Category: Events

A frustrated engineer’s candid rant about the state of modern software development has gone viral, amassing 7.9 million views in a post on social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter). The post, shared by the account voxium, declared: “I am done with this shit. It is over. The state of engineering right now is...

Aliko Dangote Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest person, has hired an Indian firm to oversee the construction of his next big project, a $16 billion refinery in Kenya.Engineers India Ltd (EIL), with a majority stake owned by the state, has signed a $450 million deal with Dangote to oversee the construction of the 700,000-barrels-per-day greenfield refinery...

A two-judge SC bench has requested the CJI to explore setting up a permanent 5-judge Constitutional Bench. A two-judge Supreme Court bench, comprising Justice SC Sharma and Justice Datta, has requested the Chief Justice of India to explore the possibility of setting up a permanent five-judge Constitutional Bench to deal with questions involving interpretation of the...

NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday announced the names of state incharges for different states, with party leader Smriti Irani given the responsibility of Chhattisgarh and Haryana.Vinod tawde has been appointed as the incharge of UP, while Vinay Sahastrabuddhe was named Delhi incharge.Here is the full list State/UT Incharge Co-incharge(s) Andaman & Nicobar Jai...

The victim Tandhra Akshitharani HYDERABAD: An engineering student who had gone to a coal mine for a 12-day internship was allegedly killed by her former lecturer after he learnt that she had been sexually exploited by an overman at the mine, police said.The victim, Tandhra Akshitharani (20), a native of Garrepalli in Sultanabad mandal, was...

Supreme Court NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday delivered a split verdict on whether the challenge to the law governing the appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners should be considered by a Constitution Bench.Under the law, the selection panel comprises the Prime Minister, a Union cabinet minister and the leader...

NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Wednesday rejected reports of internal differences between the election commissioners and claimed that exchange of observation, technical suggestions are standard ongoing practices designed to ensure complete transparency legal compliance and operational rigour of the institution.“The ECI is a constitutional body that functions under the strict mandate of Article 324...

File photo: Organ donation (AI-generated) NEW DELHI: An 18-year-old who had spent nearly two years waiting for a kidney, undergoing dialysis twice a week and with no family donor, received not one but two kidneys from a single brain-dead donor on Monday — after the organs were airlifted from Chandimandir to Delhi. Both kidneys were...

Mirabai Chanu and Karnam Malleswari (Image credit: Agencies) NEW DELHI: For 28 years, Indian weightlifting waited for this moment. There were new lifters, big names, and fresh hopes of returning to the Asian Games podium. But the medal remained out of reach.On Wednesday, Mirabai Chanu finally ended the wait.With India’s hopes resting on her shoulders,...

NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday revived his “vote chori” charge against the Election Commission and accused election officials of committing “treason”.In a post on X, Rahul said, “I am telling the EC and election officials clearly: What you are doing is wrong. This is treason, this is against...