When it comes to flawless skin in the Bollywood industry, Kareena Kapoor Khan with her peaches and cream complexion is the first to come to mind. Giving a glimpse of her in-house skincare routine, actor Kareena Kapoor on Thursday shared a brief video clip on social media and revealed her […]
Life in the times of lockdown: What’s your doable goal for the day?
If you’re finding it hard to stay productive during the lockdown, you can take heart in the fact that most of the world is feeling the same. People who thought they’d be spending the lockdown learning, reading, stitching, creating and bettering themselves are finding they have barely the energy required […]
Britain’s M&S ties up with health service for huge clothing sale
British retailer Marks & Spencer launched a clothing sale on Thursday to help clear stock built up in the coronavirus lockdown, tapping into widespread public support for health workers by giving some proceeds to NHS charities. With Britain having been in lockdown since March 23, the country’s store-based clothing retailers […]
Google Chrome to block ads that consume battery, network data
Google has been working on removing abusive ads from Chrome. It is now working on blocking ads which are resource-heavy. Google will integrate this feature on Chrome by August this year. Google in a blog post said there are some ads which consume a good amount of battery and network data without the […]
Navodaya Vidyalaya recruitment: Teachers will get appointment after lockdown: HRD Minister
Union Minister for Human Resource Development Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ on Thursday said that teachers who have completed the recruitment process of Navodaya Vidyalaya will get appointment after lockdown. While interacting with teachers across the country through webinar, the Minister expressed his gratitude to all the teachers for spreading awareness relating […]
Reliance Jio launches new ₹999 recharge plan with 3GB daily data
Reliance Jio has launched a new quarterly plan priced at ₹999. This prepaid plan comes with all the usual Jio freebies along with 3GB data per day. Jio is also pitching it as a recharge plan that can benefit work from home. Jio’s quarterly plan as the name suggests comes with a validity […]
DU teachers, student bodies against ‘open-book’ online exam decision, call it ‘discriminatory’
Teachers and student bodies have criticised the Delhi University’s decision to hold final year post-graduate and under-graduate exams in ‘open-book’ mode online if the COVID-19 situation doesn’t normalise soon, terming it “discriminatory” which would put a large section of pupils in anxiety. The ‘open-book’ examination mode would allow students to […]
Apple’s upcoming earbuds from Beats may come in bright colours
Apple-owned Beats audio company is being rumoured to go ‘colourful’ this year with rumoured PowerBeats Pro wireless earbuds. ‘Colourful’ because the buds are said to come in cloud pink, glacier blue, spring yellow, and lava red, as per a Weibo post (via iMore) by WaveTech. The 2019 version of the PowerBeats Pro comes […]
Schools taking online classes must charge only tuition fee for lockdown period: Punjab govt
Schools in Punjab taking online classes can charge only tuition fee from students for the lockdown period, the state government said on Thursday. Fees for admission, uniform or any other charges in any form can not be charged from students, it said. School managements should also refrain from increasing the […]
Spotify Premium plans available with three months free in India
Spotify is offering three months free subscription on all its Premium plans but only for new users who have never been on a Premium plan. New users can also get one year of Spotify at half the price of ₹699. Spotify’s new offers are valid starting today and will continue till June 30. […]
12 universities get E-Learning Excellence for Academic Digitisation certification from QS
Twelve universities in the country were on Thursday awarded the E-Learning Excellence for Academic Digitisation (E-LEAD) certification by QS IAUGE, a renowned global college and varsity rating initiative. The universities that have been awarded the certification include Alliance University, Ashoka University, Chitkara University, DIT University, G D Goenka University, NITTE […]
Paatal Lok review: Anushka Sharma produces Amazon’s answer to Sacred Games
Paatal Lok Directors – Avinash Arun, Prosit Roy Cast – Jaideep Ahlawat, Neeraj Kabi, Gul Panag, Ishwak Singh, Abhishek Banerjee, Swastika Mukherjee, Niharika Lyra Dutt In its attempt to produce a show on par with Netflix’s Sacred Games, Amazon Prime might have unwittingly outdone itself. Paatal Lok is a stunning achievement on virtually […]
Dhoni doesn’t believe in meetings: du Plessis explains MSD’s captaincy
Faf du Plessis admits he is yet to see a cricketer with the same skills to finish a game as his Chennai Super Kings teammate MS Dhoni. South Africa Test skipper du Plessis, who has played under Dhoni at CSK feels the former India captain’s uniqueness is what makes him […]
Ghoomketu teaser: Nawazuddin, Anurag Kashyap unite for a hilarious joyride
Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui is all set for the digital release of his film Ghoomketu and the teaser of the film released on Friday. Besides featuring Nawazuddin as a writer and Anurag as a cop, the film also has Amitabh Bachchan, Sonakshi Sinha and Ranveer Singh in interesting cameos. The Ghoomketu teaser […]
Chinese-origin frog species found in Arunachal Pradesh
A team of zoologists from Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) have found a frog species, with origins in the Tibet region of China, in Tawang area of Arunachal Pradesh. Details of the find and the rare species ‘Nanorana conaensis’ found at an elevation of 2844 metres above sea level was […]