Author: News Desk
Samsung Electronics announced new models in the monitor lineup.The new offerings are in the Odyssey, ViewFinity, and Smart Monitor lineups.The Samsung Odyssey Neo G9 Gaming Monitor gives 7,680×2,160 resolution and a 32:9 aspect ratio. Gamers can play games in the cloud from partners like Xbox and NVIDIA using the Samsung Gaming Hub.The ViewGFinity S9 meant for creative professionals features a 3K 27″ screen. The monitor’s built-in Colour Calibration Engine ensures precise screen colour and brightness.The Smart Monitor M8 comes with four options to let the monitor fit in any room. The options are Daylight Blue, Spring Green, Sunset Pink, or Warm White.The monitor can connect, control, and manage hundreds of compatible devices through SmartThings Hub.
The purpose-built destination would give edutainment content to visitors. SEVEN is investing more than SR 50Bn to build 21 entertainment destinations. SEVEN would bring about more Discovery Adventure centres across the kingdom.
Jio Platforms Limited becomes the regional partner of football club Manchester City.Jio has become the club’s official mobile communications network partner in India.Reliance initiative RISE Worldwide supported the partnership. The collaboration will bring a lot of exciting content for football fans in India.For instance, fans can access exclusive club content like match highlights and matchday content, and City Studios documentaries.They can watch it on Jio’s platforms such as JioTV, MyJio, JioSTB, JioEngage, and others.JioTV is the second-biggest OTT platform globally.
As part of the United Nations Interim Security Force, Abyei (UNIFSA), on January 6, India deployed a platoon of Women Peacekeepers in Abyei on the border of Sudan and South Sudan. This is India’s largest single unit of women peacekeepers in a UN Mission. India deployed its first-ever all-women contingent in Liberia in 2007. Abyei recently went through violence, setting off a spate of humanitarian crises, especially for women and children in the conflict zone. The Indian contingent consists of two officers and 25 other ranks. They will engage in community outreach and security-related tasks. Throughout the world, women peacekeepers are…
The World Cup 2022 has left a positive impression on the Qatar Economy, says the latest Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) survey by Qatar Financial Centre (QFC). The month of December saw rapid growth in business activities like in November. Wholesale, retail and service providers saw expansions in activity. The sectors also saw a record overall increase in prices charged for goods and services. The 12-month outlook for business activity became the highest since July 2020. A panel of 450 private companies covering sectors such as construction, manufacturing, wholesale, retail, and services participated in the survey which indicates the structure of…
Benglauru-based flower delivery startup Hoovu Fresh has won 10 million rupees from Aman Gupta, co-founder of boAt Lifestyle, and Peyush Bansal, founder of Lenskart.com, in the second season of the Shark Tank reality show. The reality show is a platform for upcoming entrepreneurs to pitch their ideas to win funding from a group of investors. In December 2022, Hoovu raised $790k in a pre-series A round by Sauce.VC. Founded in 2019 by sisters Yeshoda Karuturi and Rhea Karuturi, the startup mainly delivers traditional flowers with a shelf life of up to 15 days. It works directly with small farmers to…
The UGC unveiled draft regulations, paving the way for foreign institutions to establish campuses for the first time in India. These universities will also be able to control the admissions procedure, the cost of attendance, and the repatriation of their cash. UGC chairperson M. Jagadesh Kumar stated that foreign universities and Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) will need a nod from the UGC to set up their campuses in India. He noted that foreign universities with campuses in the nation can only offer full-time programmes in offline mode and not online or distance learning. He added that these institutions shall not…
Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, the world’s iconic landmark, celebrates 13 years.The 838-meter-long tower was built over a period of six years spending 1.5 billion dollars. Burj Khalifa was designed by American firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill architect Adrian Smith.The design is inspired by the regional desert flower hymenocallis spider lily.The exteriors of the tower are made of aluminum and glass; it has 24,350 cladding panels and 103,000 square metres of glass. The tower has been a part of many movies such as The Lion King, Avengers: Endgame, and movie promotions.
Chennai-based startup Space Kidz India to launch a satellite made by 750 female students. The satellite named ‘AzaadiSAT’ is expected to launch on January 16 on an ISRO launch vehicle.
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the Broadcasting Infrastructure and Network Development (BIND) scheme. Rs 2,539.61 crore has been earmarked for the project up to 2025-26.This would be spent towards the development of Prasar Bharati a.ka. All India Radio (AIR) and Doordarshan (DD).The public broadcaster will receive new facilities and better infrastructure.AIR FM’s coverage would be increased to reach more than 80 per cent of India’s population.Eight lakh DD free Dish DTH Set Top Boxes will be distributed.People living in remote, tribal, left wing extremism (LWE), border, and strategic areas will get them.The project will also cover the purchase of…