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Last Updated: March 19, 2024, 14:00 ISTGovernment Plans To Expand Metro Service To Multiple Cities In Rajasthan. (Photo: PTI)As per officials from the Urban Development and Housing (UDH) department, which oversees JMRCL, this strategic move is part of the government’s ambitious 100-day plan.The newly elected BJP government in Rajasthan intends to significantly improve public transportation infrastructure.The primary goal is to transition the Jaipur Metro Railway Corporation Limited (JMRCL) into the Rajasthan Metro Railway…

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The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (I&B) has taken action, in coordination with various intermediaries, to block 18 OTT platforms publishing "obscene," "vulgar," and, in some instances, "pornographic content". 19 websites, 10 apps (7 on the Google Play Store and 3 on the Apple App Store), and 57 social media accounts associated with these platforms have been disabled for public access in India, an official statement from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting said on Thursday.Union Minister for…

Tornadoes, Floods and Hurricanes Loom, but the Government Is Running Out of Money to HelpThe Federal Emergency Management Agency’s disaster response fund could run out this summer. It dealt with a similar situation last year, which led to a slowdown in rebuilding projectsBy Thomas Frank & E&E NewsA destroyed house is seen in Keaton Beach, Florida on August 30, 2023 after Hurricane Idalia made landfall. Idalia slammed into northwest Florida as an "extremely dangerous" Category 3 storm early Wednesday, buffeting…

SpaceX has been contracted by the Department of Defense’s National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) to build a network of hundreds of low-orbiting spy satellites capable of operating as a swarm and tracking targets on the ground, according to . The Reuters report, which cites five sources with knowledge of the program, builds on earlier reporting by that revealed SpaceX had signed a $1.8 billion contract in 2021 with an unnamed agency.This network, called Starshield, would reportedly be able to gather continuous imagery all…

The Australian government sees the value of generative AI across local, state and federal governments. However, unseasonably long spending restrictions and concerns over automation disasters are slowing AI adoption, at least in terms of citizen-facing solutions. According to a Gartner survey of CIOs across APAC governments (with Australia sitting right in the middle of the trend), AI/machine learning and generative AI are the two biggest priorities to be implemented by 2026 (Figure A). And yet, other pressures…

Aisha Dahir-Umar, the Director General of National Pension Commission (PenCom), has described as “totally misleading” widespread reports that the Commission gave a N10 trillion loan to the Federal Government. She also responded to claims that PenCom was owing the Federal Government retirees arrears of pensions as well as insinuations that Pension Fund Administrators (PFAs) are not fulfilling their obligations to retirees with regards to access to their retirement savings. Mrs. Dahir-Umar, in a media interview at…

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The upcoming general elections shall impact the sales of laptops, desktops and other IT hardware in the first half of 2024 as the government will slow down IT procurement spending, industry experts told ET. In the commercial segment, IT hardware sales in the first half of the calendar year are expected to remain flattish at the year-earlier levels of about 2.9 million units which was already comparatively weak, according to data from market tracker firm International Data Corporation (IDC). When compared to the first half…

The government is equipping more than 100 colleges with electronic design automation (EDA) tools from Siemens EDA, Synopsys and Cadence, as part of efforts to prepare talent for the country’s developing semiconductor ecosystem.The country heads of these chip design software companies told ET that training with these tools ensures that students are industry-ready when they graduate.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering CollegeCourseWebsiteIIM KozhikodeIIMK Advanced Data Science For…