Hundreds of Sydney-siders rushed into the waves at the city’s famous Bondi Beach on Tuesday as Australia took the first steps in easing coronavirus restrictions. Dozens of eager surfers jumped railings and hit the water even before the beach officially opened at 7 am, five weeks after police sealed the […]
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Fashion, Throwback: Reminiscing about style fails of 2020
With the government-mandated lockdown on account of the coronavirus pandemic, Bollywood celebrities like most of the Indian population have been forced inside their homes. And now the new normal is seeing the celebrities, who used to be dressed to the nines, now lounging around in their pyjamas, athleisure and casual […]
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Amazon India now offers instant credit to users with Pay Later service
Amazon India is starting a new service under which users can pay for the items they purchased on the e-commerce platform later. Called “Pay Later”, Amazon has partnered with Capital Float and Karur Vysya Bank for the new credit service. The service is a rebranded version of Amazon’s existing Pay EMI […]
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Andhra govt launches fee reimbursement scheme for students
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday launched ‘Jagananna Vidya Deevena’ project, which will provide 100 percent fees reimbursement benefiting about 14 lakh students across the State. “Rs 4000 crores along with the pending due of Rs 1880 crore during the previous TDP government, has been released […]
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YouTube expands fact-check feature to US video searches during Covid-19 pandemic
YouTube, the video service of Alphabet Inc’s Google, said on Tuesday it would start showing text and links from third-party fact-checkers to U.S. viewers, part of efforts to curb misinformation on the site during the COVID-19 pandemic. The information panels, launched in Brazil and India last year, will highlight third-party, fact-checked […]
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VMMC Safdarjung Hospital regular online classes for MBBS students to begin from May 1
After one month trial of online classes for MBBS, the Vardhman Mahavir Medical College (VMMC) attached with Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi will begin its regular online classes from May 1. The Urology department will start online teaching from May 2. The classes had abruptly been stopped following the lockdown to […]
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Google employees won’t go back to work until June 1 at earliest: Read Sundar Pichai’s email
Google employees will not return to working from offices at least until June 1, CEO Sundar Pichai said in an email.Even after some Google offices reopen for employees, the company will follow a careful approach for the transition. In the email which was first reported by Business Insider, Pichai said that offices which […]
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Delhi University conducts webinar on Covid-19 for visually impaired students
The Delhi University on Tuesday conducted a webinar on COVID-19 for visually impaired students to help them deal with the problems they are facing due to the coronavirus lockdown. The university has nearly 3,000 students with disabilities. Based on the webinar, titled ‘COVID-19 and the Challenges of the Visually Impaired’, […]
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Instagram Live adds donate button for non-profit organisations
Instagram has added support for donations on live videos. Now users can add a donate button for non-profit organizations to their Instagram Live. 100% of the money raised will go to the non-profit organisation users add, Instagram said in a blog post. Instagram already offers a donation sticker which users can […]
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Punjab ITI students produce over 2.5 lakh masks till date: Minister
Punjab Technical Education Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Tuesday said that ITI students have produced more than 2.5 lakh masks till date. He also appealed to the officials, principals and the students to continue the good work with high spirit. He also advised them to take all necessary precautions during […]
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Mile-wide asteroid flies past Earth in ‘close approach’, Nasa says
An asteroid more than a mile wide has skimmed past Earth in a “close approach”. The object made its closest approach at 10.56am UK time, when it was just 3.9 million miles away. That is still roughly 16 times the distance between the Earth and the Moon. But it is […]
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David Warner casts fresh doubts over Australia’s UK tour in July
It is “highly unlikely” that Australia’s scheduled limited-overs tour of England and Scotland will go ahead given the coronavirus pandemic, star batsman David Warner has said. Australia are scheduled to take on Scotland in a T20 on June 29 before playing three T20s and three ODIs against world champions England […]
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Unseen footage of RDJ, Chris Evans from Avengers Endgame set released
Directors Joe and Anthony Russo have shared behind-the-scenes footage of Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans and Paul Rudd on the set of Avengers: Endgame, filming Captain America and Iron Man’s final scene together. The Russos shared the footage during a watch party organised by ComicBook.com. They wrote on Twitter, “BTS of […]
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‘Loss to the world of cinema, theatre’: PM Modi mourns Irrfan Khan’s death
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday condoled the death of Bollywood actor Irrfan Khan, who died in a Mumbai hospital earlier in the day, saying he will be remembered for his “versatile performances”. Irrfan Khan died at Kokilaben Hospital in Mumbai, where he was admitted for treatment of a colon infection on […]
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Bihar Covid-19 update: Tally reaches 366; 28 districts now affected
The number of Covid-19 patients reached 366 in Bihar on Wednesday, after 20 more people tested positive for the disease in the state. Two people have died of the disease in the state so far, according to Union health ministry. With Araria, Sitamarhi and Sheikhpura reporting their first cases, 28 […]