San Francisco, Oct 3 (IANS) Aimed especially at helping people with cognitive disabilities, Google has announced a new accessibility tool named Action Blocks which would allow users to pre-write Google Assistant commands and place shortcuts to them on their home screen. Action Blocks are an expansion of ‘DIVA’, the accessibility[Read More…]
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Chennai, Oct 3 (IANS) India’s woman chess Grand Master (GM) Koneru Humpy has moved to the third spot in the latest rankings released by the International Chess Federation (FIDE). Winning the FIDE women’s Grand Prix tournament held in Skolkovo in Russia recently, Humpy gained 17 ELO points and has climbed[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) Former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram,74, in his bail plea filed before the Supreme Court has said that his health is deteriorating and he has lost 4 kgs as he is not accustomed to the food that is being provided inside the jail. Currently in judicial[Read More…]
Visakhapatnam, Oct 3 (IANS) Newly promoted Test opener Rohit Sharma has taken to the role like fish takes to water and hit a majestic 176 in the first innings of the first Test against South Africa. In the process, he equalled former India captain and batting great Rahul Dravid’s record[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) Following a strong central government push towards EVs, India has the potential to become one of the largest EV markets in the world, a report showed on Thursday. The report by the World Economic Forum and the Ola Mobility Institute highlights the opportunities for the[Read More…]
Chennai, Oct 3 (IANS) The Madras High Court on Thursday allowed the Tamil Nadu government to erect banners welcoming Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping. The leaders of the two nations will be meeting at the historic Mamallapuram near here during the second Indo-China Summit to be[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) After the US and Australia, users in India were most exposed to formjacking attacks – malicious JavaScript code – in the first half of this year, according to a new report by cyber security company Symantec. In formjacking attacks, cyber criminals find a way to[Read More…]
Chennai, Oct 3 (IANS) India’s woman chess Grand Master (GM) Koneru Humpy has moved to the third spot in the latest rankings released by International Chess Federation (FIDE). Winning the FIDE women’s Grand Prix tournament held in Skolkovo in Russia recently, Humpy gained 17 ELO points and has climbed to[Read More…]
By Zaffar Iqbal Srinagar, Oct 3 (IANS) Students preferred to stay away from schools even as the Jammu and Kashmir administration announced the opening of all the higher secondary schools across the Kashmir Valley after a gap of two months since the abrogation of Article 370 on August 5. On[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) Lexus India on Thursday launched the all-new RX450hL luxury SUV priced at Rs 99 lakh (ex-showroom New Delhi). According to the company, the fourth generation SUV is available for booking from October 2019. The vehicle is powered by a BS VI compliant, 3.5-liter engine. “RX[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) Indias best-ever performance at the UWW World Wrestling Championships was witnessed by 6.5 million users on Wrestling TV, which was launched for showcasing live content of the discipline. The sport scaled a new high in India not just in terms of success, but also in[Read More…]
Mumbai, Oct 3 (IANS) Automobile major Tata Motors on Thursday said that it will debut the SUV Nexon EV in Q4 FY19-20. The electric SUV is expected to be priced between Rs 15 and Rs 17 lakhs. According to the company, the Nexon EV will be powered by the recently[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) Doubling farmers’ income through increased production, diversification in farming systems that are eco-regionally sustainable, input cost reduction, availability of credit at low interest rate, better income through direct linkages to markets are some of the major recommendations of a report submitted to the government recently.[Read More…]
Agartala, Oct 3 (IANS) Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Thursday flagged-off passenger train services in the Dharmanagar-Agartala-Sabroom section connecting a border town along Bangladesh and the state’s second largest commercial town adjoining Assam. The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) after introducing the Diesel Electric Multiple Unit (DEMU) train services[Read More…]
Mumbai, Oct 3 (IANS) “Tumhi aana”, an intense love song from Sidharth Malhotra and Tara Sutaria-starrer “Marjaavaan”, is out now. The song’s composer Payal Dev says its melody came to her mind while working on another single. The track is sung by Jubin Nautiyal, penned by Kunaal Verma and produced[Read More…]
San Francisco, Oct 3 (IANS) Google is reportedly going to launch a brand new version of its Pixel Buds earphones “Pixel Buds 2” on October 15 at the Made by Google 2019 event. The earphones are expected to come with support for Google Assistant, similar to the original model, allowing[Read More…]
Taipei, Oct 3 (IANS) Six people have been confirmed dead after a bridge collapsed in Taiwan earlier this week, officials said. Taiwanese rescuers retrieved the body of the last missing person on Thursday. The bridge at the Nanfang’ao fishing port in Yilan County collapsed on Tuesday, smashing onto fishing boats[Read More…]
Lucknow, Oct 3 (IANS) Another Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) legislator on Thursday defied the party diktat and attended the ongoing marathon assembly session. BSP MLA from Shravasti, Aslam Raini, made an appearance in the state assembly to participate in the marathon session even though the BSP has chosen to stay[Read More…]
San Francisco, Oct 3 (IANS) Apple is reportedly planning to unveil its next version AirPods with noise-cancellation capabilities and now an icon found in iOS 13.2 reveals what the new AirPods will look like. The iOS 13.2 beta which the iPhone maker released recently contains a small gray-and-white menu icon[Read More…]
New Delhi/Dhaka, Oct 3 (IANS) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived in New Delhi on a four-day visit on Thursday that will see her hold talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during which several bilateral agreements are set to be inked. Dhaka plans to raise the issue of sharing of[Read More…]
Los Angeles, Oct 3 (IANS) The finale season of “Game of Thrones”, which concluded in May, was not received well by the fans. Many slammed the makers for destroying the popular series. And now months later, director Neil Marshall, who helmed a few episodes including “Blackwater” (Season 2, Episode 9)[Read More…]
Berlin, Oct 3 (IANS) Borussia Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke might soon travel to Madrid to start negotiations on 20-year-old Moroccan Achraf Hakimi. The Borussia Dortmund CEO has confirmed the intention to buy the defender and midfield-winger from Real Madrid who joined the German side in summer 2018 on loan for[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) Rooftop solar player Amplus Energy Solutions has diversified and expanded its services to offer solar solutions to homeowners, backed by a 25 year warranty. The company is launching HomeScape, its residential brand, this year in Delhi-NCR and Gujarat. Amplus has already installed solar plants in[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) Amid all the buzz over Artificial Intelligence (AI), India Inc lacks a formal approach to AI risk evaluation and only 10 per cent of Indian CEOs are confident about the reliability of their AI applications, a PwC India report said on Thursday. Over 60 per[Read More…]
