A complete lockdown will be in place in Pune, Pimpri-Chinchwad and some parts of rural Pune in Maharashtra from July 13-23 to stem the spread of coronavirus, the government announced on Friday.
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‘Partners, rather than rivals’: Chinese ambassador to India
India and China need peace rather than confrontation and should work together to maintain peace and tranquillity along their disputed border until they find a “reasonable solution” to the complicated issue through negotiations, Chinese ambassador Sun Weidong said on Friday. Sun said the two sides should be “partners, rather than […]
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Epic Games’ new app lets devs record real-time face data on Unreal Engine
Epic Games has released a new application for iOS that allows developers to record facial expressions. Developers can then import the data directly to Unreal Engine. The objective is to help developers use advance technologies for gaming with bare minimum resources. In this case, developers can do so by just […]
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With SoftBank rally, founder adds $12 billion to fortune
SoftBank Group Corp. founder Masayoshi Son has enjoyed a $12 billion renaissance the past three months, easing the pressure on his intricately engineered personal finances. With SoftBank Group’s shares surging to their highest price in two decades, Son’s net worth hit $20 billion on Thursday, more than doubling from $8.4 […]
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Over 15,000 people register on Uttarakhand govt portal for jobs
Dehradun: Over 15,000 people, who have returned from other states amid the easing of nationwide lockdown restrictions, which were enforced from March 25 to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, have registered themselves with the Uttarakhand government’s online portal hope.uk.gov.in — HOPE stands for Helping Out People […]
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Amazon plans at least $100 mln to keep Zoox talent after $1.3 billion deal
Amazon.com Inc plans to create at least $100 million in stock awards to retain the 900-plus employees of Zoox, the self-driving car startup it offered to buy last month, and can walk away from the deal if large numbers of them turn down job offers from the technology giant. Amazon, […]
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Sebi asks agencies to rate all firms
A representation from rating agencies which sought to withdraw ratings of companies who are not cooperating has met with resistance from the markets regulator, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi). The regulations for credit rating agencies (CRAs) require that an instrument should be rated all through its lifetime […]
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Nvidia valuation soars past Intel on graphics chip boom
Nvidia Corp.’s market valuation topped Intel Corp.’s for the first time, powered by soaring demand for graphics chips in data centers and other fast-growing technology fields. Nvidia gained 2.4% on Wednesday, giving it a market value of more than $248 billion. Shares of the graphics chipmaker are up 72% so […]
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TCS Q1 net profit down 13.8% YoY
India’s largest IT services company Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) Ltd reported a net profit of Rs 7,008 crore, down 13% sequentially for the first quarter ended June, below analyst estimates of about 5% sequential decline. On a year-on-year basis, the net profit was down 13.8% from Rs 8,131 crore in […]
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India to invite Australia to Malabar naval exercise, Quad stands up to China
India plans to invite Australia to join the annual Malabar naval exercise that has so far included just Japan and the U.S., in a move that could risk China’s ire. The decision to include Australia in the drills — the first time all members of the regional grouping known as […]
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TikTok users try to trick Trump campaign, again
The TikTok-tivists are at it again. Thousands of users of the popular video app flocked to the Apple App Store in the last few days to flood U.S. President Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign app with negative reviews. On Wednesday alone 700 negative reviews were left on the Official Trump 2020 […]
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Varun transfers money into accounts of 200 Bollywood dancers
Actor Varun Dhawan has reportedly transferred money directly into the accounts of 200 background dancers who work in Bollywood films. A Times of India report added that Varun is aware of the hardships faced by these dancers because of the pandemic. The report quoting Raj Surani, a former background dancer who now works as […]
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BS Yediyurappa to ‘work from home’ after staff test positive for Covid-19
Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa, who was set to hold a meeting with all 198 corporators of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to review the Covid-19 situation on Friday, said today he would be working from home as a precautionary measure after staff members at his office-cum-residence tested positive for coronavirus. […]
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After CBSE, Haryana to reduce syllabus of classes 9 to 12
In order to reduce mental pressure over students, Board of School Education, Haryana, will reduce the syllabus of the students studying in classes 9 to 12 in the academic session of 2020-2021, according to state Education Minister Kanwar Pal. “The state government does not wish to put academic pressure on […]
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AR Rahman talks about the music of Sushant Singh Rajput’s Dil Bechara
Music maestro AR Rahman, who has composed the music of Sushant Singh Rajput’s last film Dil Bechara, spoke about the film and its music, mentioning how he was aware it had a lot of heart. Speaking to Mid Day in an interview, he said: “When I write songs, I let them breathe for […]