One week before Apple Inc.’s annual developer conference, the financial heart of its App Store is under renewed attack from antitrust regulators and exasperated developers. The European Commission launched two investigations into Apple on Tuesday. One major focus is on a contentious rule that limits what app developers can tell […]
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Bihar DElEd 2020 application process to begin from June 23, check important dates here
Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) has announced the important dates to apply for D.EL.Ed 2019-21 first year exam and 2018-20 second year exam. BSEB Chairman Anand Kishor said in a press note that the examination forms will be available on the website at wwww.biharboard.online from June 22 onwards. Important dates: Candidates can apply […]
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New Qualcomm processor brings 5G to even more phones
This year we have seen Qualcomm boosting its mid-range Snapdragon 700 series more often than the 600 series. Ever since January this year, the chip maker has just added the Snapdragon 662 in the portfolio. However, after six months, it is finally updating the lineup with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 690 processor. This […]
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Over half-a-dozen rural Prayagraj schools grant 3-month fee exemption
Over half-a-dozen schools of Prayagraj have granted a three-month fee exemption to students, even as arguments and counter-arguments continue to fly elsewhere on whether or not to charge fees for online classes. The fee exemption has been granted for the months of April, May and June. The move comes at […]
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Reliance Jio vs Airtel: Top prepaid plans under ₹500 that offer 2GB data per day
The lockdown enforced to contain the spread of Covid-19 pandemic has forced employees to work from home and students to study from home. This has not only increased the residential broadband usage but also increased the mobile broadband usage. Additionally, usage of e-learning platforms and video streaming platforms has also […]
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HRD minister holds review meeting with CBSE, NTA over current education scenario
Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister, Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank on Tuesday held a review meeting with the Secretary of School Education and Literacy Department, Chairman of Central Board of Secondary Education and Director General of National Testing Agency (NTA), to discuss the present education scenario. “Held a review meeting with […]
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Indian boy who created Covid-19 tool among Apple student challenge winners
Apple on Tuesday announced 350 winners of its annual WWDC Swift Student Challenge from 41 different countries and regions, including Palash Taneja who designed a Swift playground that teaches coding while simulating how a pandemic moves through a population. For his Swift Student Challenge submission this year, created against the […]
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IIT Hyderabad researcher develops AI-powered low cost Covid-19 testing kit
Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad researcher has developed an Artificial Intelligence-powered COVID-19 test, which can be performed at an affordable cost. The test kit can produce results in around 20 minutes for symptomatic and asymptomatic patients. The test kit has already been field-tested at ESIC Medical College and Hospital in […]
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Art and culture should definitely be looked after: Papon
Like many of us, singer Papon, too, has been spending a lot of time with his family during this lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic. He says that this is the first time in a very long time that he got to spend so much time with his wife and […]
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David Silva to stay with Manchester City until end of season
David Silva will stay at Manchester City until the end of the Premier League season, manager Pep Guardiola announced on Tuesday. The Spanish midfielder’s contract was due to expire at the end of June, with the 34-year-old captain set to leave after 10 years with the club. The Premier League […]
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Intelligence agencies red-flag use of 52 mobile apps with links to China
Indian intelligence agencies have asked the government to block or advise people to stop use of 52 mobile applications linked to China over concerns that these weren’t safe and ended up extracting a large amount of data outside India, people familiar with the development told Hindustan Times. The list of […]
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What Sonu Sood said when asked to choose between PM Modi, Rahul Gandhi
Actor and philanthropist Sonu Sood has confessed that he is a fan of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Recently, in an interview with Times Now, Sonu was asked to choose between Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and the PM when he said he liked them both. “Both are my favourite, how political correct can I […]
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‘Thoughts were there,’ Undertaker reveals he considered moving to WCW
WWE legend The Undertaker has revealed that there was a time in his career when he thought of jumping ships to rival company WCW. Undertaker, real name Mark Calaway, has been with the WWE since his debut in 1990, making him the longest-tenured superstar, but back in the 1990s, when […]
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PM Modi calls all-party meeting on June 19 to discuss India-China border situation
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold an all-party meeting on Friday to discuss the situation on the country’s border with China after 20 Indian soldiers were killed in a face-off with Chinese troops along the undefined Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh, his office said on Wednesday. Twenty […]
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India-China face-off: Akshay, Amitabh pay tributes to soldiers
The film fraternity has paid tributes to 20 Indian Army soldiers killed in a face-off with Chinese troops in Ladakh’s Galwan Valley. A host of Bollywood celebrities including Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar and Taapsee Pannu took to social media to pay homage to the martyrs. Amitabh Bachchan shared a black screenshot […]