Intel launched the new 10th Gen Intel Core processors and new details on Intel’s innovation program – code-named Project Athena at the at COMPUTEX 2019 in Taiwan. It has also launched the first-ever gaming processor with an all-core turbo of 5 GHz. “No one wants to compromise; people want it all: battery life, performance, responsiveness, connectivity and slick form factors. ...
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PTCUL could open doors for private firms in Uttarakhand
In Uttarakhand, private companies could soon enter the electricity sector. Under tariff based competitive bidding (TBCB) PTCUL is preparing to hand over soon 132 KV power stations and two transmission lines in private hands. Proposals are being prepared for this. According to PTCUL, the target of construction of this power plant and transmission line has been kept year 2023. Crores ...
Read More »RBI extends RTGS timing till 1800 hrs
Timings for fund transfer through RTGS have been extended by one-and-a-half hours to 1800 hrs for the general public from June 1, the Reserve Bank of India said Tuesday. Under Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) System, there is a continuous and real-time settlement of fund-transfers, individually on a transaction by transaction basis (without netting). The RTGS system is primarily meant ...
Read More »US walks out of UN arms control body in Venezuela protest
The United States on Tuesday walked out of the UN’s Conference on Disarmament as Venezuela assumed the body’s rotating presidency, with Washington’s envoy insisting he would not endure sessions led by “a rogue state.” “What you have going on inside there right now is a diatribe of propaganda,” the US ambassador to the conference, Robert Wood, told reporters outside the ...
Read More »Indian origin boy selected for Google Science Fare Contest
An Indian student living in Dubai has secured the top position in the list of 100 regional competitors who have made it to the final of a prestigious international science fair competition. He got the first place for his project to control the waste of electricity and make street lights ‘smart’. this information was given in a media report. In ...
Read More »Mercury crosses 41 degrees in Delhi
The national capital Monday reeled under hot and dry weather conditions, with the maximum temperature crossing the 41-degree Celsius mark. The city recorded a high of 41.9 degrees Celsius, a notch above normal, and a low of 25.4 degrees Celsius, a MeT official said. Humidity levels oscillated between 16 and 62 per cent, he added. The mercury will continue its ...
Read More »Shocked by RJD rout, Lalu Prasad gives up meal at hospital
Stunned by the rout of his Rashtriya Janata Dal in Bihar and Jharkhand in the Lok Sabha election, Lalu Prasad gave up lunch for two days after the declaration of poll results on May 23. Prasad had the meal on Sunday, May 26, after doctors, worried for his health, pleaded him that proper food intake was required for his medication ...
Read More »Woman head of NGO, 3 others held for housing scam
A woman running an NGO and three of her associates have been arrested on the charge of cheating 2,700 people a total of Rs 8.1 crore after promising to build houses with overseas subsidy for them in neighbouring Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district in Hyderabad, police said Sunday. K Krishnamma, Chairperson of Malyavi Karunodaya Society for people of Old age and Physically ...
Read More »‘Super 30’ to now release on July 12
Hrithik Roshan’s long awaited “Super 30” is all set to arrive in the theatres on July 12, the makers have announced. Earlier this month, Hrithik said he was shifting the release date of “Super 30” to save his film from being “desecrated by yet another media circus”. The date was yet to be declared. The actor’s statement came after the ...
Read More »Former village head shot dead in Amethi
A former village head was allegedly shot dead by two unidentified men in Uttar Pradesh’s Amethi district, police said Sunday. Additional Superintendent of Police Daya Ram said Surendra Singh (50), the former head of Baraulia village was shot at around 11.30 pm Saturday. He was referred to Lucknow in a serious condition and he succumbed to his injuries during treatment, ...
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