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C-295MW transporter aircraft manufactured by Airbus for India will soon enter service. The footage of the first batch of aircraft to be manufactured in Spain has come out. India’s first C-295 aircraft has rolled out of the Airbus Defense Production Facility in Seville, southern Spain. The rest of the planes will be manufactured from the aircraft manufacturing plant set up by India in Vadodara under Make in India.  On 24 September 2021, the Ministry of Defense signed a ₹21,935 crore contract with Airbus Defense and Space to manufacture 56 C-295 MW aircraft along with related equipment. Of the 56 contracted…

Reliance Jio’s JioCinema platform is set to shake up the Indian streaming industry With an ambitious target to broadcast 100 movies and TV episodes on its JioCinema platform over the next 18-24 months, Reliance Jio, a powerful competitor in the Indian streaming sector, is preparing to confront prominent OTT platforms such as Disney+Hotstar, Netflix, SonyLIV, and Zee5. With a production budget of more than INR 2,000 Cr, these films and series will appeal to a wide range of languages and genres, cementing Reliance Jio’s position as a key player in the Indian streaming industry. With plans to produce 70 movies…

Delma Exchange and Western Union are all set to revolutionize the financial services space in the UAE Delma Exchange, a major foreign exchange service, announced today the opening of the first concept shop in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in conjunction with Western Union. All five Delma Exchange facilities in the UAE will be rebranded in the coming weeks to reflect the partnership with Western Union and the region’s new identity. Both organizations will provide customer-centric services that are easy to access and quick. Outward remittances from the UAE are expected to rise, according to Western Union’s Global Money Transfer Index. Seventy-six percent of…

25 STARTUPS Eager to Partner with Centres of Excellence: TN GOV According to the Tamil Nadu government, up to 25 startups have expressed interest in signing memorandums of understanding with the Centres of Excellence that Chief Minister M K Stalin inaugurated. The state government’s “Olir” (shine) project said that the startups will be able to expand more quickly by exploiting the cutting-edge multi-sector Industry 4.0 Centres of Excellence at “optimal costs.” The Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation (TIDCO) and the Tamil Nadu Startup and Innovation Mission (StartupTN) have developed the Centres of Excellence. Inaugurating the three Centres of Excellence in…

By the end of this year, the Railway Ministry intends to introduce a short-distance variation of the indigenous Vande Bharat trains. “Vande Metro is being built with the idea that trains can run at a very high frequency, say four or five times a day, in cities with distances of less than 100 kilometers, making it very comfortable and affordable.” The train would be ready by December, according to Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, according to news agency ANI. According to the minister, the Vande Metro trains would relieve demand on the suburban rail network. According to him, the intention to launch Vande Metro is based on the reaction…

India will continue on its current track and expand at 7% in 2022–2023: Nirmala Sitharaman Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman stated that the Indian economy would continue on course and is expected to expand at 7% in 2022–2023 despite estimates from the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank to the contrary. In her remarks, Mr. Sitharaman emphasised that a supportive domestic policy environment, along with the government’s focus on structural reforms, has kept domestic economic activity in India robust. She was attending the Plenary Meeting of the International Monetary and Financial Committee at the IMF Headquarters here on Friday to…

Kerala Startup Mission Kasaragod is organising a 30-hour national hackathon to seek technology solutions in de-addiction activities. The program is organised in collaboration with Central University, Kasaragod, District Panchayat and Excise Department. Nationwide applications for the Hackathon which will be held on April 26-27 are open till the 16th. Applications can be submitted through the website https://startupmission.in/antidrug-hackathon/. The event will be held at Kasaragod Central University. Start-ups, innovators, students and tech-savvy people can participate in it. The theme of the hackathon is technology solutions to prevent and detect substance abuse among students. Competitors are given challenges in drug-free activities for…

Digital platforms are now full of news of artificial intelligence and other new technologies transforming newsrooms beyond our understanding. Channel Iam.com, the first in India to introduce an AI avatar to present news, is making history again with its founder’s own avatar. It is also the first time a media founder presents their avatar in the newsroom. Digital media channel CHANNEL IAM.COM founder Nisha Krishna’s avatar has now been introduced. For the avatar that can be presented in English and Malayalam, only content text is required. Nisha’s avatar is capable of displaying natural human facial expressions and subtle movements. These avatars express facial expressions more accurately according to word pronunciation. A news anchor using artificial…

Rafale jets are being deployed for the first time in the Indian Air Force’s overseas exercise. The Rafale is participating in a three-week multinational air exercise at the Mont-de-Marsan military base in France. Four Rafale jets, two C-17 aircraft and two IL-78 mid-air refuelers will be deployed. The Indian Air Force contingent will leave for France on Friday This is the first overseas exercise for the Indian Air Force’s Rafale aircraft. An IAF contingent of 165 airmen will conduct the exercise from April 17 to May 5. Apart from the IAF and the French Air and Space Force, the air…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate the first AIIMS in North East to the nation in Guwahati. The Prime Minister will inaugurate and lay the foundation stones of various projects worth Rs 3,400 crore on Friday. AIIMS Guwahati and three other medical colleges will be dedicated to the nation by the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister will also lay the foundation stone of the Assam Advanced Healthcare Innovation Institute. The ‘Aapke Dwar Ayushman’ campaign will also be launched by distributing Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) cards to deserving beneficiaries. Prime Minister Modi laid the foundation stone of…