More than one in two retail executives in India feels that their business is accelerating the adoption of Cloud in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Google Cloud study has reported. The pandemic fast-tracked digital trends that the market has been reflecting over the last decade, dividing retail leaders and laggards, and there has been a 45 per cent spike in “order online to pick-up-in-store” on average compared to last year’s in India. “Retail executives in India say their business has taken steps to prepare for any unexpected changes this holiday season and 73 per cent of those surveyed increased…
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Google today revealed that it would be closing down the Android Stuff site for non-commercial use from next year. Originally introduced as a forum for IoT applications, in February 2019, Google diverted the platform to OEMs developing consumer smart devices such as speakers and displays. Right now, there’s an Android Things Dashboard that is used for managing devices. On January 5, 2021, the dashboard will stop working and users won’t be able to accept new devices or create new projects. Developers, however, will be able to continue updating their existing devices until January 5, 2022. After that date though, the…
India on Friday launched communication satellite CMS-01 on board the launch vehicle PSLV-C50. “#PSLVC50lifts off successfully from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota#ISRO#CMS01,” Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) tweeted. “#CMS01 successfully separated from fourth stage of #PSLVC50 and injected into orbit #ISRO,” ISRO said in another tweet. #PSLVC50 lifts off successfully from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota#ISRO #CMS01 pic.twitter.com/9uCQIHIapo — ISRO (@isro) December 17, 2020 #CMS01 successfully separated from fourth stage of #PSLVC50 and injected into orbit#ISRO — ISRO (@isro) December 17, 2020 PSLV-C50–injected the satellite into the predefined orbit around 20 minutes after the lift-off from the second launch pad at the spaceport of Sriharikota. The ISRO said…
On Thursday, Karnataka Primary and Secondary Education Minister S. Suresh Kumar ordered the Commissioner for Public Instruction (CPI) to take action to delete the related paras from the Class VI Social Science textbook, which is perceived to be insinuating remarks against the Brahmin community. In his note, Kumar claimed that the paras that appear on pages 82 and 83 are irrelevant and are not appropriate for such a young age. “ The CPI must take steps to issue a circular to drop this lesson from the syllabus with immediate effect,” he stated in his note. The Minister’s note sent to…
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will transfer Rs 1,600 crore to the accounts of 35.5 lakh farmers of the state as relief against the loss to their Kharif crops during the four-level farmer welfare programme and conferences on Friday. He will also attend the state-level conference at Raisen. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is also expected to address the meetings at 2 p.m. through video conferencing. Around 20,000 farmers will attend the conference at Raisen. The farmers, attending the conference at all the levels, will be given detailed information about the beneficial provisions of the new farm laws. Chouhan…
I belong to a farmer’s family and since childhood, I have experienced the tough life of farmers,” Union Minister for Agriculture Narendra Singh Tomar said in an 8-page letter addressed to farmers on Thursday. While blaming Opposition parties for creating confusion, Tomar said, “It is very satisfactory that after implementation of the law, MSP procurement has set a new record this time.” Giving in to the demand made by several farmers’ outfits, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar also said the Centre is ready to give farmers a written assurance for legal guarantees regarding MSP. Requesting farmers to read the…
A medium-intensity earthquake of magnitude 4.2 hit Alwar district in Rajasthan on Thursday, tremors of which were felt in Delhi-NCR, the National Center for Seismology (NCS) said. The epicentre of the quake was Alwar in Rajasthan, according to the NCS. The earthquake of magnitude 4.2 occurred at 11.46 pm at a depth of five kilometres, it said Initial reports indicated that the tremors clocked 4.2 on the Richter Scale. The origin has been traced 48 kilometres southwest of Gurugram in Haryana at a depth of 7.5 kilometres. The earthquake occurred at 11.46 pm. According to users on Twitter, the tremors…
In Uttar Pradesh, a 19-year-old Muslim youth was arrested in the Bijnor district on Tuesday for allegedly abducting a minor girl from the Scheduled Caste on the pretext of marriage by hiding her name. The couple eloped on Monday. The child, the police said, told the police that she and the youth were friends, but it was only after they eloped that she realised he was a Muslim. Youth were registered under sections 363 (kidnapping), 366 (kidnapping, kidnapping or forcing women to force their marriage, etc.) of the IPC, along with the related sections of the SC/ST Act, the POCSO…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be the main guest at the centennial celebrations of the Aligarh Muslim University via video connection on 22 December, an official statement said. Modi will participate in the online event, Minister of Education of the Union Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank said. Prime Minister, Narendra Modi will be the first prime minister at the AMU event since 1964. The last time a sitting PM attended a university event was in 1964, when Lal Bahadur Shastri delivered a convocation speech.
The ruling BJP, along with its allies, will maintain power in Assam and win at least 100 seats” in the next year’s election to the 126-member State Assembly, said National Vice-President Baijayant Jay Panda on Thursday. Panda, who is the Assam in charge of the Safran party, said while talking to the media, that the Bharatiya Janata Party is completely assured that the party, along with its allies, will win “the mission of 100 plus seats” ” The status and organisational strength of BJP in Assam are very high, and all parts of the citizens of the state support Prime…