For those looking forward to luxury journeys on board Deccan Odyssey India , the news of possible cancellation of the service will come as dismay. According to the Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation, new proposal for short itinerary and lesser haulage charges have been sent to Indian...

Operators of Indian Maharaja-Deccan Odyssey Train, Travel Corporation India Ltd (TCI) have come up with the new tariff for the Indian Maharaja Train to target domestic travelers. On the launch of the new season of the Indian Maharaja-Deccan Odyssey the managing director Mr. Madhavan Menon said...

Deccan Odyssey a luxury train in India, has embarked on its maiden journey in a completely new look on this Wednesday. The luxury train has been re-launched with renovated interiors, including a spa, gymnasium, library, lounge, beauty salon, business center, conference room, bar and...

Deccan Odyssey, one of the earliest luxury trains in India, has been flagged off by the Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC) in a completely new look for this season’s run. The train now has refurbished interiors and includes a spa, fitness ceter, lounge with library, beauty...

Luxury train travel around the world is in revival mode with more and more tourists opting for this mode of travel. As opposed to cramped luxury of airliners, luxury trains offer that much needed respite, privacy and exclusivity that luxury travelers mostly seek. When it comes to luxury train...

Indian Students enrolled in the US Universities STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) programs can work for three years under the Optional Practical Training. The New guidelines are active from May 10, 2016, for the international…

Tourists coming into the country of India using the electronic permit can now stay in the country for up to 60 days, rather than the previous 30 days, and also get additional double entry bonus while tourists coming on the grounds of medical reasons…

Heavy rush for admissions to various Universities of Canada especially Indian students is clearly evident as per recent news reports. For instance, The University of Toronto alone is telling a statistic of 57% increase in requests which are turning out…

Israel suffers from a major skilled labor shortage and therefore, announced in 2015, that it will open doors to non-Israeli techies. But the government hasn’t worked in attracting those techies because the country’s embassies are too understaffed…

Creative government workforce approaches come in many forms. Some time ago, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) offered employees an interesting choice to incentivize them to stay. Employees could either telework from home one day per week or receive $1,000. As Jon Lemon, principal industry consultant at SAS told the [...]

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Many of the buzzy applications of AI in healthcare we hear about involve medical IoT, computer vision for radiology or disease prediction. But the fact is, many health institutions that just aren’t there yet with adoption. With limited budgets and dated systems, can public health agencies tap into the power [...]

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January serves as National Slavery and Human Trafficking Awareness Month, culminating in the annual observation of National Freedom Day on February 1. For many, this month presents an opportunity to refocus efforts to slow, and ultimately stop, human trafficking around the globe, but especially here in the United States. The [...]

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As we honor Mental Health Month, there are many calls to reduce suffering. Seems reasonable, right? It’s even in California’s Mental Health Services Act (MHSA), where public systems are called to “reduce subjective suffering.” And as we broadly focus more on outcomes in health, measuring suffering (and hopefully its reduction) [...]

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The assistant professor of anaesthesia at AIIMS said there are contradictory reports on HCQ usage for treating COVID-19.

X Æ A-12 Musk: Elon Musk and Grimes revealed the name of their new-born son, and the meaning of his name on Twitter.

Notably, there are questions that he has raised which are not different from what Indians are already asking and discussing about between themselves.

The current SARS-COV-2 tests by private labs adhering to Government guidelines are conducted on a molecular biology platform, which has been the standard procedure for more than 25 years.

People across the world are under lockdown but it does mean that Mother's Day is canceled for us. Even though we are not physically there, we can always make our mums feel special on their day.

Traditionally, people all over the world used to donate blood on this day to mark the occasion. However, no such drives and big observations are being held this year.

Konrad Karcz, Professor of Medicine and Head of Minimally Invasive Surgery at the Ludwig Maximilian University Clinic in Germany, spoke about the potential for chatbots to measure body temperature and other medical indicators in patients.

A 5.1 magnitude earthquake has jolted an area in northern Iran, home to a sleeping volcano, forcing panicked residents in and around Tehran to rush onto the streets despite the Covid-19 lockdown.
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Venezuela has charged two former US soldiers with terrorism and conspiracy offences for taking part in a botched bid to oust President Nicolas Maduro, the country’s top prosecutor said on Friday.
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Injury-plagued former champ Dominick Cruz makes his return from another extended absence from the cage to challenge Henry Cejudo for bantamweight gold at UFC 249, knowing that a win will mark him out as the best of all time.
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One out of three reputed firms is having a non-Dane at the steerage as organizations in Denmark are viewing the whole globe as their pool for notable talents. The point when Denmark's biggest organizations require a CEO, they are progressively set outside…

Denmark is taking a gander at sourcing talented candidates from India. The nation has set up a 'Work in Denmark' special center right at Danish Embassy in India in order to expedite work provisions as well as applications from the professionals of…

In recent posts (March 26, April 21) we've looked at forecasting in the face of chaos and disruption. We've seen that traditional time series forecasting methods (used during "normal" times) can be creatively augmented with additional methods like clustering, similarity analysis, epidemiologic models, and simulation. While it is unreasonable to [...]

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  Last week, Xiaomi announced the global variant of its MiUI 7 ROM, based on Android Lollipop v5.1. As stated at launch, the MiUI 7 beta v5.8.22 is now available for download. Here&#...

Now that the GOI has fixed the base price of sugar and most of the mills have set up distilleries too, to augment their business, the scenario has changed.

Since 2009-10, the SMP has been replaced with fair and remunerative price (FRP) and some states like Uttar Pradesh continue to announce state-advised prices which are higher than FRPs.

The SARFAESI Act, which is now rarely being used after the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code has come into existence since 2016, allows banks to seize, take control, manage and sell assets of defaulting borrowers without the intervention of any court/tribunal and also ensures speedy recovery.

"It is the time to review the policy of cross subsidisation of power as this plays a part in making our industries non-competitive,” former finance secretary Subhash Chandra Garg said at an online panel discussion on the power sector.

How can the budget help ensure sustainable growth for auto industry

Earlier this week, Porsche India gave the Macan SUV a comprehensive upgrade; it launched the new Macan (Rs 69.98 lakh) and the more powerful Macan S (Rs 85.03 lakh). The Macan is a compact SUV made by Porsche.

Presently, the United States is imposing severe rules regarding visas and immigration so that Indians remain away from arriving in the country.Canada is welcomingMoreover, Canada has continued to favour immigrants.  50 percent of Indians who migrated…

The US Embassy, located in South Africa, has asked its residents, intending to Plan a trip to the US, to apply for the visas quickly for avoiding a long wait. The embassy stated that the processing of visa applications at US consulates, located in Cape…

Congress Rajya Sabha MP Jairam Ramesh on why he chose to write about Indira Gandhi and Nehru, and the reason NDA govt’s NPR is different from UPA’s; says there is no vacancy for Cong president as of now; and warns against the lack of political outreach in Kashmir.

Assam had asked the MHA to limit the time period to three months, as it felt that keeping it open-ended could further accentuate the apprehensions over CAA in the state.

The nine-judge Bench, which a week ago clarified it won’t be deciding the review petition but only lay down the general law to be followed, will examine the “scope and ambit of right to freedom of religion under Article 25 of the Constitution”.

The MHA has asked all states and Union Territories to designate nodal authorities and develop standard protocols for receiving and sending such stranded persons.

California based outfit, Rezvani Motors has modified a Jeep Wrangler to prepare it for the apocalypse. They call it a Tank and it features the engine from a Dodge Demon that develops 1000hp and is military ready as it is also bulletproof. The Rezvani Tank has as features in the movie Men in Black: International and is claimed have been bought by Hollywood movie star, Jamie Foxx

The rise of new-age managed marketplaces is aligned with the government’s ambitious plans of attracting international students and boosting the global rankings of Indian universities.

The World Cup will now held in two parts before the Olympic Games.