Akash said, it will make our cities smarter, society safer, utilities more stable, emergency services more responsive, industry more efficient

New Delhi (Agencies): Reliance Jio has launched True 5G service in 277 cities across the country and is on the path to achieve the declared goal to increase the Jio 5G footprint to cover every town, taluka and tehsil across the country by December this year, Akash Ambani, Chairman of Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd, said on Tuesday.

North Goa SP, Nidhin Valsan during the exhibition.

clusion in daily diets. ICAR-Central Coastal Agricultural Research Institute have also set up a stall at the event where visitors can interact with subject experts on millets and see live samples of the same.

areas of the Old city. Sources said that the situation may lead to a drinking water crisis in the state capital, if the river is not provided fresh supply from Sharda canal by the irrigation department in the next six days.

5 children die of respiratory infections in Kolkata

Central Bureau of Communication, Goa has organized a Multimedia exhibition on International Year of Millets at the Kadamba Transport Corporation Bus stand in Panaji. The exhibition was inaugurated by North Goa Superintendent of Police (SP), Nidhin Valsan today. Open to public till 3rd March, the exhibition aims to educate visitors about the importance of millets and encourage their inGomti river —FILE PHOTO

Kolkata (Agencies): Five children have died in West Bengal due to respiratory infections in different hospitals in the city in the last 24 hours fuelling fears of growing incidences of Adenovirus in the state, a health department official said. Doctors are, unsure whether the deaths were due to the infection. In children, Adenovirus usually cause infections in the respiratory and intestinal tracts.

Reliance Jio to bring 5G to every Indian city by Dec 2023: Akash Ambani

IMPACT OF 5G ON INDIA’S GROWING ECONOMY IS IMMENSE, SAYS AKASH

“The impact on 5G that will have on India’s growing economy is immense. There is no other technology that has given us various growth sectors like 5G has as a rapidly growing and emerging economy. India’s uniquely positioned to est

5G rollout. Jio has deployed “more than 40,000 sites and nearly take lead in the use of 5G technology for the betterment of society and livelihood of over 140 crore Indians,” Ambani said adding that the healthcare sector is poised to be among the most significant beneficiaries of 5G technology. in the net-

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Barcelona: Bharti Airtel is looking to raise mobile phone call and data rates across all plans this year, telecom firm’s Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal said. The company last month increased the price of its minimum recharge or the entry-level for the 28-day mobile phone service plan by about 57% to Rs 155 in eight circles. He said the return on capital in the telecom business is very low and a tariff hike is expected this year. “It (tariff hike) will happen across the board,” Mittal said. —PTI

April-January fiscal deficit at 67.8% of revised FY23 aim