New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) Samsung Electronics has pipped Huawei to become the top 5G smartphones vendor in the world in the first quarter of 2020, said a market report on Wednesday. Global 5G smartphone shipments grew to 24.1 million in Q1 2020, significantly more than the 18.7 million 5G[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) In the wake of two experts committees set up by the University Grants Commission making recommendations on the new academic session and conduct of higher education examinations across the country, representatives of students seemed divided over the suggestions and their outcome. Congress students wing National[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) Ajinkya Rahane was bought by Delhi Capitals last year before the IPL Auction, and speaking on an Instagram live session with the franchises official handle on Wednesday, the middle-order batsman said he is really excited about playing for the Delhi-based franchise. “I’m really excited and[Read More…]
New York, April 29 (IANS) Music streaming service Spotify on Wednesday said it has seen a 31 per cent year-on-year surge in the number of its both monthly active users (MAUs) and premium subscribers, helping the company to report 22 per cent jump in the first quarter revenue of 2020.[Read More…]
New York, April 29 (IANS) A team of US doctors has claimed that hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malarial drug termed potential “game-changer” for COVID-19 by President Donald Trump, has improved the survival and recovery odds for about 90 per cent of patients infected with the virus. In a letter to Arizona Governor[Read More…]
Mumbai, April 29 (IANS) South Africa star AB de Villiers on Wednesday turned down reports of him being approached to lead the national cricket team after a television channel quoted him as saying the same. “Reports suggesting Cricket SA have asked me to lead the Proteas are just not true.[Read More…]
Washington, April 29 (IANS) NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has seen a fragile comet, C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS), disintegrate into more than two dozen pieces. Hubble identified about 30 fragments on April 20, and 25 pieces on April 23, NASA said on Tuesday, adding that all the pieces are enveloped in a[Read More…]
Chennai, April 29 (IANS) Tamil Nadu on Wednesday reported 104 persons testing positive for coronavirus, taking the state’s total tally to 2,162 and the death of two more persons, taking the toll to 27. In a statement issued here, the Health Department also said that 82 Covid-19 patients were discharged[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) The Delhi government is in touch with other state governments and will take a decision on the movement of migrants in a day or two, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Wednesday. “The Union Home Ministry issued an order on the migrants on Wednesday. We[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) The Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) has come up with a detailed document of Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for banks outlining the precautionary measures to be taken as the lockdown is lifted or partially relaxed, whereby it has asked banks to ensure thermal screening of people[Read More…]
By Sugandha Rawal New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) Actor Manoj Bajpayee struggles to put his thoughts into words, and says everything has just gone “haywire” ever since he heard the news of Irrfan Khan’s demise. The actor says though Irrfan wasn’t his “best friend”, they were connected with a very[Read More…]
Lausanne (Switzerland), April 29 (IANS) International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach admitted that the cost of postponement of the Tokyo Olympics will run into “several hundred million US dollars.” The 2020 Olympics was postponed to 2021 due to the ongoing global crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic. While it[Read More…]
Bengaluru, April 29 (IANS) A 73-year-old man from Tumakuru succumbed to Covid-19, recording Karnataka’s 21st such death even as positive cases rose by 12, raising the state’s tally to 535, an official said on Wednesday. “The positive case count is 535, a 73-year-old male patient with Severe Acute Respiratory Infection[Read More…]
Chennai, April 29 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palaniswami said on Wednesday that a special group will be set up to study whether there is community spread of coronavirus in Chennai and also detect their contacts. In a statement issued here after chairing a review meeting of District Secretaries,[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) The entire world may have come to a stand-still due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but Delhi Capitals batsman Ajinkya Rahane believes that the only way forward is to be pragmatic in our approach. Speaking on an Instagram live session with the franchises official handle on[Read More…]
Chandigarh, April 29 (IANS) Twenty-three more people, who returned to Punjab after a 1,750-km odyssey from the Sikh shrine in Nanded, Maharashtra, on Wednesday tested coronavirus positive, taking their total to 34. As per official figures, nearly 3,500 pilgrims are expected to arrive from Takht Sri Hazur Sahib in Nanded[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) Recognising the sterling efforts of “the doctors, nurses, carers, porters, cleaners and everyone currently working in hospitals” to combat the corovirus pandemic, Bloomsbury on Monday launched award-winning author Katherine Rundells “The Book of Hopes: Words and Pictures to Comfort, Inspire and Encourage Children in Lockdown”[Read More…]
By Sharon Thambala Bengaluru, April 29 (IANS) An 11-member team of doctors is poised to inject plasma, extracted from two Covid survivors into a needy patient at state-run BMC Victoria hospital in the city centre to commence clinical trials, said an official on Wednesday. “As of Wednesday, there is no[Read More…]
Mumbai, April 29 (IANS) German Ambassador to India Walter J. Lindner took to social media to express his condolence at the demise of Irrfan Khan on Wednesday. “Very sad news: world-known Bollywood (Slum Dog Millionaire) and Hollywood (Jurassic World) actor #IrrfanKhan died today! An incredible talent and prolific cinema-contributor. Many[Read More…]
Barcelona, April 29 (IANS) Spanish LaLiga giants FC Barcelona midfielder Arthur Melo has expressed his desire to stay on at the Catalan club despite reported interest from Italian heavyweights Juventus, the Brazil international said on Wednesday. “The interest of great clubs is flattering, but I have only one thing in[Read More…]
Chandigarh, April 29 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has approved the appointment of the younger son of Assistant Commissioner of Police Anil Kohli, who died of COVID-19, as police Sub-Inspector once he graduates. During his videoconference meeting with 687 frontline field officers and personnel on Wednesday, Director General of[Read More…]
Jammu, April 29 (IANS) Sixteen more tested positive on Wednesday in J&K, pushing up the total of Covid-19 patients in the Union Territory to 581. A statement by the Information Department said 16 more people tested positive in Kashmir division. Out of 581 patients, eight have so far died while[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) A day after Delhi Minority Commission (DMC) Chairman Zafarul Islam Khan warned the “Hindutva bigots” of an “avalanche” over their “hate campaigns, lynchings and riots”, Khan called himself a patriot to the core who always defended India abroad. In a statement issued on Wednesday, he[Read More…]
Mumbai, April 29 (IANS) Bollywood actress Sunny Leone mistook the parking garage as her office amid lockdown and called it her “new life”. Sunny took to Instagram, and posted a video. “Finally made it to the office to do some phone interviews!!! Oh wait , I’m in the parking garage,[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) The sudden demise of actor Irrfan Khan not only jolted the Indian film industry, but sent shock waves internationally as well. Popular celebrities Riz Ahmed and Ava DuVernay lead the charge in condoling his death, remembering him for his exceptional talent. “Venom” star Riz Ahmed[Read More…]
