Amazon’s gaming platform Twitch Prime has been renamed to Prime Gaming. The new name focuses on the company’s Prime premium offering. The other benefits remain the same with Prime Gaming as it was in Twitch Prime. The rebranding of Twitch Prime to Prime Gaming makes sense too since the platform […]
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Odisha’s Common PG Entrance exam to begin from September 30
The Higher Education Department would conduct Common PG Entrance Test (CPET) 2020 for admission into various postgraduate courses in the Odisha government-run universities and colleges. The exam will be conducted under the Student Academic Management System (SAMS), said the state government in a notice on Monday. Aspirants can avail the […]
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Paytm launches ‘India’s first’ Android PoS device for easy, contactless payments
Paytm has launched its first pocket Android PoS device for contactless ordering and making payments, for SMEs. This comes at an introductory price of ₹499 per month on a rental basis and is designed like a phone. “Styled like a mobile phone for accepting orders and payments on the go, this […]
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Bihar governor clears statute for long-awaited appointment of assistant professors
Governor Phagu Chouhan On Monday gave his nod to the statute for the appointment of assistant professors of Bihar prepared by the statute committee comprising three vice-chancellors. The opinion of all the VCs and the state government had been earlier sought on the draft statute. This clears the decks for […]
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‘BSNL’s 85,000 employees traitors, should be fired’: BJP lawmaker Anantkumar Hegde
Former Union minister and Bharatiya Janata Party MP from Uttara Kannada Anantkumar Hegde, no stranger to controversies, has stirred up another one by calling BSNL employees ‘traitors’ and ‘anti-nationals’ who would be fired as they refused to work. In a video of an event in Kumta in his parliamentary constituency […]
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Facebook Financial formed to pursue company’s payments plans
Called F2 internally, short for Facebook Financial, the team will run all payments projects, including Facebook Pay, the company’s universal payments feature that it plans to build inside all of its apps. Marcus will continue running Novi, the division that is building a digital wallet to hold the Libra cryptocurrency. He […]
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Sushant’s sister at ED office, first family member to be quizzed by agency
Actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s sister Meetu Singh reached the Enforcement Directorate’s office on Tuesday afternoon in connection with probe related to alleged money laundering in the case involving her brother’s death. She is the first member of Rajput’s family who has been called for questioning by the ED. Singh was […]
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Bhoomi Trivedi shocked how her complaint exposed artistes buying fake likes
Singer Bhoomi Trivedi is “shocked and stunned” to see that her police complaint about people impersonating her on Instagram, has ended up revealing the ethically questionable practice of artistes buying fake likes and fake followers on social media. “My one step has become so big. I am blank right now. […]
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Apple rises with valuation closing in on $2 trillion milestone
Apple Inc. shares rose in premarket trading Monday, extending a recent advance that has brought the company within striking distance of a historic $2 trillion valuation. Shares rose 1.5% before the bell and have almost doubled from a March low. Much of the iPhone maker’s recent surge came in the […]
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New Zealand puts Auckland into lockdown as fresh Covid-19 cases emerge
New Zealand reported its first local cases of the coronavirus in more than 100 days and put its largest city Auckland into lockdown to prevent another outbreak. Authorities have detected four cases of Covid-19 in one household from an unknown source, and contact tracing is now underway to prevent further […]
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Russia approves first Covid-19 vaccine for use, Putin says his daughter inoculated
Russia on Tuesday became the first country to officially register a coronavirus vaccine and declare it ready for use, despite international scepticism. President Vladimir Putin said that one of his daughters has already been inoculated. Putin emphasized that the vaccine underwent the necessary tests and has proven efficient, offering a […]
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The fading art of defensive batting making Tests closer, writes Sanjay Manjrekar
The cricket-watching world has lapped up the Test matches in England that marked the resumption of the game during Covid-19. Couple of obvious reasons for that — one, it was live cricket after a long time, and two, there was just one international match on at one time in the […]
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Covid: Japanese shares rise as investors bet on fresh US economic stimulus
Japanese shares on Tuesday rose by the most in a week on hopes for additional US fiscal stimulus to bolster the world’s largest economy as major countries struggle to break free from the coronavirus epidemic. The Nikkei 225 Index was up 1.59% at 22,686.10 by 0200 GMT with industrial and […]
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Sabalenka advances in Lexington as WTA Tour returns to US
Aryna Sabalenka fended off Madison Brengle 6-1 6-7(5) 6-2 on Monday to advance to the second round of the Top Seed Open in Lexington, Kentucky, the first WTA Tour event in the United States since the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the circuit in March. World number 11 Sabalenka, who defeated […]
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Indian spot gold rate higher than previous week’s average, silver prices also go up
The spot gold price today(Rs. 55380.0) is higher than this week’s average of Rs. 55137.14 by 0.44%. The price was higher than yesterday’s value of Rs. 55370.0. Although the global gold prices($2018.9) dropped by 0.4%, the spot gold prices in India(Rs. 55380.0) saw a growth of 0.02%. Gold and other […]