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The conclave, convened at the State capital Gandhinagar, aimed to deliberate on an array of issues pertinent to each representative’s constituency.The meeting garnered notable attention as it brought together Lok Sabha members to assess their achievements, challenges, and ongoing initiatives within their constituencies.With the notable exception of Union Home Minister Amit Shah and other union ministers engaged in their ministerial commitments, the meeting was attended by the majority of the Lok Sabha members.The rendezvous was framed as an opportune moment for the MPs to present their “report cards” highlighting their achievements and ongoing endeavors to bolster their respective regions.The review…

Kharge made these remarks while referring to PM Modi’s visit to Sagar district of poll-bound Madhya Pradesh where he laid the foundation stone of Sant Ravidas on August 12. The Congress leader said Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has been ruling the state for the last 18 years, but he never ever thought of building Sant Raviadas’s temple.Kharge announced that once the Congress government back into power in Madhya Pradesh, a university in the name of Sant Ravidas would be built in Sagar. “I am making this announcement that a university would be established in the name of Sant Ravidas.…

New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) Young Indian batter Tilak Varma has said he wanted to play ODI cricket but never dreamed that his debut would be in the Asia Cup after being picked in the squad for the continental showpiece event. Tilak showed his immense promise when amassing 343 runs for the Mumbai Indians at the IPL earlier this year and further built on those efforts by making an outstanding start to his international career during India’s recent white-ball series against the West Indies.The 20-year-old appeared in all five T20I matches India contested, scoring 173 runs in his first international…

Chennai, Aug 22 (IANS) The third week of August, 2023 is a week of suspense, excitement and high spirits for India.On Monday, Indian chess Grandmaster (GM) R.Praggnanandhaa made the nation’s spirits reach the moon by entering the finals of the FIDE World Cup defeating world number 3, the American GM Fabiano Caruana.In the process, Praggnanandhaa booked his seat for the Candidates Tournament to be held in Canada next year. The winner of the Candidates Tournament will challenge the Chinese GM Liren Ding, the reigning world champion for the world title.Now the suspense and excitement is will Praggnanandhaa defeat world number…

Dubai, Aug 22 (IANS) The UAE fast bowler Junaid Siddique has been fined 25 per cent of his match fee along with two demerit points, which have been added to his disciplinary record, for two Level 1 breaches of the ICC Code of Conduct during the third T20I against New Zealand in Dubai on Sunday.Siddique was handed an official reprimand and one demerit point was added to his disciplinary record for breaching article 2.5 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to using language, actions or gestures which disparage or which could provoke…

San Francisco, Aug 22 (IANS) Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is widely rolling out a video message feature on iOS.”You can now instantly record and send video messages in chats,” the company mentioned in the official changelog on Monday.This feature can be accessed by tapping on the microphone icon in chats to switch to video.The platform is also rolling out support for screen sharing in video calls.Users will see a new “screen share” button when they start a video call.These features will roll out over the coming weeks, the company said.Last month, the messaging platform had widely rolled out landscape mode…

Chennai, Aug 22 (IANS) Suspense and excitement are building up across the nation as India will be attempting to soft land its lander on the moon on Wednesday evening.The Rs 600 crore Chandrayaan-3 mission is all set to provide the 19 minutes of terror, suspense and excitement for the officials of Indian space agency and others as the lander that was carried by Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft will start its descent towards the lunar soil.It may be recalled that the Vikram lander that was part of the Chandrayaan-2 mission a couple of years back crashed on the moon while it was on…

San Francisco, Aug 22 (IANS) Popular social media platform Snapchat will feature a new generative artificial intelligence (AI) feature ‘Dreams’.With this upcoming generative AI feature, the company “will again experiment with AI images– but soon, those images may contain you and your friends in imaginative backgrounds,” reports TechCrunch.According to findings from app researcher and developer Steve Moser, the company has been developing features that allow users to take or upload selfies with which the app can generate new pictures of them in scenarios they imagine.’Dreams’ feature is a way to use AI-generated selfies to utilise pictures of users in “fantastical…

New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) The Indian Urban Air Mobility (UAM) infrastructure market is projected to reach $6.2 million by 2033, at a CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 22.38 per cent, a new report said on Tuesday.According to BIS Research, the UAM infrastructure market, particularly in passenger and cargo gate-to-gate operations, is projected to experience steady growth from 2023 to 2033 in the country.UAM envisions the integration of aerial transportation services into urban transportation systems, providing efficient and swift mobility solutions.UAM services, including electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft, have the potential to alleviate congestion, reduce travel times,…

Radico Khaitan is the manufacturer of 8 PM whiskey and Magic Moments vodka. According to the CAG report, “the assistant excise commissioner, Radico Khaitan Limited, Rampur failed to monitor consumption of input excise material shown in excise records vis-a-vis returns filed in Income Tax Department (ITD) resulted in not detecting understatement of consumption of input excise material involving excise revenue of Rs 1,078.09 crore (including interest of Rs 482.34 crore) during the period 2013-14 to 2019-20”. Records related to molasses, grain and barley malt used for the manufacture of liquor, were examined by the auditor.It also compared the consumption figures…