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Jensen Huang and his wife Lori pledged $30 million to Stanford; in 2010, the university opened an engineering centre housing more than 270 faculty, staff and students, with workshops for building prototypes

​Jensen Huang and Lori helped fund Stanford’s engineering centre with their $30 million donation. The university dedicated the Jen-Hsun Huang Engineering Center as a shared space for research, education and collaboration across disciplines. The building houses more than 270 faculty members, staff and students, along with workshops for building prototypes and models.​The centre was established…

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In 2003, two brothers bought a Queens home for $850,000; after racketeering convictions and years of forfeiture litigation, the property is heading to a federal auction with bidding starting at $900,000

In 2003, brothers bought Queens home for $850K; after convictions, it heads to auction at $900K (Image Credit: CWS Government Auctions) A Forest Hills home in Queens that was once owned by two brothers convicted in a major counterfeiting case is now headed for a federal auction, more than two decades after they bought it…

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States to assess GDP through spending method

NEW DELHI: For decades, a state’s growth was measured by relying only on the production approach, or by gauging what factories, farms, and services within its borders produced. That model is now set for an overhaul, as the statistics ministry unveiled a new manual to compute state GDP via expenditure approach — by tracking household…

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IRCON International bags ₹96 crore railway tunnel communication maintenance contract

State-owned engineering and construction company IRCON International Ltd has secured a ₹96.25 crore contract from Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd to maintain communication systems in the Katra-Banihal railway section. The contract, inclusive of GST, covers a comprehensive annual maintenance contract for the Integrated Tunnel Communication System installed in the section of Northern Railway. The execution period…

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Bag stolen from reserved train coach; Railway loses appeal against Rs 1.45 lakh payout to passenger

AI generated image used for representative purpose NEW DELHI: The Delhi state consumer commission has upheld an order directing Northern Railway to pay Rs 1.45 lakh to a passenger whose bag was stolen from a reserved train coach. The commission said the railway could not avoid responsibility by arguing that the passenger’s luggage’s are not…

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Green Cards reflect cases started years ago: Immigration attorney raises 5 points on Trump administration’s PERM ban

Immigration attorney raises 5 points on Trump admin’s Green Card restriction for eight tech majors. Suspending the Green Card process of eight tech companies and accusing them of depriving American workers are two different things that have been put together, experts felt after Vice President JD Vance’s announcement. Vance cited 6,000 American layoffs and compared…

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