WhatsApp has been testing a couple of new features and some of them have been spotted in the latest beta update. Discovered by WABetaInfo for beta builds on both Android and iOS, these new features include a multiple device login, clearing chats and improved search function for in-chat searches. The […]
Robot food startups have a new pitch: No humans touch your lunch
Vertical agriculture company Plenty has an unusual selling point: Its crops of arugula, kale and microgreens are grown in an indoor farm run by robots. That hasn’t always been a winning proposition. Two years ago, the company had to scale back an ambitious international expansion plan, realizing it wasn’t ready to bear […]
New Spider-Man game for PS5 will be separate from original
Comments from a Sony Corp. executive on Friday morning led to confusion in the gaming community about the nature of a newly announced Spider-Man game for the upcoming PlayStation 5 console. The title will be smaller than a traditional console game but will be sold as a stand-alone product, a person […]
AT&T mulls selling gaming unit in $4 billion deal
AT&T Inc. is considering a sale of Warner Bros. video-game unit, a business that could fetch about $4 billion and help the company pare down its almost $200 billion in debt, CNBC reported. Activision Blizzard Inc., Electronic Arts Inc. and Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. are interested in potentially buying the […]
Bihar awaits centre’s guidelines on opening schools
In the face of rising graph of COVID-19 positive cases, which has crossed the 6000-mark in Bihar, and a large number of school buildings converted into quarantine centres, the state government is treading cautiously and not in any hurry to open schools and colleges too soon. A senior official of […]
Twinkle is happy as mom Dimple Kapadia impresses Nolan
Bollywood actor Twinkle Khanna has responded to the appreciation showered on her mother and actor Dimple Kapadia by filmmaker Christopher Nolan and actor-filmmker Kenneth Branagh. Dimple makes her Hollywood debut with Christopher Nolan’s Tenet. Sharing a news item about Kenneth Branagh saying that Nolan and Tenet actor John David Washington were ‘thrilled […]
ICSE 10th exams in Maharashtra to be conducted in July
The Indian School Certificate Examination (ICSE) board on Friday told the Bombay High Court that it would be holding its standard 10th examinations in July with all safety precautions. The Maharashtra government, on the other hand, said that holding exams now was not feasible in view of the coronavirus pandemic. […]
Kartik gets trolled by family as Amitabh Bachchan tags him
Every time Kartik Aaryan needs a reality check, all he needs to do is talk to his mother and sister. The actor who has given enough proofs of his sense of humour during the lockdown with a steady stream of content, often starring his mother and sister in lead roles, has now […]
Admission process in Chhattisgarh schools, colleges to commence from July, says Minister
The admission process in Chhattisgarh schools and colleges will commence from July, said State Agriculture Minister Ravindra Choubey on Friday. “It has been decided that the admission process in schools and colleges will commence in Chhattisgarh from July 2020. The decision on the further process will be taken as per […]
Kasautii Zindagii Kay’s Charvi Saraf says she has Covid-19 symptoms
Television actor Charvi Saraf says it has been a week since she started showing symptoms for the coronavirus infection but has still been unable to get tested in Delhi. She says doctors and hospitals are refusing her ‘point blank’. Charvi, who stars in popular Star Plus daily soap Kasautii Zindagi Kay, wrote […]
NIRF Rankings 2020:RIMS- only northeast institute in top 40 medical institutes in India
The Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), premier medical institute in Imphal, is the only medical college in entire Northeast and West Bengal to figure amongst the top 40 medical Institutions & Universities of India. RIMS is in the 38th Position in National Institutional Ranking Framework of Human Resource Development (NIRF) […]
Deepika Singh seeks Kejriwal’s help for Covid-positive mother
Diya Aur Baati Hum actor Deepika Singh posted a video on social media on Friday seeking help from Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal after her mother tested positive for Covid-19 but hospital allegedly refused to hand over the report. In the message which has gone viral, the actor said Delhi’s Lady Hardinge […]
Australia’s largest state reports first local coronavirus case in weeks
Australia’s largest state of New South Wales on Saturday reported its first locally transmitted Covid-19 case since late May, a sign the threat from the pandemic is far from over as social distancing restrictions continue to be eased. The state recorded four new coronavirus cases overnight, taking the total number […]
China sentences Australian to death for drug trafficking
An Australian national has been sentenced to death by a Chinese court for drug trafficking, a verdict that could further inflame tensions between Beijing and Canberra. Already troubled relations worsened recently after China reacted furiously to Australia’s call for an independent probe into the origins of the deadly coronavirus pandemic. […]
‘Situation along our borders with China is under control’: Army chief Naravane
The situation along India’s borders with China is under control, Army chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane said on Saturday. Naravane said that the ongoing series of high delegation-level talks with the Chinese side has been followed up with meetings at the local level between the commanders of equivalent ranks. Chief […]