The new Microsoft India Development Center at Noida, near Indian capital New Delhi, is not what you’d expect your typical tech office to look like. The newly constructed building takes inspiration from the Taj Mahal, one of the seven wonders of the world. The Taj Mahal is a marble mausoleum built by order of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan between 1631 and 1648 to house the remains of his wife Mumtaz Mahal. The tomb also has the grave of Shah Jahan. The Taj Mahal is on the UNESCO world heritage site list and is considered a great example of Indo-Islamic architecture. Like the Taj Mahal,…
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Following weeks of tension across the Line of Actual Control, the international border between India and China, both countries have reached an agreement on disengagement at Pangong Lake in Ladakh. “As a result of our well-thought-out approach and sustained talks with the Chinese side, we have been able to reach an agreement on disengagement in the north and south bank of the Pangong Lake,” India’s defense minister Rajnath Singh informed Rajya Sabha, the upper house of Indian parliament, on Feb. 11. “On Jan. 24, the 9th round of China-India Corps Commander Level Meeting was held on the Chinese side of the Moldo-Chushul…
The Supreme Court of India issued a notice to the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Indian government and microblogging website Twitter over a public interest litigation asking for curbs on hate news, fake news, incendiary and seditious content on social media platforms. This comes amid the tussle between microblogging website Twitter and the Indian government over taking down around 1,178 accounts it feels are spreading misinformation about the over two-month-long farmers’ protest against new farm laws. India had earlier asked the website to block another 257 accounts. The Feb. 12 Supreme Court order came over a plea filed by Vinit Goenka, a…
NEW DELHI — The pandemic year of 2020 was a harsh time for cinema, leading to revenue-share changes in the film industry. The pandemic-induced economic slowdown has hit the film industry severely across the world. The Indian film industry, Bollywood, has been greatly affected due to delayed film releases, with revenue expected to drop from INR 18,300 (about $2.5 billion) to INR 6,100 crore (about $840 million), according to a KPMG report. Producers of some of the big budget films, including “Sooryavanshi,” “83” and “Laal Singh Chaddha,” among many others had to put the release on hold due to the Covid-related lockdown.…
The special day to celebrate with couples and friends is ‘Valentine’s Day.’ But traditions and dates vary from country to country. Despite Valentine’s Day’s religious origin, the holiday has become part of the secular calendar and one of the world’s most popular celebrations. On this day, people honor their loved ones and friends, giving one another gifts, and making kind and loving gestures. In the United States, people focus on their partners; in other countries, they include their friends. The holiday’s origin comes from a Catholic saint of the 3rd century, Saint Valentine, a martyr whom the Romans killed for…
Roman Catholic people in Latin America pray to Saint Anthony of Padua when they seek to leave singlehood. The saint, whose original name was Fernando Martins de Bulhoes, was born in Lisbon, Portugal, between 1191 and 1195. History recalls that he helped several couples to marry, which is why believers consider him the patron saint of lovers. Back in the Middle Ages, women had to give men gifts to marry, so the poorest remained single. Saint Anthony helped them to get the money they needed for their dowries. He also assisted fighting couples, using dialogue and prayer. It’s easy to…
Wistron Corporation, the Taiwanese contract manufacturer for Apple Inc. in India, is planning to resume operations in its factory in southern state Karnataka by Feb. 20, two months after violent protests lead to its closure. Apple Inc’s plans to expand manufacturing in India had hit a roadblock on Dec. 12, 2020, after violence erupted on the premises of the plant with workers alleging they were underpaid and were forced to work under poor conditions. The factory has been shut since December 2020. Wistron had then said thousands of iPhones were stolen apart from damage to property. It had also removed Vincent…
NEW DELHI — A tragic incident in her home country led, years later, to filmmaker Karishma Dev Dube’s poignant movie about two schoolgirls. Now the film is among 10 of 174 entries to advance on the shortlist for Best Live Action Short Film for the 93rd Academy Awards. The final five will be announced on March 15. The winners will be announced on April 25. In 2013, at least 23 primary students died and several others fell ill in the eastern state of Bihar after they ate a midday meal contaminated with pesticide. The tragedy received widespread coverage in national and…
INS Viraat, the world’s oldest aircraft carrier to have served in the UK’s Royal Navy and the Indian Army, is staring at an uncertain future. The ship was commissioned in the British Navy in 1959 as HMS Hermes and was later inducted into the Indian Navy in 1986-87 as INS Viraat. The vessel, commonly referred to as the ‘grand old lady’ among the Naval community, served the Indian Army for nearly three decades. Now, the decommissioned aircraft carrier is caught between two private entities — Mumbai-based Envitech Marine Consultants Private Limited and Shree Ram Group of Industries. The former wishes to convert it into a…
Delivery drones could soon be flying over neighborhoods everywhere to drop off small packages of mail, medicine, food, medical equipment and more. But before that can happen, a method for keeping all those unmanned miniature aircraft from crashing into each needs to be implemented. One potential solution to that problem is being offered up by Israeli-based Sightec, which is working on a safe navigation solution for drone flight beyond visual line of sight. The company’s NavSight system is based on computer vision and artificial intelligence, integrated with the FlightOps.io drone operating system from Simplex Interactive. Sightec, in turn, is teaming…