Zoom Video Communications has announced Jason Lee will join the company as its Chief Information Security Officer. Lee was earlier serving as Senior Vice President of Security Operations at Salesforce, and previously was Principal Director of Security Engineering at Microsoft. He will report to Aparna Bawa, Zoom’s Chief Operating Officer. […]
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Amazon’s new cloud service Honeycode makes it easier to build mobile apps
Amazon is inviting not-so-tech-savvy customers to use its cloud. Amazon Web Services on Wednesday released Amazon Honeycode, which lets businesses build web and mobile applications without diving into computer programming languages. Technology companies have invested in low-code or no-code in recent years as a workaround for customers that want to […]
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JD Majethia confirms TV shootings to resume in July
The crew and cast members, working on TV shows, will henceforth get a mediclaim and as well as insurance cover for Covid-19 infection. As per a report in Mumbai Mirror, it has been finalised that they will get a mediclaim of Rs 2 lakh each for treatment and Rs 25 […]
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E-tailers in India to consider listing of ‘country of origin’ label on products
E-commerce players in India such as Amazon’s local unit and Walmart’s Flipkart will consider asking sellers on their platforms to list the country of origin on products, three sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. The discussion was part of a meeting of online retailers held via video-conferencing, hosted […]
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Whatever Sonu Nigam said is the truth: Salim Merchant
Singer Sonu Nigam recently put out a vlog where he was seen talking about favouritism in the music fraternity and also pointed out the “music mafias” in the fraternity. Salim Merchant from the composer duo Salim-Sulaiman, totally agrees with what Nigam has spoken in his video. “It is not just […]
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IIT-Bombay to hold online classes for the next semester
In view of the Covid-19 outbreak in the country, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay, will conduct the next semester of the new academic year completely online. The institute’s senate on Wednesday decided that the autumn semester will be conducted online in the interest of the students’ safety. Subhasis […]
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Karnataka minister rules out full lockdown in Bengaluru
Amid speculation of another lockdown in Karnataka to contain rising cases of Covid-19, Revenue minister R Ashoka on Thursday ruled out a full lockdown of the state capital Bengaluru. “Lockdown will not be imposed on the entire city of Bengaluru,” he said. On Friday, Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa is scheduled to meet all […]
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T-Series apologises for uploading Atif Aslam song on YouTube, removes it after backlash
T-Series has apologised for uploading Pakistani singer Atif Aslam’s version of the song Kinna Sona, and removed the video from its official YouTube channel on Wednesday. The music label had faced backlash in recent days, as the Federation of Western India Cine Employees (FWICE) and the All Indian Cine Workers Association […]
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Congress’ Milind Deora tweets another surprise. It is on Emergency
“The Emergency reminds us that democracies, when tested, fight back resiliently,” former union minister Milind Deora said on Thursday, in a rare instance when a Congress leader spoke about the emergency. On this day 45 years ago, former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declared emergency across India. The emergency was issued […]
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Karnataka SSLC exams 2020 begins amid Covid-19
Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) examinations commenced in Karnataka on Thursday amid relaxation of COVID-19 lockdown restrictions. Schools in the state ensured that social distancing norms were followed and other precautionary measures taken at the examination centres. All the students underwent thermal screening at the centres and were provided hand […]
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Riya Sen says she was sexualised at the age of 16
Actor Riya Sen says being sexualised in films and music videos at a young age made her so uncomfortable that she decided to stop working in Hindi movies. Riya hails from a family of artistes that includes her grandmother Suchitra Sen, mother Moon Moon Sen and sister Raima Sen. She was just […]
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The Taste with Vir: The coarsening of political discourse
It is almost a truism that political discourse in India has hit a new low. You don’t need much to persuade you. Just switch on the TV, go to any “news” channel and watch party spokesmen scream, shout and abuse each other. The coarsening of the discourse is a phenomenon […]
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Sergio Ramos fires back at Real Madrid’s critics over referees
Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos has rubbished suggestions that his side have been getting favourable refereeing decisions recently, arguing critics are looking for ways to attack the team since they returned to the top of La Liga. “All this noise is to be expected because now we are top of […]
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Risk-free greetings to replace handshakes, hugs amid Covid-19
The coronavirus pandemic has changed all known ideas and definitions of reality, and every day we learn something new and introduce it to our ‘new normal’ routine. With most of the world still under lockdown, the pandemic has changed a lot about the world as we knew it. Through the […]
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PCB wants written assurance from BCCI on clearance to play two WC in India
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has asked the ICC to get written assurances from the BCCI that its team would face no problems getting visas to play in the 2021 T20 World Cup and the 2023 50 over World Cup in India. “We are also looking at the fact that […]