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Anand:  Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said the cooperative sector has a potential to turn India into a $5 trillion economy and will also prove crucial in making the agriculture sector self-reliant. He also stressed the need to implement the cooperative model, which is behind the success of milk giant Amul, to uplift agriculture and its allied sectors. "As we can see today, Lal Bahadur Shastri's dream of white revolution is getting realised. But time has come to see beyond this (milk processing). We need to implement this cooperative model to uplift sectors like agriculture and animal husbandry," Shah said. "The cooperative model will prove crucial in making agriculture 'atmanirbhar' (self-reliant)," he said. Shah was speaking at an event organised to mark the completion of 75 years of Amul, which was started in 1946 as a cooperative movement in Anand with the guidance of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and cooperative leader Tribhuva...

Popular gaming app and platform Roblox has been down since Friday night, and the company confirmed that the outage is due to an internal issue. It is carrying out the necessary maintenance work to get Roblox up and running again. The company posted on Twitter on Friday night to acknowledge the outage. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/3EAdQAH

Popular gaming app and platform Roblox has been down since Friday night, and the company confirmed that the outage is due to an internal issue. It is carrying out the necessary maintenance work to get Roblox up and running again. The company posted on Twitter on Friday night to acknowledge the outage. from Gadgets 360

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress leaders on Sunday paid tribute to former prime minister Indira Gandhi on her her 37th death anniversary. Indira was assassinated in 1984 by two of her security guards linked to Khalistani extremists. Modi took to his Twitter handle to pay his tribute. He tweeted: On her death anniversary, paying tributes to India’s former Prime Minister, Smt. Indira Gandhi Ji. — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) October 31, 2021 Meanwhile, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi hailed her as a great example of woman power. Rahul paid floral tributes to Indira at her memorial Shakti Sthal in Delhi. "My grandmother served the country fearlessly till the last moment — her life is a source of inspiration for us," the former Congress chief tweeted in Hindi. "A great example of women power, humble tributes to Mrs. Indira Gandhi on her martyrdom day," he said. मेरी दादी अंतिम घड़ी तक निडरता से देश सेवा में लगी रहीं- उनका जीवन हमारे लिए प्रेरणा स्त्र...

The National Day of Unity or Rashtriya Ekta Diwas is observed annually on 31 October to commemorate the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel . This year marks the 146th birth anniversary of Patel, who was the first home minister of India and played a crucial role in the integration of princely states into the Union of India. On the day both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah paid their respects to the Congress leader. While Shah visited Kevadia in Gujarat where a mammoth statue of the leader is installed, Prime Minister Modi, who is on a foreign tour right now, addressed the people via a televised video speech. 'Ek Bharat-Shreshth Bharat' Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that Sardar Patel is not just a mere historical figure but a leader who lives in the heart of every countryman and people who are taking his message of unity forward. They are the true symbol of unity. The Rashtriya Ekta Parades across the country and events at the statue of U...

In a landmark move, the US government on Wednesday issued the first passport with the “X” gender designation for those who do not identify themselves as either male or female. The State Department said that it had issued the first passport with “X” for gender and would make the option routinely available by early 2022 both for passports and birth certificates of Americans abroad. At least 11 other countries already have an “X” or “other” option for passports, according to the Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion, a London-based advocacy group. India, too, is changing rapidly, more so after the historic Supreme Court verdict that decriminalised Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) on 6 September 2018. This IPC Section, introduced during the British Raj, was responsible for criminalising homosexuality in India. As the world is getting more inclusive, there remains confusion about the actual composition of this category. What does each letter in LGBTQ stand for? Interes...

Editors' note : In this recurring column, Arvind Sharma will share his reflections on what are called religious matters but which, in our own cultural terms, would be referred to as matters pertaining to dharma. Although we have become accustomed to routinely translating the English and European word 'religion' with the Sanskrit or Indic word dharma, the semantic ambience, or even flavour, surrounding the two words is different. We see the problem involved here clearly if, instead of translating the European word religion into an Indian language, we set out to translate the Indic word dharma into a European language, or for that matter, into any other non-Indian language. We would not be the first to try to do so. This situation was faced by King Ashoka as early as the third century before the Christian or Common Era (C.E.). As is well known, a distinguishing feature of the reign of Ashoka is that he inscribed his message to his subjects in the form of edicts on rocks or ...

What exactly is metaverse, and why did Facebook decide to change its name to Meta? Everything you need to know. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/3w1koVZ

New Delhi: With 12,830 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day, India's total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 3,42,73,300, while the active cases declined to 1,59,272, the lowest in 247 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. The death toll climbed to 4,58,186 with 446 fresh fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 am. The daily rise in new coronavirus infections has been below 20,000 for 23 straight days and less than 50,000 daily new cases have been reported for 126 consecutive days now. The active cases comprise 0.46 percent of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.20 percent, the ministry said. A decline of 2,283 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on 7 August , 2020, 30 lakh on 23 August, 40 lakh on 5 September and 50 lakh on 16 September. It went ...

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday paid tribute to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his 146th birth anniversary at the Statue of Unity in Gujarat's Kevadia. Shah presided over the 'Rashtriya Ekta Divas' (National Unity Day) function at Kevadia where he also paid floral tribute to Sadar Patel's 182-metre-tall statue. केवड़िया में ‘Statue of Unity’ पर राष्ट्रीय एकता दिवस समारोह में सभी को राष्ट्रीय एकता की शपथ दिलाई। हमारे प्रेरणास्रोत लौह पुरुष सरदार साहब के दिखाए मार्ग पर चलते हुए आइए आज एकजुटता के साथ अखंड भारत की एकता व समृद्धि में अपना सर्वश्रेष्ठ देने का संकल्प लें। #NationalUnityDay pic.twitter.com/0f2G5dLT5Q — Amit Shah (@AmitShah) October 31, 2021 Here are a few key facts India celebrates Rashtriya Ekta Divas on 31 October every year to mark the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, who served as the first deputy prime minister of India from 1947 to 1950 and played a significant role in the country's struggle for Independence. It was beca...

Instagram earlier allowed only users with more than 10,000 followers to post links in Stories. However, it recently removed that condition and now any user can add links to their Instagram Stories. The steps to add links to Instagram Stories are really simple. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/3pQ6a9p

Petrol and diesel prices went up to yet another record level across the country on Sunday. In Delhi, petrol costs Rs 109.34 a litre, up by 35 paise while the rate of diesel was Rs 98.07 per litre, also costlier by 35 paise. In Mumbai, petrol can be bought at Rs 115.15 per litre, higher by 34 paise and diesel costs Rs 106.23 for one litre, which is costlier by 37 paise. In Chennai, a litre of petrol is priced at Rs 106.04, which is expensive by 30 paise. On Sunday, the price of a litre of diesel was Rs 102.25 per litre, up by 33 paise. Petrol in Kolkata costs Rs 109.79 per litre which is higher by 33 paise while diesel costs Rs 101.19 a litre, expensive by 35 paise. While petrol can be bought at Rs 118.07 in Bhopal which is costlier by 36 paise and diesel costs Rs 107.50 per litre, up 37 paise. Petrol and diesel prices  are revised by the oil marketing companies including Bharat Petroleum, Indian Oil and Hindustan Petroleum. The new prices are implemented at 6 am ever...

The fact that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will soon inaugurate the Purvanchal Expressway in Uttar Pradesh is making the Samajwadi Party a leader Akhilesh Yadav very jittery. Recently in an interview with a leading Hindi channel, Akhilesh, after travelling on the Expressway, made several contradictory and false claims. Before 2017, eastern UP was one of the neglected regions in the state. Whatever little Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party focused was on the already prosperous western region of the state. The Purvanchal Expressway promises to lead the eastern part of the state into a new orbit of economic growth and connectivity. The 341-km-long Purvanchal Expressway will connect UP’s nine districts — Lucknow, Barabanki, Amethi, Sultanpur, Ayodhya, Ambedkarnagar, Azamgarh, Mau and Ghazipur. What’s pinching Akhilesh Yadav is the fact that he is a Member of Parliament from Azamgarh and his father, Mulayam Singh Yadav, also harnessed regions of eas...

As the festival of Diwali is just around the corners, many states have imposed restrictions on the celebration of the festival keeping both the pandemic and air pollution in mind. This year Diwali is set to be observed on 4 November. Here's a look at some of the restrictions: New Delhi: In the national capital, the Delhi Pollution Control Committee has announced a total ban, till 1 January next year, on the sale and bursting of firecrackers. This year, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal will perform the Diwali puja, which will be broadcast live, at the Thyagaraj Stadium. The stadium will also feature a replica of the Ram temple in Ayodhya. Uttar Pradesh: Ghaziabad will forbid movement of heavy vehicles from 29 October to 7 November. The UP government has also prohibited the sale and use of firecrackers in the National Capital Region and all other areas, where the air quality is under the ‘poor category’ or worse. Punjab: A two-hour window, from 8 to 10 pm, has been announ...

We are living in an age of ‘attention economy’. Since the time humans invented language, they have done everything for attention. Earlier, attention was localised. If you were the most fashionable person, the attention you got was limited to your locality or maximum in your college or office. If you were a reasonably okay singer, painter, poet or newsworthy person, you could get attention only by consistently producing quality work or statements and that too over a very long span of time. Today global attention is just a tweet away. You can be an international celebrity in a moment. Not through your talent but through outrage against you. Sometime back I came across a trending story that ‘broke the Internet’. The story was about a man who got drunk, cut off his friend’s penis and then fed it to a dog. Then, Kim Kardashian “broke the Internet.” By “broke the Internet,” I mean she photoshopped a picture of her bare ass and put it on a magazine cover. Because these stories were about a...

The National Day of Unity or Rashtriya Ekta Diwas is observed annually on 31 October to commemorate the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. This year marks the 146th birth anniversary of Patel, who was the first Home Minister of India and played a crucial role in the integration of princely states into the Union of India. National Unity Day is marked to create awareness about the contribution of Patel to Indian history and honour his legacy. When was Rashtriya Ekta Diwas first celebrated? The Centre, in 2014, declared 31 October as National Unity Day to honour Patel and his legacy. The home ministry had said that the day would serve as a “reminder of the strength” of the country as well as highlight the resilience of the Indian state against the dangers posed against its “security, unity, and integrity”. To honour memory of the Iron Man of India, a colossal statue of the freedom fighter was unveiled in 2018 near Vadodara, Gujarat, on the banks of the Narmada river. The ...

Call of Duty: Vanguard, Battlefield 2042, Forza Horizon 5, and more games are set to hit the shelves this November. Here are some of the most exciting games set to release on PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, PC, and Nintendo Switch. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/3Cx5z00

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Former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s death anniversary falls on 31 October every year. The late Congress leader was assassinated by her Sikh bodyguards on 31 October, 1984, in retaliation to her Operation Blue Star. The only female prime minister of the country, Gandhi was known for the reforms she introduced such as the nationalisation of banks and abolition of privy purses of the royal families. A formidable leader, she presided over several significant events such as the 1971 India-Pakistan War, and Operation Blue Star. On her death anniversary, here are some facts about the Iron Lady of India: Gandhi was born on 19 November, 1917, in Prayagraj to Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and his wife Kamala Nehru. Gandhi, who was the only child of Nehru, was closely related to the freedom struggle. In her childhood, she had created a group of children known as the ‘monkey brigade’, who used to distribute Indian flags and spy on the police. Educated in Visva-Bharati University, Swis...

Speaking at the Group of 20 Leaders’ Summit in Rome, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said India can produce more than five billion COVID-19 vaccines by end of next year, as he highlighted country's contributions to fighting the deadly disease. Briefing reporters on Modi's engagements in Rome, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said the prime minister also stressed on the need for facilitating international travel and spoke about having a mechanism of mutual recognition of vaccine certification as a means for this. "The prime minister spoke for the resilient global supply chains and mentioned India's bold economic reforms and lowering of the cost of doing business in India," Shringla said . "Modi also informed the G20 leaders about India's medical diplomacy that took place during the COVID-19 pandemic and covered at least 150 countries," he added. "India has not only vaccinated over a billion persons, we will be able to produce...

A batch of Arunachal Scouts recently performed their regimental song for Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Pema Khandu during his visit to the Chuna area in Tawang. A video of the army jawans performing the song Uttar Purab se aaye hum naujawan, desh ki raksha karne aaya hai was recently shared by Khandu on social media and has gone viral. उत्तर पूरब से आए हम नौजवान देश की रक्षा करने आया है। A regimental song of #ArunachalScouts performed during my visit to Chuna in Tawang district. First raised in 2010 at the instance of former Arunachal CM late Dorjee Khandu Ji, it was established to defend Indo-Tibet border. pic.twitter.com/KVsJFdUybr — Pema Khandu པདྨ་མཁའ་འགྲོ་། (@PemaKhanduBJP) October 28, 2021 The 2.03-minute video features the jawans singing their regimental song and clapping and moving their feet in time with the rhythm of the song. According to Khandu, the song was first raised in the year 2010 at the instance of Khandu’s late father and former Arunachal Chief Mini...

A thousand-year-old legacy of bigotry and sense of entitlement is getting increasingly restless in today's India. The frustration is spilling over in academia, media, and social media. Take for instance the webinar organised by JNU's Centre for Women's Studies. Titled, 'Gendered Resistance and Fresh Challenges in Post-2019 Kashmir', the webinar notice read, "This talk will draw and build upon the ethnography of gendered resistance to Indian occupation in Kashmir." Known India-basher Ather Zia, professor at the university of Northern Colorado, was invited to speak. The JNU administration belatedly got wind of the event and cancelled it. The second instance is that of professor of political Islam Hilal Ahmed writing an article in The Print on why Hindus must defend namaz, even when it takes over public spaces. "Even unknown people, mostly Hindus, pay respect to my Namaz. This was so heartening that I was able to offer Namaz in moving trains, on bus...

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has said that Bitcoin is mathematical purity and can't be copied. He said cryptocurrency holds an awful lot of promise. from Gadgets 360

Redmi Note 11 Pro and Redmi Note 11 Pro+ are tipped to be rebranded for India as Xiaomi 11i and Xiaomi 11i HyperCharge, respectively. Both smartphones were launched in China earlier this week along with the vanilla Redmi Note 11 5G. from Gadgets 360

OnePlus 7 Pro and OnePlus 7 are getting OxygenOS 11.0.4.1 update that is bundled with the October 2021 Android security patch. Alongside, the update also gets a couple of bug fixes and improvements. OnePlus 7 series users in the global market and Europe will be receiving the latest update. There is no mention yet if users in India will also be getting the update. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/3jS6pwV

Researchers have named a new ancestral human species Homo Bodoensis that lived in Africa around half a million years ago. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/3muLmCA

Vatican City: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday called on Pope Francis at the Vatican and discussed with him issues covering a range of areas of interest, including COVID-19, general global perspectives and maintaining peace and tranquility. It is the first-ever one-to-one meeting between Prime Minister Modi and Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church. A meeting that was scheduled only for twenty minutes went on for an hour! PM Modi and the Pope discussed a wide range of issues aimed at making the planet better such as fighting climate change and removing poverty, said sources. Modi is also the first Indian Prime Minister Francis has met since becoming Pope in 2013. Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Pope Francis at the Vatican today "Had a very warm meeting with Pope Francis. I had the opportunity to discuss a wide range of issues with him and also invited him to visit India," says PM. pic.twitter.com/CBiopLlFEV — ANI (@ANI) October 30, 2021 It may be r...

The aviation industry has raised an alarm over the use of 5G network in the C-Band spectrum and its potential impact on the safety of flights. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/3vYvvit

An intense X1-class solar flare is scheduled to hit the Earth's atmosphere on Sunday, October 31, NASA has said. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/3BnSYLj

OnePlus 7 Pro and OnePlus 7 are getting OxygenOS 11.0.4.1 update that is bundled with the October 2021 Android security patch. Alongside, the update also gets a couple of bug fixes and improvements. OnePlus 7 series users in the global market and Europe will be receiving the latest update. There is no mention yet if users in India will also be getting the update. from Gadgets 360

Researchers have named a new ancestral human species Homo Bodoensis that lived in Africa around half a million years ago. from Gadgets 360

The first cut-off list for admission to Non-Collegiate Women’s Education Board (NCWEB) has been released by Delhi University (DU). The list has been released for admission to BCom and BA (Programme) courses. Candidates who have scored more than or equal to the released cut-off may apply for the courses by visiting the official website at  http://www.du.ac.in/ . According to a press release by the University of Delhi, (https://ift.tt/3CwzIMK), online admissions for NCWEB 2021-2022 will begin from Monday, 1 November. The first admission list can also be viewed on the official website of NCWEB -   ncweb.du.ac.in . Direct link to view first cut-off list for BCom:  http://www.du.ac.in/uploads/new-web/Admission2021/29-10-2021-NCWEB%20B.Com%20First%20Cut-off%202021-22.pdf Direct link to view first cut-off list for BA (Programme):  http://www.du.ac.in/uploads/new-web/Admission2021/29-10-2021-NCWEB%20%20B.A.%20first%20cut-off%202021-22.pdf The online admission for the tw...

COVID-19 is an unprecedented contagion. While viral outbreaks in some or the other regions of the world are not uncommon, this is the first time in the last 100 odd years that we are seeing something like this affect the global population and for such a long time. That’s where monitoring, management and prevention needs of the pandemic require innovative solutions and path-breaking technologies. This is where Artificial intelligence (AI) has been playing a key role in humanity’s battle against the COVID-19 virus. It is helping us overcome human limitations in our efforts to understand and track the pandemic spread. AI video analytics in healthcare In the decade preceding the pandemic outbreak, there has been significant development in the field of AI, analytics and machine learning. All over the world, we have seen hundreds of millions of CCTV cameras and other monitoring systems being deployed for commercial, medical, urban and defence monitoring needs, among other things. As these ...

Microsoft has now become the world’s most valuable company beating Apple whose shares fell about 2 percent following the results of the fiscal fourth quarter ending September 25. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/3Btcq9e

Nokia XR20 is now available for purchase in India. The smartphone was launched on October 18 and is powered by a Snapdragon 480 SoC, paired with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of onboard storage. The smartphone gets MIL-STD810H-certified build with IP68 rating for dust- and water-resistance. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/2ZBZT65

The aviation industry has raised an alarm over the use of 5G network in the C-Band spectrum and its potential impact on the safety of flights. from Gadgets 360

Microsoft has now become the world’s most valuable company beating Apple whose shares fell about 2 percent following the results of the fiscal fourth quarter ending September 25. from Gadgets 360

An intense X1-class solar flare is scheduled to hit the Earth's atmosphere on Sunday, October 31, NASA has said. from Gadgets 360

Nokia XR20 is now available for purchase in India. The smartphone was launched on October 18 and is powered by a Snapdragon 480 SoC, paired with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of onboard storage. The smartphone gets MIL-STD810H-certified build with IP68 rating for dust- and water-resistance. from Gadgets 360

In actions resembling the mid-nineteenth century ‘Gold Rush’ in the United States’ western region, a bevy of political leaders of multiple hues have begun homing in on the temple town of Ayodhya. It suddenly appears that every adversary of the BJP wishes to board the religious gravy train to Ayodhya and other important temple destinations. The recent decision of Arvind Kejriwal , the Aam Aadmi Party chieftain and Delhi chief minister, to not just visit the city and pay obeisance at the temporary Ram temple structure, but also to announce the extension of the Mukhyamantri Teerth Yatra Yojna to include a free pilgrimage to Ayodhya, is just another proof of how the Sangh Parivar has successfully pressured adversaries to play ball on its terms. Kejriwal’s visit came close on the heels of other AAP leaders’ visits to different states where elections are due next year, including Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Goa and Uttarakhand and is aimed at widening the party’s support base beyond Delhi. Duri...