VMRDA to spend ₹390 crore to improve connectivity to Bhogapuram airport from Visakhapatnam

VMRDA to spend ₹390 crore to improve connectivity to Bhogapuram airport from Visakhapatnam

The NH-16 stretch connecting Visakhapatnam and Bhogapuram. The construction of the greenfield international airport in Bhogapuram is likely to become operational by June, 2026. | Photo Credit: V RAJU As the construction of the greenfield international airport at Bhogapuram in Vizianagaram district, 45 km from Visakhapatnam, is on the fast track, the Visakhapatnam Metropolitan Region … Read more

NI emergency departments: Elderly patients spend five days in hospital ED

NI emergency departments: Elderly patients spend five days in hospital ED

BBC Claire Wilmont is the lead nurse at the Royal’s emergency department Two elderly patients have been in the emergency department (ED) of the Royal Victoria Hospital (RVH) in Belfast for more than five days, BBC News NI can reveal. This comes after more than 500 patients were unable to be discharged from Northern Ireland’s … Read more

Credit card companies curb incentives, but customers demand cards with fuel-related benefits: Study

Credit card companies curb incentives, but customers demand cards with fuel-related benefits: Study

The convenience and accessibility of using credit cards is helping spur an increase in demand in India’s Tier-II and III towns and cities, with fuel cashback credit cards seeing high demand along with travel and e-commerce credit cards that saw a higher adoption rate in 2023, according to a new report by ZET, India’s fast-growing … Read more

136 individuals earn more than Rs 100 crore, with a combined income of Rs 34,301 crore, up from 23 in FY14: SBI research report

136 individuals earn more than Rs 100 crore, with a combined income of Rs 34,301 crore, up from 23 in FY14: SBI research report

In financial year 2013-14 (FY14), 23 individuals earned more than Rs 100 crore and had a combined income of Rs 29,290 crore. Cut to FY21, and the number of those earning more than Rs 100 crore increased to 136, though their combined income rose to Rs 34,301 crore, State Bank of India researchers said in … Read more

49% of families have increased spending on essential items in 2023: Survey

49% of families have increased spending on essential items in 2023: Survey

As much as 46% of Indian households have increased spending and are feeling more financially secure than last year, according to the India Consumer Sentiment Index (CSI) by Axis My India, a leading consumer data intelligence company. The survey also reveals that 49% of respondents are investing in mobile phones, showcasing a shift towards technology. … Read more

Social media, OTT, online gaming usage rises: 60% urban kids spend 3 hours daily | Data

Social media, OTT, online gaming usage rises: 60% urban kids spend 3 hours daily | Data

33% urban Indian children were addicted to online gaming such as Minecraft, PUBG, Fortnite, Among Us, FIFA, Fantasy Sports according to a survey conducted by LocalCircles After the COVID-19 period, as children returned to school and face-to-face teaching recommenced, there was an upswing in the use of the Internet for leisure. A recent survey by … Read more

Artificial neural networks learn better when they spend time not learning at all: Research – ET HealthWorld

Artificial neural networks learn better when they spend time not learning at all: Research – ET HealthWorld

Washington (US): Researchers discuss how mimicking sleep patterns of the human brain in artificial neural networks may help mitigate the threat of catastrophic forgetting in the latter, boosting their utility across a spectrum of research interests. “The brain is very busy when we sleep, repeating what we have learned during the day,” said Maxim Bazhenov, … Read more