Researchers at Facebook and New York University have come up with a new AI-based mechanism to reduce the time taken to capture magnetic resonance images. A faster process is said to make it much easier to use magnetic resonance imaging, MRI. These may also help young children and others who […]
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Ahead of Bihar elections, 3.5 lakh school teachers in state get 15% hike, EPF benefits
Months ahead of the scheduled assembly elections, the Nitish Kumar cabinet on Tuesday gave its nod for 15% increase in the basic salary of school teachers and librarians appointed since 2006 through the panchayati raj institutions and urban civic bodies. Along with the government contribution to the employee provident fund […]
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Truecaller launches spam activity indicator for Android users, how it works
Truecaller has launched a new spam activity indicator for Android users. The indicator shares more insights about the spam caller on your phone. Users can view the statistics when they tap on the spammer’s profile image within the application. Truecaller will soon start showing the stats in the Caller ID or the […]
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CM Nitish Kumar inaugurates Bihar Agriculture University’s new buildings worth Rs 268 crore
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday inaugurated the main administrative and other new buildings of Bihar Agriculture University at Sabour in Bhagalpur district. At a function held through video-conference, Kumar inaugurated three laboratory buildings, a hostel for girl students, residential buildings for scientists and other staff of the university. […]
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Nepal temporarily bans transport and gatherings in capital amid Covid-19 crisis
Nepal temporarily banned public and religious gatherings and most transportation in its capital Kathmandu and surrounding areas on Wednesday, asking residents to stay home to control the spread of the coronavirus as cases surge. The curbs will apply to Kathmandu Valley from Wednesday for a week, but could be extended, […]
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After Canada’s finance minister steps down, PM Trudeau prorogues parliament
A day after the controversial departure of the country’s finance minister, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his replacement but also suspended all Parliamentary proceedings for a month, a strategy seen by the Opposition as an attempt to prevent further probing into a nearly billion-dollar contract given to a charity […]
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Xbox Series X live images show what the next-gen console looks like
Microsoft’s Xbox Series X is coming soon. Already, Microsoft has shared a lot of details about the next-gen console. Though, we’re yet to have an official and good look at the Xbox Series X. A new set of photos helps fix that gap as well. These photos of Xbox Series X were […]
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Rajiv Gandhi was unaware of Babri Masjid unlocking in 1986, new book reveals what transpired in PMO
Contrary to a popular perception, late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was not aware of the unlocking of Babri Masjid-Ramjanmabhoomi in February 1986, claims a new book written by a close friend of Rajiv Gandhi, Wajahat Habibullah. Habibullah, IAS from the J&K cadre, was in Rajiv Gandhi’s PMO then. In his […]
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Private school in UP’s Jalaun conducts classes amid Covid-19, official assures action
A private school in Jalaun conducted classes by calling students to the school amid COVID-19. The students were seen without masks and flouting social distancing norms. Premchand, Basic Shiksha Adhikari (BSA) said that strict action will be taken against the manager and principal of the school. “No instructions have been […]
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Fitbit Premium now has 500,000 plus paid subscribers
Fitbit’s paid membership service, Fitbit Premium, which guides users to be more active, manage stress, sleep and diet better, has reached more than 500,000 paid subscribers in less than a year since launch. Fitbit Premium works in tandem with the Fitbit fitness band to provide more personalised insights that users can focus […]
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Realty suffers in MMR as only 40% sites begin work
Real estate sector in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) continues to totter as work has started in hardly 40% of the construction sites. Acute labour shortage and monetary crises are cited as the reasons for the same. According to real estate firm Liases Foras, work has started in around 4,200 of the […]
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Sushant Singh Rajput death case: Supreme Court orders CBI investigation
The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected actor Rhea Chakraborty’s petition to transfer the investigation from Patna to Mumbai in Sushant Singh Rajput’s death case. The court said that said Bihar government was competent to give consent to CBI for probing into the Patna FIR. A single-judge bench of Justice Hrishikesh Roy pronounced […]
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Rupee rises 7 paise to 74.69 against US dollar in early trade
The rupee appreciated 7 paise to 74.69 against the US dollar in opening trade on Wednesday supported by positive domestic equities and sustained foreign fund inflows. At the interbank forex market, the domestic unit opened at 74.71 against the US dollar, gained further ground and touched 74.69 against the US […]
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Art therapy: Crayons, paintbrushes and blank paper are all you need to heal
The trend started with Dalgona coffee and flaunting the saree challenge but soon enough, the Covid-19 lockdown made people accept there own company and go back to entertaining themselves in old school manner before the cellphones became our sole medium of escapism. With more and more people getting anxious about […]
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Army chief Gen Bajwa’s apology doesn’t help, gets a royal snub in Saudi kingdom
Pakistan Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa who started his Saudi Arabia visit on Monday to calm diplomatic strains has been declined a meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Gen Bajwa had to settle for a meeting with the Deputy Defence Minister Sheikh Khalid Bin Salman, also the younger brother […]