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Samsung Semiconductor India Research has inaugurated its 'Samsung Innovation Campus' programme at the Visvesvaraya Technological University to upskill youth in future tech domains such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT) and make them job-ready. Under the programme, Samsung Semiconductor India Research (SSIR) will train 1,100 undergraduate engineering students across Karnataka. Announcing that SSIR has launched the 'Samsung Innovation Campus' programme at Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), a release said the initiative underlines Samsung's commitment towards the government's Skill India initiative as part of the company's vision of powering digital India.

Pathaan is back on a new mission! Shah Rukh Khan has reportedly signed the dotted line for a sequel to the 2023 blockbuster ‘Pathaan’. ‘Pathaan’ ended on a promising note, with a hint that King Khan will be back as the suave spy and lead a new team of agents to protect the country from terrorism. It looks like the makers are ready to deliver that promise!

teams grows and as conceptions of leadership increasingly emphasise softer skills. Recent research by Beau Sievers of Stanford University and his co-authors asked groups of MBA students to discuss the meaning of ambiguous film clips. The presence of people perceived to be of high status seemed to impede consensus: these folk spoke more and were readier to reject the explanations of others.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and Union Minister of Sports & Youth Affairs Anurag Singh Thakur on Monday attended as Chief Guests the Opening Ceremony of the Khelo India University Games 2023 — Ashtalakshmi at a programme held at the Sarusajai Sports Complex in Guwahati. Speaking at the event, Himanta Biswa Sarma said it was a matter of great pride for the State and its residents for playing host to a sporting event of this magnitude. He said sports have the potential to foster unity among various groups of people and that they contribute greatly towards the idea of «Ek Bharat, Sresth Bharat». The Chief Minister added that sports promote national integration by making the sportspersons familiar with culture and tradition of regions other than their own.

quasar with a black hole at its heart growing so fast that it swallows the equivalent of a sun a day.The record-breaking quasar shines 500 trillion times brighter than our sun. The black hole powering this distant quasar is more than 17 billion times more immense than our sun, an Australian-led team reported Monday in the journal Nature Astronomy.While the quasar resembles a mere dot in images, scientists envision a ferocious place.The rotating disk around the quasar’s black hole — the luminous swirling gas and other matter from gobbled-up stars — is like a cosmic hurricane.“This quasar is the most violent place that we know in the universe,” lead author Christian Wolf of Australian National University said in an email.The European Southern Observatory spotted the object, J0529-4351, during a 1980 sky survey, but it was thought to be a star.

NBCC (India), the state-owned construction firm, jumped 4.3% in today's early morning deals, reaching ₹147.40 apiece after the company received orders worth ₹369.05 crore from multiple clients. The company informed investors through an exchange filing on Monday that it secured an order worth ₹331.9 crore from the Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University in Uttar Pradesh's Jhansi district for the upcoming infrastructure development works, according to an exchange filing on Monday.

Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre opens in Mumbai. All you need to know about NMACC “I'm simply excited, and it's wonderful that so many girls will come to India and talk about it and experience our hospitality, just as India will also get to experience what I did six years ago when I attended a competition like this. They will be posting about their experiences on their social media handles.

More people are using crypto in Russia than ever before, a leading Moscow-based academic has claimed.

Union home ministry has revoked the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) licence of prominent think tank Indian Social Institute (ISI), citing alleged violation of rules, said officials. The institute, set up in 1951, critically analysed the National Education Policy 2020 in its journal, Social Action, published in 2023. Social Action is listed in the University Grants Commission Consortium for Academic Research and Ethics as an approved social science journal, as per ISI. When contacted, a representative from ISI declined to comment. The journal, on the topic of 'Peace and Conflict', published in 2023, discussed the ethnic violence in Manipur and «unresolved political aspirations of people in Kashmir and Nagaland».

₹2 crore, or 10 times what authors typically get paid for non-fiction work. According to these executives, people close to the Tata Sons chairman emeritus, including some Tata family members, continue to consider the material that should finally go in print. Mathew had shared the manuscript with Tata in January 2022, and Harper Collins had initially planned to release the book, titled Ratan Tata-A Life on 7 November 2022.

The new year has seen the launch of several new fund offers catering to the growing interest of mutual fund investors. Parag Parikh Mutual Fund is launching a new ‘debt’ fund on 20 February: And its novelty: The fund will use a tax-efficient structure such that long term capital gains in it will be taxed at 20% with indexation. The fund’s new structure is aligned with an announcement in the 2023 Union budget.

A measure of consumer sentiment ticked higher this month, after soaring in December and January, underscoring that Americans are starting to feel better about the economy after years of gloom

University officials and a relativfe say the son of a former YouTube executive died last week at the UC Berkeley campus where he resided

A New York judge has spared Donald Trump a “corporate death penalty” ruling, but his business did get hit hard with bans and cash penalties

NPPs is not economically justified, while in others, it is impossible due to territorial features and the lack of power grids. In such cases, what Rosatom, the State Atomic Energy Corporation, offers for SMR NPPs may turn out to be the only right solution, according to Dr Dmitrii Samokhin, Head of the Nuclear Physics and Engineering department, Obninsk Institute for Nuclear Power Engineering of the National Research Nuclear University. Considering the list of sites in India for the potential placement of NPPs with a unit capacity of up to 300 MW, it becomes clear that there is a significant need, according to Samokhin. It may be pointed out that India and Russia are exploring SMRs as part of civil nuclear partnership The RITM-200 series SMR NPP is a pressurized water reactor (PWR). Its modifications are designed for nuclear icebreakers, land-based and floating SMR NPPs. The RITM-200 reactor was designed based on the experience of operation of SMRon Russian nuclear icebreakers (more than 400 reactor-years). Currently, eight RITM200 reactors are installed on the newest nuclear icebreakers Arktika, Sibir, Ural, and Yakutia. Six of them have been in operation on three icebreakers since 2020 and 2022. The technology has proven its effectiveness and maximum safety at all stages of the life cycle, including radioactive waste management.

Economist Peter Morici breaks down what the national debt is, why it ballooned to more than $34 trillion and what it means for Americans.

₹3,343 crore, from ₹1,962 crore a year earlier. “The number of Indians who want to learn or educate is less than 10% when it comes to 25-30 years of age and that’s still a drop in the ocean. So, in that sense, there is a much greater need and as traditional brick-and-mortar institutions would not be able to cater to it, we need partnerships.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Sunday said the OBC, Dalit and tribal constitute 73 per cent of the population but not even one of the top 200 companies in India is owned by them. Addressing a gathering during his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra here, he said a caste census is an X-ray of the country which would «reveal everything». «Caste census is your (youth's) weapon and you have to find out what is your population,» he told the gathering as he came of the Swaraj Bhawan, at Lakshmi Talkies intersection near Allahabad University. «Secondly, you have to find out what is your share in the country's wealth.» «How much wealth do the 73 per cent castes have in this country? Caste census is the X-ray of the country. This will reveal everything,» he said.

Henry Cavill, known for his 'Superman' role in DC film «Man of Steel», is likely to be part of Marvel Studios' new venture, as per reports. Dexerto reported quoting a scoop social media account, 40-year-old Cavill has 'accepted' an offer. The development has led to speculations among fans and a number of potential roles have emerged. These are — Captain Britain, X-Men's Cyclops, Sentry, and Doctor Doom.

By Madhushri Verma

RPF Recruitment Exam 2024: Check date, application fee for 2,250 constable, SI posts As per the media reports, of the 9000 job vacancies, 7,900 are for Technician Grade III signal, and 1100 vacancies are for Technician Grade I signal. Candidates between 18 and 36 years are eligible to apply for the Technician Grade I signal while for the post of Technician Grade III, the age of the candidates should be between 18 and 33.