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Bhubaneswar: A two-day National Conference of Chairpersons and Members of Parliamentary and State/Union Territory Committees on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) began today at the Convention Hall of Lok Seva Bhawan, Bhubaneswar. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla inaugurated the event as the chief guest, marking the first time in 25…

Mumbai: Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) today announced the expansion of its strategic partnership with Google Cloud to accelerate India’s next leap in artificial intelligence (AI). The collaboration will see the two companies jointly build a state-of-the-art cloud region in Jamnagar, designed to power AI-driven transformation across Reliance’s businesses and beyond. Reliance and Google have spent…

Dehradun: Continuous heavy rainfall has unleashed fresh devastation in Uttarakhand, where cloudbursts and landslides have battered Rudraprayag, Chamoli, Tehri, and Bageshwar districts. At least four people have lost their lives and three are reported missing, while rescue teams struggle through dangerous terrain to reach families trapped in remote villages. The worst-hit areas include Bageshwar’s Kapkot…

Bhubaneswar: A two-day national conference of Chairpersons of Committees on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes of Parliament and state assemblies began in Bhubaneswar on Friday, with Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla formally inaugurating the event. The conference is being held in Odisha for the first time and has drawn around 120 delegates,…

New Delhi: The global economy is witnessing a fundamental shift, with BRICS nations emerging stronger than the traditional G7 bloc, US economist Richard Wolff has said. He noted that BRICS now contribute 35 per cent of global GDP, compared to the G7’s 28 per cent, signalling a rebalancing of economic power. Wolff pointed to India’s…