The number of people falling sick to a mysterious disease in Eluru city of Andhra Pradesh saw a rapid decline on Wednesday even as medical and scientific experts could not yet exactly pinpoint what caused the outbreak. But after several rounds of tests, they opined that organochlorine and lead could […]
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SSC CGL 2018 skill test: Important instructions released for candidates
The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) will conduct the skill test for combined graduate level 2018 recruitment on December 18 and 19, 2020. An important notice has been released for the candidates who will appear for the SSC CGL 2018 skill test. According to the official notice, the CGL 2018 skill test […]
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Two local firms win gold in India’s first LGBT+ work equality index
Two Indian firms, the Godrej Group and Hindustan Unilever, were named top employers for LGBT+ people on Thursday, in the country’s first workplace equality index, launched two years after it decriminalised gay sex. The other 19 gold award winners – with LGBT+ inclusive policies such as gender neutral bathrooms and health insurance […]
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Vanish mode on Instagram: How to turn it on
One of the latest updates on Instagram, the vanish mode for Instagram chats, has just started rolling out to users. This feature makes messages from your Instagram chat disappear once you have seen them and exit the chat if the vanish mode is turned on. If you check any message […]
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Almost half of Portuguese hotels temporarily shut due to COVID-19
Around 45% of Portuguese hotels have temporarily closed or are planning to do so due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, which kept most visitors away from the tourism-dependent country for over nine months. In a survey of more than 500 hotels released on Wednesday, Hotels Association AHP said establishments […]
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TikTok beats Facebook to become the most downloaded app in 2020
TikTok was the most downloaded app globally this year, according to the latest report from mobile app analytics firm App Annie. TikTok has been downloaded the most this year on Android and iOS. TikTok has beaten Facebook to be the most downloaded app this year. Facebook is now the second most downloaded app followed […]
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‘Inspired by Bharathiyar’s vision of empowered women’: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tributes to Tamil poet and writer Subramania Bharati on his 138th birth anniversary as he addressed the International Bharati festival on Friday. Lauding his work as “fearless”, PM Modi said that today’s youth can learn so much from Bharati’s work, “especially being courageous.” “He (Subramania […]
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Farmers insist on guaranteed MSP for 26 crops, call for intensifying stir
With the talks between the government and farmers remaining inconclusive, Haryana farmer leaders have made it clear that they will continue with the protests till the three contentious farm laws are revoked and a law to guarantee MSP for the 26 crops named by the farmers. Bhartiya Kisan Union (Charuni) […]
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Japan urges ‘quiet’ year-end, but to keep up tourism campaign
Japan’s government urged people on Friday to spend a “quiet” year-end after daily coronavirus infections hit a record, but said it would keep providing subsidies to promote tourism despite media reports that it may pause the campaign. “The reports are not true, we will continue to operate it in an appropriate way, […]
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Third wave of Covid waning, Delhi still testing over 70,000 a day, says Satyendar Jain
Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain on Friday said that the third wave of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) was waning in the state, with the positivity rate remaining below 5% for ten days in a row. “The third wave of Covid-19 in Delhi is going down. We can now say that the peak […]
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India Post GDS Recruitment: Last day to apply
India Post GDS Recruitment 2020: The online application window for 2548 vacancies for India Post Gramin Dak Sevakas recruitment is closing on Friday, December 11. The vacancies are available for the post of branch post master, assistant branch post master and dak sevakas in Jharkhand, Punjab and North-East circles. Aspirants […]
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Canada likely to approve Moderna’s Covid vaccine by year-end
Canada may approve a Covid-19 vaccine developed by Moderna before the end of this year, just as the Pfizer-BioNTech shots that got a go-ahead in the country this week are set to arrive on Monday and rolled out thereafter. Canada has so far ordered 40 million doses of the Moderna […]
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PUBG Mobile India directors have no idea when the game is going to launch
PUBG Mobile had announced just a little before Diwali that the game is going to launch in India soon. However, it looks like the wait is going to be longer. While PUBG Mobile’s Indian alternative FAU-G has already made its pre-registrations live on the Google Play Store, the PUBG Mobile […]
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New laws will make us vulnerable to corporate greed: Farmers’ union moves SC
The Bhartiya Kisan Union on Friday approached the Supreme Court against the three agriculture laws enacted by the government earlier this year, alleging the legislation will make them vulnerable to corporate greed, according to news agency ANI. The move comes two days after farmers’ unions rejected the Centre’s proposal by […]
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Amitabh asks questions related to Hansal, Sanjay Bhansali on KBC 12
Filmmaker Hansal Mehta was elated to see his own name pop up in Amitabh Bachchan’s game show Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) when a question was about him and his critically acclaimed films. On Thursday’s episode of the popular quiz show, Amitabh asked contestant Anu Chauhan, “Shahid, Aligarh and Omerta are notable films […]