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Kanpur on the night of December 20. Undoubtedly displaying a knack for innovation, these likely rookie criminals aimed to seize the temple's donation box. However, their audacious plan hit an unexpected roadblock in the form of vigilant stray dogs.

government on Monday nominated 31 non-official members including Abhiraj Singh Bhal from Urban Company and Kunal Bahl from Snapdeal in the reconstituted National Startup Advisory Council (NSAC). The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) had constituted the council in January 2020 to advise the government on measures needed to build a strong ecosystem for nurturing innovation and startups in the country.

IIT Kanpur (IITK) and the Indian Navy recently formalised their collaboration by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the Naval Headquarters. The primary objective of this MoU is to foster technology development, innovative solutions and collaborative research and development (R&D), according to an official release.

Narendra Modi will flag off the second Vande Bharat Express train running between Varanasi and New Delhi today i.e. on 18 December. The train will be flagged off at around 2:15 pm.

Indian Railways is set to commence operations of an advanced semi-high-speed train, Vande Bharat, enhancing connectivity between Uttar Pradesh and the national capital. In order to achieve this momentous milestone, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the second Vande Bharat Express train running between Varanasi and New Delhi. The launch of this Vande Bharat Express from Varanasi is expected to benefit travellers heading to Prayagraj, Kanpur and New Delhi, providing an additional fast and modern travel option. The initiative not only saves passengers time but also accelerates cultural, industrial, and economic development in the region. Starting its journey from the spiritual city of Varanasi, the train will pass through Prayagraj, Kanpur and reach the national capital, New Delhi. This new service will particularly benefit pilgrims heading to Prayagraj and professionals travelling between the industrial hub of Kanpur and the bustling city of New Delhi. The regular operation of the Vande Bharat Express is scheduled to commence on December 20, 2023. Departing from Varanasi at 6:00 AM, the train will reach Prayagraj at 07:34 AM, Kanpur Central at 09:30 AM and finally, New Delhi at 2:05 PM. The return journey will see the train departing from New Delhi at 3:00 PM, reaching Kanpur Central at 7:12 PM, Prayagraj at 9:15 PM and concluding its journey in Varanasi at 11:05 PM. Prime Minister Modi will officially flag off this inaugural special train on December 18, 2023, showcasing the green flag in Varanasi at 2:15 PM.

Economic Times, the placement team members at old IITs said a lesser number of students got job offers this year despite the tech institutes anticipating and planning for a testing placement season. For the first time, even some computer science engineering students—the most sought-after of the lot—have not been placed in more than a week, according to placement sources. However, in previous years, recruiters would pick up all of these students in the first three to four days of placement, at most.

NR Narayana Murthy doesn't seem perturbed by the kerfuffle he sparked by suggesting recently that youngsters ought to work 70 hours a week to boost productivity and enhance India's competitiveness. He himself had put in the hours when setting up Infosys in 1981, said Murthy, 77.

Zomato is scouting for algorithm engineers at IIT campuses. High frequency trading companies are looking for statistical process control experts with high scores in quant. Consulting companies want associate product managers.

sobering placement season this year. For thousands of to-be engineers in the class of 2024, the number of hirings is expected to taper, although salaries may not drop by much. “IIT-Bombay and IIT-Delhi have informed the companies with an explicit request not to defer joining dates as was done in 2023," said a partner at a consulting company that has recruited 8 -11 students from the IITs in the ongoing campus placements.

Placements have started at the old IITs on December 1, also known as Day 1, with a good line-up of startups.

MUMBAI : The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are bracing for a sobering placement season. For the thousands of to-be engineers in the class of 2024, the number of hirings is likely to taper, even while salaries may not fall much. “This year, we added more companies, but there is a 20% dip among the regular recruiters since many say they had over-hired last year.

all-India House Price Index (HPI) moderated to 3.4 per cent in the July-September quarter of 2023-24 from 4.5 per cent in the year-ago period, according to data released by the Reserve Bank of India on Thursday. The RBI releases HPI-based on transaction-level data received from the registration authorities in 10 major cities.

The wind speed improved to 20 kilometres per hour, aiding the dispersion of pollutants, an official at the India Meteorological Department said. Delhi's air quality index (AQI) stood at 365 at 8 am on Tuesday, improving from 395 at 4 pm on Monday. The AQI at any given time is the average of readings taken in the last 24 hours.

air quality inched closer to the 'severe' category on Monday morning with calm winds and cloudy conditions trapping pollutants, according to monitoring agencies. A thick layer of smog blanketed Delhi and its suburbs, reducing visibility to just 600 metres at 8 am at the Safdarjung Observatory, the national capital's primary weather station. The visibility was 800 metres at the Indira Gandhi International Airport.

The landscape of Indian higher education institutions (HEIs) is experiencing rapid evolution, propelled by factors such as changing student expectations, a renewed emphasis on research quality and innovation, burgeoning global collaborations, a fervent desire for international recognition and intense competition in the academic sector among both public and private players. This transformation is also fuelled by accrediting bodies and ranking entities like NAAC, NBA, NIRF, UGC and AICTE, which wield substantial influence, shaping the academic landscape in terms of peer standing, access to grants and funding, student preferences, branding, faculty recruitment and development, and the introduction of new courses.

Delhi experienced a sharp decline in air quality on Saturday morning, falling into the 'severe' category, as reported by the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR-India). At 9 am, the overall Air Quality Index (AQI) for Delhi NCR reached 404.

301 and 400 'very poor', 401 and 450 'severe' and above 450 'severe-plus'. Delhi has been seeing a gradual increase in the AQI levels after a marginal improvement was witnessed on Sunday. The 24-hour average AQI, recorded at 4 pm every day, was 390 on Thursday, 394 on Wednesday, 365 on Tuesday, 348 on Monday and 301 on Sunday.

Bank of India (RBI), banks will remain closed in the following regions: Agartala, Aizwal, Belapur, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Hyderabad, Telangana, Itanagar, Jaipur, Jammu, Kanpur, Kohima, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Raipur, Ranchi, Shimla, and Srinagar. Apart from this, banks will remain shut in Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Gangtok, Guwahati, Hyderabad-Andhra Pradesh, Imphal, Kochi, Panaji, Patna, Shillong and Thiruvananthapuram.

Fire engines were rushed to the spot, PTI reported. Himanshu Shekhar Upadhyay, Prayagraj CPRO, North Central Railways told ANI, “The damaged coach was removed and an additional coach will be added at Kanpur Railway Station.

Bhojpur district of Bihar, clearly tells this. Kumar, who is currently doing his Ph.D. in Brain-Machine Interfaces at the University of Texas in Austin, cracked the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology-Joint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE) at the tender age of 13 in 2013.

ANI as saying that if certain parameters related to cloud conditions are met on November 20-21, then a pilot project related to artificial rains can be executed. ALSO READ: AQI Updates: ‘Situation in Delhi better as compared to previous year’ says Gopal Rai Cloud seeding is the process of artificially generating rain.