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World Youth Skills Day, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday launched AI for India 2.0, a free online Artificial Intelligence skill training course in Indian languages. A joint initiative of Skill India and GUVI, this NCVET and IIT Madras accredited online programme will equip youth with frontier skills.

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data entry job, while working from home” — you must have seen a message similar to this pop up in your WhatsApp chat not that long ago. In some cases, people claiming to be representatives of companies contact you from international phone numbers and seek your attention with exciting offers, sometimes assuring you payment in dollars for simple tasks. However, the moment you send your bank account details for the money transfer, you end up losing a huge chunk of your hard-earned savings. Only then will it dawn on you that it was nothing but a well-planned cybercrime. According to a report by The Times of India, “Over 30,000 people were defrauded of Rs 200 crore after being offered work-from-home jobs with major e-commerce websites.” In the present-day digital landscape, it has become absolutely effortless to search and apply for job vacancies, right? Having said that, in the hopes of landing the job of our dreams, sometimes we become oblivious to potential signs of fake job offers. While it is not new to encounter false job postings online, their occurrence sure has multiplied in recent times. But the question is how to differentiate between an authentic and a fake offer? How do we know that we are not accidentally declining an incredible job opportunity?

Mangaluru International Airport (MIA) has introduced the automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) system, enabling seamless entry and exit of vehicles to and from the airport. The ANPR system uses e-payment technology like FASTag, which takes care of the payments for the end user, a release from MIA said on Saturday. The ANPR system reads the number plates of vehicles entering the airport through any of the four lanes at the entry booths.

Newly launched cryptocurrency project, WALTER2.0, has quickly generated substantial profits for its early backers. 

The comments came during a panel discussion at the Polkadot Decoded event in Denmark. W3F chief legal officer Daniel Schoenberger stated regulation has hitherto slowed innovation in the sector by not creating new frameworks that reflected the technology’s properties.

Ripple Labs got a landmark ruling from a federal judge who said some of the company's XRP token sales were not subject to securities laws.What did the Ripple judge say? US District Judge Analisa Torres in New York found some digital token sales by Ripple did not violate the law as alleged by US Securities and Exchange Commission. The SEC sued Ripple for conducting an unregistered offering of $1.3 billion in XRP between 2013 and 2020.

Atlanta in her early 50s, is a Kindle evangelist. She initially bought hers in 2012, as a gift for her middle-school-aged children. After the device had collected dust for two years, Strull brought it to the beach on a whim.

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The technology-heavy Nasdaq 100 has been the top performer of the major U.S. indices by a wide margin thus far in 2023, soaring 42.3% year-to-date to reach its highest level since April 2022.

startups that may not have the capital reserves to withstand such unprecedented tax increases. Further, this decision will encourage illegal offshore gambling operators, drive Indian users to them and ultimately lead to neither optimal tax collection nor the growth of the legitimate industry," said the letter.

Prime Day sale. The base variant of Galaxy M34 5G is priced at ₹16,999 for the 6GB+128GB variant. The phone has another model that packs 8GB RAM and 128GB storage, which costs ₹18,999.  Readers must note that the said prices are currently being offered as part of a special launch promotion with bank offers.

social media feeds. Whatever their flaws, the old gatekeepers were, at least on paper, beholden to the public. The new gatekeepers are fundamentally beholden only to profit and to their shareholders.

reliance on the dollar. The dominance of the US dollar in international trade and finance has faced increasing challenges, leading to discussions about the future of global economic dynamics and the potential consequences for various stakeholders. This trend, known as de-dollarization, refers to the process by which countries aim to reduce their reliance on the US dollar as the dominant global currency.

In a surprising turn of events, the cryptocurrency market witnessed a sudden sell-off, causing Bitcoin price to plummet by more than 3% from its previous level of $31,750 to $30,290. 

Amrit Kaal vision sets a roadmap for the country's growth and development. At the heart of this vision is the need to build a prosperous and inclusive economy focusing on infrastructure, innovation, and sustainability. While various sectors will play a role in achieving these goals, the express logistics industry is well-positioned to catalyse India's development in the years ahead.

ANI): India and France have agreed to enhance cooperation in strategic areas, space, science, sustainable development, and cooperation at the institutional level. Various agreements were made between the two countries during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's two-day visit to France from July 13-14 to attend the Bastille Day celebrations.

India and the UK are working to iron out differences on issues like intellectual property rights (IPRs) and rules of origin under the free trade agreement being negotiated by the two countries, a top government official said on Friday. The 11th round of talks is underway in the UK for the agreement. Negotiations for the trade agreement started in January 2021.

During the week, as many as 63 smallcap stocks have delivered double digit weekly returns, 5 of them offered over 25% returns.Zen Technologies was the top gainer from the smallcap pack with nearly 37.2% returns, followed by Lloyds Steels Industries (33.9%), Pix Transmissions (27.9%), and Patel Engineering (26.2%). About 8 stocks, including Moschip Technologies, Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders, Precision Camshafts, HPL Electric, Lloyds Metals, Xchanging Solutions have offered returns between 20 and 25% during the week. In the midcap segment, only 3 stocks, Gillette India, Polycab India and Mphasis have risen in double digits.

UK visa considering the strict immigration rules. However, much has changed in the recent years with `number of avenue opening up to invite foreign skilled workers.

Comma Bookstore and Social Hub, three years ago in Flint, Michigan, the pandemic was full blown. But her neighbors welcomed the literature and art she sold in her store that celebrated people of color, as well as the community programs she hosted. Despite the warm reception, Otis quickly found that she had a sales problem: Her customers wanted to pay with their cellphones.