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BPSC BAO 2024: The Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) released answer keys for various recruitment examinations held for the Bihar Agriculture Department on Tuesday, March 5. Candidates can check answer keys on the official website of the commission at bpsc.bih.nic.in. The commission has published question booklets of these examinations along with provisional answer keys.

Bitgert has always managed to stay on the bullish side of the market since its launch in July 2021. Bitgert was one of the better-performing cryptocurrencies at a time when the overall market went down by more than 60%.

Zomato: Antfin Singapore Holdings Pte, a subsidiary of the China-based Ant Group, is reportedly planning to sell up to 2% stake or 17.64 crore shares in the food delivery platform Zomato. The transaction, which is expected to be worth ₹2,800 crore, will be conducted through a block deal, reported CNBC-Awaaz on Tuesday. The block deal's floor price has been set at ₹159.4 per share, indicating a 4% discount on Zomato's current market price, as per the report.

IRCTC, JM Financial, Zomato, Samvardhana Motherson among others will be in focus due to various news developments IRCTC IRCTC has signed an MoU with Swiggy to provide pre-ordered meals to passengers via IRCTC e-Catering Services. The services will be made available initially on Bengaluru, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam & Bhubaneswar stations.

Ram Mandir inauguration in January, hackers and cyber criminals, predominantly from China and Pakistan, were constantly targeting the websites of the Ram Temple, Prasar Bharti and other digital assets of critical infrastructure in Uttar Pradesh (UP), officials told ET. The government had blocked 1244 IP addresses, of which 999 were from China alone. «The rest of the blocked addresses were from Pakistan, Hong Kong and Cambodia,» officials said. Since the government had anticipated a rise in cyber-attacks during the inauguration, all the pre-emptive measures were put in place. The Telecom Security Operation Centre (TSOC) was monitoring around 264 websites including that of the Ram Temple, Prasar Bharti, UP Police, airport, UP tourism, and the power grid among others round the clock to prevent any cyber-attack. «It was a 7-day drill to guard the digital assets as we had anticipated a rise in cyber-attacks. Since the main event was on January 21, we had to secure the assets before and after the event also,» a person privy to the details said.

₹2,800 crore through a block deal, reported CNBC-Awaaz on Tuesday. The floor price for the block deal has been fixed at ₹159.4 per share, which represents a 4 per cent discount on the current market price of Zomato stock, according to the report. Shares of Zomato closed 1.8 per cent lower at ₹166.8 on the BSE on Tuesday.

China is increasing its defense budget by 7.2% this year, similar to last year's rise

Chakshu portal and under the Sanchar Sathi initiative. The portal aims to empower subscribers to report suspected fraud calls and messages, as well as instances of leaked phone numbers by businesses. The new platforms, 'Chakshu' and 'Digital Intelligence Platform (DIP)', will integrate with the Sanchar Saathi portal, enabling prompt sharing of intelligence among various stakeholders. Ashwini Vaishnaw, the Union IT and Communications Minister, emphasized the effectiveness of digital measures in fighting fraud and crime. Over the past nine months, these measures have resulted in citizens saving approximately Rs 1,000 crore and freezing Rs 1,008 crore in bank accounts linked to fraudulent transactions. Subscribers can utilize the Chakshu portal to report incidents of leaked mobile numbers, with appropriate action promised against wrongdoers.

EA Sports has announced that more than 10,000 athletes have accepted its offer to have their likeness featured in its upcoming college football video game

JetBlue and Spirit Airlines are ending their proposed $3.8 billion merger after a federal judge blocked the deal, ruling it would hurt competition

Philadelphia bus stop on Monday afternoon, police said. The city's police commissioner, Kevin Bethel, said about 15 to 20 students were at a bus stop in the city's Ogontz neighborhood around 3:45 pm when two people walked up and opened fire. Police said people were getting on the stopped bus when the gunfire erupted. Police said one 17-year-old was pronounced dead at a hospital with multiple gunshot wounds to the body. Two 15-year-olds had graze wounds and a 49-year-old woman and a 71-year-old woman on the bus were hit, they said.

Investing.com-- Advanced Micro Devices Inc's (NASDAQ:AMD) attempt to greenlight an artificial intelligence chip geared specifically towards Chinese markets was rejected by U.S. officials, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday.

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₹1.5 trillion providing the building blocks for the critical semiconductor value chain of design, fabrication, assembly, testing, marking and packaging. Key among these proposals is the partnership between Tata Electronics and Taiwan’s Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation for a ₹91,000-crore fabrication plant with a capacity of 50,000 wafer starts per month. This chip capacity will grant traction at last to India’s long-standing quest for self-sufficiency in semiconductors, or near freedom from reliance on overseas suppliers.

Pakistan with China, was blocked at some places. The spokesman for the northern Gilgit Baltistan region, Faizullah Faraq said the snowfall was unusually heavy for this time of year. Authorities have also advised the tourists against traveling to the north of Pakistan due to weather conditions.

extremist Islamist views from countries such as Pakistan, Afghanistan and Indonesia will be blocked from entering Britain under new plans being drafted by the government, according to a UK media report on Sunday. 'The Daily Telegraph' reports that the British government is concerned about a «shocking increase» in extremist activity and officials are being deputed to identify the most dangerous extremists from overseas so they can be added to visa warning lists. Under the new plans, those on the list will be automatically refused entry to the UK. The revelation comes days after British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak delivered an impassioned speech from the podium at 10 Downing Street in London, warning that the country's democratic and multi-faith values were under threat by extremists.

India's move to block a China-led investment facilitation pact in the recently concluded WTO ministerial meeting in Abu Dhabi will help promote multilateral agreements in the 166-member global trade watchdog, according to experts. The ministerial conference (MC), the highest decision-making body of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), concluded late night on March 1. The talks, which were to end on February 29, got extended by almost two days due to a logjam among members on key issues like agri, fisheries subsidies and the e-commerce moratorium. International trade experts stated that India's principled stand in opposing the addition of the IFDA (Investment Facilitation for Development Agreement) into the WTO is based on its longstanding support for multilateralism. A group of over 120 nations, led by China, tried to push the IFDA to integrate into the WTO as a plurilateral agreement at the 13th MC meet in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

NEW DELHI : The governor of Argentina’s lithium-rich Catamarca province Raúl Jalil is to visit India this year, said the country’s largest state-owned mining firm Camyen, in a potential boost to in India’s lithium sourcing play. India is keen to secure assured supplies of lithium, widely used in making batteries for electric vehicles. In January this year, Camyen and India’s state-owned mining firm Kabil signed an agreement for the latter to explore and develop five lithium blocks.

Shimla, 18 in Kullu, 16 in Mandi, one each in Kangra and Sirmaur districts, according to the state emergency operation centre. Residents of adjoining villages of Jobrang, Rapi, Jasrath, Tarand and Tharot have been advised to stay cautious and inform the nearest police post in case of emergency. Some shops were buried in an avalanche at Tandi Bridge in Lahaul subdivision.

tranche of offshore minerals auctions is likely to kick off by June-July this year, Union Minister Pralhad Joshi said. A total of 10 offshore mineral blocks have been short-listed by the mines ministry, and inter-ministerial consultations are underway to seek necessary clearances for auctions at the earliest, the Minister for Coal and Mines told PTI. When asked about a timeframe for the auction of offshore minerals, he said the auctions are likely to kick off by June-July of 2024. The blocks are located on the east and west coast of India, Joshi said without sharing any further information.

Heavy rains that swept across Pakistan have left at least 29 people dead and 50 others injured, collapsed houses and triggered landslides that blocked roads, particularly in the northwest, authorities said Sunday. About 23 rain-related deaths were reported in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan since Thursday night, the provincial disaster management authority said.