प्रदीप द्विवेदी, मेरठ। भारत के तेजी से बढ़ते मेट्रो नेटवर्क में मेरठ अपनी जगह बनाने जा रहा है। प्रधानमंत्री नरेन्द्र मोदी 22 फरवरी को उद्घाटन करेंगे। इस उद्घाटन के साथ यह प्रदेश का पांचवां ऐसा शहर बन जाएगा जहां मेट्रो सेवा शुरू होगी।इसी के साथ देश कई नए कीर्तिमान देखेगा। मेरठ मेट्रो सेवा वही पटरी और ढांचा उपयोग करेगी जो देश के प्रथम आरआरटीएस कारिडोर पर दौड़ने वाली सेमीहाई स्पीड (160 किमी प्रति घंटे) ट्रेन नमो भारत के लिए बनाया गया हैं।135 किमी प्रति घंटे की डिजाइन स्पीड और 120 किमी प्रति घंटे की अधिकतम गति के साथ मेरठ मेट्रो देश की सबसे तेज मेट्रो होगी। इसकी पटरी की डिजाइन स्पीड 180 किमी प्रति घंटे है जबकि अन्य शहराें की मेट्रो पटरी की डिजाइन स्पीड 95 है। मेरठ आदर्श माडल बनेगा जिसे भविष्य में इसे अन्य शहरों में भी अपनाया जा सकता है।मेरठ दक्षिण स्टेशन से मोदीपुरम तक 23 किलोमीटर लंबे कारिडोर के सभी 13 स्टेशनों पर रुकते हुए लगभग 30 मिनट में यात्रा पूरी करेगी। चमकदार हरे, नीले और नारंगी रंगों वाली स्टेनलेस स्टील से तैयार किए गए डिब्बे आधुनिक, हल्की और स्लीक डिजाइन वाली हैं।तीन कोच वाली ये ट्रेन ऊर्जा की बचत करती हैं और रीजेनेरेटिव ब्रेकिंग सिस्टम से लैस हैं। यानी ब्रेक से भी बिजली उत्पन्न करेंगी। आटोमैटिक ट्रेन प्रोटेक्शन (एटीपी) और आटाेमेटिक ट्रेन आपरेशन (एटीओ) तकनीक से युक्त होने के कारण बिना आपरेटर (ड्राइवर) के भी संचालित की जा सकती हैं।

Conservative American political activist and commentator Tucker Carlson on Wednesday claimed that he was detained by Israeli security staff at the Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, but his claim seems to have fallen flat. Carlson, who was in Israel to interview US Ambassador Mike Huckabee, told the Daily Mail that he had been detained. What authorities said about Tucker Carlson's claims Commenting on the alleged incident, the Israel Airports Authority said it "firmly rejects" Carlson's claims. "Contrary to the reports, Tucker Carlson and his entourage were not detained, delayed, or interrogated. "EVERYONE who comes in/out of Israel (every country for that matter) has passports checked & routinely asked security questions.

US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe and elsewhere The portal could potentially put Washington in the unfamiliar position of appearing to encourage citizens to flout local lawsA woman views her phone as she walks past street art on a wall in London, Britain, December 18, 2019. The spokesperson denied any announcement had been delayed and said it was inaccurate that State Department lawyers had raised concerns. FRICTION WITH EUROPEAN REGULATORSRogers of the State Department has emerged as an outspoken advocate of the Trump administration position on EU content policies. EU regulators regularly require US-based sites to remove content and can impose bans as a measure of last resort. It was not clear what advantages the US government portal would offer users that are not available from commercial VPNs.

Microsoft said on Wednesday it did not think the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency was using its technology for mass surveillance of civilians but added that it provided cloud-based productivity and collaboration tools to ICE. The statement from the technology company came in response to a report by The Guardian that said ICE deepened its reliance on Microsoft's cloud technology last year as the agency ramped up arrest and deportation operations. "Microsoft policies and terms of service do not allow our technology to be used for the mass surveillance of civilians, and we do not believe ICE is engaged in such activity." ICE has become the symbol of Trump's crackdown, especially after the fatal shootings of two US citizens last month. Last September, the company said it had disabled some services used by an Israeli military unit after preliminary evidence supported a media investigation that reported mass surveillance of Palestinian phone calls.

She alleges the companies sought to profit by hooking kids on their services despite knowing social media could harm their mental health. For example, he said Meta discussed creating a version of Instagram for children under 13, but ultimately never did. Over the years, investigative reporting has unearthed internal Meta documents showing the company was aware of potential mental health harm. Teens with difficult life circumstances more often said they used Instagram habitually or unintentionally, according to the document shown at trial. Australia has prohibited access to social media platforms for users under age 16.

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti WhatsAppStatus Video (Video Credit: Canva)Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti Wishes And Messages In Hindi:1. शिवाजी महाराज की वीरता और स्वाभिमान हम सभी के जीवन का आदर्श बने।3. इस पावन अवसर पर हम उनके संघर्ष और बलिदान को नमन करते हैं।Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti Wishes And Messages In Marathi:1. ALSO READ: Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti 2026 Holiday: What's Open And Closed In Maharashtra On February 19? Check HereAdditionally, each message, quote and wish beautifully conveys the emotions each Indian feels about the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti 2026.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Thursday described artificial intelligence (AI) as ushering in an era of "hyper progress", with the potential to unlock new scientific discoveries and help emerging economies bypass traditional development stages. "It is the biggest platform shift of our lifetimes, we are on the cusp of hyper progress and new discoveries that can help emerging economies leapfrog legacy gaps. We cannot allow the digital divide to become an AI divide. "We cannot allow the digital divide to become an AI divide," he said, stressing the importance of expanding compute infrastructure and connectivity globally. He added that Google has trained 100 million people in digital skills and launched a Google AI Professional Certificate to help workers adapt to AI-driven changes.

As part of its key deliverables post the India AI Impact Summit, Delhi is likely to push for more “democratised” use of AI. An illuminated Bharat Mandapam, the venue of the India AI Impact Summit 2026, in New Delhi on Wednesday. (Express photo by Praveen Khanna) An illuminated Bharat Mandapam, the venue of the India AI Impact Summit 2026, in New Delhi on Wednesday. Story continues below this adA man walks past a signage board of AI Impact Summit, in New Delhi, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. (PTI) A man walks past a signage board of AI Impact Summit, in New Delhi, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026.

जागरण संवाददाता, नई दिल्ली। इमिग्रेशन विभाग ने एक बांग्लादेशी नागरिक को भारत में हिरासत में लेकर उसे वापस बांग्लादेश डिपोर्ट किया है। पकड़े गए बांग्लादेशी की पहचान महदी अहमद रजा हसन के रूप में हुई है। अधिकारियों के मुताबिक, वह भारत के रास्ते फिनलैंड भागने की कोशिश में था।महदी अहमद रजा हसन पर क्या हैं आरोप? इमिग्रेशन सूत्रों के अनुसार, महदी अहमद रजा हसन पर बांग्लादेश में हिंसा के दौरान एक हिंदू पुलिस अधिकारी संतोष चौधरी की हत्या का आरोप है। यह मामला बांग्लादेश में दर्ज है और आरोपी की तलाश जारी थी। अलर्ट के आधार पर भारतीय इमिग्रेशन एजेंसियों ने उसे रोका।भारत में कैसे पकड़ा गया? प्राथमिक जानकारी के मुताबिक, आरोपी अंतरराष्ट्रीय उड़ान से यूरोप जाने की तैयारी में था। दस्तावेजों की जांच और इंटर-एजेंसी इनपुट के बाद उसे हिरासत में लिया गया। कानूनी औपचारिकताएं पूरी करने के बाद संबंधित प्रक्रियाओं के तहत उसे बांग्लादेश भेज दिया गया।

But before looking at AI, copyright needs to be understood in a historical perspective. So, the thousands of random Instagram posts and notebook doodles that you have made are all protected under copyright law for centuries. Further, copyright law has never prohibited learning from examples and imitating — every artist studies predecessors, and every writer reads widely. Copyright law should encourage such contributions, not hinder them with the same restrictions designed to prevent commercial exploitation. We have seen copyright law repeatedly being weaponised to block beneficial technologies under the guise of protecting creators.

Shares of cigarette-making companies surged sharply on Wednesday following a price revision taken to offset the impact of higher taxes. ITC shares gained 2.2% to close at Rs 332.70 apiece while Godfrey Phillips India shares rallied 20 % to settle at Rs 2,478.8 apiece. Cigarette stocks had come under severe selling pressure since the beginning of the year following the government's notification of a new excise duty. This followed the passage of the Central Excise (Amendment) Bill, 2025, which replaced the earlier temporary levy with a formalised excise structure. The changes have led to substantial price hikes of 15% to 40% per pack.

The VVP was launched in 2023, originally to assist development in villages along the China border. On February 20, Home Minister Amit Shah is likely to launch the VVP-II programme at Nathanpur village in Assam’s Cachar district along the Bangladesh border. “The VVP programme envisages ensuring assimilation of the border population with the nation, and inculcate them as eyes and ears of the border guarding forces (BGFs), create better living conditions and adequate livelihood opportunities, and wean away the border population from inimical activities,” the Ministry said. “In these villages, opportunities for professional growth, social cohesion and national integration would be enhanced to ensure that border regions are not left behind in the country’s development journey and would be developed as growth centres,” the MHA said. The strategy includes saturation of existing schemes of the government to eligible individual beneficiaries and households, strengthen basic infrastructure and create enabling infrastructure and capacities to increase livelihood opportunities.

"Today, India's installed non-fossil capacity stands at over 272 GW, with solar at more than 141 GW and wind at 55 GW... to give you an idea of our scale, almost 3 million households have benefitted from rooftop solar under PMSGMBY in less than 2 years. "As we all know, offshore wind is among the most complex segments of the global energy transition. "India brings scale, long-term demand and a rapidly growing clean energy ecosystem. Together, we can focus on three practical pillars," he said.First, ecosystem planning and market design. Port modernisation, local manufacturing of foundations, towers, blades and cables, specialised vessels and skilling for marine operations.Third, financing and risk mitigation.

Subscribe to Newsletter to get latest insights & analysis in your inbox. India is keen to diversify its sources of crude oil and coking coal and would welcome high-quality coking coal supplies from the United States, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Wednesday,reported.Speaking at an event in Mumbai, Goyal said India is currently dependent on a limited number of geographies for coking coal, leading to price volatility. "We want to diversify our oil sources. I want to diversify the source of coking coal for example. Today India does not engage as a meek country, we are not apologetic about some of the problems that we have, we are negotiating for the future," he added.

Subscribe to Newsletter to get latest insights & analysis in your inbox. Download the ETEnergyworld App and get the Realtime updates and Save your favourite articles. Russia’s share of India’s overall oil imports fell to around 21.2 per cent, the lowest proportion since October 2022.Analysts expect Russian crude flows to India to continue declining gradually through March as refiners diversify their sources. Import levels in February are forecast to average about 1 million to 1.2 million bpd, easing further to around 800,000 bpd in March, according to energy analysts.To compensate for reduced volumes from Russia, Indian refiners have tapped other supply sources. Increased purchases from the Middle East have also lifted the overall share of OPEC oil in India’s import mix to an 11-month high.The change in India’s import pattern comes amid Western sanctions tied to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and ongoing geopolitical pressures, alongside efforts to secure trade and energy ties with other partners.