Industry leaders attribute the sharp increase in laptop and desktop prices to a global shortage of random-access memory (RAM) and solid-state drives (SSDs). Ludhiana: Soaring component costs have pushed new computers beyond the reach of many students and budget-conscious consumers, fuelling a major market expansion for second-hand and refurbished hardware across Punjab.Industry leaders attribute the…
Key proposals include redevelopment of the Dinosaurs of India Gallery with large skeleton displays, immersive dioramas and suspended prehistoric reptile models Chandigarh: Chandigarh is set for a major revamp of its Natural History Museum (NHM), with the UT administration submitting a detailed project report (DPR) worth nearly Rs 30 crore to the Union ministry of…
Industry-academia collaboration key to semiconductor research, says Chandrakant Patil Pune: Strengthening industry-academia collaboration will be critical to developing a skilled workforce and advancing research and innovation in India’s growing semiconductor sector, Maharashtra higher and technical education minister Chandrakant Patil said at an event marking the 20th anniversary of NXP India.Patil said India’s role in the…
Surat: A 47-year-old woman content creator with around one million Instagram followers was arrested by the Surat Cyber Crime Branch for allegedly uploading an objectionable reel featuring an image of Mahatma Gandhi from a Rs 500 currency note.The accused, Simran Amit Patel, a resident of Adajan, allegedly uploaded the reel on Instagram on Oct 1,…
Guwahati: Guwahati Planetarium organised a live telescope-observation session on Sunday to mark Saturn’s opposition, drawing more than 100 people, particularly young visitors, who gathered to observe the ringed planet through telescopes.The session gave astronomy enthusiasts and members of the public an opportunity to observe Saturn as it reached opposition — a phenomenon in which the…
OP Srivastava (third from left), director of ‘The Dirty Sky’, with other guests during the inauguration of the programme on Sunday Lucknow: The sky may look empty, but it is increasingly becoming a crowded highway of dead satellites, discarded rocket parts and fragments travelling at speeds capable of damaging spacecraft, said O P Srivastava, director…
Luxury watch showroom heist triggers massive manhunt across states and into Nepal Jaipur: Jaipur police have launched a multi-state manhunt after a gang burgled a luxury watch showroom on Tonk Road Thursday, fleeing with 251 watches valued at over Rs 2.5 crore.More than 100 personnel are on the hunt. Police have identified six suspects and…
Two held in Assam over alleged Pakistan links NEW DELHI: Two people, including a retired Army jawan who was later re-employed on a contractual basis, were arrested in Assam for allegedly sharing security-related information with Pakistan, chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Sunday.Sarma said the arrests were made by Assam Police based on inputs…
As per the probe till now, Indian pilot Smit Machchhar was stabbed by Omani co-pilot Hammam al-Hammam with an axe The stabbing on Indian pilot Smit Machchhar by Omani co-pilot Hammam al-Hammami on flydubai flight has now brought six countries officially into the fold. The attack on September 30 was on a flight flying from…
The biggest proposed change is in doing away with the power to arrest, which rests with the court instead of officials, as is the case for some offences (representative image) NEW DELHI: GST Council looks set to unveil a series of ambitious reforms that will cover the whole field of processes: from faster registration to…
