A young couple and their four-year-old son were killed when a landslide demolished their house in a remote village in Lodhama, 42 km west of Darjeeling early Saturday morning, police said. The only survivor in the family is the couple’s daughter who had gone to visit her uncle. The incident […]
Himachal in freeze mode with fresh spell of snow in Shimla, Dalhousie
DHARAMSHALA/SHIMLA: Cold wave conditions prevailed across Himachal Pradesh as popular tourist destinations of Shimla, Kufri and Dalhousie received overnight spells of snow, while the lower hills were battered by rain on Saturday. Shimla superintendent of police Omapati Jamwal said that traffic was halted beyond Kufri, Narkanda and Kharapathar due to […]
Amid Coronavirus outbreak, 81000 teachers to be trained online in Kerala
Necessity is the mother of invention goes the old saying and hence Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education (KITE) on Saturday decided to give specific IT training in an online mode for over 81,000 primary teachers in the state, through a focussed intervention in 11,274 schools. It is the first […]
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates leaves board
Microsoft on Friday announced that co-founder Bill Gates has left its board of directors to devote more time to philanthropy. The 64-year-old stopped being involved in day-to-day operations at the firm more than a decade ago, turning his attention to the foundation named after him and his wife, Melinda. Gates […]
Indian Army recruitment rallies postponed for a month amid coronavirus outbreak
The Indian Army has postponed all recruitment rallies by a month, and has asked its personnel to travel only for essential duties in the wake of novel coronavirus outbreak, army sources said on Friday. The sources added that instructions have been issued to all concerned to accord adequate focus on […]
Government approves tax reimbursement scheme for exporters
The government on Friday approved a scheme for reimbursement of taxes and duties, which were not refunded previously, to exporters with a view to give boost to the country’s dwindling outbound shipments. A decision to approve the Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products (RoDTEP) scheme was taken in […]
Over 4.75 lakh vacancies in RRB, SSC, UPSC to be filled soon: Union Minister
The government is clearing the decks for filling up more than 4,75,000 government vacancies, Union Minister of State Jitendra Singh informed the Rajya Sabha on Thursday. In a written reply to a query, the Minister informed that during 2019-20, three recruiting agencies namely, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), Staff […]
Microsoft releases emergency patch for Windows 10 flaw
Microsoft has released a Windows patch for a security vulnerability that enabled attackers to transfer malicious code from one machine to another if they had the vulnerability without the knowledge of the users. The fix is available as KB4551762, an update for Windows 10, versions 1903 and 1909, and Windows Server […]
BPSC APO Recruitment 2020
BPSC APO Recruitment 2020: Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) has reopened the online application process for 533 assistant prosecution officer (APO) posts. The APO advertisement 01/2020 was released on February 6 for which the online application process had closed on March 6. Now the application window has been reopened for those […]
Wipro to co-develop software solutions for retail, fashion industry
Software major Wipro on Thursday said it would co-develop software solutions for retail and fashion industry with German ERP product firm SAP and jointly market them. “The new software solutions will help retail and fashion firms to manage business processes and customer experience,” said the city-based IT vendor in a […]
Book released to demystify coronavirus, debunk myths about the pandemic
Three medical experts have come together for a book on coronavirus, seeking to demystify the global epidemic and debunk myths besides talking about its economic, political and social fallout. The Coronavirus: What You Need to Know about the Global Pandemic is written by internal medicine specialist Dr Swapneil Parikh, clinical psychologist […]
There is a way to edit your tweets, but it’s not Twitter
Twitter seems to be in no mood to give us an edit button. However, it looks like there could be a fix. The Brizzly client for Twitter is back and has something called the Brizzly + – the closest thing to an edit button on Twitter. What Brizzly+ does is […]
Happy Birthday Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein was born on March 14, 1879. A man of genius, by the age of twelve he had taught himself algebra and Euclidean geometry over a single summer. The man who would go on to win the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for his services to theoretical physics and discovery […]
WhatsApp self-destructing messages: Latest beta update reveals more details
WhatsApp recently rolled out dark mode for all its users on Android and iOS. Dark mode was one major feature for WhatsApp but the messaging app is working on more features. One that has been rumoured for quite some time is the “delete messages” feature which is essentially self-destructing messages. […]
Netflix halts production in US, Canada due to coronavirus outbreak
In the wake of coronavirus pandemic, streaming giant Netflix has decided to stop production of all its TV shows and movies in US and Canada, Entertainment Weekly reported. In doing so, Netflix has joined a host of other production houses in cancelling shoots and film releases. The report said that the step will […]