Chandigarh Region Innovation & Knowledge Cluster CRIKC Panjab University in collaboration with General Aeronautics Bengaluru launched an Advanced Drone Tech Centre in PU campus. This centre will involve engineers, scientists and students from PU and CRIKC institutes for Research, Development and application of Drone based technologies in fields of agriculture, disaster management and for material transportation & accessibility to difficult terrains. Prof Gaurav Verma, Coordinator CRIKC and the Principal Investigator of this project informed that cutting edge technologies like AI,

The Supreme Court on Friday declined to list a petition by advocate Ashwini Upadhyay, during the court's summer vacation, challenging the Delhi High Court's May 29 judgment allowing exchange of Rs 2,000 currency notes without any identification. A bench comprising Justices Aniruddha Bose and Rajesh Bindal told Upadhyay to mention his petition before the Chief Justice of India, after the court reopens in July first week. Upadhyay vehemently pressed that all black money will become white money and urged the court to hear the matter.

Delhi Police have arrested two cyber crooks, including a BBA final year student, for cheating several people on the pretext of selling expensive electronic gadgets at throwaway prices via social media, an official said on Friday. The accused were identified as Raghav, a resident of Panipat, and Aryan Kumar from Nalanda, Bihar. According to the police, a grievance report was lodged on the Cyber Crime Reporting Portal by complainant Akhilesh Gupta after he was duped by the cyber thugs.

Two top opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) leaders, Nationalist Congress Party President Sharad Pawar and Shiv Sena (UBT) Chief Spokesperson Sanjay Raut, have received fresh death threats from unknown persons, here on Friday. Pawar has been warned via a Twitter message threatening that he will meet the same fate as Dr. Narendra Dabholkar (the rationalist who was shot dead in Pune in August 2013), sending shockwaves in the political circles.

A 22-year-old man has been arrested for killing a teenager during a birthday celebration at a cafe in Delhi's Kalkaji area, an official said on Friday. The accused was identified as Aman alias Babu Lal, a resident of Sudhar Camp in Kalkaji. The official said that a reward of Rs 25,000 was also declared on information leading to his arrest.

An earthquake of 3.7 magnitude was felt in Assam on Friday. No reports of loss of life or damage to property have been received yet. According to the National Centre for Seismology, the jolt was felt at 10:05 a.m. The epicentre was 39 km west of Tezpur at a depth of 10 km.

As the crucial alliance partner in the BJP-led government in Haryana, the Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) is non-committal on pre-poll alliance for the 2024 parliamentary elections, the saffron party has started looking at independent legislators to keep its government intact, at least till the Assembly polls likely in October next year, political observers said on Friday. Amidst preparations by the BJP and the JJP separately to woo the electorate for the Lok Sabha polls, four independent legislators have met BJP in-charge for the state, Biplab Kumar Deb, in Delhi.

The Border Security Force (BSF) on Friday seized over 5 kg of narcotics dropped by a drone near the International Border in Amritsar sector in Punjab. The BSF personnel deployed heard the buzzing sound of a drone and something being dropped in the fields near Rai village, the BSF said. On searching one big packet containing 5.260 kg heroin was recovered, it added.

The CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (IITR) has come up with an indigenous innovative rapid haemoglobin detection test kit called 'SenzHb', a paper-based kit that gives results in just 30 seconds. It costs just Rs 10 for a test. IITR scientists said, "As compared to testing facilities available in the market, SenzHb is economical and easy to use."

"There was sticky bounce yesterday; the pace went up today," India pacer Mohammed Siraj told a press conference at the end of Day 2 of the World Test Championship against Australia, here on Thursday. Siraj, who was India's most successful bowler with four wickets in Australia's first innings, maintained that his team bowled well despite the opposition posting a total of 469.