Reliance Capital Ltd (RCL), part of Anil Ambani-promoted Reliance Group, has said the total outstanding debt rose to Rs 20,379.71 crore at the end of December 2020. The total debt, including interest, stood at Rs 19,805.7 crore on August 31, 2020. Total financial indebtedness of the listed entity, including short-term […]
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Here’s how human migration patterns are connected to Vitamin D deficiencies
A new study in the Oxford Economic Papers found that people’s ability to synthesize Vitamin D from sunlight declines with skin pigmentation, and unveiled the direct association of its deficiency with a higher risk of mortality. According to the study, the migration flows in the last 500 years from high […]
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Balbharti mulls over a proposal to publish workbooks
To ensure students from the state board get access to more learning resources, Balbharti, the state’s publishing bureau is mulling over a proposal to publish workbooks for all subjects across classes. While a final decision is yet to be taken, Balbharti is exploring options of making more supplementary learning material […]
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Samantha Akkineni reveals new hobby for the New Year with mind blowing clip
Most people make resolutions, try new things and have new hobbies in the New Year. Samantha Akkineni also belongs to this group. The actor, who is quite famous for her sartorial choices apart from her acclaimed acting skills, has found a new hobby in the New Year. She recently took to her […]
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Bitcoin soars past $40,000 for the first time
The price of the cryptocurrency bitcoin soared past $40,000 for the first time on Thursday, rising $10,000 in just five days. The price of bitcoin was $40,380 at roughly 1820 GMT, having jumped 10.4 percent during the trading session. It later lost some ground and Factset data valued it at […]
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Samsung misses estimates as 5G contest with Apple heats up
Samsung Electronics Co.’s profit for the fourth quarter missed analysts’ estimates due to tepid smartphone sales and weak memory chip prices. South Korea’s biggest company posted operating income of 9 trillion won ($8.3 billion) for the three months ended December in preliminary results released Friday. That compares with a 9.52 […]
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Renee Sen talks about mom Sushmita Sen’s boyfriend Rohman Shawl
Budding actor Renee Sen has talked about her equation with her mother Sushmita Sen’s boyfriend, Rohman Shawl. Calling him a man of few words, Renee has said that it means a lot to have his approval. Renee is Sushmita’s eldest daughter whom she adopted in 2000. Rohman is a model whom […]
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Delhi registers 444 new Covid-19 cases, 10 more deaths
Delhi on Friday registered 444 fresh cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) and 10 related fatalities, which pushed the tally and death toll to 629,282 and 10,654 respectively. Nearly 615,000 people have recovered or discharged so far and the active cases of Covid-19 have dropped to 3,779, according to Delhi […]
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Apple has a low-cost iPad in the works which will be thinner and lighter
Apple is working on its ninth-gen iPad that’s going to be a low-cost one and is expected to make its debut this year. According to reports, the design on this iPad is going to be based on the third-gen iPad Air that Apple had introduced in 2019. The report comes […]
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MP police nabs men for robbery; their phone reveals a teenager’s gang rape
A mobile phone of an accused, arrested for an incident of loot, revealed evidence of a gang rape of a teenager, who didn’t register the crime with the police fearing social stigma. Madhya Pradesh police arrested all the four accused and has now booked them for gang rape on Thursday […]
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10 constables suspended in Uttarakhand’s US Nagar for alleged involvement in illegal activities
Ten constables from two police stations in Uttarakhand’s Udham Singh Nagar were suspended on Friday for their alleged involvement in extortion, illegal mining, and absence from duty, said senior police superintendent Daleep Singh Kunwar. In October, 10 police personnel were suspended for their involvement in illegal mining. Eight others were also […]
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Priyanka Chopra flouts Covid-19 lockdown rules in London by visiting salon, police alerted: report
Priyanka Chopra visited a salon in London on Wednesday evening, seemingly violating the UK’s Covid-19 lockdown rules. The UK is under a total lockdown, possibly until mid-February, to curb spiralling cases amid rising concerns surrounding a more infectious new variant of the virus. The regulations state that ‘personal care services’, including salons and […]
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Mumbai attacks mastermind Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi gets 15 years in prison
A Pakistan court on Friday sentenced Mumbai attack mastermind and Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi to 15 years in prison in a terror financing case. Lakhvi was arrested by Pakistani authorities on charges of terror financing on Saturday. He is alleged to have played an important role behind the Mumbai attacks, […]
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Patna University likely to complete admission process by January
Just three months are left for the conclusion of academic session 2020-21 and varsities in the state are yet to complete the admission process for the current academic session. Patna University (PU), which started online process on April 30 last year, has once again opened admission portal for accepting online […]
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Elon Musk surpasses Jeff Bezos to become world’s richest person
Elon Musk, the outspoken entrepreneur behind Tesla Inc. and SpaceX, is now the richest person on the planet. A 4.8% rally in the electric carmaker’s share price Thursday boosted Musk past Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, a ranking of the world’s 500 wealthiest people. The South Africa-born […]