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Month: March 2024

  • Startup Mahakumbh: Top Indian Women Founders To Share Innovation Stories At Mega Event |

    New Delhi: The much-awaited ‘Startup Mahakumbh,’ the largest celebration of Indian startups, will witness top women founders who will share their innovation stories and highlight their pivotal role within the ecosystem.

    The event, themed ‘Bharat Innovates,’ is scheduled to be held from March 18-20 at Bharat Mandapam and Pragati Maidan. Women leaders, including Nivruti Rai, MD & CEO of Invest India; Falguni Nayar, Founder & CEO of Nykaa; Nidhi Pant, Co-founder of S4S Technologies; Ghazal Alagh, Co-founder of Mamaearth, among others, will share their expertise on fostering innovation, scaling businesses effectively, and navigating the entrepreneurial journey.

    STARTUP MAHAKUMBH, a showcase of the vibrant startup ecosystem in India. 

    18th-20th March 2024 |  Bharat Mandapam pic.twitter.com/XsdgDMzq56
    — Piyush Goyal Office (मोदी का परिवार) (@PiyushGoyalOffc) February 27, 2024

    “At Startup Mahakumbh, we’re not just showcasing startups; we’re enabling an ecosystem where women lead with resilience and creativity, driving forward the global narrative of Indian entrepreneurship,” said Debjani Ghosh, President of Nasscom, who will be present at the event, in a statement. (Also Read: Sensex Crosses 74,000 Mark For First Time)

    “Startup Mahakumbh showcases the critical role of women in shaping an inclusive future for the startup community. We aim to inspire and nurture the spirit of entrepreneurship among young women, encouraging them to lead with innovation,” added Archana Jahagirdar, Member of the Organising Committee, Startup Mahakumbh.

    The event is reflective of India’s growth story, said Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal last month. The Minister said that the startup sector has proved its capability to innovate with ideas across various sectors like mobility, food, textiles, etc.

    The premier gathering will also bring together a diverse group of participants from the startup ecosystem, including startups, incubators, venture capitalists, accelerators, who will facilitate insightful discussions across sectors including AI + SaaS, D2C/consumer brands, agritech, fintech, deep tech, biotech and pharma, incubators, climate tech, e-sports, and B2B manufacturing. (Also Read: RBI’s New Guideline On Credit Card; Directs Banks To Allow Customers To Choose From Multiple Card Networks)

    The event will also feature an exhibition of over 1000+ startups, 10+ thematic tracks, 1000+ investors, 500+ incubators & accelerators, 5000+ conference delegates, 10+ country delegations, 5000+ future entrepreneurs, and 40,000+ business visitors.

  • Nikki Haley To Drop Out Of US Republican Presidential Race, Paving Way For Trump-Biden Rematch | world news

    Nikki Haley, the former US envoy to the United Nations, will announce the suspension of her presidential bid on Wednesday, Reuters reported, citing sources. This means that Donald Trump will secure the Republican nomination and face off against Democratic incumbent Joe Biden in the November election. Haley will deliver a speech at 10 am local time (1500 GMT) to explain her decision, but she will not endorse anyone yet, Reuters cited source as saying. She will ask Trump to seek the support of her followers, who include many moderate Republicans and independent voters, the source added.

    Haley Fails To Dent Trump's Popularity

    Haley's move comes after Super Tuesday, when she lost to Trump in 14 out of 15 states. Haley was the last Republican challenger to Trump, but she never posed a serious challenge to the former president, who remains popular among the party's base despite his legal troubles.

    The election will be a repeat of 2020, when Trump and Biden, both in their late 70s, faced each other. Few Americans are enthusiastic about this scenario. Opinion polls show both candidates have low approval ratings.

    The election is likely to be highly divisive in a country already polarized by politics. Biden has portrayed Trump as a threat to democracy, while Trump has continued to make false claims that he won in 2020.

    Haley, 52, had attracted some wealthy donors who wanted to stop Trump from winning a third Republican nomination, especially after she impressed in the debates that Trump skipped. But she could not win over enough conservative voters, who remained loyal to Trump.

    However, her better performance among moderate Republicans and independents – she won a majority of unaffiliated voters in New Hampshire and got nearly 40% of the vote in South Carolina – showed how Trump's aggressive style of politics could hurt him in the general election.

    On March 3, she won the Washington, DC, primary with 62.9% of the vote, compared to 33.2% for Trump. On Tuesday, her only victory was in Vermont, a small, heavily Democratic state.

    Biden Faces Age Issue, Trump Faces Legal Issues

    Biden has his own problems, including his age. A February Reuters/Ipsos poll found that three-quarters of respondents thought he was too old to work in government, after already being the oldest US president ever.

    Haley, a former governor of South Carolina, was one of the first Republicans to join the race in February 2023, but she did not get much attention until she appeared in the debates later in the year.

    She focused on her foreign policy experience, taking a tough stance on China and Russia and strongly supporting aid to Ukraine, a position that clashed with Trump's isolationism.

    But she was hesitant to completely break with her former boss – she was Trump's UN ambassador – despite his four indictments and two impeachments. Trump did not hold back, often insulting her intelligence and Indian heritage.

    Only in the last months of her campaign did Haley start to fight back against Trump, questioning his mental fitness, calling him a liar and saying he was too scared to debate her. In the final weeks of the campaign, she became the leader of the anti-Trump faction of the party, a dramatic change for someone who had praised the former president in her speeches.

    Still, she said she would pardon Trump if he were found guilty in any of the criminal cases he faces, a position she never changed.

  • UPSC Success Story: From Fields To The Top, The Inspiring Journey Of Utkarsh Gaurav, A Farmer’s Son Who Cracked UPSC With Youtube |

    New Delhi: Among the vast sea of UPSC aspirants, a significant number find themselves grappling with financial constraints that render the prospect of affording coaching or even basic living expenses in Delhi a distant dream. This struggle is particularly poignant for those hailing from low-income backgrounds, who must navigate a myriad of obstacles in their quest to realize their aspirations.

    Yet, amidst these challenges, there emerge tales of resilience and determination that serve as beacons of hope. One such inspiring narrative is that of Utkarsh Gaurav, whose journey from the humble beginnings of a farmer’s son to successfully cracking the UPSC exam is emblematic of the triumph of the human spirit over adversity.

    Born and raised in the quaint village of Amargaon in Bhagan Bigha, nestled within the Nalanda district of Bihar, Utkarsh’s upbringing was rooted in simplicity. With a father toiling the fields and a mother managing the household, the notion of pursuing lofty ambitions seemed like a distant prospect. However, fueled by an unyielding desire to carve out a different destiny, Utkarsh embarked on his academic journey.

    Upon completing his secondary education, Utkarsh found himself at a crossroads, torn between familial expectations and personal aspirations. Despite his father’s aspirations for him to pursue engineering in the hopes of securing stable employment, Utkarsh ventured into the bustling city of Bengaluru to pursue his engineering degree, a decision fueled by a burgeoning determination to chart his own path.

    Yet, it was upon completing his engineering education that Utkarsh faced his first major setback. Despite his best efforts, success in the highly competitive UPSC examinations remained elusive, as he encountered disappointment after disappointment. Undeterred, he continued to persevere, relocating to Delhi to intensify his preparations, only to be met with further setbacks compounded by the unforeseen challenges brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Returning to his village amidst the nationwide lockdown, Utkarsh found himself confronting not only the external pressures of societal expectations but also the internal doubts that threatened to derail his dreams. However, buoyed by the unwavering support of his family and fueled by a relentless determination to defy the odds, Utkarsh forged ahead.

    Finally, in the year 2022, his unwavering perseverance bore fruit as he secured a commendable All India Rank of 709 in the UPSC Civil Services Examination, a testament to his resilience and indomitable spirit. Reflecting on his journey, Utkarsh emphasizes the indispensable role played by both diligent effort and fortuitous circumstances in achieving success in the realm of competitive examinations.

  • Vande Bharat Express started stopping in Dongargarh also, MP showed the green flag, MLA said – Durg-Gondia, which was closed for one year, should also be started.

    Amit Pandey, Khairagarh. The people of religious city Dongargarh have got another gift in the field of railways today. Vande Bharat Express running from Bilaspur to Nagpur has started stopping at Dongargarh station from today. Rajnandgaon MP Santosh Pandey today flagged off the experimental stoppage of train number 20826/20825 Vande Bharat Express at Dongargarh station.

    In the program organized by the Railways, the DRM of the Railways was also present along with area MP Santosh Pandey and MLA Harshita Swami Baghel. On one hand, when the Vande Bharat train reached Dongargarh, BJP workers fed each other sweets and flagged off the train. On the other hand, Dongargarh MLA Harshita Swami Baghel submitted a memorandum to the Divisional Railway Manager complaining about the poor railway system.

    Demand to restart Gondia Durg Memo train which has been closed for a year

    Dongargarh MLA Harshita Swami Baghel said in the memorandum that Dongargarh is a pilgrimage site for almost all religions and instead of running an expensive train here, the common man would be benefited by giving stoppages to other trains like Bhagat Ki Kothi, Sai Nagar Super Fast, Santragachi Naded and Rajdhani. will get. At the same time, Budhwari Kalkapara Underbridge, which is called the lifeline of Dongargarh city, should be restarted, so that the common people of Dongargarh get benefit. MLA Harshita Baghel also demanded the resumption of Gondia Durg Memo Train No. 08724, which was closed for the last one year, so that the general public of the area can benefit.

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  • ICC Test Player Ranking: Yashasvi entered the top-10 for the first time in Test rankings, Virat Kohli got advantage without playing, Bumrah's dominance among bowlers continues.

    ICC Test Player Ranking: International Cricket Council (ICC) has released the latest ranking of Test players, in which the performance of Indian players has been seen. In fact, Indian team's young opening batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal has entered the top-10 in the rankings of Test batsmen for the first time. There has also been improvement in the ranking of captain Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, apart from this, the dominance of Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah continues in the ranking of bowlers.

    Let us tell you that in the current series against England, the bat of the young opening batsman of the Indian team, Yashasvi Jaiswal, is speaking very well. He has scored 655 runs in the last four matches, which includes two double centuries. Due to his performance his ranking has also improved. In the latest ICC rankings for Test batsmen released on Wednesday, Yashasvi Jaiswal moved up two places to reach tenth position. He has achieved this position for the first time in his career. He has 727 rating points.

    Rohit-Kohli also benefited

    Captain Rohit Sharma and veteran batsman Virat Kohli have also benefited in the latest rankings of ICC Test batsmen. Rohit has moved from 13th to 11th position, he has 720 points. Kohli (727) has moved up one place to eighth. Let us tell you that Kohli is not a part of the England series due to personal reasons but despite this he has benefited. Despite the poor performance in the first Test, New Zealand's Kane Williamson (870) remains the number one Test batsman. He scored zero and 9 runs in Wellington.

    England's Joe Root (799) has moved from third to second place. Australia's ace batsman Steve Smith (771) has slipped to third place. Smith's rating has fallen below 800 points for the first time since 2014. New Zealand's Daryl Mitchell remains at fourth position with a rating of 771 and Pakistan's Babar Azam remains at number 5 with a rating of 768.

    Australia's Usman Khawaja remains at number 6 with a rating of 755 and Sri Lanka's Damuth Karunaratne remains at number 7 with a rating of 750. England's Harry Brook has moved up one place to number 9. Meanwhile, Australia's Travis Head has lost one place and Marnus Labuschagne has lost 5 places. Head has currently reached 12th position and Labuschagne has reached 13th position.

    Jasprit Bumrah's dominance among bowlers continues

    Talking about the ranking of Test bowlers, the reign of India's star pacer Jasprit Bumrah continues. He has 867 marks. Bumrah did not play in the fourth test. Spinner R Ashwin (846) is second and Kagiso Rabada (834) is third.

    Australia's fast bowler Josh Hazlewood (822) and spinner Nathan Lyon (797) have benefited from good performance. Hazlewood has moved up one place to fourth while Lyon has moved up two places to sixth.

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  • Instagram, Facebook Outage Results in Mark Zuckerberg’s $3 Billion Loss |

    New Delhi: The CEO of Meta, Mark Zuckerberg faced a significant financial setback, losing approximately USD 3 billion in just one day. His net worth dropped by USD 2.79 billion to USD 176 billion, as per the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Meta’s suite of platforms, including Facebook, Messenger, and Threads were affected by the global outage which hit social media platforms on Tuesday, March 5th, 2024, disrupting billions of users. 

    Even with the considerable decline, Zuckerberg might still hold onto his rank as the world’s fourth-richest person. The outage led to a 1.6 per cent drop in Meta’s share, which impacted Mark Zuckerberg’s overall wealth. Meta’s shares closed the overnight trading session on Wall Street at USD 490.22 per share. (Also Read: Realme 12 5G Series Launched With Android 14 In India; Check Price, Specs)

    As per Reuters report, Meta’s status dashboard indicated problems with the application programming interface (API) for WhatsApp Business. Downdetector, a platform that gathers outage reports from various sources, including users, recorded approximately 200 reports of WhatsApp outages. (Also Read: itel Icon 2 Smartwatch With Health Monitoring Features Launched In India; Check Price, Specs)

    Furthermore, numerous YouTube users encountered errors while using the platform. The outage lasted for about an hour before all services resumed normal operation. Users attempting to access these platforms were greeted with error messages and were unable to log in or refresh their feeds. On Facebook, users were presented with a “session expired” message, prompting them to log in again.

    Users took to micro-blogging social media platform X (previously known and Twitter) to report the outage.

  • 6000 women every month, 72 thousand poor families every year, recruitment on 30 lakh vacant posts… Congress is preparing a historic manifesto to defeat Modi.

    New Delhi. 6000 rupees every month to women, 72 thousand rupees every year to poor families, restoration of old pension scheme for government employees, recruitment on 30 lakh vacant posts in the central government… these are the promises which Congress will make in its upcoming manifesto. Preparing to include. Also read: CG BREAKING: Woman murdered by slitting her throat in Police Colony

    According to experts, Congress, which has been away from power for the last ten years, is this time preparing such a manifesto to remove Narendra Modi from the post of Prime Minister, which till date no other political party would have even thought of implementing, let alone implementing it. For this, the 17-member Manifesto Committee led by Congress leader P Chidambaram has prepared its draft, now preparations are being made to hand it over to the Congress Working Committee. With the approval of the committee, it will take the form of a manifesto.

    Important things have come to light in the media regarding the draft of the Congress Manifesto Committee, which we are going to disclose. On the lines of Modi, Congress's focus is on half of the country's population i.e. women, for whom Congress has, in a way, opened the treasury, in which women will be given an allowance of Rs 6000 every month, 33 percent reservation in government jobs, seats in the High Court and the Supreme Court. Things like increase in the number of women judges and cheaper domestic cylinders are included.

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    Talking about the youth, for them, apart from recruitment in 30 lakh vacant posts in the Central Government, Congress also included making the applications for government jobs free and also closing down the Agniveer Yojana for recruitment in the army. Apart from this, issues like issuing job calendar, strict legal action against paper leaks and giving allowance for skill training are also included.

    Talking about backward classes, there is talk of increasing the reservation limit for OBC along with conducting caste based census. It also includes a promise to implement the recommendations of the Sachar Committee for minorities. There is talk of making a law in the name of Rohit Vemula against discrimination for Dalits.

    The Congress draft also includes big things for poor families, which include giving Rs 72 thousand every year to every poor family under the Minimum Income Guarantee Scheme made in the last elections, and increasing the daily wage of MNREGA to Rs 400. There is talk of starting scholarships for children from poor families related to sports.

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    Congress has also not ignored the issue of farmers. While preparing to march to Delhi to implement MSP guarantee for 23 crops, the big issue of giving legal status to MSP is being included by understanding the plight of the farmers of the entire country through the farmers of Punjab sitting on the Haryana border. .

    Talking about common people, there is talk of starting a health insurance scheme in the entire country on the lines of Chiranjeevi Yojana of Rajasthan. Apart from this, efforts are also made to control inflation and increase employment.

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  • Congress To Promise ‘Right To Employment’ To Youth, Stringent Punishment For Paper Leak In Manifesto |

    NEW DELHI: Seeking to woo the country’s youth ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, the Congress will for the first time ever offer them the “right to employment” as part of its poll promise for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections besides mulling stringent punishment to those responsible for paper leaks in examinations. The party top leadership is likely to make an announcement on the ‘right to employment’ during a public rally at Badanawar in Madhya Pradesh, where both Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and former party chief Rahul Gandhi will be present. Top party sources said the promises will be part of the Congress manifesto which is likely to be finalised soon, once the Congress Working Committee approves it.

    “This is the first time ever that such a scheme to give ‘right to employment’ will be given to the youth of the country and some allowance may also be offered to the youth,” a source said, adding that even developed countries do not offer their youth such a scheme. The party would also provide for a stringent law and punishment against those responsible for paper leaks in the country and will suggest measures to bring transparency in government recruitments in its manifesto.

    The measures come after Rahul Gandhi during the ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’ has focussed on the plight of lakhs of students suffering due to frequent paper leaks and cancellation of exams thereafter in some cases like in Uttar Pradesh. The thrust of the manifesto is likely to be on the 5-nyay (five pillars of justice) promised by the Congress during party leader Rahul Gandhi-led ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’, the sources said.

    The party would also focus on giving legal guarantee to minimum support price and promising a caste-based census in the country for filling up the government vacancies. The Congress is likely to give a thrust to some welfare measures like providing financial assistance to marginalised sections of the society and ensuring that they get justice and be part of the state welfare measures.

    This comes after the Congress promises made to the people helped the party get into power in states like Karnataka, Telangana and Himachal Pradesh recently. The Congress manifesto committee, headed by former union minister P. Chidambaram, met here to give a final shape to the manifesto for the Lok Sabha polls at a five-hour meeting this evening.

    Several members of the party’s manifesto committee were present during the meeting at the AICC headquarters. Chidambaram said the committee has given final shape to the draft manifesto which will become the party document once the CWC approves the same. The panel wound up internal deliberations for giving final shape to the party manifesto which is likely to include some innovative measures like an apprenticeship scheme for the youth to deal with the issue of unemployment.

    “We have completed our draft manifesto. It’s a draft. It will go to the Congress working committee. It is the Congress Working Committee which finalises the manifesto and then it becomes a Congress party document. At the moment, we have completed the work on the draft manifesto,” Chidambaram told reporters after the meeting.

    “I hope to be able to present it to the Congress president along with members available in Delhi sometime tomorrow,” he added. The party’s manifesto committee also has senior leaders like Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Shashi Tharoor and Anand Sharma, among others. Vadra and Sharma were, however, not present in the meetings held on Monday and Tuesday.

    Among those who participated in the discussions on Tuesday include Chidambaram and Tharoor, minority chief head Imran Pratapgarhi, Ranjeet Ranjan and Gurdeep Sappal. Pratapgarhi after the meeting said, “We had taken views from all across the country and compiled it accordingly. It combines everything, youth women, unemployment, inflation etc.” “It will go now to the CWC and will notify upon issued,” said Ranjan.

    Sources also said the party manifesto will focus on empowering the youth, women, poor and farmers. They added the party is mulling a plan to tackle the menace of paper leaks and is likely to present its vision for bringing about transparency in government recruitments. The 16-member panel includes Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and former union minister Jairam Ramesh while former Chhattisgarh deputy chief minister TS Singh Deo is its convenor.

  • Misappropriation of crores of rupees in government ration shops, Food Department served notice to the operators for compensation, action is not being taken against the responsible officials.

    Pradeep Gupta, Kawardha. A case of manipulation in the food items like rice, sugar and gram distributed to the people through ration cards has come to light. This matter was raised loudly by BJP MLA Dharamlal Kaushik in the assembly session. After this, there is panic among the officials of the food department. The department is now struggling to recover money from the shop operators. At the same time, the question is also being raised that the government is not taking any action against the responsible officials.

    In Kabirdham district too, a large quantity of food grains has been misappropriated by the government ration shop operators, the amount of which is more than Rs 13 crore. The matter came to light when physical verification of ration shops in the district was done from December 2022 to May 2023, in which 498 shops were found short by three thousand seven hundred and twenty one metric tons of ration material rice, sugar and gram. Its price is approximately Rs 13 crore 26 lakh. To compensate for this, the Food Department has issued a notice to all shop operators.

    No action is being taken against responsible officials

    In the case of misappropriation, FIR has been filed against three shop operators and 8 shops have been suspended. Notices have been served to the remaining shopkeepers, but the government has not taken concrete action against even a single responsible food officer in this game of misappropriation of food grains, which is a big question. District Food Officer Akanksha Nayak said that two thousand nine hundred twenty six metric tons of food items have been recovered from 342 shop operators. Action is being taken to recover five hundred and forty metric tons of food items from 38 shopkeepers through the Tehsildar.

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  • IND vs ENG 5th Test: Rohit Sharma Makes Big Statement On Playing 11 As Rajat Patidar Is Likely To Play In Dharamsala

    Speaking on Ashwin's contribution to Indian cricket as the spinner is set to play his 100th Test in Dharamsala, Rohit said that no praise is enough to sum up his importance.