NCs, BPOs and IT enabled services (ITES) in Gurugram may have to allow their employees to work from home till the end of July, says Gurgaon Metropolitan Development Authority CEO VS Kundu. Kundu, who is also additional chief secretary of Haryana, added that several real estate projects, including those of […]
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Covid-19: Two more test positive to take Uttarakhand’s count to 50
After a doctor from a military hospital in Dehradun tested positive for Covid-19 last week, a second healthcare professional from All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Rishikesh tested positive for coronavirus on Sunday, officials said. Another young woman, who delivered a baby on Saturday in Government Doon Medical College […]
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270k trees to be felled in Dibang, plans for compensatory plantations at 25 sites
For the 270,000 trees that will be felled to make way for the 3,097 megawatt Etalin hydropower project in Arunachal Pradesh’s Dibang Valley, compensatory plantations will be raised in 25 different fragmented lots of land in the Valley’s Anini town, according to the project proposal. The rest will be taken […]
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To fight Covid-19, Bangladesh gets Hydroxychloroquine, surgical gloves from India
India on Sunday provided Bangladesh 100,000 hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) tablets and 50,000 surgical gloves for use in the country’s efforts to prevent and control the spread of Covid-19. This was the second tranche of aid provided by India to the neighbouring country under the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) Covid-19 Emergency […]
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Mark Zuckerberg on rise of video conferencing apps amid Covid-19 pandemic
The rise of video conferencing app is one of the by-products of the ongoing of Covid-19 pandemic. From Zoom to HouseParty, a slew of video calling applications have started to gain huge traction. Facebook is also joining the fray with Messenger Rooms and a bunch of new features for its existing platforms. […]
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Amit Khare returns to I&B, Health Secy Preeti Sudan gets extension in reshuffle
Prime Minister Narendra Modi effected a massive bureaucratic reshuffle amid the coronavirus crisis with 1985-batch Jharkhand cadre officer Amit Khare returning as secretary, information and broadcasting ministry, health secretary Preeti Sudan given a three-month extension and additional secretary PMO Tarun Bajaj taking over as secretary, department of economic affairs. In […]
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BPSC to reopen application window for 69 project manager posts
Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) will reopen the application process for the post of project manager. There are a total of 69 vacancies. Earlier, the online registration process had begun on February 17 and concluded on March 2. Now, the registration window will reopen on May 5. The deadline to register […]
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Amazon extends wage benefits for warehouse workers through May 16
Amazon is extending the increased wages of warehouse workers through May 16. The e-commerce company had raised hourly wages by $2 in the US, and doubled overtime for delivery and warehouse employees last month. “These extensions increase our total investment in pay during COVID-19 to nearly $700 million for our hourly employees […]
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IIT- Delhi’s PRACRITI to predict district, state wise Covid-19 transmission rate
Prof Anoop Krishnan and his team of researchers at IIT-Delhi have developed a web-based dashboard called — PRACRITI — which can predict the district and state wise transmission rate of COVID-19. PRACRITI stands for Prediction and Assessment of Corona Infections and Transmission in India. “PRACRITI is a web-based dashboard developed […]
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From Pak’s terror factories, 450 reach launch pads to enter Kashmir
Pakistan, which is struggling with the coronavirus disease like the rest of the world, has doubled the number of terrorists waiting to infiltrate into Kashmir from its 14 operational launch pads, a senior government official told Hindustan Times. “Our information is that there are about 450 terrorists affiliated to different […]
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US court approves $5 billion Facebook settlement with FTC
A US federal court has officially approved the $5 billion fine Facebook reached with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) last July, after the FTC concluded its investigation into Cambridge Analytica data scandal involving 87 million Facebook users. According to the social networking giant, the $5 billion agreement has brought fundamental changes to […]
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Covid-19: Eight more patients discharged in Assam after testing negative
Eight more Covid-19 patients in Assam were discharged from two hospitals on Sunday after testing negative. Assam now has only seven active cases of Covid-19, health and finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said. While four patients were discharged from Golaghat civil hospital in Golaghat district, four others were released from […]
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UGC to issue guidelines next week on measures to be taken for current, next academic session
The University Grants Commission (UGC) on Saturday said that the two committees which were earlier formed have submitted their reports and the regulatory body will issue guidelines next week to universities and colleges regarding the measures to be taken for the current and next academic session. “UGC constituted two committees […]
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Sharad Pawar writes to PM Modi, seeks financial package for Maharashtra
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar has come with suggestions, including a “generous financial package”, as he called for help from the Centre towards Maharashtra, whose economy has taken a severe beating during the coronavirus pandemic. In his letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union finance minister Nirmala […]
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Nintendo admits 1.6 lakh user accounts have been hacked
Japanese video game company Nintendo has admitted that over 160,000 user accounts were compromised recently where hackers took the login IDs and passwords and the company is notifying those who were affected. Nintendo which “sincerely apologized” for the incident said it is disabling the ability to log into a Nintendo Account […]