European Union adds Russia to its tax haven blacklist

 The European Union on Tuesday added Russia to its tax haven blacklist. The development comes amid the Western attempt to curb “Russian aggression” in Ukraine. Earlier, European Union finance ministers said Russia, Costa Rica, the British Virgin Islands and the Marshall Islands would be added to the EU…

Google unveils Bard, its ChatGPT rival: How does it work, where to access and more

 Google has unveiled Bard, its ChatGPT rival that leverages LaMDA (Language Model for Dialogue Applications), Google’s own language model. The announcement comes days after CEO Sundar Pichai revealed its development during an earnings call. Prior to the call, Google management called ChatGPT “code…

PM Modi to inaugurate 108th Indian Science Congress, Nobel laureates, technocrats to attend

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 108th Indian Science Congress through video conferencing on Tuesday, being hosted by Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University (RTMNU) at its Amravati Road Campus. The theme of the event this year is Science and Technology for Sustainable Development with Women…

PM to inaugurate, lay foundation stone of projects worth Rs 20k crore during J&K visit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Sunday inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of development projects worth over Rs 20,000 crore in Jammu and Kashmir, including the opening of the Banihal-Qazigund road tunnel to establish all-weather connectivity between the two regions of the union territory. Modi is travelling…

‘Gargantuan task’: Why India’s renewable push will be hard

Plans to build a sprawling solar park on land cultivated for generations by indigenous farmers in India’s Himalayan foothills erupted in violent clashes with police last year after their crops were bulldozed for the development. Most men from the farming village of a few hundred in Assam state were out looking for…

Vodafone Idea rolls out four new prepaid plans under Rs 700, check all details

Vi, formerly Vodafone Idea, on Thursday rolled out four new prepaid plans. These prepaid plans are priced at Rs 155, Rs 239, Rs 666 and Rs 699. The plans are available in all telecom circles and are visible on Vi’s website as well as the app and users can avail these recharge plans right away. The development comes…

TRAI directs Airtel, Jio and Vi to allow customers to port out with any prepaid or postpaid plan

The Telecom Regulator Authority of India (TRAI) has directed telecom operators Airtel, Jio and Vi to allow customers to port out with any prepaid or postpaid plan. The development comes after Jio, in a complaint to TRAI, said that Vodafone Idea’s new tariffs do not allow users to port to its network since the…

iQOO Neo 6 with Snapdragon 888 processor may launch soon

Vivo’s sub-brand IQOO is reportedly working on a new Neo 6 smartphone. In the latest development, an alleged Google Play Console listing of the handset has been leaked, revealing some of its specifications. The iQOO Neo 6 Google Play Console page indicates that it may have a 6.62 inch AMOLED FHD+ display with a…

‘Uttarakhand’s decade’: PM Modi inaugurates projects worth Rs 18,000 crore in poll-bound state

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid the foundation stones of multiple development projects worth around Rs 18,000 crore in poll-bound Uttarakhand on Saturday. He also inspected the models of the projects, including that of the Delhi-Dehradun Economic Corridor which will be built at a cost of around Rs…

PM Modi to launch multiple development projects in Uttarakhand on December 4

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of multiple projects, including the Delhi-Dehradun Economic Corridor, worth around Rs 18,000 crore in Dehradun on December 4 during his visit to Uttarakhand. The PMO said in a statement that a significant focus of the visit will be on projects to…