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Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Friday claimed that the Gujarat model of development is being discussed with great interest across the country.Inaugurating a Rs 552-crore Narmada project-based water supply scheme for 608 villages in the parched north Gujarat region, Modi said: "Our governments stopped unnecessary earth digging, which used to be done as part of relief works during the drought period to gain electoral mileage."He said the Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) government looked ahead and believed in long-term permanent solutions.Referring to the engineering expertise deployed in the scheme he inaugurated, the Prime Minister said: "An entire river had been lifted to a height of a 55-storey building to facilitate supply of water to these areas."Modi suggested to state Education Minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama, who was present on the occasion, to introduce for engineering students in Gujarat a subject related to Narmada water supply, pumping and lifting

Reliance Jio Infocomm, on Thursday announced the launch of the Asia-Africa-Europe (AAE-1) submarine cable system, a company statement said here. "AAE-1, the longest 100Gbps technology based submarine system, will stretch over 25,000 km from Marseille, France, to Hong Kong, with 21 cable landings across Asia and Europe," the statement said. This large scale project is the combined work of leading telecom service providers from Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.  "With diversified Points of Presence (PoP) in Asia (Hong Kong and Singapore) and three onward connectivity options in Europe (via France, Italy and Greece), AAE-1 will provide the requisite flexibility and diversity for carriers and their customers," the company said. AAE-1 will pass through the critical hubs, serving the increasing demand for video centric data bandwidth supporting all types of communications, applications, and content within India and beyond.  "AAE-1 links seamlessly with othe

Microsoft has said it will acquire Israel-based cloud management company Cloudyn. "Microsoft has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Cloudyn, an innovative company that helps enterprises and managed service providers optimize their investments in cloud services," the software giant announced.  "This acquisition fits squarely into our commitment to empower customers with the tools they need to govern their cloud adoption and realise the strategic benefits of a global, trusted, intelligent cloud," said Jeremy Winter, Director of Programme Management, Microsoft Azure Security and Operations Management. Cloudyn gives enterprise customers tools to identify, measure and analyse consumption, enable accountability and forecast future cloud spending. Microsoft did not disclose Cloudyn's price tag. It said that closing of the acquisition was subject to regulatory approval.

Srikanth, who beat the world and Olympic champion Chen Long in straight games 22-20, 21-6 to claim the Australian Open Super Series, has entered the top ten of the BWF men's singles rankings for the first time in 10 months. Prior to the Australian Open feat, the Guntur-born shuttler lifted the Indonesian Open title after registering straight games 21-11, 21-19 win over Japan's Kazumasa Sakai. This made him the first Indian badminton player to win consecutive Super Series titles. The 24-year-old had last reached the top 10 in October 2016, a couple months after he reached the quarter-finals at the Rio Olympics. His career-high ranking remains No 3, which was achieved in June 2015. Among others, B. Sai Praneeth and Ajay Jayaram swapped places to be positioned at No.15 and 16. H.S. Prannoy, however, slipped two rungs to be placed at No.23. In women's singles, while Rio silver medallist P.V. Sindhu dropped a place to No.5, her compatriot Saina Nehwal rose one

The Congress party is unlikely to attend the special midnight function in Parliament on June 30 to roll-out the Goods and Services Tax (GST), party sources said.They said Congress President Sonia Gandhi deliberated on the issue with former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, senior leaders, including Ghulam Nabi Azad, Mallikarjun Kharge, Ahmed Patel and Jairam Ramesh on Thursday to take a final decision.The Trinamool Congress has already decided not to attend the midnight programme as a mark of protest against the "unnecessary disastrous hurry" to roll out the pan-India tax regime. Sources said the Trinamool Congress is keen that the Congress too adopt the same course.According to sources, a section of the Congress is in favour of attending the function as GST is the party's brainchild, but another section feels the party should abstain to protest the way the tax regime is being implemented.The GST will be launched at a function in the Central Hall of Parliament on Jun

With a rising Cloud adoption in India, more than 50 per cent of companies plan to run their business on Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) over the next three years, a new report said on Thursday.Indian businesses are rapidly embracing cloud infrastructure to boost performance and innovation levels, new research from global Cloud major Oracle revealed."With new, modern cloud infrastructure services available and increased experience, we are now seeing high levels of success and satisfaction from businesses that are saving money, cutting complexity and driving exciting innovation," said Subash Nambiar, Vice President-Cloud Platform, Oracle India.Over three quarters (79 per cent) of businesses in India that are already using IaaS to some extent, said it makes easier for them to innovate.For them, moving to IaaS has significantly cut their time to deploy new applications or services.Furthermore, 76 per cent said IaaS has significantly cut on-going maintenance costs and 75

Superstar Rajinikanth has left for the US for a medical checkup, a source said."Rajini sir left to the US with his daughter Aishwarya last night (Wednesday). He has gone for a regular medical checkup. They will be back in mid-July," a source close to the actor told IANS.The source clarified that Rajinikanth is "absolutely fine".He has completed the first schedule shooting of his upcoming Tamil film "Kaala". The 67-year-old will return to the sets of "Kaala", in which he plays a slum-lord-turned-gangster, in July."Kaala" reunites Rajinikanth and "Kabali" director Pa. Ranjith.The film, which also stars Nana Patekar, Huma Qureshi, Anjali Patil, Pankaj Tripathi, Samuthirakani and Sakshi Aggarwal, is being bankrolled by actor-producer Dhanush.

Actors Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Aamir Khan, Priyanka Chopra and Deepika Padukone, apart from directors like Mrinal Sen, Buddhadeb Dasgupta and Goutam Ghose are among the Indians invited to be a part of the Oscar Academy's 'Class of 2017'.The announcement was made on Wednesday."We're proud to invite our newest class to the Academy. The entire motion picture community is what we make of it," Cheryl Boone Isaacs, President of the Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences, was quoted as saying on the official Oscar website."It's up to all of us to ensure that new faces and voices are seen and heard, and to take a shot on the next generation the way someone took a shot on each of us," Isaacs added.There are 774 new members from 57 countries -- a record-breaking number.The Oscar Academy has noted not just a 359 per cent increase in women invited to join the Academy from 2015-2017, but also a marked rise in people of colour i

The West Bengal government will write to the Centre seeking postponement of the July 1 start to the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime, as "small and medium traders are not yet prepared for the new tax system", a state minister said here on Tuesday. "The country's small and medium traders are still not ready for the GST rollout," Finance Minister Amit Mitra, who is also Chairman of the Empowered Committee on GST, told mediapersons.He said the country would head to a disastrous situation if the date was not pushed back."We can foresee that we are heading towards a disastrous situation. So we have decided to write to the Centre again for reconsideration of the GST rollout date. We want the date to be deferred till the time the country is prepared for it," he said.Mitra, in this context, cited reports that small traders in Gujarat's Surat were opposing GST, and said: "They have said they have no idea about how the new tax regime will

The 507th birthday of Bengaluru founder Kempegowda was celebrated on Tuesday with gaiety and fervour by the Karnataka government and the city's 10 million denizens. "Kempegowda's birthday will be celebrated in all the 30 districts across the state on June 27 every year as 'jayanthi' (festival) to commemorate his singular contribution to the growth and development of Bengaluru," said Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on the occasion. Asserting that a great personality like Kempegowda should not be confined to a particular community (Vokkaligas), the Chief Minister said the people from all communities should celebrate his birthday every year, as he was the founding father of the state capital. "Kempegowda's jayanthi should have been celebrated since many years ago but got delayed. It will be celebrated every year hereafter," reiterated Siddaramaiah. He stated that the objective of the celebration was to educate the people on the founder's grand vis

Targeting the small and medium business (SMB) enterprises, Google India Private Ltd will hold 5,000 offline workshops over the next three years, a company official said on Tuesday.Addressing the media here, Shalini Girish, Director-Marketing Solutions, said the company with its online, offline and mobile training programmes is trying to bridge the digital gap experienced by the SMBs.She said the offline training will be conducted jointly with Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Ficci). Over the next three years 5,000 workshops will be held across 50 Indian cities.According to a study done by Google India and KPMG, digitally engaged SMBs grow twice as fast compared with offline SMBs.

According to the 2016 national census released on Tuesday.The Australian population is aging, more ethnically diverse and less religious than in the pastAbout 95.1 per cent of the Australian population responded to the census, which is carried out every five years, Efe news quoted the Australian Bureau of Statistics census as saying.The 2016 census established the country's total population at 23,401,892.About 29.6 per cent of respondents said they had no religion, an increase from 22 per cent in 2011 and a large jump from one per cent in 1966.The census also showed a decline in the number of people declaring themselves Christian, from 88 per cent in 1966 to 52 per cent in 2016.In contrast, Hindu, Buddhist and Muslim devotees have increased by 533, 200 and 160 per cent respectively, in the last 25 years. Nearly half of the Australian population were born overseas or had at least one of their parents born overseas, with the UK and New Zealand being the top countries of birth.

Minister of Textile, Smriti Irani attended the India Textile Exhibition held at Gandhinagar, Gujarat. She attended press meeting in the premises. She said,” I ndia has never hosted the entire textile value chain as a mega trade fair or conferences all under one roof. When we began, there was a perception that we will get representations and buying houses from just around 25 countries. That has swelled to 100 countries. Our target was around 1,000 foreign delegates. We have crossed 1,800, inching towards 2,000. We now have 15,000 representatives from across the country, 26 round tables and 17 ministries participating. So something which began small has grown so large ”  When she was questioned about her future plans for 2019 elections, then she countered media saying, “This textile exhibition will end on July 2 nd , when I am not even sure  where I will be after day the end of this fair then how would I tell you about my plans ahead 2019. ” 

HMD Global, the company has now confirmed that its flagship Android handset - Nokia 6 . the company currently owns the right to manufacture Nokia branded smart phones. Nokia 6 will be made available for purchase in the US starting early July. HMD Global has announced that the Nokia 6 will be available at $229 (roughly Rs. 14,800) in the US through Amazon.As per HMD Global ,The Nokia 6 will initially be available in Matte Black and Silver color variants, but will also be made available in Tempered Blue and Copper colors later this Summer. While T-Mobile will be fully supporting the smart phone, AT&T will provide partial 4G LTE support as bands 29 and 30 will not be supported. Other carriers including Sprint and Verizon will not be supporting the Nokia 6 when it will be made available in the country.The smart phone is powered by Snapdragon 430 processor and 3GB of RAM .The US variant of the Android phone from Nokia comes with 32GB inbuilt storage, which is expendable. Connectiv

Japanese airbag manufacturer Takata has filed for bankruptcy protection in a court in Tokyo and the US after multimillion-dollar losses caused by defective devices, the company announced on Monday.The decision was taken by Takata's board of directors, prompting the Japanese stock regulator to suspend trading of the company's shares after they had fallen by nearly 80 per cent since mid-June, Efe news reported.Takata's payment obligations exceed 1 trillion yen ($9 billion), making the bankruptcy of the airbag manufacturer the largest of a Japanese manufacturing company to date.Filing for bankruptcy will facilitate the restructuring of this debt, avail itself of the protection under the Japanese legislation and avoid insolvency, and they will request emergency financial assistance from Japanese entities to continue its activities, the company said.TK Holdings, a US-based subsidiary of the company, has also filed for bankruptcy in the US, and says that it will receive fin

Google Pixel 2 smartphones have been code-named 'Taimen' and 'Walleye' and the bigger variant will have a 5.99-inch display, a new leak has said.According to a post by US-based developers' platform XDA-Developers, the bigger Google Pixel 2 -- code-named 'Taimen' -- will feature a 1440p OLED panel.The devices will run on Snapdragon 835 with 4GB RAM and 128GB storage. The note said the devices will have a glass and metal finish and might contain a single rear camera with dual LED flash.The 'Walleye' or the smaller Pixel 2 will have 4.97-inch display with a resolution of 1080p. This device will also run on Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor, and has 4GB RAM and 64GB storage.The devices would have slim bezels and premium pricing.In 2016, Pixel were codenamed as Sailfish (Pixel) and Marlin (Pixel XL).Reportedly Google has sold one million Pixel devices till now.Technology website Arstechnica reported last week that the installs of the device-exclusive &qu

Baby Meena is still facing difficulty in the bore well. Rescue team found baby images at 230 feet down Yesterday but, now it seems like baby have went down 420 feet in the bore well as per rescue team’s new images. She has already spent second night in about 50 foot down a dark bore well, while rescue team is still continuing their work. It’s been already 45 hours but 16-month-old child have not been rescued yet. It is reported that she fell in bore well while playing near her home in Ekkareddyguda, Chevella, in Ranga Reddy district, Hyderabad. Health officials have announced that there was no response from the child from this afternoon. A camera sent down by the National Disaster Response Force sent back images of toddler’s palm. The ‘bore well rescue robot’ failed to bring the baby up as the robot is too wide to hold the baby and she was slipped after every attempt. Situation is turning critical every minute. Baby’s parents renuka and Yadigiri is in deep grief. People in the

Ten US Air Force planes, including two E-4B "doomsday" aircraft, were damaged when a tornado hit the Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska, the media reported.Nicknamed the Air Force's "doomsday" plane, the Boeing-made E-4B serves as an aerial command centre in case of national emergency or destruction of ground bases, an Air Force officer told CNN on Friday.It provides a "highly survivable command, control and communications centre to direct US forces, execute emergency war orders and coordinate actions by civil authorities", according to the Air Force."The E-4B serves as the National Airborne Operations Centre and is a key component of the National Military Command System for the President, the Secretary of Defence and the Joint Chiefs of Staff," Air Force spokesperson Col. Patrick Ryder told CNN.The aircraft is also protected against the effects of electromagnetic pulse and has an electrical system designed to support advanced electronics

The Boarder Action Team (BAT)  of Pakistan were armed with 'headband cameras' and  'special daggers' to record and mutilate the attack on the  Indian army forces   after entering  Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, India   In this attack 2 Indian soldiers were killed by Pakistani BAT, while one BAT member was killed by Indian army team.  A senior army officer said, "The body of the intruder killed in the BAT attempt on 22 June has been retrieved and handed over to the local police" It is reported that this was BAT third attack on India in this year. Chief Indian officer said "We are confident that another BAT member has also been killed but his body was taken aback by the other members of the BAT". special class of dagger and cameras were carried by Pakistan BAT members.BAT members wore headband with camera on his head to record the action and possible mutilation of Indian jawans .  The officer said it is matter of investigation whether the

Have you ever heard about humanity? If yes, then you should know about Zainul Abedin Hamdulay. Zainul Hamdulay isn’t a man who superhero that you see in movies. He cannot climb buildings like superman or spiderman. But, he is truly a superstar. He has saved life of at least 150 poor people who cannot afford for treatment in last decade. Yes, Hamdulay is cardiac doctor who saves people’s hearts for free of cost. He has big heart and runs a charitable trust to help cardiac patients belonging to the economically weaker sections of our society and help them to get quality treatment for free of cost.A bypass usually costs Rs2 lakh and an angiography costs around Rs15, 000. So Hamdulay’s organization has tied up with Milaap, India’s largest crowd funding site, to raise money so those below the poverty line can avail of treatment for free of cost. Zainul said, “I am planning to make a rural cardiac van that reaches the remotest villages around Mumbai and this would be like an awareness c

Mewat region people gave an unusual gift to the American president Donald Trump. Marora village in Haryana that has little electricity and running water is now renamed as "Trump Village". This is a symbolic gesture to promote  Indo-US relations . The Sulabh Sanitation and Reform Movement leader Pathak, had announced this name as part of his efforts to strengthen relationship between India and US. It is said that,  The water and sanitation group Sulabh, that has been installing toilets in the village, suggested the name change to the local council . After a long discussion, Pathak suggested to re-name marora village as “Trump Sulabh Village”   that has been installing toilets in the village, suggested the name change to the local council . After a long discussion, Pathak suggested to re-name marora village as “Trump Sulabh Village”   A huge billboard was placed "Welcome to Trump Village" in Hindi and English .  Huge posters and welcome boards were placed all o

Young Indians are keen on unconventional and new career choices, online learning and engagement at work, a study said on Friday.Conducted by education technology firm Talentedge in collaboration with global research firm Kantar TNS, it suggested there could be a rise in off-beat careers in the future such as spa management, pet-grooming, gemology and pottery.Young Indians have had a nascent realisation that acquiring add-on specialised certification will give one an edge."The future of Young India is unpredictable and so it is important for them to be more agile and flexible than ever before, and, therefore, must work on constant up-skilling and education," said Aditya Malik, CEO and MD, Talentedge, in a statement. There has been an increase in interest in online learning of 46 per cent over the past three years. According to the study, youth are seeking more and more instant gratification early in their careers, requiring employers to constantly keep the young employees

Do you think your Apple iPhone and iPad devices are safe from spyware? Wait. There actually is a malware in the wild that targets Apple iOS users too, a study warned on Friday.Apple iPhone and iPad users believe they are safe as iOS has additional encryption and data protection features to safeguard user data. But according to Moscow-based cyber security firm Kaspersky Lab, "Pegasus" spyware is capable of hacking any iPad or iPhone devices."Pegasus" harvests data about the victim and establish surveillance on them. It was discovered by Ahmed Mansoor, a UAE-based human rights activist who happened to be one of its targets.The spyware has been attributed to the NSO Group, an Israeli company which develops spyware."When news of the iOS version of 'Pegasus' got out, Apple was quick to react. The company issued an iOS security update (9.3.5) that patched the vulnerabilities," said Altaf Halde, Managing Director, Kaspersky Lab (South Asia).&q

Actor Vivek Oberoi, who features in a forthcoming web series, says since the content of digital entertainment is mostly for "binge watching", the biggest challenge is to keep the audience engaged.That is why it is important to select the right medium to show the right content, said Vivek, who is a part of "Inside Edge", Amazon Prime Video's first original web series.Talking about the medium, Vivek told IANS here: "I think the challenge in a web series is to keep your audience engaged. All that matters is how interesting the content is... Can it hold an audience for many hours?"In the show, the actor plays a businessman named Vikram Dhawan -- a character Vivek is fascinated to essay."This is an interesting character. He is the master of the game. He controls everything... Power is his drug and if he wants something, he will go to any extent to get that."Considering the fact that any digital platform gives a wider reach and creative freed

Movie Name :   Duvvada Jagannadham Cast :  Allu Arjun, Pooja Hedge, Thanikella Bharani, Brahmanandam,Vennela Kishore Director :  Harish Shankar, Producer :  Dil Raju, Banner :  Sri Venkateshwara Creations   Release Date :  23 Jun, 2017 Duration :  1 hr 52 mins Rating : 4 /5  Duvvada Jagannadham movie released today worldwide. Ap and Telangana theaters are showing houseful boards. The chemistry between Allu Arjun and Pooja Hegde in the film has become an added advantage to this movie. Devi sri Prasad composed music and it is played everywhere in the city. Music got super hit talk already.  Harish shanker screen play dialogues and direction is plus point. Movie has positive talk on the first day. Dil Raju did not compromise anywhere. Pooja Hedge is shown very beautiful in the movie.

S uper Star Rajinikanth is coming to politics. He is a political arrival, part of it, with the participation of farmers and leaders of all sectors in the continuously conducting of the field. The silence on his political intrigue in this order is now making announcements in the thrill. Indirectly giving signals to enter politics. He reacted politically to his political intentions. Rajani announced that he would be doing a big announcement on his political intent after the release of Robo 2. In September and October, he will meet again with the fans and Rajani said that he would answer all the questions soon after he decided to come into politics. His close friends say that Rajani's political arrival is a hit. He says he will announce his new political party on December 12, his birthday. By December the release of Robo will be released. Shankar's directorial debut with the biggest budget of the film, Rajini feels that the film will be announced after the release of the fil

The Indian officials in the Hungary country have decided to promote Indian tradition in Hungary. In order to that, they are promoting the Indian ways of de-stressing and ways control the body and mind. The Indian Embassy of Hungary country is all set to host a three-day yoga and cultural festival across 15 cities in Hungary this week, an official said on Thursday.An official statement was given by Rahul Chhabra, Indian Ambassador to Hungary He stated that, “We are organizing the second edition of Ganges-Danube Cultural Festival of India and the third International Day of Yoga in 15 cities from June 23 to 25,"He also confirmed the cities where both the festivals would be held included Budapest, Balatonfured, Debrecen, Eger, Esztergom, Gyor, Nagykanizsa, Nagykoros, Miscolc and Pecs.This event will be on June 24, 25 and 26. In this mega event not just Yoga, authorities are also stated that Workshops, Indian culture comprising dance, music, food and Bollywood movies will be Broadc

Virat Kohli is a dashing batsman in the current Indian team. He did not make centuries on the centuries but he is credited with winning India in many matches. He took charge of the three formats and was giving the team victory. In this order the team increased the reputation. India 'A' coach Rahul Dravid has demanded that thousands of cricket fans in the social media have to avoid Kohli if they want to make a decision on the role of Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh in the squad in the 2019 World Cup. The fan following that former Indian skipper MS Dhoni has is certainly unmatched by any other player at the moment. The fans of Dhoni came to the fore yet again when they demanded their hero to return as the skipper of the Indian cricket team. Team India has had a decent time on the field in the recent times. They made it to the finals of the ICC Champions Trophy this year before losing to Pakistan in the ultimate game. Currently, the team has arrived in West Indies for limit

 India's higher education system is not responding well to society's changing needs, making it difficult for the industry to find new employees with the right skills, says a study conducted by the IBM Institute for Business Value (IBV).Only 40 per cent of Indian executives surveyed in the study indicated new employees recruited in local labour markets possess the requisite job skills, IBM said in a statement on Thursday.Most of India's venture capitalists (70 per cent) indicated that start-ups cannot find employees with the right skills.The IBM study entitled "Upskilling India" is based on insights from a survey of academics, corporate-recruiters, and emerging education leaders in India. In addition, the study also analysed results of recent surveys of startup entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and corporate executives."Skill is emerging as the new currency across businesses globally and in India. Today's rapidly evolving economic environment makes up