Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) has partnered with MosChip® Technologies, and Socionext Inc. for the design and development of a High-Performance-Computing (HPC) Processor SoC based on the Arm® architecture and built on TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited) 5nm technology node.

C-DAC, established to develop and deploy the state-of-the-art supercomputing technology in India, is working towards its complete indigenization & in this direction has developed indigenous compute node RUDRA, Trinetra-Interconnect and System Software stack. Further, for complete indigenization of HPC system development, C-DAC is designing an indigenous HPC Processor AUM. Keenheads Technologies, an Indian Startup, has been engaged by C-DAC as Program Management Consultant (PMC) for the project.

C-DAC is collaborating with the consortium of MosChip Technologies, India and Socionext Inc., Japan for design & development of this indigenous HPC Processor AUM, based on the high-performance Arm Neoverse™ V2 CPU platform, and incorporates advanced packaging technology. This approach allows them to retain ownership of unique differentiators, providing a significant competitive edge.

The Bangladesh Navy has signed a deal with India’s Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) for an 800-tonne ocean-going tug — a major contract to be signed under a $500-million line of credit that was extended to Bangladesh by India for the purchase of defence equipment.

The deal was inked in Dhaka on Sunday in the presence of representatives of GRSE and the Bangladesh Navy’s directorate general of defence purchases.

It coincided with a four-day visit to Bangladesh by Indian Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi, which was aimed at strengthening bilateral defence relations between India and Bangladesh and to explore new avenues for naval cooperation.

Tata Group has once again been named India’s most valuable brand, according to the latest Brand Finance report. The group’s brand value has soared to $28.6 billion, marking a 9 per cent increase thanks to a strong focus on digitalisation, e-commerce, electric vehicles, and electronics. This makes Tata the first Indian brand to approach the $30-billion mark, reflecting the growing confidence in the Indian economy.

Infosys ranks second with a brand value of $14.2 billion. HDFC Group follows in third place with a brand value of $10.4 billion, significantly boosted by its merger with HDFC Ltd.

Savio D’Souza, Senior Director at Brand Finance, attributes Tata's rise to its rigorous organisational refinement and embrace of digital transformation and advanced technology. Tata's brand visibility has also benefited from its sponsorship of the Indian Premier League, aeronautical rebranding, and the growth of its retail sectors, including Westside and Tata Consumer Products.

LIC Group, Reliance Industries, SBI Group, Airtel, HCL Tech, Larsen & Toubro, Mahindra, and Zetwerk are also among the top Indian brands.

A month after announcing his retirement from all form of cricket, former India wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik on Monday has joined Royal Challengers Bengaluru as batting coach and mentor.

“Welcome our keeper in every sense, Dinesh Karthik back into RCB in an all new avatar. DK will be the batting coach and mentor of RCB Men’s team,” RCB posted on X.

The wicketkeeper-batter made 257 appearances in IPL, scoring 4,842 runs at an average of 26.32. Karthik played for Kolkata Knight Riders, Mumbai Indians, Delhi Daredevils, and Kings XI Punjab apart from RCB.

The All India Football Federation condoled the death of former India winger Bhupinder Singh Rawat, who passed away in Surat, Gujarat, on Saturday, June 29, 2024, after a brief illness. He was 85. Rawat is survived by his wife, one son and one daughter.

A speedy winger of the 1960s and 1970s, Rawat played for India in the 1969 Merdeka tournament in Malaysia. In domestic football, he played for top teams like Delhi Garrison, Gorkha Brigade and Mafatlal. He represented Services and Maharashtra in the National Football Championship for the Santosh Trophy.

R Sampanthan, a veteran Sri Lankan politician and a moderate Tamil leader, passed away last night while receiving treatment in a hospital, the Tamil National Alliance has announced.

Sampanthan, 91, led the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) from 2004 and became only the second Tamil to become the main opposition leader in the Sinhala-majority country.

He was ailing for a long time and was missing the current parliamentary sessions for a long time. He was a moderate Tamil who had been leading the political movement to achieve a negotiated political settlement to the Tamil demand for political autonomy.

Lieutenant General NS Raja Subramani on Monday took over as the army’s vice chief, succeeding General Upendra Dwivedi who took charge as the army chief on Sunday.

Subramani was the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Central Command in Lucknow before he assumed the new appointment.

An alumnus of National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla, and Indian Military Academy, Dehradun, he was commissioned into the Garhwal Rifles in December 1985.

Union Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday launched a web portal for faster bank settlements of interest subvention claims under Agriculture Infrastructure.

Chouhan launched the web portal developed jointly by the Department of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare (DA&FW) and NABARD to automate and speed up the process of settlement of interest subvention claims of banks submitted under the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF), a press release by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers said.

During the launching event, Chouhan said, "PM Modi government is committed to increase farmer's income by taking various measures. Agriculture Infrastructure Fund was launched by PM Modi with Rs 1 lakh crore funding in a bid to increase storage capacity for crops and reduce losses for farmers."

The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) has launched the eSankhyiki portal, an online platform providing real-time data to planners, policy-makers, researchers and the general public.

The portal has two modules, Data Catalogue and Macro Indicators, said a press statement issued by the ministry Sunday.

The Data Catalogue module provides a catalogue of major data assets of the Ministry, making them easier to access for users. The module allows users to search within datasets and download data of interest. At present, it contains more than 2291 datasets with metadata and visualization for each dataset.

In a significant development aimed at advancing the field of Indian Medicine and Homoeopathy, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed today between the Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences – Captain Srinivasa Murthy Central Ayurveda Research Institute (CSMCARI), Chennai, under the Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India and the Commissionerate of Indian Medicine and Homoeopathy (CIM&H), Arumbakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

The ceremony was held on 29 Jun 2024 at the Kalaignar Centenary Multi-Speciality Hospital, Guindy, in the esteemed presence of Health and Family Welfare Minister of Tamil Nadu, Shri. MA. Subramanian, and Additional Chief Secretary & Health and Family Welfare Secretary, Shri. Gagan Deep Singh, IAS.