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Maha sets up committee to draft new gymkhana policy

India, Feb. 19 -- Maharashtra's revenue department has constituted a committee under the Konkan Divisional Commissioner to formulate a new policy for gymkhanas operating on government land, according ... Read More


DSMNRU to launch daily news bulletin in sign language for students

LUCKNOW, Feb. 19 -- Dr Shakuntala Misra National Rehabilitation University will launch a Sign Language News Bulletin on a daily basis for hearing impaired students. The news will be recorded in a Sig... Read More


Amid arrival of 17 heads of state, AI Impact Summit & sight-seeing, traffic snarls hit Delhi roads for hours

India, Feb. 19 -- Traffic across Delhi came to a standstill for another day on Wednesday as a slew of road closures were enforced across the city when 22 heads of state arrived - not just at Bharat Ma... Read More


Wrong-side biker held in Vasai road rage assault

India, Feb. 19 -- Two days after a 47-year-old man was beaten to death in a road rage incident in Vasai, the Manikpur Police arrested the accused from Jogeshwari on Wednesday. The accused, identified ... Read More


Artificial Generative Intelligence may be on horizon in 5-10 years: DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis

India, Feb. 19 -- Artificial general intelligence (AGI) could be on the horizon within five to ten years, but today's AI systems remain "jagged intelligences" that are brilliant at some tasks and baff... Read More


HC allows 16-year-old to terminate 31-week pregnancy

India, Feb. 19 -- The Bombay High Court on Tuesday permitted a 16-year-old girl to medically terminate her 31-week pregnancy, observing that she was unwilling to carry it to term. A division bench of... Read More


Retired Isro employee held for killing wife

Bengaluru, Feb. 19 -- Police on Wednesday arrested a 75-year-old retired employee of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) after he strangled his 71-year-old wife to death in their apartment o... Read More


Man arrested for entering women's coach in Burkha

India, Feb. 19 -- The Kurla Government Railway Police on Tuesday arrested a 27-year-old man from Nashik on Tuesday for allegedly entering a women's compartment of a local train wearing a burkha, a vid... Read More


Teen driver behind SUV accident in Delhi's Dwarka 'appeared to show no remorse', says Juvenile Justice Board

India, Feb. 19 -- The Juvenile Justice Board (JJB), before which a 17-year-old boy appeared a day after he allegedly drove a speeding Mahindra Scorpio that killed 23-year-old biker Sahil Dhaneshra in ... Read More


Global alliance to pump in $25-mn to modernise power distribution in India

India, Feb. 19 -- The Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet on Wednesday launched the India Grids of the Future Accelerator (IGFA) platform through which it will deploy up to $25 million in the... Read More