Few weeks back, Khalistani extremist and ‘Waris Punjab De’ chief Amritpal Singh, who stormed with thousands of his supporters at Ajnala police station in
The police claimed to have unearthed a gang of robbers with the arrest of three persons here. The police recovered two pistols, four live cartridges, a car and iron rods from their possession. During preliminary interrogation, the criminals revealed that they were planning to loot a fuel station in
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Jalandhar, December 21
Combining the ideas of portability with utilisation of solar energy, five students from BTech ECE, CT Institute of Engineering, Management and Technology, designed and tested a working prototype of a solar-operated mini computer.
It’s a portable computer which replaces the entire CPU of a desktop computer into a smaller size with the help of raspberry-pi.
Chandan Kumar Jha, Ajay Kumar, Daljeet Kaur, Baljeet Kaur and Gurwinder Kaur came up with the innovation under the supervision of Dr Harjit Pal Singh, Assistant Director (Research & Innovation).
Chandan said, “It’s compatible with all types of input-output devices that we usually attach to a CPU, including physical or virtual keyboard, mouse, monitor screen, microphone and speakers. It doesn’t need a huge space for its set up or a 220V (AC) electricity connection and it’s very easy on pocket. It is a lightweight solar-operated CPU (computer) that can be taken to any remote location without