Samsung working on 200-megapixel camera sensor for smartphones

Tech company Samsung is now reportedly gearing up to increase the smartphone camera resolution threshold this year. Mashable quoted a report by noted tipster Ice Universe stating that Samsung has plans to introduce plenty of new ‘innovative’ ISOCELL camera sensors in 2021. Among the plans is a 200-megapixel sensor as well. The report is very light in […]

Rainshine Entertainment and Animasia Studio to adapt ‘Young Captain

Rainshine Entertainment, a global entertainment company that nurtures, creates and develops content studios that create fabulous content aimed at audiences worldwide, and Malaysia-based Animasia Studio, an award-winning animation and digital content production house, have teamed up to co-produce a trilogy of animated feature films based on the ‘Young Captain Nemo’ books, […]

Morgan Wallen suspended from label after singer used racial slur

American singer Morgan Wallen is facing swift consequences after a video surfaced of the singer using a racial slur. Following the incident, Wallen’s record label Big Loud Records suspended his contract indefinitely. As per Variety, Wallen’s record label Big Loud, which releases his music jointly with Republic Records, announced on Wednesday that the singer’s recording contract is being suspended “indefinitely.” Big Loud Records said in […]

upGrad creates UK Board with four prominent figures in Global Education

upGrad, India’s largest higher edtech company announced the appointment of a four-member independent board to build their UK-based operations and accelerate expansion. The board comprises distinguished leaders such as Professor Sir Deian Hopkin, Julie Mercer, Dr. Kishore Sengupta, and Ashwin Assomull. Sir Deian is currently Principal Advisor at Wells Advisory […]

Sport participation levels reduced in students from lower socio-economic groups

According to new research, students from lower socio-economic groups (SEG) are less likely to participate in sport or physical activity at university. The research, led by Sheffield Hallam University, was published in the journal ‘Sport, Education and Society’. The main barriers affecting participation were found to be down to the cost of being […]

 Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal launches ‘Switch Delhi’ campaign

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday launched ‘Switch Delhi’, an electric vehicle mass awareness campaign, to sensitize citizens about the benefits of switching to electric vehicles. Delhi government has rolled out incentives on the purchase of electric vehicles (EVs) among all the states. “Our vision is that by 2024, 25 percent of new vehicles […]

Enzene Biosciences Ltd. obtains marketing authorization for its first biosimilar molecule in India

Recently Enzene Biosciences Ltd. announced that it has obtained Marketing Authorisation (MA) from Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) for Teriparatide – bioactive part of human parathyroid hormone (PTH), an anabolic approach to the treatment of Osteoporosis, compared to the anti-resorptive therapies such as bisphosphates and SERMs. According to company sources, […]

Earthquake of magnitude 4.8 hits Sikkim

An earthquake of magnitude 4.8 on the Richter scale occurred near Yuksom in Sikkim on Thursday morning, said the National Center for Seismology (NCS). As per the NCS, the tremors were felt around 10:36 am at a depth of 124 kilometers. “Earthquake of Magnitude: 4.8, Occurred on 04-02-2021, 10:36:29 IST, Lat: 28.62 & Long: 87.38, Depth: 124 […]

BJP chief JP Nadda arrives in Kochi

Bharatiya Janata Party National President Jagat Prakash Nadda Thursday arrived in Kochi from Thiruvananthapuram. He left to Thrissur in an open jeep from the airport with a huge gathering of BJP workers flanking his jeep and waving BJP party flags. BJP State President K Surendran was seen accompanying him. Nadda is on a two-day visit to Kerala […]