The National Medical Commission has mandated Aadhaar-based facial authentication for accurately marking the attendance of faculty members. The new mode of recognition will come into effect from May 1, 2025. NEW DELHI: The National Medical Commission has mandated Aadhaar-based facial authentication for accurately marking the attendance of faculty members. The new mode of recognition will…
The speaker of South Korea’s parliament on Sunday proposed revising the constitution to curb presidential powers, citing public support for such a move after President Yoon Suk Yeol was ousted for declaring martial law. “I would like to propose to the people that we should now quickly pursue constitutional revision,” Woo Won-shik, the National Assembly…
CHENNAI The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) is piloting a ‘federated model’ in collaboration with banks to eliminate frauds using UPI transactions. India’s umbrella organisation for operating retail payments and settlement systems is also leveraging AI and machine learning tools to detect suspicious transactions through UPI. NPCI chief risk officer Viswanath Krishnamurthy said that…
NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Zubair Ahmad on Wednesday slammed BJP MLA from Shakur Basti Karnail Singh‘s demand for action to “prevent the inconvenience caused by the offering of Namaz in public places“, terming it a way to divert attention from real issues.Chaudhary Zubair Ahmed said, “Sometimes they have issues with the call…
Donald Trump took the fight over his attempt to restrict automatic US birthright citizenship to the Supreme Court on Thursday as the Republican president’s administration asked the justices to narrow a judicial block imposed on this key element of his hardline approach towards immigration. The Justice Department made the request challenging the scope of three…
NEW DELHI: Ahead of International Women’s Day, observed each year on March 8, the Centre moved to curb the “Sarpanch Pati” phenomenon with the launch of a first-of-its-kind capacity building programme for women elected representatives in Panchayati Raj Institutions that will focus on sharpening their leadership acumen and enhance decision-making capabilities.Under the ‘Sashakt Panchayat-Netri Abhiyan’,…
The Education Department placed a number of employees across its offices on administrative leave on Friday, part of a wave of what staff members and union representatives say are dozens of suspensions at the agency in the Trump administration’s purge of diversity efforts. In letters obtained by The New York Times, the department notified affected…
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu ITANAGAR: Arunachal Pradesh CM Pema Khandu said the Siang Upper Multipurpose Project (SUMP), estimated to cost Rs 1.13 lakh crore, was being planned by the Centre not just for generating electricity but to maintain the natural flow of the river all year round and mitigate risks of flooding if…
NEW DELHI: Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has issued notices to 13 companies, including major alcohol, tobacco and paan masala makers, for resorting to surrogate advertising.Surrogate advertising is a deceptive practice of promoting products banned from direct advertising by promoting other products under the same brand name. Union consumer affairs minister Pralhad Joshi said Tuesday…
NEW DELHI: The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has issued notices to 13 companies, including major alcohol, tobacco and paan masala makers, for resorting to surrogate advertising.Surrogate advertising is a deceptive practice where a company promotes products that are banned from direct advertising by promoting other products under the same brand name from the same…