Delhi, Nov 18
Param Siddhi, the high performance computing-artificial intelligence (HPC-AI) supercomputer established under National Supercomputing Mission (NSM) at C-DAC has achieved global ranking of 63 in TOP 500 most powerful non-distributed computer systems in the world released on 16th November 2020.
The AI system will strengthen application development of packages in areas such as advanced materials, computational chemistry & astrophysics, and several packages being...
Delhi, Nov. 18
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, a severe type of muscle weakness that usually begins at an early age and worsens quickly, may soon have a new strategy of treatment through genetic regulation.
There is no known cure for duchenne muscular dystrophy. Treatments usually aim to control symptoms to improve quality of life.
Sandeep Eswarappa, Assistant Professor Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru...
Delhi, Nov. 18
The chirp of the cricket may soon be used to monitor their species diversity. Scientists are establishing an acoustic signal library that can help track the diversity of these insects.
Morphology-based traditional taxonomy has gone a long way to recognise and establish species diversity. But it is often not sufficient in delimiting cryptic species-- a group of two...
Shimla, Nov. 18 Keekli Bureau
2015
New Zealand rugby union football player Jonah Lomu, who was perhaps rugby's first global icon, died of a heart attack at age 40 after a long battle with kidney disease.
2009
American Democratic politician Robert C. Byrd became the longest-serving member of Congress, with a combined service in the House of Representatives and Senate of 56 years...
New Delhi, Nov 17
In response to some news articles have mentioned that the pandemic Covid-19 has increased disbursal delays under scholarship schemes and that the students are facing a lot of problems, the Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry clarifies that 75 percent of fund has already been released under its Scholarship Schemes.
Remaining release of 25 percent of the Central...
New Delhi, Nov 17
The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a petition, seeking its direction to the CBSE and the Delhi government, to waive off the examination fees for the students of classes 10 and 12, keeping in view the hardships and difficulties they were facing, owing to the global pandemic of COVID-19.
A bench of the Apex Court, headed by...
Delhi, Nov. 17
Union Minister of Education Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal, “Nishank” today virtuallylaunched Lilavati Award-2020: AICTE's Innovative education program to empower women. With women empowerment as the theme, the objective of the award is to create awareness about issues like sanitation, hygiene, health, nutrition, literacy, employment, technology, credit, marketing, innovation, skill development, natural resources and rights among women. Prof. Rajiv...
Shimla, Nov. 17 Keekli Bureau
2008
The first film adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's popular Twilight Saga, a vampire-themed series of novels for teenagers, premiered in Los Angeles.
1989
Massive antigovernment demonstrations in Czechoslovakia were set off by police brutality at a demonstration commemorating the 50th anniversary of the suppression of a student demonstration in German-occupied Prague, and, under the leadership of Václav Havel,...
Delhi, Nov. 16
Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has today issued a public notice to facilitate eligible entities involved in uploading/streaming of news and current affairs through digital media, to comply with the decision of Union Government on 18th September 2019, which had permitted 26% FDI under Government approval route.
In a Public Notice, available on its website, the Ministry has...
Shimla, Nov. 16 Keekli Bureau
2006
American economist Milton Friedman, who was a leading proponent of monetarism and won the 1976 Nobel Prize for Economics, died at age 94.
1988
Benazir Bhutto, elected prime minister of Pakistan on this day in 1988, became the first woman in modern history to lead a Muslim country, serving as prime minister from 1988 to 1990 and...
Shimla, Nov. 15 Keekli Bureau
2011
Duke University basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski recorded his 903rd career win, surpassing Bob Knight to become the winningest coach in NCAA Division I men's history.
2001
Microsoft released Xbox, a video game console system.
1978
American anthropologist Margaret Mead, whose great fame owed as much to the force of her personality and her outspokenness as it did to the...
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