Author: Farid Salagame

Tata Group will start manufacturing Apple iPhones for domestic and global markets in India in the next two and a half years, stated India’s Electronics and Technology Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Friday (Oct 27), in a sign of increasing confidence of global players in the South Asian giant’s booming tech manufacturing sector.  “@GoI_MeitY stands fully in support in growth of Global Indian Electronics companies that will in turn support global Electronic brands that want to make India their trusted manufacturing and talent partner and to realize PM’s goal of making India a global electronics power,” posted Minister Chandrasekhar on X. …

As of now, the current condition of weather which is high temperature in day and pleasant temperature in night will remain for few more days. Winter season may start from the first week of December. There are no weather conditions have generated around the sea and range of Himalayas because of which temperature will go down. As of now, the current condition of weather which is high temperature in day and pleasant temperature in night will remain for few more days. Mahesh Palawat, vice president of sky met weather website said, ” There is no Westerly disturbance in the wind…

27,343 hospitals have been empanelled under the scheme, that are now providing both cashless, and portable treatment facilities. Narendra Modi government’s flagship health insurance scheme, Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojna, has helped save at least ₹1 lakh crore in treatment costs in the five years since its inception in 2018, data from the Union ministry of health and family welfare showed. The scheme is designed to provide financial risk protection against catastrophic health expenditure and is implemented in insurance or trust or mixed mode as decided by states. “More than ₹5.7 crore worth cashless treatments have been provided and 25.4…

Air pollution has been shown to have a serious impact on the general population, causing various respiratory conditions and viral infections With deteriorating the air quality index and surge in viral cases, including swine flu, in Mumbai and the MMR region, health experts have cautioned the members of public to refrain from bursting firecrackers and making bonfires, in the coming days, as it would lead to surge in respiratory ailments including viral infections. A study in Journal of Cardiovascular Research concluded that long term exposure to air pollution affects the heart, lung and blood vessels, which can cause serious morbidities and mortality.…

As the Sharadiya Navratri festival draws near on October 15, stunning idols of Goddess Ambe are making their way to pandals across Mumbai. Sunday witnessed vibrant ‘aagman’ processions, attracting hundreds of devoted followers. Pics/Ashish Raje As the Sharadiya Navratri festival draws near on October 15, stunning idols of Goddess Ambe are making their way to pandals across Mumbai. Pics/Ashish Raje Among these remarkable idols is the towering 31-ft Khetwadi Chi Aai of Khetwadi 12th Lane, paying tribute to Chhatrapati Shivaji on the 350th anniversary of his coronation. The idol of Khetwadi Chi Aai wields an impressive array of weapons, including…

Based in Navi Mumbai, the new data centre sits on a land parcel of 15 acres and is capable of supporting 120 Megawatts (MW) of IT power capacity Colt Data Centre Services (DCS) will invest 750 million US dollars – about Rs 6230 crore – in building data centre capacity at new facilities in Mumbai and Chennai in the next three to five years, company executives told Business Standard after launching its first facility in Mumbai. Based in Navi Mumbai, the new data centre sits on a land parcel of 15 acres and is capable of supporting 120 Megawatts (MW)…

After the bodies of 18 people, believed to be migrants, were found burned amid a raging wildfire, the prosecution of the Greek Supreme Court has ordered an investigation. The Prosecutor of the Greek Supreme Court, Georgia Adeilini, has ordered a probe into the wildfires in Alexandroupolis, Evros and also into suspected racist violence against 25 migrants from Syria and Pakistan who were illegally detained in a car trailer. For the fifth day, the operations of the Fire Department continue in Evros on two fronts, in Alexandroupolis and the forest of Dadia, where on Tuesday, 18 people were found dead and…

The blaze broke out on the third floor of the ground-plus-four Galaxy Hotel in Prabhat Colony at 1:10pm, the fire brigade official said. Mumbai: Three persons died in a fire that broke out on Sunday afternoon in a hotel in Santacruz East in Mumbai that civic officials said had been issued a notice for failure to adhere to fire safety norms and had even been taken to court over it. The blaze broke out on the third floor of the ground-plus-four Galaxy Hotel in Prabhat Colony at 1:10pm and destroyed the electric wiring, power installations,air-conditioning, curtains, mattresses, wood furniture in…

“Pacific Island states and Southeast Asian countries are looking to India as a balancing factor amid growing contestation between China and the US in the Indo-Pacific,” Hindustan Times commented on Tuesday. India may need to learn some art of balancing, as its current strategy risks pushing the region further into the shadow of camp confrontation, or even a new cold war.  Under the guise of playing a “balancing” role, the headline clearly revealed the true intentions of some Indian elites – “India sees bigger Indo-Pacific role to counter China.” The article listed a series of recent Indian moves in the…

Mumbai Crime Branch officials had received a tip off regarding two suspects reaching Andheri west with weapons, the duo were later nabbed, the police said Mumbai Crime Branch officials on Thursday said that while investigating a case of illegal weapon possession including pistol, live cartridges and sharp weapons, they have unearthed a rape case involving one of the two accused they had nabbed on Wednesday from D N Nagar area in Andheri. According to the Mumbai Police, Mumbai Crime Branch’s unit 9 officials had initially received a tip off regarding two suspects reaching D N Nagar area in Andheri west on…