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A DigiYatra gate at the Pune airport Pune: DigiYatra, India’s biometric airport facilitation platform, will soon begin live trials for international passengers as part of a phased global rollout, as it prepares for expansion to 26 more airports in the current financial year.DigiYatra Foundation CEO Suresh Khadakbhavi told TOIthat the platform, using facial recognition and Aadhaar-linked credentials, had successfully completed an International Air Transport Association (IATA)-aligned proof of concept and was now moving towards live international deployment.DigiYatra Foundation CEO Suresh Khadakbhavi“The international deployment of DigiYatra is progressing in a phased and collaborative manner across the aviation ecosystem. The initiative aims…
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Thursday announced a free training and guidance programme for candidates preparing for the recruitment of police constables.The initiative aims to improve employment opportunities for the state’s youth and help aspirants successfully clear the selection process. The programme follows the Himachal Pradesh Public Service Commission’s advertisement dated July 9 for the recruitment of 800 constable in the state police. The DGP has been directed to organise training through Armed Police Battalions across the state.The free programme will include written exam coaching, physical efficiency test preparation, recruitment guidance, personality development, discipline training, motivational…
The RTC system assesses congestion using quantifiable and scientific parameters. (Representative Image) LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh Police has reported a significant reduction in traffic congestion across the state’s police commissionerates following the implementation of its Artificial Intelligence-powered Reducing Traffic Congestion (RTC) initiative, a first-of-its-kind, Google-based real-time traffic analytics system designed to monitor, predict and manage road congestion using AI and live data.The technology-driven initiative is being implemented in line with chief minister Yogi Adityanath’s vision of providing citizens with safe, seamless and time-bound transportation facilities across the state.The RTC project is being spearheaded under the leadership of Director General of Police…
Nagpur: Shiv Sena (UBT) Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut has formally invited chief minister Devendra Fadnavis to the July 18 Ram Raksha programme in Nagpur, in a letter dated Wednesday. The letter reminds Fadnavis of his own accounts of taking part in the 1992 Ram Janmabhoomi movement in Ayodhya, and notes that the RSS itself had expressed grief over the alleged theft at the Ayodhya temple, before requesting him to attend the Ramnagar event in Uddhav Thackeray’s presence and extend his wishes to Ram devotees.Raut has separately said invitations are also going out to senior RSS office-bearers and various Hindutva…
KOLKATA: Developing and nurturing bright young minds is crucial to build an inclusive knowledge-driven country where innovation should always be the backbone of India, Union minister of state for Education and minister of state for the Development of Northeastern Region Sukanta Majumdar said at the inauguration of a summer camp at IISER Kolkata. Majumdar, who was chief guest at the function, urged the student community to focus on research and innovation and to carry forward the entrepreneurship efforts of today to build unicorns of tomorrow.”I commend the efforts of IISER Kolkata for focussing on Northeast India as it is India’s…
London, July 17: Actor Aamir Khan has clarified that his 2009 blockbuster ‘3 Idiots’ was not inspired by climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, while also expressing concern over Wangchuk’s ongoing hunger strike.Speaking at a public event hosted by the London Indian Film Festival, Aamir addressed the long-standing assumption that Wangchuk’s life inspired the character of Phunsukh Wangdu in ‘3 Idiots’.“That’s not true. That is a misconception. I didn’t know about Sonam Wangchuk at that time while we were working on the film ‘3 Idiots’. I recently saw the video of Chatur. He is wrong. Maybe that is what Chatur was thinking.…
(Representative image): UKMTO said, ‘Military authorities have reported that a vessel was boarded by unauthorised personnel whilst transiting east in the Gulf of Aden.’ Chemical tanker ship Asana is believed to have been hijacked by armed assailants in the Gulf of Aden on Friday.The assailants took control of the vessel, Reuters reported, citing maritime security sources, which prompted a warning from the British navy agency United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO).The ship did not have a confirmed flag. According to the ship tracking data, the incident occurred as the tanker was transiting east off the southern coast of Yemen. Its…
MUMBAI: Mayor Ritu Tawde on Thursday rejected the BMC inquiry report on the Chembur tree crash that killed 11 year-old Vihaan Srivastav. In the general body meeting, she said the findings failed to fix accountability and directed the civic administration to conduct a fresh inquiry.The report came under severe attack in the BMC house, with corporators across party lines asking why officials and contractors had largely escaped responsibility in the case of achild’s death.Leader of the house Ganesh Khankar slammed the report, alleging that the roads department had not issued “even a single letter” to the contractor after the garden…
New Delhi: Delhi govt has designated three courts in the Rouse Avenue District Courts Complex as special courts under the National Investigation Agency (NIA) Act, 2008, for trial of offences that are investigated under the central anti-terror law.A notification by the department of law, justice and legislative affairs on July 7 said lieutenant governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu had designated special exclusive court numbers 4, 5 and 6 at Rouse Avenue as the special courts, acting on the recommendation of the chief justice of Delhi High Court.The notification said the courts will try offences under any or all of the enactments…
Hyderabad: A stone inscription dating to 1516 CE has emerged as the earliest known epigraphical reference to the Bonalu festival in present-day Telangana, offering evidence that the festival and its associated rituals were already well established during the reign of Vijayanagara emperor Krishnadevaraya.The inscription, now preserved at the State Archaeology Museum, Hyderabad, was originally discovered at Gobbur, a village located on the Telangana–Karnataka border. It is engraved in the Telugu language and script and is dated Śaka 1438, Dhātu year, Jyestha Śukla Tritiya, Sunday, corresponding to May 4, 1516 CE.Tax exemptions and land grants for Bonalu celebrationsAccording to ASI Epigraphy…