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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman mentioned that the GST rates on online gaming, horse racing and casinos will be finalised in the 48th GST Council Meeting which will be held in August in Madurai. She also added that the compensation can be continued at least for a few years. from Gadgets 360

The Government on Wednesday approved the computerisation of all functional 63,000 Primary Agriculture Credit Societies (PACS) over the next five years. For the reform, the government has set up at a budget outlay of nearly Rs. 2,510 crore in order to improve efficiency, transparency and accountability in PACS' operations. from Gadgets 360

Flipkart Big Bachat Dhamaal Sale July 2022 is going live from July 1 till July 3 with deals and discounts on smartphones and other home appliances. The e-commerce platform will be offering new deals every day at 12am, 8am, and 4pm between the specified dates during the Flipkart Big Bachat Dhamaal Sale July 2022. from Gadgets 360

A cyberattack temporarily hit public and private websites in Norway in the past 24 hours, Norwegian authorities said. The distributed-denial-of-service (DDOS) attack targeted a secure national data network forcing the temporary suspension of online services for several hours. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/HqWMBTA

A cyberattack temporarily hit public and private websites in Norway in the past 24 hours, Norwegian authorities said. The distributed-denial-of-service (DDOS) attack targeted a secure national data network forcing the temporary suspension of online services for several hours. from Gadgets 360

Mercedes-Benz is making plans to manufacture a new range of luxury electric vehicles. The company expects to switch to electric by the end of the decade. Three plants in Germany and one in Hungary will start production of new models in the top end luxury, core luxury and entry luxury segments from the middle of the decade. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/8rEgylC

Mercedes-Benz is making plans to manufacture a new range of luxury electric vehicles. The company expects to switch to electric by the end of the decade. Three plants in Germany and one in Hungary will start production of new models in the top end luxury, core luxury and entry luxury segments from the middle of the decade. from Gadgets 360

Snapchat Plus, the paid subscription service by Snap, was launched on Wednesday on the Snapchat app in the US, priced at $3.99 (nearly Rs. 315) a month. It was also launched in a few other markets. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/hz2A3US

Rajasthan government on Tuesday imposed prohibitory orders and suspended mobile internet service across the state in view of communal tension following the murder of a tailor in Udaipur. Leaves of police and administration officials have also been cancelled. from Gadgets 360

Pune’s Preeti Maske became the first woman to cycle solo from Leh to Manali in under 56 hours. The 45-year-old, who is a mother of two, covered the distance in 55 hours and 13 minutes. Officials at the Border Roads Organisation claimed she had achieved the requirements of the Guinness World Records after completing the 430 km journey. The organisation took to social media to hail Maske’s achievement and shared a video of her journey. “Congratulations Ms Preeti Maske- Its a Guinness Record. 55 hours & 13 minutes, is all she needed to cycle from Leh to Manali, approx 430 km. The ultra cycling effort in High Altitude terrain with reduced Oxygen availability speaks volumes of her tenacity and determination,” wrote the BRO. The organisation also added that it was proud to be associated with her expedition. On 22 June, Maske was flagged off at 0600 hours by Brigadier Gaurav Karki, Chief Engineer BRO at, Leh. According to a PTI report, she finished her journey at 1:13 pm on 24 June in

Technology-driven approach, initiatives like Digital University in line with the NEP-2020 will be key to enhance access to quality education, said Union Minster of Education Dharmendra Pradhan. He also advocated for creating robust and resilient mechanisms for making education accessible. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/8n1wKtk

Technology-driven approach, initiatives like Digital University in line with the NEP-2020 will be key to enhance access to quality education, said Union Minster of Education Dharmendra Pradhan. He also advocated for creating robust and resilient mechanisms for making education accessible. from Gadgets 360

Delhi Police on Tuesday claimed that they have evidence against Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair that he received Rs 50 lakhs in his bank account in the last three months. Police said they are investigating the source of the funding and might take him to Bengaluru on Wednesday to recover his laptop. Earlier in the day, a city court extended by four days the custodial interrogation of Zubair, a day after he was arrested by the Delhi police over an objectionable tweet he had posted in 2018 against a Hindu deity. As calls grow for the immediate release of the journalist, the Delhi Police claimed before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Snigdha Sarvaria that the accused was following a trend where he used religious tweets in an effort to get famous. This was a deliberate effort on his part to create social disharmony and hurt religious feelings, the police alleged. The accused, however, alleged that the police is abusing its power and wanted a "fishing enquiry". With inputs f

Climeworks AG is planning to build its direct air capture plant in 18-24 months, with capacity to suck 36,000 tonnes of CO2 per year from the air. This will be a 10-fold increase from Climeworks' existing DAC plant, currently the world's largest. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/u0wBnPa

Lithuanian state and private institutions were hit by a denial-of-service cyberattack on Monday. Russian hacker group Killnet claimed responsibility for the distributed denial of service (DDoS) cyberattack, saying it was in response to Vilnius's decision to block the transit of goods sanctioned by the European Union to the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/34F6bIP

OnePlus TV 50 Y1S Pro is set to debut in India soon. OnePlus started teasing the launch of new smart TV in India via its website and Amazon. The upcoming model will feature a bezel-less design and will pack 24W speakers featuring Dolby Audio support. The company is yet to reveal the official launch date of the OnePlus TV 50 Y1S Pro. from Gadgets 360

Journalist Rana Ayyub has posted a notice from Twitter which informed her that the microblogging site has withheld her account in India under Information Technology Act, 2000. from Gadgets 360

India recorded 17,073 new COVID-19 cases and 21 deaths in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) reported on Monday morning. The fresh infections reported today are 45.43 per cent higher 11,739 daily cases logged on Sunday. The daily positivity rate has jumped to 5.62 per cent today, up from 2.59 per cent on Sunday. The weekly positivity rate is now at 3.25 per cent. Maharashtra alone logged 6,493 new cases of COVID-19 and five deaths in the last 24 hours. All the casualties in the state were reported from Mumbai. The daily coronavirus cases rose sharply in Tamil Nadu with 1,472 infections reported in a single day, while Telangana recorded 434 new COVID-19 cases. West Bengal reported fresh 493 fresh COVID-19 cases on Sunday. The country's COVID-19 tally has now risen to 4,34,07,046 (4 crore 34 lakh 7 thousand and 46). The death toll has climbed to 5,25,020 (5 lakh 25 thousand and 20). There are now 94,420 active cases of COVID-19 in the country.

NASA's first-ever launch from a commercial site outside of the United States blasted off from Australia's Outback late Sunday, in a "historic" moment for the country's space industry. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/yT1pGJf

NASA's first-ever launch from a commercial site outside of the United States blasted off from Australia's Outback late Sunday, in a "historic" moment for the country's space industry. from Gadgets 360

The crisis in the Shiv Sena — which is taking place across two states, Maharashtra and Guwahati — has now reached the doors of the Supreme Court . After Maharashtra assembly deputy speaker Narhari Zirwal on Saturday began the process of disqualification of rebel legislators and issued summons to 16 MLAs, including Eknath Shinde to file a written reply by Monday evening, the breakaway gang has taken the matter into the legal zone, saying they would challenge the summons. Reacting to the news, Deepak Kesarkar, an MLA belonging to the Shinde camp, said, “The decision taken by the deputy speaker will be challenged in court as we don’t accept it. As per the constitutional provisions, a group having two-thirds of the MLAs has all the right to choose its own leader. Shinde is leading the legislative party of Sena and no one has left the party.” Also read: From hiring private planes to hotel rooms, how expensive has the Maharashtra political crisis been? He further added that they would s

Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) has decided to support joint opposition presidential candidate Yashwant Sinha for the 18 July polls. Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao and party's working president KT Rama Rao will attend Sinha's nomination for the polls in Delhi, today. This brings an end to speculation over whom the ruling TRS will support in the Presidential elections 2022 especially after party president K Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) had earlier announced the decision to maintain "equi-distance" from the BJP and the Congress. KT Rama Rao has already left for Delhi. Other TRS MPs would also be attending Sinha's nomination filing today. Notably, KCR skipped the two meeting by the Opposition parties' meeting convened by Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee and Nationalist Congress Part (NCP) president Sharad Pawar in Delhi to decide their joint candidate for the presidential elections. Pawar, however, confided later that KCR had agreed to supp

Eknath Shinde and other 15 Shiv Sena MLAs, currently camping in Guwahati in Assam since 22 June, moved to the Supreme Court against disqualification notice issued by the deputy speaker them. The court is likely to hear the plea today. As Maharashtra political crisis continues to gain steam, here are all the updates: Top 10 developments of Maharashtra political crisis 1 - Rebel Sena MLAs held meetings on Sunday, discussing various options after summons were sent to all 16 MLAs named by Shiv Sena's chief whip Sunil Prabhu, seeking written replies by the evening of 27 June to the complaints seeking their disqulification 2 - Eknath Shinde's faction claims to have the support of more than two-thirds of Sena MLAs, has contended that Prabhu has been replaced as party whip by Bharat Gogawale 3 - The Eknath Shinde camp has also challenged the appointment of Ajay Choudhari as Shiv Sena Legislature Party leader by the Uddhav Thackeray camp and also the rejection of no-confidence motio

The Nupur Sharma controversy represents a crisis in Hindu-Muslim relations. It has been said, however, that a crisis is a terrible thing to waste. For often a crisis also brings a great opportunity in its wake. Perhaps this moment of crisis in Hindu-Muslim relations can also be a great teaching moment. How might that be possible? In the heat of the exchanges on the issue of the putative discovery of the Shiva-linga in the Gyanvapi mosque , aspersions were apparently cast on the character of the Prophet of Islam. However, no one has challenged the accuracy of the statement made in the course of the debate, for which the relevant chapter and verse from Hadith literature (Bukhari 5134) has been cited abundantly during the debates. Some videos even depict the Islamic evangelist, Zakir Naik, confirming the statement involved. So while the motive underlying the statement that was made can be questioned, the same cannot be said of the statement, which is apparently textually accurate. One

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the Indian diaspora at Audi Dome in Munich on Sunday. He was welcomed with enthusiasm and chants of 'Modi, Modi' Exhilarating atmosphere in Munich! Addressing a community programme. https://t.co/SzXiRPvRR8 — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) June 26, 2022 It was the largest gathering of the Indian diaspora in Germany post-pandemic. Most of the people came dressed in traditional attire. Addressing the programme Modi lauded Indian democracy while mentioning the "Emergency" declared by the Indira Gandhi government on 25 June 1975. Earlier in the day, the topic had prominently featured in his Mann ki Baat programme as well. Munich welcomes Modi! PM @narendramodi addressed a gathering of thousands of members of the Indian community at Audi Dome in Munich, Germany. Lauding their contribution, he said “You are both India’s success story and the brand ambassadors of India’s success.” pic.twitter.com/krraDdyrpU — Arindam Bagchi

Teesta Setalvad, who was produced before the court on Sunday in connection with a case against her NGO, which gave baseless information about the 2002 Gujarat riots to the police, alleged that her arrest was illegal and she was driven from Mumbai to Ahmedabad in a car to intimidate a "human rights lawyer". 'Abuse of power' She called her arrest an "abuse of power" alleging that she was not allowed to speak to her lawyer. She was making her statements in the metropolitan court of Ahmedabad where she was produced by the Gujarat police crime branch. "The ATS barged into my house without any warrant, snatched my phone and pushed me. Look at this wound they inflicted on me. They brought me to Ahmedabad Crime Branch at 6 am," she said in the court. "They came in at three and it was only after my lawyer came that they showed me an FIR. Is arresting on the basis of an FIR legal? Why wasn't I served a notice? I was detained illegally from 3 pm

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the 90th episode of his monthly radio programme, Mann Ki Baat at 11 am on Sunday. The prime minister expressed his happiness over the inputs for this month's Mann Ki Baat. A few days back, Modi had urged people share ideas for the programme either on the MyGov or NaMo applications. Here are the top highlights of today's episode: Emergency era Speaking on the Emergency era, Saturday marked its 47th anniversary, the prime minister lauded those who resisted the Emergency and said that it was the democratic mindset that eventually prevailed. He asked people to remember it while they celebrate Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav this year. During the Emergency imposed in 1975 attempts were made to "crush democracy" in India, Modi said, adding that it is difficult to find another such example in the world where people defeated a "dictatorial mindset" through democratic means. "During the Emergency, all rights were snatched away

North East India continues to receive good monsoon rains during the past week, overall a reduction in extreme rainfall events have been observed but the region continues to remain flooded due to excessive rains earlier in June. Meanwhile June records tumble in South India as the monsoon remains active in the peninsula. Bengaluru Airport breaks the all time record for the wettest June by recording 235.4 mm of rainfall for the month till date. The previous record was 231.8 mm in June 1996. Similarly Chennai rains have picked up in the past week making it the historical June rains in the last three decades. Heavy rains in parts of Chennai and Tamil Nadu during 72 hours period ending 8:30 am on 22 June: Ambattur -- 194mm KK Nagar -- 189mm Taramani -- 185mm Red Hills -- 173mm Anna University -- 167mm Avadi -- 167mm West Tambaram -- 166mm Mylapore -- 163mm Villivakkam -- 163mm Perambur -- 161mm Anna Uty ARG -- 159mm Nungabakkam -- 158mm Strong monsoonal flow is also observed

In a  judgement  last month, the Supreme Court expressed discontent over the lacunas in the administration of death in India. Pursuant to a report by Justice SK Panigrahi which revealed that the toilets in prisons of Odisha were not fit for human usage and the food being provided was not fit for human consumption, the high court  pulled up  the state government to take steps towards improving the living conditions of inmates. In yet another case, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court  set out  to rectify the problem of overcrowding in prisons. It is clear from these repetitive judicial interventions that the prison administration system in India is broken and requires some fixing. But whether the road to reform is common for male and female inmates is a question that is rarely asked. But this question needs to be asked because women inmates face double marginalisation both inside and outside of prisons. First strand of marginalisation The treatment of women in Indian society is riddled w

The Agnipath scheme is a transformational reform for the Army and the nation that was long overdue. The Kargil War Commission had way back in 1999 recommended the need to drastically reduce the overall average age of the armed forces and Agnipath seeks to do precisely that, besides bringing a paradigm shift in the human resource management of the Indian Army. The Agnipath allows patriotic and motivated youth to serve in the armed forces for a period of 4 years. A youthful profile of the army will provide a fresh lease of ‘Josh and Jazba’ while bringing about a transformational shift towards a more technical savvy armed forces, which is the need of the hour. There will not be any compromise on the standards that the armed forces apply in ensuring the minimum physical, medical and professional parameters for new recruits. During the implementation and stabilisation of the scheme, the army’s operational capabilities and preparedness will be fully maintained. The army will continue to ret