The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Friday launched a helpline number for students to create awareness on the coronavirus pandemic. The facility is available on 1800 11 8004 from 8 am to 8 pm, initially up to March 31, the CBSE officials said. On Wednesday, the Ministry of […]
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Uber, Ola suspend pool ride service to stop Covid-19 spread
Cab-hailing companies Uber and Ola said on Friday they have suspended pool ride services across India in the wake of growing new coronavirus fears. The companies witnessed a huge drop in its pool service as people were afraid to share the rides with strangers while new coronavirus cases surged in […]
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Five things students can do at home while schools, colleges are closed amid coronavirus
Universities and colleges around the world have been shut temporarily, and most of the students have been requested to vacate the premises due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. A number of exams and recruitment tests have also been postponed or cancelled. The first and foremost thing to keep in mind […]
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BSNL offers free broadband for a month to support work from home amid coronavirus crisis
State-run telecom firm BSNL on Friday announced free broadband service for its landline and new customers for a month to support ‘work from home’ allowed by most organisations amid the coronavirus outbreak. New customers opting for copper cable based connection will not have to pay even installation charges but will […]
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Explore beach lovers paradise in Japan’s Kamakura
Kamakura, a coastal town in Kanagawa Prefecture is popular for its beach and provides visitors with a glance into Japan’s extensive history, with many temples, shrines and other historical monuments. Kamakura was historically known as the political capital of Japan in the 11th century, during the feudal political system. It […]
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How to activate Facebook Dark Mode in few steps
Facebook, after rolling out ‘Dark Mode’ in its Instagram and WhatsApp applications, has started testing the feature for its main website as well. The social media giant introduced the ‘new look’ for its desktop version a couple of days ago as a part of which is the ‘Dark Mode’. We have already […]
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FDCI issues refunds to designers
In the face of Corona scare, a few weeks ago, Fashion Design Council of India decided to postpone the fashion week, a few days before the shows were about to commence. The passes were printed, stage was being laid, however, due to the spreading pandemic, the decision was taken. This […]
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Google launches its full-fledged coronavirus information website
Google has launched its full-fledged coronavirus information website. This website comes a week after its sister company Verily launched a pilot website on coronavirus following US President Donald Trump’s announcement. Google’s new website which goes by google.com/covid19/ is currently available for all with the latest information on coronavirus. The site opens up to […]
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10 poets you must read during coronavirus self-quarantine
Solitude gives birth to the original in us, to beauty unfamiliar and perilous – to poetry — Thomas Mann, Death in Venice and Other Tales A pandemic has forced us away from the cacophony of our regular, outside world. It has made us take shelter inside the confines of our homes, scared, […]
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Netflix creates $100 million fund to help workers on films that have shut down
Netflix Inc has created a $100 million (86.3 million pounds) fund to assist those workers who were working on films and TV productions that have temporarily shut down due to the global coronavirus outbreak. This reportedly includes hundreds of thousands of cast and crew members worldwide such as electricians, carpenters, […]
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World Poetry Day: History, significance and why is it celebrated
“Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular”. –Aristotle Poetry speaks for all and touches our hearts. The poignant art of expression is celebrated worldwide on March 21 as World Poetry Day. Poetry goes on to show that despite the divisions […]
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Amazon Prime Video to reduce streaming quality to relieve European networks
Amazon Prime will sacrifice streaming quality in the EU to help avert internet gridlock as tens of millions of Europeans, confined by the coronavirus outbreak, switch to working from home. Amazon joined Alphabet Inc’s YouTube and Netflix in responding to a call by European Union industry chief Thierry Breton to cut picture quality to prevent […]
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US seeks comments on tariff cuts for Chinese imports to aid covid-19 battle
The Trump administration on Friday said it was soliciting public comments on lifting additional tariffs on Chinese imports that could help the United States battle the coronavirus pandemic, showing some flexibility in its trade war against Beijing. The US Trade Representative’s (USTR) office said it would allow members of the […]
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No trains, metros, buses: Here is how India is gearing up for Janta Curfew on March 22
Government and private organisations have announced stopping their services to follow a Janta Curfew on Sunday in fighting the Covid-19 pandemic after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal to the people of the country to stay at home for a day. The Prime Minister had in his address to the nation asked […]
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Snapchat sees surge in downloads of digital face masks amidst coronavirus outbreak
Now that most of the employees across the globe are given the option to work from home in order to prevent spreading of the coronavirus, there has been a natural rise in the communication app usage time and Snapchat is one of them. As per a report from Bloomberg, the […]