OCTOBER 25, 2019
Ram Diwali - By Jagran Prakashan Ltd.
Diwali is a festival which is celebrated with full zest across India. Goddess Laxmi is worshipped and different religions have different connotations.
There are many theories to the celebration of this festival as it signifies different things to different regions and religions. Not just that, we have also mentioned the right...
OCTOBER 25, 2019
Microsoft was awarded the Defense Department’s 10-year JEDI cloud computing project over Amazon, whose founder, Jeff Bezos, has been a target of President Trump’s criticism. Jeenah Moon / NY Times
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA — The Department of Defense on Friday awarded a $10 billion technology contract to Microsoft over Amazon in a contest that was closely watched after...
OCTOBER 23, 2019
Google says an advanced computer has achieved "quantum supremacy" for the first time, surpassing the performance of conventional devices.
The technology giant's Sycamore quantum processor was able to perform a specific task in 200 seconds that would take the world's best supercomputers 10,000 years to complete.
Scientists have been working on quantum computers for decades because they promise much...
OCTOBER 22, 2019
RANCHI - India strengthened their position at the top of the table of ICC World Test Championship after yet another win, triumphing by 202 runs and an innings over South Africa in the third and final Test of the Freedom Series at the JSCA International Stadium in Ranchi on Tuesday.
Forging the result almost without a doubt on...
OCTOBER 22, 2019
Justin Trudeau and wife Sophie Gregoire greet supporters as they celebrate election victory in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on Oct. 21.
TORONTO — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has survived scandal and missteps to win a plurality of seats in Parliament in Canada’s federal election, news media here projected, but he failed to retain his majority, leaving his government...
OCTOBER 22, 2019
The ultra small device is cost effective and more comfortable for patients.
OmniVision is the new holder of the Guinness World Record for the smallest commercially available image sensor. The tiny device (pictured above in a camera module next to a grain of pepper) measures just half a millimetre squared, and will have a significant impact on the...
OCTOBER 21, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-Calif.) office on Monday released a "fact sheet" laying out what Democrats believe is their most compelling evidence to date against President Trump in their investigation of the president's efforts to pressure the Ukrainian government to investigate a domestic political rival.
"President Trump has betrayed his oath of office, betrayed our national...
OCTOBER 21, 2019
Students at an Indian school wore cardboard boxes on their heads as an anti-cheating measure on October 16, 2019.
KARNATAKA, INDIA - A school in India has apologized after photos emerged of students wearing cardboard boxes on their heads during an exam to discourage cheating.
The Bhagat Pre-University College in Haveri, in India's southwestern Karnataka state, implemented a trial...
OCTOBER 21, 2019
NEW DELHI - Indian Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Sunday hit out at Pakistan for stopping the postal services between the two countries, saying this is in direct contravention of international norms.
Speaking to the media, Ravi Shankar Prasad said Pakistan took the decision of stopping the postal mail services between the two countries without prior information.
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OCTOBER 21, 2019
Brief Scorecard: South Africa 162 (Hamza 62, Yadav 3-40, Jadeja 2-19) and 132 for 8 (De Bruyn 30, Shami 3-10, Yadav 2-35) trail India 497 for 9 dec by 203 runs
RANCHI - India need two wickets to complete a whitewash over South Africa but they will have to wait until Tuesday morning to do it. The visitors...
