India and the United States on Friday signed the Second Amendment to the statement of Guiding Principles (SGP) on Triangular Cooperation for global development, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced on Friday. An MEA release stated that the amendment was signed by Abhilasha Joshi, Joint Secretary, Development Partnership Administration-II […]
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Indian Bank customers ranked top in welcoming embedded insurance offers
A recent survey of 574 bank customers in India from Momentive.ai (the research company of SurveyMonkey), commissioned by embedded insurance leader Cover Genius, sought to understand how customers of banks, neobanks and other fintech apps would react to embedded insurance offers based on real time transaction data. It asked the […]
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Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackerey, Leader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis visit flood-affected areas in Kolhapur
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday visited the flood-affected areas of the Kolhapur district. Maharashtra former chief minister and Leader of Opposition (LoP) Devendra Fadnavis also visited the flood-affected areas and met the affected people in Kolhapur. During the visit, Thackerey and Fadnavis met each other. After exchanging greetings with each other, both […]
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Hong Kong activist handed 9-year jail term in first national security case
A Hong Kong activist, who is the first person to be convicted under the contentious national security law, has been jailed for nine years on Friday. The ruling comes four days after Tong Ying-kit was found guilty of inciting secession and terrorist activities. The 24-year-old was handed the custodial jail term by […]
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Microsoft debuts its first Windows 11 beta build
American tech giant Microsoft, on Friday, released the first beta version of Windows 11, available to those enrolled in its Windows Insider Program, after releasing it for developers over the last month. According to The Verge, until now, getting access to Windows 11 meant installing the developer preview, which Microsoft said was for “highly technical users” […]
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Amazon Alexa app adds ‘Ask Alexa’ widget to iPhones
The Amazon Alexa application for iOS has received a highly-anticipated feature with its latest update. Users can now add the new ‘Ask Alexa’ widget in their home screens to talk to the personal assistant with only one click. As per The Verge, Amazon has updated the Alexa app on iOS so that users can access the voice assistant right from their home […]
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Chennai girl wins award in 2020 Intl Youth Contest for Social Anti-Corruption Advertising
Khushi Arun Kumar, a 19-year-old Chennai student from Stella Maris College has won the ‘Best Poster’ prize in the 2020 ‘Together Against Corruption,’ International Youth Contest for Social-Anti Corruption Advertising. The event was organised by the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation. Kumar’s poster was chosen from among thousands of entries from all over the world, TV […]
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Japan expands state of emergency from Tokyo to other prefectures
The Japanese government declared Friday to expand the COVID-19 state of emergency to Chiba, Kanagawa and Saitama, as well as the western prefecture of Osaka after the country confirmed over 10,000 cases for the first time on Thursday. A quasi-state of emergency with loose restrictive measures will also be put in place for Hokkaido, Ishikawa, […]
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Tokyo Olympics: PV Sindhu defeats Akane Yamaguchi, storms into semis
India shuttler PV Sindhu stormed into the semi-finals of the women’s singles event after defeating Japan’s number four seed Akane Yamaguchi in the quarterfinals here at the Musashino Forest Plaza Court 1 on Friday. Sindhu defeated Yamaguchi 21-13, 22-20. The quarterfinal clash between Sindhu and Yamaguchi lasted for 56 minutes. The first […]
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Photojournalist Danish Siddiqui was ‘murdered’ by Taliban: Report
Reuters journalist Danish Siddiqui, who was killed while covering the violence in Afghanistan, was apparently executed by the Taliban, a US-based weekly magazine has claimed. 38-year-old Siddiqui, who was the Chief Photographer for Reuters in India, was killed in Kandahar province’s Spin Boldak district. A new report published by The Washington Examiner […]
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Andhra Disaster Response Force showcases skills on rescuing people
Andhra Pradesh State Disaster Response Force (APSDRF) teams on Friday demonstrated their skills on rescuing people at Punnami Ghat on river Krishna. The SDRF teams demonstrated their skills with using Power Boats, Inflatable Rescue Boats on the Krishna River. Madireddy Pratap Reddy, Director-General, Andhra Pradesh State Disaster Response & Fire Services participated in the drill. […]
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Snapchat map to start recommending places for user’s visit
If you are one of those people, who always gets confused while scouting for good places to visit family outings, with friends, or for a romantic day, then social media photo and video sharing giant Snapchat has got you covered! Snapchat is undoubtedly one of the most loved photos and video sharing digital apps that […]
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LJP leader Chirag Paswan demands quick action in Katihar Mayor’s murder case
A day after the shocking incident of killing of Katihar Mayor Shivraj Paswan by two unidentified criminals, Lok Jan Shakti Party leader on Friday said that any amount of condemnation is less for the alleged murder of the Mayor and that the incidents like these are proof that the confidence of criminals in Bihar is on a […]
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Philippines to restore military deal with US with eye on China
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Friday thanked Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana for “full restoration” of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) on the deployment of US troops in the country. This decision was announced during the last leg of Austin’s Southeast Asian trip to hold high-level discussions on security issues. “Thank you, […]
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Chhattisgarh govt tables Bill to acquire private medical college in Durg, oppn parties create uproar
Chhattisgarh Assembly on Wednesday passed a Bill to acquire a private medical college in Durg amidst uproar by the opposition in the state Assembly. “We had announced the acquisition of Chandulal Chandrakar Memorial Medical College, Kachandur in a program organized on February 2, 2021, on the occasion of the death […]