Karnataka recorded its single biggest day spike in the number of Covid-19 cases on Sunday with 54 more people testing positive to take the cumulative tally to 848 including 31 deaths and 422 discharges, the state health department said. Shivamogga district which was in the green zone reported eight new cases. State […]
India needs ‘whole-of-govt approach’ for ‘strategic uncertainties’: Army Chief
The time has come for India to adopt a “whole-of-government approach” in decisively confronting the “strategic uncertainties” looming on its horizon as well as non-traditional threats like pandemics, Army Chief Gen Manoj Mukund Naravane has said, strongly pitching for broadening the country’s national security doctrine. Talking about complex geo-political power […]
NHM Nurse Recruitment 2020: Walk-in interview for 100 vacancies on May 15
National Health Mission (NHM) Arunachal Pradesh has notified vacancies for the post of nurse for Covid-19 duty for a period of three months. Eligible candidates will have to attend a walk-in interview on May 15. There are a total of 100 vacancies. Candidates having GNM/B.Sc Nursing qualification and APNC registration are […]
Eric Schmidt quietly leaves Google after a 19-year long tenure
Eric Schmidt joined Google as its second Chief Executive Officer back in 2001. He famously helped in bringing ‘adult supervision’ to the company during its initial years. Now, the Google veteran has quietly left the company following a career spanning nearly two decades. According to a report by CNET, Schmidt left the […]
Tribal students in Wayanad left out as education goes online amid lockdown
At a time when the education system is going online in view of the COVID-19 pandemic, students from the tribal settlements without internet connectivity or smartphones are left out. “The government intervention to link school students to online platforms to provide them with education is good. But at the same […]
Samsung Galaxy A21s image renders leaked online
The Samsung Galaxy A21s is in the news again. In the past couple of weeks, reports have detailed various features that are expected to make their way to the Samsung Galaxy A21s smartphone. And now, a new report gives us a first glimpse of the company’s upcoming smartphone. The leaked image, which […]
PM Modi to review India’s two pronged Covid strategy with CMs tomorrow
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a video conference with chief ministers of states and Union Territories on Monday afternoon to review India’s progress in containing coronavirus disease while gradually restarting economic activities in a phased manner. The meeting will also be attended by home minister Amit Shah, finance minister […]
Time to decide which part of education needs to be online, says JNU VC
Time has come for the educational institutes to decide which part of education needs to be inside the classroom and which part online, said Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Vice Chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar on Saturday. Talking about the second two-day JNU Workshop on Empowering Teaching through Online Mode (JNU-WETOM II) […]
Elon Musk threatens to take Tesla out of California over virus restrictions
Tesla CEO Elon Musk threatened Saturday to pull the company’s factory and headquarters out of California and sued local officials who have stopped the company from reopening its electric vehicle factory. In a lawsuit filed in federal court, Tesla accused the Alameda County Health Department of overstepping federal and state coronavirus restrictions […]
Extend time limit for research, fellowship projects by 6 months: MP Guv to UGC
Madhya Pradesh Governor Lalji Tandon has asked University Grants Commission (UGC) to extend time limit of all the sponsored research and fellowship projects by six months as COVID-19 lockdown has affected activities in the varsities. “The COVID-19 lockdown has affected activities of universities. In such circumstances, to follow the determined […]
Tillakaratne Dilshan picks his best ODI XI – Only one India cricketer included
Former Sri Lanka cricketer Tillakaratne Dilshan picked his best ODI XI and Sachin Tendulkar was the only India player to make the cut. The team featured Sri Lanka legends Muttiah Muralidharan, Sanath Jayasuriya and Mahela Jayawardene along with the South African duo of AB De Villiers and Jacques Kallis. The captaincy, however, was […]
Karan Tacker shares memories of first-ever ad, was paid Rs 1,500 for it
Television heartthrob Karan Tacker, who made his small screen debut with the show Love Ne Mila Di Jodi in 2009, has come a long way since then. As he completed 11 years in the industry, he opened up on his first-ever shoot for a cola advertisement, for which he was paid […]
Golfer Muniyappa finds the rub of his village green
Putting on mud greens and practicing with clubs carved out of a tamarind tree, C Muniyappa is revisiting childhood. The decision to settle a longstanding land dispute was well timed as moving from Bengaluru to his ancestral village in Tamil Nadu before the nationwide lockdown for Covid-19 has helped the […]
Sonam Kapoor shares a stunning pic with mom Sunita on Mother’s Day
Bollywood actors Sonam Kapoor, Ananya Panday, Ishaan Khatter and Ayushmann Khurrana took to Instagram on Sunday to celebrate Mother’s Day. They all shared throwback pictures with their mothers on the occasion. Sonam, who is in New Delhi with her husband Anand Ahuja amid lockdown, shared a bunch of pictures with her […]
2020 French Open could be held behind closed doors
The French Tennis Federation (FFT) is considering holding the 2020 French Open behind closed doors, according to federation President Bernard Giudicelli. The moving of the Grand Slam to September had created controversy with a number of players voicing concerns over playing a clay court tournament in the middle of the […]