New York, April 12 (IANS) Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and pop star Rihanna’s non-profit organisation, The Clara Lionel Foundation (CLF), have set up a joint $4.2 million grant to help domestic violence victims amid the COVID-19 crisis. Dorsey and CLF each committed $2.1 million for the grant meant to help[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) HDFC has clarified that the Chinese central bank, Peoples Bank of China (PBOC) has been an existing shareholder of the company and only the disclosure is being made now as they hit the one per cent threshold. HDFC’s Vice Chairman and CEO Keki Mistry told[Read More…]
Mumbai, April 12 (IANS) Maharashtra recorded 134 new Covid-19 positive cases with Mumbai alone reporting 113 infectees, taking the state total to 1,895 cases, according to preliminary figures here on Sunday. Central Mumbai’s Dharavi – Asia’s biggest slum, continued to be a problem area with 15 new cases with the[Read More…]
By Mohammed Shafeeq Hyderabad, April 12 (IANS) Ever since Telangana reported the first COVID-19 case early last month, a battery of senior bureaucrats have been working overtime behind the scenes to evolve the state’s strategy to tackle the situation. Leading the team of officials is Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar, the[Read More…]
Bengaluru, April 12 (IANS) As many as 11 patients tested positive for coronavirus in Karnataka, taking their total number to 226 in the southern state, a health official said on Sunday. “Since Saturday evening till Sunday noon, 11 new positive cases have been reported across the state, taking the total[Read More…]
Gandhinagar, April 12 (IANS) Twenty five more positive cases were detected in Gujarat on Sunday morning and one person has died due to Covid-19, the health authorities announced, taking the total detected positive Coronavirus cases to 493 in the state. Till Sunday, 23 deaths due to Coronavirus have been reported[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) Former England captain Nasser Hussain said that he had been told by England coach Duncan Fletcher, who helmed the coaching setup for India from April 2011 to the end of the 2015 World Cup, about current captain Virat Kohli’s potential. “I was speaking to Duncan[Read More…]
Thiruvananthapuram, April 12 (IANS) For the first time, the Christian community in Kerala on Sunday celebrated Easter in their homes due to the national lockdown imposed in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Traditionally, the faithful throng churches early in the morning for the Easter Sunday mass. After the mass[Read More…]
Lucknow, April 12 (IANS) Muslim scholar and former Samajwadi Party spokesman, Abdul Hafiz Gandhi has criticized the efforts being made by the Yogi Adityanath government to identify coronavirus patients on basis of religion. Talking to IANS, Gandhi said, “The WHO and the central government have clearly stated that corona patients[Read More…]
Dubai, April 12 (IANS) Malayali expats in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will celebrate the spring festival of Vishu this year within their homes due to restrictions imposed amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, it was reported on Sunday. The festival of Vishu is usually celebrated with a lot of fanfare[Read More…]
Mumbai, April 12 (IANS) Batting legend Sachin Tendulkar on Saturday dedicated time to be part of a webinar to help young doctors learn about sports injuries in a video conferencing session. Tendulkar got to know through Sudhir Warrier, an orthopaedician, that several young doctors across the country were utilising the[Read More…]
Beijing, April 12 (IANS) China on Sunday reported 99 new cases of the novel coronavirus, more than double of the infections registered a day earlier, However, there were no deaths reported in the 24 hours from Saturday morning, the National Health Commission said. The Commission said that of the 99[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) Admitting that the country is passing through an unprecedented crisis due to the spread of COVID-19, Delhi Bar Council has assured Prime Minister Narendra Modi of providing its full support in following the lockdown measures to contain the virus. In a letter to the Prime[Read More…]
Mumbai, April 12 (IANS) Actress Adah Sharma gave a lesson how to make a mask at home amid lockdown due to coronavirus outbreak in the country. Adah took to Instagram, where she shared a video of herself making a facemask under a minute with the help of a sock. In[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) Former India captain Krishnamachari Srikkanth said that current skipper Virat Kohli can be compared to Kapil Dev. Srikkanth was part of the squad that Kapil led to victory in the 1983 World Cup and feels that Kohli’s self-believe is reminiscent of the former all-rounder. “I[Read More…]
San Francisco, April 12 (IANS) A team from Facebook AI Research (FAIR) has developed a novel low-dimensional design space called ‘RegNet’ that outperforms traditional available models like from Google and runs five times faster on GPUs. RegNet produces simple, fast and versatile networks and in experiments, it outperformed Google’s SOTA[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) The Congress has slammed the Union Government for not allowing donations to the Chief Minister’s relief Fund as Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) expenditure. Congress Chief Spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said, “To disqualify contributions to State Relief Funds and CM Relief Funds to Fight #COVID from CSR[Read More…]
Los Angeles, April 12 (IANS) Hollywood actor Tom Hanks returned to the small screen for the first time after he tested positive for the coronavirus in March. He said he and his wife are doing great. The 63-year-old served as host for the first-ever “Saturday Night Live at Home” episode,[Read More…]
Chennai, April 12 (IANS) The number of dead due to COVID-19 in Tamil Nadu went up to 11 with the death of a 45-year-old woman on Saturday, said an official statement. In a statement issued here on Sunday the Department of Health and Family Welfare said a 45-year-old woman who[Read More…]
Bahraich (UP), April 12 (IANS) Seventeen Jamaatis have been sent to jail after their quarantine period ended on Sunday. After the quarantine period ended, they were presented before the magistrate and then sent to jail. They were found guilty of violating visa and passport norms and all of them belong[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) In a major development for the Indian financial sector, the People’s Bank of China has taken up 1.01 per cent stake in the lending major Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC). The central bank of China has acquired nearly 1.75 crore shares in HDFC during the[Read More…]
Kathmandu, April 12 (IANS) Three Indian citizens have tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Nepal’s Birgunj city, a media report said on Sunday. According to the report on The Himalayan Times, the samples of the three Indian nationals were collected in Birgunj and sent to a lab in Hetauda[Read More…]
Tehran, April 12 (IANS) Researchers have found that probiotics may be an effective alternative to antibiotics to treat acne which are often caused due to chronic inflammation. Prebiotics are non-digestible fibres which promote the growth of healthy bacteria (probiotics) in the intestine. Naturally one can obtain prebiotics from certain whole[Read More…]
Miami, April 12 (IANS) Some 43,000 workers at the Disney World will be furloughed from April 19 after its indefinite closure due to the coronavirus pandemic in the US. However, they will receive their medical and other benefits during the period of furlough, an agreement reached with Service Trades Council[Read More…]
Ottawa, April 12 (IANS) The Canadian Parliament passed a massive COVID-19 relief bill, deemed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as the country’s most significant economic program since the World War II. In a rare Saturday sitting, members of both the House of Commons and Senate, from all political parties, agreed[Read More…]
