The war against mosquitoes is being proposed using optical sensors to capture their density, species and gender before moving in to exterminate them. Three cities in Andhra Pradesh — Vijayawada, Vishakhapatnam and Tirupati — want to use modern technology to detect mosquito breeding before malaria and other vector-borne diseases such as dengue, chikungunya and zika become an epidemic. The Andhra […]
» Read moreA speech by a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh leader from Madhya Pradesh, in which he declared a bounty of ₹1 crore for anyone who brings him Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s head, has created a flutter in the State. Even as Mr. Vijayan chose to dismiss the threat in a Facebook post, there was all-round condemnation of the speech from various […]
» Read moreJustice (retd) Arijit Pasayat, deputy chairman of the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigating Team (SIT) on black money, on Thursday disclosed that so far around ₹70,000 crore had been detected in black money, including over ₹16,000 crore by Indians stashing funds abroad. After a meeting with officers of several government agencies dealing with economic and financial affairs here, Justice Pasayat said […]
» Read moreIndia has proposed the name of Manjeev Singh Puri as its next Ambassador to Nepal, with the term of senior Indian diplomat Ranjit Rae coming to an end, a media report said. Mr. Puri is the incumbent Indian Ambassador to the European Union, Belgium and Luxembourg. An official at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) in Kathmandu confirmed that Mr. […]
» Read morehe legendary barber Ramesh Babu, who gives haircuts for Rs 75 and collects luxury cars that he rents out too. Ramesh’s latest acquisition, the Mercedes-Maybach arrived last month. After Vijay Mallya and a builder, he is the only other person in the city known to have imported this car. The other standouts in his fleet include a Rolls Royce, 11 […]
» Read moreHDFC Bank, have begun charging a minimum amount of Rs. 150 per transaction for cash deposits and withdrawals beyond four free transactions in a month. The new charges would apply to savings as well as salary accounts effective from today, leading private sector player HDFC Bank said in a circular. The bank would also cap the third party cash transactions […]
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