at Twitter in 2011. In 2017, he became the company's 'Chief Technology Officer' or CTO. Then joined the post of CEO in 2021. According to the rules, if Parag is fired within 12 months of the change of ownership, he will have to…

26 Oct

Internal document reveals Twitter is losing its most active users

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsBusiness, InternationalBusiness, Elon Mask, INDIA, international, Twitter

Twitter is steadily losing most of its active users to the microblogging platform, according to a Reuters report citing internal Twitter research. According to reports, most of its loyal users have been gradually leaving the platform since the start of the pandemic and have been using it less frequently from that time. According to Reuters, these people, who make up about 10% of the platform's monthly users and Twitter users who check in on Twitter at least six days per week and tweet three to four times per week, generate 90% of all tweets and half of Global revenue of…

14 Oct

US ambassador makes a rare visit to Bhutan

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsInternational, TravelBhutan, Business, INDIA, international

US Chargé d'Affaires Patricia Lacina recently made a rare visit to Bhutan to commemorate the successful US-Bhutan partnership in health to advance and fight the Covid pandemic, the US Embassy revealed, about 12 days after the end of the five-day visit. October 1 Bhutan does not have diplomatic relations with any of the five permanent members of the UNSC, and US interests are served by embassies here. From September 26 to October 1, During her visit to Bhutan, the US Chargé d'Affaires joined the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Lyonpo Yeshey Penjo in an official ceremony.The US Embassy statement said,…

12 Oct

Most of the IITs boycott Times Higher Education ranking

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsIndia, International, worldeducation, INDIA, Rank, world

The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has ranked the highest position within all Indian institutes in the latest round of Times Higher Education (THE) rankings. Most Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) boycotted the decision for the third consecutive year over transparency concerns. Second place is taken by Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management Sciences (351-400 overall), which made its debut in the ranking. In the university category, The Himachal Pradesh-based private university is ranked 96th in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2022. Last year, the second position in the Indian category went to IIT Roper, which is ranked sixth…

30 Sep

Dengue cases rise in Nepal

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsHealth, InternationalDengue, Health, Nepal, Treatment

Dengue outbreak has increased in Hetouda, the headquarters of Bagmati province. As many as 112 people have been infected with the disease in the last 24 hours, and one person has died from the disease in Hetouda sub-metropolitan city. Due to overcrowding in the hospital, dengue patients are facing problems in getting treatment at Hetouda Hospital. The hospital has allocated one bed to treat two patients. As the number of dengue cases increased, patients started traveling to other places including Kathmandu and Chitwan for treatment. 1,433 men and 1,120 women have been infected with dengue in the last two months.…

23 Sep

India joined Brazil and South Africa and send message to China

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsIndia, International, worldINDIA, international

India joined Brazil and South Africa in expressing serious concern over the conflict and humanitarian crisis in Ukraine and the need to immediately end hostilities and pursue the path of diplomacy and dialogue. In a joint statement after the 10th IBSA (India-Brazil-South Africa) Tripartite Ministerial Meeting held on the sidelines of the ongoing UNGA session, the three countries stressed that the current global system is "anchored on international law, the UN Charter of States, sovereignty and territorial integrity". External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met his Brazilian counterpart Carlos Alberto Franco Franca and South African Health Minister Joe Fahla for the…

14 May

UAE Arab Emirates President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan passes away

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United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan has died, kingdom news agency WAM mentioned on Friday. He used to be also ruler of Abu Dhabi emirate. Under the constitution, vice-president and premier Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, ruler of Dubai, will act as president till the federal council which agencies the rulers of the seven emirates meets within 30 days to opt for a new president. Khalifa, who was born in 1948, got here to strength in 2004 in the richest emirate Abu Dhabi and became the head of state. He is expected to be succeeded as…

04 May

PM Narendra Modi meets Queen of Denmark Margrethe II

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Queen of Denmark Margrethe II prolonged a warm reception to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Copenhagen on Tuesday. Prime Minister Modi felicitated the Queen on the event of the Golden Jubilee of her reign, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said on Twitter. The 82-year-old Queen has been Denmark's reigning monarch for the reason that 1972. The Danish monarchy is one of the oldest in the world. “Her Majesty, the Queen of the Kingdom of Denmark, Margrethe II extended a warm reception to PM @narendramodi. Prime Minister felicitated Her Majesty on the event of the Golden Jubilee of…

01 May

Actress Angelina Jolie’s presence in war-torn Ukraine gives citizens a reason to smile

editor0 CommentsInternationalhollywood, Russia-Ukraine crisis

Hollywood celebrity Angelina Jolie was recently stranded in the Ukrainian metropolis of Lviv as the war with Russia continued. The Eternals actress was clicked in the western metropolis of Lviv sporting a plain outfit, with a bag on her back. She congratulated fans who admitted to stopping her by saving her at an espresso. Maya Pidhorodetska posted Jolie's photo from the cafe on Facebook and captioned it, “Nothing special. Only in Lviv. I just went for coffee. Only Angelina Jolie," she wrote in Ukrainian after filming the actress, who waved at him from the counter. "Ukraine is clearly supported using…