Mumbai, April 16 (IANS) Karun Nair hails the impact of Rahul Dravid on his career. Indias second man to hit triple century also believes that batting with K.L. Rahul brings out the best in him. Karun played under Dravid in two Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises — Rajasthan Royals and[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) Shabana, her husband and two children come to the Azadpur Mandi everyday to collect vegetables that fall off trucks during unloading at the market. These are then sold by her family. But of late, the couple has not been lucky to collect enough vegetables. Shabana’s[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) At a time when the Indian economy seems to be facing an uncertain future amid nationwide shutdown, BJP leader and business tycoon Vaibhav Agarwal injected a sense of positivity on Thursday, asserting that life is not a balance sheet. Participating in a webinar, Aggarwal backed[Read More…]
Mumbai, April 16 (IANS) The popular sitcom “Office Office” is back on television, and actress Asawari Joshi, who played the role of Usha ji in the show, went down memory lane recalling how her co-stars would play pranks on her on the set, and added how she learnt many things[Read More…]
Hyderabad, April 16 (IANS) Leading digital workflow company ServiceNow on Thursday announced to protect the jobs of its 11,000-plus global workforce through 2020 despite the economic uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic. The company said it expects to keep hiring for new jobs worldwide this year and aims continue to protect[Read More…]
San Francisco, April 16 (IANS) Google may be developing its own processor for future versions of its Pixel smartphones and the later versions of the chip could even power Chromebooks, said a media report. Google’s own chip could power Pixel smartphones as soon as next year, said the report by[Read More…]
Mumbai, April 16 (IANS) Bollywood actor Kartik Aaryan is in a spot thanks to his lockdown beard that he is not quite sure whether he should shave or grow. Kartik took to Instagram to upload a carefully manicured 6pm shadow and an overgrown beard for his fans, letting them be[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) The Delhi Bar Association on Thursday requested Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to allow lawyers to commute to their offices amid the nationwide lockdown that’s in place to fight the coronavirus outbreak in the country. In a letter written to Kejriwal and Delhi Police Commissioner S.N.[Read More…]
Kolkata, April 16 (IANS) The coronavirus death count in West Bengal rose to ten on Thursday with the audit committee confirming three more loss of lives due to the deadly disease in the state, a top official said. Twenty-four new cases have been reported in the state since Wednesday, taking[Read More…]
Mumbai, April 16 (IANS) India’s first micro web series shot during the COVID-19 lockdown will be out soon. “Mardaani 2” actor Sunny Hinduja, who features in the series, says the project was challenging as well as fun to work on. Titled “A Viral Wedding”, the series had its pre-production, shooting[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) Amid the lockdown due to the coronavirus epidemic, the Congress is trying to reach out to the poor and the needy and has started the ‘Congress ki Rasoi’ to feed them. It has set up a control room in Delhi to monitor the humanitarian efforts[Read More…]
Chennai, April 16 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu government will continue supply of 5,450 tonnes of free rice to 2,895 mosques in the state during the Ramzan fasting period, said a top government official. Speaking to reporters, Chief Secretary K. Shanmugam said the state has been providing 5,450 tonnes of rice[Read More…]
Bengaluru, April 16 (IANS) Employees of 14 Karnataka government departments dealing with essential services resumed work at their offices amid the extended lockdown, an official said on Thursday. “As directed by the Chief Secretary, employees of all the 14 departments involved in essential services and supplies to the coronavirus-hit people[Read More…]
Hyderabad, April 16 (IANS) Actress Shriya Saran is known for her amazing dance moves, stunning figure and glamorous screen presence. Time and again, fans have expressed their love and admiration for these qualities, although there are occasions when certain fans can go beyond the limits of decency. In a recent[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) As restrictions on certain economic activities will be lifted to some extent starting April 20, e-commerce majors would be able to sell mobile phones and electronic items, including refrigerators, televisions, air conditioners, coolers along with stationery items, officials said. The Centre on Wednesday allowed operations[Read More…]
Washington, April 16 (IANS) In a statement that could fuel US-Chinese tensions, the US State Department has said in a report that China may have secretly conducted low-level underground nuclear tests despite claiming to observe an international pact banning such blasts. The finding, first reported by The Wall Street Journal,[Read More…]
Guwahati, April 16 (IANS) The Gauhati High Court has asked the Border Wing of the Assam Police to release on bail the “declared foreigners” in seven days to comply with the apex courts order on who have completed two years in detention camps, officials said on Thursday. Referring to the[Read More…]
Madrid, April 16 (IANS) Spanish tennis star and world no.2 Rafael Nadal said that he doesn’t expect any tournaments to happen in the near future until the coronavirus pandemic is brought under control. “I am not worrying about tennis now. I do physical work to not deteriorate my body,” said[Read More…]
Chennai, April 16 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palaniswami on Thursday said the number of persons testing positive is coming down and just 25 tested positive in the last 24 hours. He also said the number of persons who lost their lives due to Covid-19 in the state stands[Read More…]
London, April 16 (IANS) English Premier League clubs will think about the option of putting a June 30 deadline on the 2019-20 season at a meeting on Friday. As per a BBC report, many players’ present deals expire on June 30 including Chelsea midfielder Willian and Tottenham defender Jan Vertonghen.[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) The Centre has formed guidelines on refund of air tickets which were booked during the first and the extended lockdown periods. In an office memorandum, the Ministry of Civil Aviation acknowledged the unusual situation that has arisen due to the lockdown and its consequential effect[Read More…]
By Rituraj Baruah New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) Noodles have always been in demand due to their easy-to-cook feature and the nationwide lockdown has only spiked their offtake, with reports of stocks going nil in some areas. Wholesalers in the national capital have said that the stocks of Maggi have[Read More…]
Chandigarh, April 16 (IANS) Punjab has succeeded in breaking the chain of coronavirus in one of the worst hit districts where the number of patients has been frozen at 19 since March 26, Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu said on Thursday. No new positive case has been reported from SBS[Read More…]
Jammu, April 16 (IANS) Fourteen more persons tested coronavirus positive in J&K on Thursday, raising the number of COVID-19 patients to 314 in the Union Territory. “Today’s Update: 14 new cases — all from Kashmir Division. Total cases now 314. Jammu Division: 54 and Kashmir Division: 260”, said government spokesman[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) The well-known Zoom video conferencing app for meetings is not a safe platform, the Cyber Coordination Centre (CCC) of the Ministry of Home Affairs has warned in an advisory last week. In the advisory, issued on April 12, it is mentioned that “secure use of[Read More…]
