Vijayawada: Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu directed officials to transform the state into a zero-crime-rate state by leveraging technology. He emphasised that Andhra Pradesh should become a model state in law and order monitoring through effective use of technology. The Chief Minister conducted a review with officials on real-time governance at the Secretariat. He instructed that crime hotspots be continuously monitored through CCTV cameras to control criminal activities. He also directed o...Read More
Mumbai: Net profit of Nifty 50 companies at the aggregate level is expected to increase 4.6% year-on-year while revenue may increase 4.5% for the June 2025 quarter. Net profit is likely to show single-digit year-on-year growth for the first time in at least nine quarters amid an anticipated poor performance by select companies, including Tata Motors, IndusInd Bank and Coal India. The sample's revenue is expected to grow in single digit for the fourth consecutive quarter reflecting persistent mu...Read More
Bengaluru: In an exclusive interview with TOI, WNS Group CEO Keshav Murugesh discusses how Capgemini's acquisition of WNS is a move to prepare for a future that requires combining business process understanding with new-age technologies, allowing outsourcers to address a far larger portion of clients' businesses.How do you see the synergies playing out in this deal, especially with all the changes AI is bringing to the tech space?Both companies are approaching this from a long-term perspective. ...Read More
Srinagar, July 7: The School Education Department (SED) today ordered the resumption of classes across schools in Kashmir after the summer break, but with changes in timings. The resumption not only involves altered school hours but also the introduction of online classes after school hours, a move that has drawn criticism from parents. Follow the Daily Excelsior channel on WhatsApp As per the order issued here, schools within municipal limits will operate from 7:30 AM to 11:30 AM, while scho...Read More
Amritsar: BJP MP Nishikant Dubey from Jharkhand has claimed that Britain assisted India in executing the 1984 Operation Bluestar at the Golden Temple in Amritsar, stoking a new controversy.In a post on X on Monday, Dubey alleged that then PM Indira Gandhi "launched an attack on the Golden Temple in collaboration with Britain", with British Army officers present in Amritsar.He uploaded a classified British document, "Sikh Community", claiming that on Feb 23, 1984, the UK Foreign and Commonwealth ...Read More
Bengaluru: India's French connection is growing stronger. French IT services firm Capgemini, which has more than half of its 3.4 lakh employees in India, is acquiring one of the country's business process management (BPM) pioneers, WNS, for $3.3 billion. The move is seen as an attempt to bring strong technology expertise, especially AI, into BPM services to be able to offer enterprises much more comprehensive solutions.This acquisition comes a decade after Capgemini acquired Igate, another India...Read More
Bhubaneswar: ASI on Monday completed the ambitious repair and restoration of Jagannath temple's Ratna Bhandar (treasury), paving the way for a much-awaited inventory of the valuables, carried out last in 1978."The extensive repair work, which began on December 17, 2024, required about 333 hours (332 hours and 47 minutes precisely) of labour, spanning 95 days. Our next step is to shift the valuables from the temporary strongrooms to the renovated Ratna Bhandar. Subsequently, inventory of the valu...Read More
: In a major push towards transforming Andhra Pradesh into a technology-driven and crime-free State, Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Monday laid out a roadmap to achieve "zero crime rate" using advanced surveillance and digital tools. Chairing a review meeting on Real-Time Governance (RTG) at the Secretariat in Amaravati, the Chief Minister emphasised leveraging cutting-edge technology to strengthen law and order, ensure public safety, and modernise welfare delivery mechanisms. "We must...Read More
BENGALURU: India's French connection is growing stronger. French IT services firm Capgemini, which has more than half of its 3.4 lakh employees in India, is acquiring one of the country's business process management (BPM) pioneers, WNS, for $3.3 billion. The move is seen as an attempt to bring strong technology expertise, especially AI, into BPM services to be able to offer enterprises much more comprehensive solutions.This acquisition comes a decade after Capgemini acquired Igate, another India...Read More
Kota: Chief minister Bhajan Lal Sharma and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla participated in a public grievance redressal camp organised under Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Antyodaya Sanbal Pakhawda campaign at Maharav Bhimsingh Stadium in Sangod town of Kota district Monday.They launched the Suposhit Maa Abhiyan, dedicated to pregnant women weighing less than 50 kilograms who need additional nutrition and health services. Nutrition kits for 1,500 identified pregnant women will be distributed under the 'Su...Read More
NEW DELHI: Fintech companies should go beyond urban markets and play a role in driving financial inclusion across the country by developing offline payment systems, voice-authorised tools, improving connectivity as well as cross-border payment capabilities, enhancing cybersecurity and integrating AI and better app safety for user convenience, a top official said on Monday."Fintech will drive financial inclusion, which in turn is a key driver of growth and poverty alleviation," M Nagaraju, secret...Read More
Mumbai, July 7: Television lovers have been unable to contain their excitement ever since the announcement of Smriti Irani returning as the iconic Tulsi Virani in the reboot version of "Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi". Adding to the excitement, the makers have unveiled the first promo from the show, which perfectly echos the core sentiment of every television lover right now. The clip opened with a family of four- father, mother, son, and daughter-in-law in a restaurant. As they enjoy their foo...Read More
Mumbai, July 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Television lovers have been unable to contain their excitement ever since the announcement of Smriti Irani returning as the iconic Tulsi Virani in the reboot version of "Kyunki SaasBhi Kabhi Bahu Thi". Adding to the excitement, the makers have unveiled the first promo from the show, which perfectly echos the core sentiment of every television lover right now. The clip opened with a family of four- father, mother, son, and daughter-in-law in a restaurant. As the...Read More
New Delhi, July 7: India is set to conduct its 16th national Census in 2027, marking a historic shift as the country embraces a fully digital enumeration process for the first time. The Registrar General and Census Commissioner under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) announced the development on X. The Ministry officially notified its intent to conduct Census 2027 through a Gazette notification issued on June 16, 2025. All states and Union Territories have been instructed to republish the notif...Read More
Guwahati, July 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Railway services between South Assam, Tripura, Manipur, Mizoram, and the rest of the country via Guwahati were once again disrupted on Monday due to landslides in the Lumding-Badarpur Hill section, officials said. Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) Kapinjal Kishore Sharma said that trains running in the Lumding - Badarpur Hill section got disrupted due to a landslide between Mupa-Dihakho stations of Lumding Division. As a re...Read More
New Delhi : Coursera, Inc. (NYSE: COUR), a leading online learning platform, today announced the appointment of Ashutosh Gupta as Managing Director for India and Asia Pacific. In this role, he will lead Coursera's enterprise business across the region, working closely with companies, campuses, and governments to equip students, citizens, and employees with skills for the digital economy. "Ashutosh's deep experience in the region and his work with mission-driven organizations make him an ideal l...Read More
Hyderabad: Honor has launched the Honor X9c 5G smartphone in India. The mid-range handset features a 1.5K curved AMOLED display, a Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 SoC, 8GB RAM, 256GB storage, a 108MP dual rear camera unit, and a 6,600mAh battery with 66W fast wired charging support. It runs on MagicOS 8.0, based on Android 14 out of the box. Moreover, the phone was already launched in select global markets in November 2024. Honor X9c 5G: Price, availability The Honor X9c 5G is priced at Rs 21,999 for the s...Read More
Visakhapatnam: In a significant step taken towards future warfare readiness, fostering indigenous innovation in maritime security, Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL) forayed into a strategic partnership agreement. The partnership serves to indigenously develop and deploy robust anti-drone systems to counter the growing threat of unmanned aerial vehicles in maritime environments. Aimed at integrating cutting-edge anti-drone systems on naval ships that provide solutions in maritime security and com...Read More
HYDERABAD: The Crime Investigation Department (CID) on Sunday arrested Aaryan Singh alias Aaryan Singh Chhabra, a key accused in the Falcon invoice discounting scam, which defrauded 4,065 victims of over Rs 792 crore. CID chief Charu Sinha said Aaryan, the COO of Falcon Invoicing, was closely involved with the company's MD, Amar Deep Kumar, and other accused in luring depositors and issuing fake receipts. He is believed to have collected Rs 14.35 lakh in "strategic deposits" and diverted Rs 1.6...Read More
Guwahati: The East Khasi Hills district administration will enforce a new set of parking regulations from August 1 to improve urban mobility across Shillong in Meghalaya. The initiative, which spans seven key traffic zones including Sadar, Madanrting, Laban, Mawlai, Rynjah, Lumdiengjri, and Laitumkhrah, aims to organize parking in critical stretches of the city. Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz and show off your knowledge! The Urban Affairs Department has introduced standard...Read More
New Delhi: For twelve days, Israel and Iran exchanged fire. Sirens wailed. Skies lit up. Reports filled the air with words like "intercepted" and "neutralized". But deep beneath the headlines, something else was unfolding. Iranian missiles were landing. Not in crowded city blocks. Not in markets or homes. They were striking military ground. Quietly. Precisely. And the public never heard a word. Radar data, gathered far from the battlefield, tells the story. Oregon State University's research un...Read More
Pune: Police commissioner Amitesh Kumar said on Sunday that a fake narrative about the city's "collapsing law and order" situation was being built based on an "entirely false and misleading complaint of a very serious nature" authorities had received recently.Kumar did not specify the nature of the complaint while speaking at the inauguration of a new police chowkey under the Sinhagad Road police station. However, his observation came against the backdrop of a 22-year-old woman's complaint that ...Read More
Reliance Jio is facing a major outage across India, with users in Mumbai, Gujarat, and Delhi reporting "no signal" issues. Over 80 percent of complaints on DownDetector point to a complete network blackout. The outage began around 7pm, peaking at 10pm IST. #JioDown trends nationwide, with no official response from Jio yet. Reliance Jio network is reportedly down in many parts of India, according to multiple users across cities. Users from Gujarat, Delhi, and Mumbai are reporting of connectivity...Read More
The internet can be a powerful tool for growth, learning, and connection. But recently, it's become just as effective at spreading toxicity and harm. A recent incident involving the Archita viral video has stirred conversations around privacy, ethics, and digital behavior, especially among younger internet users. Within hours of surfacing, the Archita viral video circulated rapidly across Twitter, Dribbble, Medium, and other platforms. Tagged with adult content headlines, the video provoked cur...Read More
Hyderabad: Thousands of people who gathered at ashoorkhana in Dabeerpura on the 10th day of Muharram (Youm-e-Ashura) took part in the Bibi-ka-Alam procession. The procession commenced from Dabeerpura on an elephant and concluded at Chaderghat. The Shia mourners took out the procession to mark the martyrdom anniversary of Prophet Mohammad's grandson, Imam Hussain, on the 10th day of Muharram. Members of the Shia sect performed matam and participated in processions. The 10th Muharram is the day o...Read More
NEW DELHI - The Reuters News account on X was restored in India on Sunday, a day after the social media platform suspended it, citing a legal demand. "At this time, we are no longer withholding access in INDIA to your account," X said in an email to the Reuters social media team, without elaborating. Representatives for X, Reuters and the Indian government did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the restoration of the account. Earlier on Sunday, a spokesperson for the Indian go...Read More
Vijayawada, July 6 (UNI) The Municipal Administration and Urban Development Department of Andhra Pradesh government is launching a focused 'smart Mosquito control' programme using Deep Technology to check vector- borne diseases. The Artificial Intelligence-powered Smart Mosquito Surveillance System (SMoSS) will be launched on a pilot basis at 66 locations in six major municipal corporations in the state. SMoSS will primarily safeguard public health by curbing the dreaded mosquito menace ...Read More
PATNA: Bihar police on Sunday claimed to have zeroed in on the gang involved in the murder of a prominent businessman Gopal Khemka in the city late on Friday night. Inspector General (IG), Patna range, Jitendra Rana said that police have collected substantial clue in the case and were about to solve the mystery behind the murder of Khemka. Police collected evidence during interrogation of some hardcore criminals languishing in Beur Central Jail in Patna, a few hours after the incident. "Severa...Read More
(UPDATE) NEW DELHI -- India, the decades-long host of the Dalai Lama, called the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader a "symbol of love" on his 90th birthday Sunday, a landmark anniversary that has raised geopolitical questions for the future. The effusive support is significant, as Tibetans in exile fear China will eventually name its own rival successor to the Dalai Lama, bolstering Beijing's control over Tibet, the territory it poured troops into in 1950 and has ruled ever since. India has hoste...Read More
Patna, July 6 (UNI) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said that Muharram symbolises sacrifice for justice and truth against injustice and arrogance. Kumar said here that on the occasion of Muharram tribute is paid to the martyrs of Karbala and the sacrifices of Hazrat Imam Hussain. He said that the sacrifices made by Hazrat Imam Hussain and his 72 companions in the Maidan-e-Karbala for justice and truth against injustice, oppression and arrogance was immortal. Kumar appealed to the peopl...Read More