Author: Rashi Singh

<strong>Twitter users have ‘spoken’ on fake accounts: Elon Musk</strong> - Asiana Times

Image source: gadgetsnow.com According to the results of a survey that was conducted by Elon Musk, who is the CEO of Tesla, nearly 65 percent of his followers do not believe Twitter’s claim that less than 5 percent of the platform’s daily users are fake or spam accounts. Musk, who is currently engaged in a heated legal battle with Twitter over the cancellation of the $44 billion takeover deal, started a poll on Twitter last week among his 102.8 million followers to determine whether or not the claim that less than 5 percent of daily users are fake or spam…

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Banks classify SpiceJet loans as high-risk; the airline refutes "baseless" allegations. - Asiana Times

According to people familiar with the situation, private lenders IDFC First Bank and Yes Bank, as well as the state-owned Indian Bank, have placed their loans to SpiceJet Ltd. in the high-risk category. This is the most recent blow to the airline’s operations. In the most recent blow to the airline, private lenders IDFC First Bank NSE 2.88 percent and Yes Bank NSE-3.90 percent, as well as the state-owned Indian Bank NSE-0.29 percent, have placed their loans to SpiceJet Ltd NSE-4.04 percent in the high-risk category. This information was provided to the news agency Reuters by individuals familiar with the…

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How do we fulfill the energy needs of an unstoppable world?

Image source: mercomindia.com In addition, the bill in Lok Sabha intends to bring in new ideas such as carbon trading and mandate the use of non-fossil fuels sources in order to ensure a faster de-carbonization of the Indian economy and to assist in achieving sustainable development goals in line with the Paris Agreement. Both of these objectives are in line with the Paris Agreement. In addition, the amendments intend to encourage the development of a domestic carbon market and the use of renewable sources of energy in the fight against climate change. On Monday, the bill that seeks to encourage…

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Guwahati gets an official school for Authorised Drone Pilot School - Asiana Times

Image source: deccanherald.com Initiated by the public sector organization Assam State Electronics Development Corporation Limited, the proposal to establish the Authorized Drone Pilot School in Tech City, Guwahati is currently in the early stages of development. A month ago, it was successful in obtaining approval from the DGCA to launch the Remote Pilot Training School. The report indicated that AMTRON has made an effort to make this technology accessible to younger people. The North-Eastern region of India is going to be home to India’s very first Drone Pilot Training School, which will usher in a brand-new era of education that…

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BEST to increase numbers of Ho-Ho AC buses in Mumbai

The Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport announced the addition of a new hop-on-hop-off ( Ho-Ho AC buses ) air-conditioned bus service with the intention of making travel more convenient for tourists visiting Mumbai and increasing the number of tourists who visit the city. The Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) has announced another hop-on-hop-off (Ho-Ho) air-conditioned bus service for tourists. This move was made on Sunday by officials and has the dual purpose of making travel more convenient for tourists who are in the city of Mumbai as well as increasing the number of tourists who visit the city. Today…

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Haryana is getting closer to the Prime Minister's dream of Atmanirabhar Bharat, according to Khattar.

According to Manohar Lal Khattar, “Haryana is the first state to have launched a special scheme to promote the cultivation of dates and dragon fruit.” Manohar Lal Khattar made this announcement. For every hectare of land that is used to grow dragon fruit, farmers will receive a subsidy of three million rupees under this program. At the seventh meeting of the Governing Council of NITI Aayog, which took place today in New Delhi, the Chief Minister of Haryana, Manohar Lal Khattar, explained how Haryana has the highest per-capita income of any of the major states in the country. He urged…

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<strong>According to NIRF 2022, more than half of MBA Institutes have 'zero' research papers to their name.</strong> - Asiana Times

According to the most recent rankings reports that were made public a month ago, the finding isn’t surprising because the majority of MBA institutes in the country concentrate on teaching. Over half of the MBA institutes that took part in this year’s NIRF Rankings do not have a single published paper to their name, which is indicative of a poor research culture in the management education ecosystem in the country as a whole. Nearly 670 different institutes took part in the management category of the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) this year; however, 383 of those institutes, or 57.16 per…

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Dispute over Urdu schools: Jharkhand cancelled then reinstated Friday offs in 2021. - Asiana Times

The government has provided details to the Assembly and has stated that they will take action against “erring” officials regarding dispute over Urdu schools. According to Alam, 350 of the 407 schools had since removed the word “Urdu” from their names, and he also stated that 459 of the 509 schools had “rectified” the move to give students Fridays off. The minister continued by saying that there have been “orders passed to initiate action against erring officials.” (This image was taken from an Express file and is representative) “The traditional practice of giving students the day off on Sundays has…

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Students at IIT Bombay begin a relay hunger strike in protest of a fee increase. - Asiana Times

The reunion convocation ceremony that was taking place on campus for classes who had graduated during the pandemic but had missed out on the traditional convocation ceremony, the location of the hunger strike had to be moved twice. Saturday marked the beginning of a relay hunger strike that students at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay have been participating in as part of their ongoing demonstration against the recent fee increase. Students have voiced their concern that the administration has threatened to dissuade them from participating in the protest. However, the administration has stated that the protest is unnecessary because…

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Carbon Market and how does India benefit from voluntary carbon markets?  - Asiana Times

The government wants to strengthen a 20-year-old law called the Energy Conservation Act of 2001, which has powered India’s first steps toward a more energy-efficient future. This will make it easier to reach more ambitious climate change goals and move more quickly to a low-Carbon Market economy. How do Carbon Markets work?  With the goal of lowering emissions as a whole, carbon markets make it possible to trade carbon credits. These markets give people reasons to cut down on pollution or make their homes use less energy.   For example, a factory that does better than the standards for emissions could…

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