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I’m delighted to send warm greetings to Australia’s Sikh community as you gather to observe Vaisakhi. This great festival is a time to rejoice in cherished cultural and religious traditions; customs that honour the spring harvest and a new solar year, and the birth of the Khalsa. As families and communities come together to celebrate – wearing brightly coloured clothes and hanging decorations, singing, dancing and the sharing of langar – we recognise Vaisakhi as a time of joy, generosity and the celebration of faith. Vaisakhi’s spirit of equality and respect reflects the Sikh community’s contribution to our great nation…

New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) With major elections taking place around the world this year, particularly in India, South Korea and the US, a Microsoft Threat Analysis team has warned that China will create and amplify AI-generated content to benefit its interests. Despite the chances of such content in affecting election results remaining low, China’s increasing experimentation in augmenting memes, videos, and audio will likely continue – and may prove more effective down the line. According to the tech giant, China is using fake social media accounts to poll voters on what divides them most to sow division and possibly…

Seoul, April 5 (IANS) Kia, South Korea’s second-largest carmaker, said on Friday it will invest 38 trillion won ($28 billion) in future mobility solutions by 2028, while strengthening its gasoline hybrid vehicle lineup amid slowing sales of electric vehicles (EVs). The planned investment over the next five years is revised up from 33 trillion won announced last year. Kia will inject 15 trillion won, or nearly 40 percent of the overall spending, in developing EVs, purpose-built vehicles, advanced air mobility, software-driven vehicles and robotics, the company said at this year’s CEO Investor Day, reports Yonhap news agency. Kia expects the…

New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) Sridhar Vembu, Founder and CEO of leading cloud software provider Zoho, said on Monday that this is the best time to invest in India for young entrepreneurs from all across the world. The sense of optimism is real and India is the most dynamic large economy in the world, “poised for decades of solid growth”, Vembu posted on X (formerly Twitter). “I have been speaking at industry bodies, large company meets, colleges and various other forums in many parts of India,” he wrote. “I also hear from a lot of Indians living abroad who want…

Mumbai, April 1 (IANS) Gold prices rose to a new lifetime high of $2,263.53 per ounce in the international market on Monday as geopolitical tensions increase in Central Asia, and the US Fed has signalled a rate cut. Tracking the rally in the international market, the MCX gold price in India (Gold Futures contract for April 2024 expiry) soared to a record high of Rs 69,487 per 10 gm in opening trade and was hovering at Rs 68,828 at 11:26 am. “The rise in gold prices has been triggered by the US Fed signalling a rate cut…Gold has continuously been…

New Delhi, March 27 (IANS) Cricket Australia (CA) has expressed interest in hosting a bilateral series between India and Pakistan, should the BCCI and PCB mutually agree to matches between the two teams in future, say reports. India and Pakistan have not played a bilateral series since 2012-13 and the two nations only meet at global ICC events such as World Cups and the Champions Trophy. The two Asian nations will be in Australia at the same time this November as the CA announced its international schedule with Pakistan playing three ODI matches and three T20Is shortly before India arrive…

Miami, March 29 (IANS) Australian Open winners Rohan Bopanna and his Australian partner Matthew Ebden reached their second final of the season as they defeated Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos in the men’s doubles semifinals of the Miami Open ATP Masters 1000 event. The win will take Bopanna to the top of the rankings when they are updated on Monday as he regains the World No.1 ranking in the ATP List that he achieved in January this year, becoming the oldest player to do so. The top seeds Bopanna, who won his first Grand Slam men’s doubles in Australia this…

New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra, on Friday, revealed that he started his career on the shop floor of an auto plant, as he responded to Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. The X owner posted that many movies exist about a lone inventor in a garage having a “eureka” moment, but “almost none about manufacturing, so it’s underappreciated by the public.” “Compared to the insane pain of reaching high-volume, positive-margin production, prototypes are a piece of cake,” said the tech billionaire. Mahindra responded, saying that he couldn’t agree more. “I started my career on the…

Islamabad, March 29 (IANS) In quick succession, official voices are emerging from Pakistan on resumption of trade with India. Within a week, first Pakistan Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar and now the Pakistan Foreign Office have talked about a proposal for resuming trade with India. Pakistan Foreign Office spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch confirmed that the Foreign Office was reviewing a proposal for resumption of trade with India, Dawn reported. Recalling a statement by Dar about the business community expressing interest in reviewing restrictions on trade with India, the spokesperson said, “Examination of such proposals is a regular exercise in the government…

Jodhpur, March 28 (IANS) Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Jodhpur have developed a new low-cost, paper-based analytical device that can be connected to smartphones to provide on-spot detection of glucose levels. The device carries a lab-based functionalised biodegradable paper which changes colour based on the level and amount of glucose present. When connected to a smartphone, it provides quick, easy-to-access, and even personalised results. “This device can provide on-the-spot glucose testing results without requiring technical or sophisticated laboratory settings. Additionally, it is designed to be cost-effective and biodegradable, with the current cost at only about Rs. 10…