The net worth of India’s richest man Mukesh Ambani dropped 28 per cent or USD 300 million a day for two months to USD 48 billion as on March 31 due to the massive correction in stock markets, a report said on Monday. The chairman and managing director of the […]
Rekindle your relationship with your family, spouse during lockdown
The world is reeling under the spread of the Covid-19 virus that started from China. As Italy, Spain, Iran and now even the US bear the brunt of the pandemic, several countries closed their skies and borders and enforced restrictions on their citizen’s movements. India, which has seen over 4,067 positive cases […]
Covid-19: Oil resumes rally as producers move toward deal to curb output
Oil resumed gains on signs the world’s biggest producers are moving toward a deal to call off their price war and cut output as the coronavirus eviscerates energy demand around the world. Futures in New York rose to around $27 a barrel, resuming a rally interrupted by an 8% decline […]
Covid-19: China is reopening its wet markets
Here’s one more issue to add to the bonfire of tensions with China brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. The country is reportedly reopening its wet markets, the fresh produce stalls associated with Covid-19’s early spread in Wuhan. It’s understandable that countries now in the grip of the first wave […]
Gold slips from four-week high as dollar, equities firm on coronavirus slowdown
Gold prices eased from a four-week high on Tuesday, as the U S dollar and global equities strengthened on signs of a slowdown in coronavirus-related deaths. FUNDAMENTALS * Spot gold was down 0.2% at $1,657.67 per ounce, as of 0110 GMT, after rising to a four-week high earlier in the […]
Google highlights Covid-19 updates in News, Search, Assistant and Podcasts
Coronavirus cases have crossed the 1.3 million mark. People are increasingly searching for news on the Covid-19 outbreak. Now, Google has introduced a new section within its apps and services that aims to dispense verified information to the users about the ongoing virus pandemic. The company has introduced a new Covid-19 section in Google News […]
UNICEF, BEPC to hold online career counselling sessions from April 9 on YouTube
The Bihar Education Project Council (BEPC) in association with the UNICEF will provide online career counselling sessions to help the students, who have undertaken Class 10 and 12 examinations. Presently, most of the students are in the dilemma as how to choose the best career path after passing the board […]
Airtel offered the best video experience, Jio leads in 4G availability: OpenSignal
OpenSignal on Tuesday released its latest report on mobile network experience in India. According to the mobile analytics company, Airtel fared better than the rivals in terms of video experience, voice app experience, download speed experience, and latency experience. Reliance Jio fared better than others on 4G availability and 4G […]
IIT Roorkee develops mobile app to locate coronavirus suspects
The IIT Roorkee has developed a mobile tracking application endowed with state-of-the-art features to boost government efforts for the surveillance of coronavirus suspects. The application can track the COVID-19 suspects who have been quarantined through the geofencing technology, which marks a virtual geographic area and triggers a response if […]
TikTok becomes most downloaded social media app in India during lockdown
Unsurprisingly, TikTok was the most downloaded social media app in India during the ongoing lockdown period. TikTok managed to beat WhatsApp and Facebook again in terms of downloads, according to App Annie. Overall, social media app downloads in India went up by 20%around the time the lockdown started as compared […]
Coronavirus: Don’t withdraw job offers made in campus placements, HRD min appeals companies
HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhiyal ‘Nishank’ on Monday appealed to companies to not withdraw any job offers made to students in campus placements due to the economic slowdown created by the coronavirus pandemic. “To ease the worries of graduating students about placements, I have appealed to companies to not withdraw any […]
WhatsApp limits message forwarding to one chat at a time to slow down Covid-19 misinformation
WhatsApp is limiting frequently forwarded messages to one chat a time in attempts to curb the spread of Covid-19 misinformation. WhatsApp highlights frequently forwarded messages which have been shared five times or more. WhatsApp is also working on a feature that lets users verify forwarded messages. WhatsApp has been rolling […]
LNMU Vice- Chancellor falls prey to lockdown related fake viral message
Vice chancellor of LN Mithila University (LNMU) fell prey to a fake message about the World Health Organisation that went viral on a social media website a couple of days ago. The fake message claims that the lockdown could be extended to contain the Covid-19 outbreak. LNMU vice chancellor Rajesh […]
Life in the lockdown: Chahatt Khanna has no time at all
It is not easy being inside your home for such a prolonged period of time, especially for kids. Ask actor Chahatt Khanna and you would find out how difficult this whole self-isolation situation has been for her. The mother of two toddlers – daughters Zohar and Amaira – says, “My […]
NBA Commissioner says no decisions likely until May
Los Angeles, April 7, 2020 (AFP) – NBA Commissioner Adam Silver says he thinks it will be at least May before any decision can be made about resumption of the 2019-20 season that was shut down amid the coronavirus pandemic. “Essentially, what I’ve told my folks over the last week […]