American singer and songwriter, Kacey Musgraves has finally broken her silence and for the first time has spoken about her divorce from Ruston Kelly. According to People magazine, the country music star during an interview with Rolling Stone published on Thursday (local time), got candid about the couple’s decision to go their separate ways, and […]
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Study suggests liquid biopsy for colorectal cancer could guide therapy for tumours
A new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis demonstrates that a liquid biopsy examining blood or urine can help gauge the effectiveness of therapy for colorectal cancer that has just begun to spread beyond the original tumour. Such a biopsy can detect lingering disease and could serve as a guide […]
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Most children use edtech apps on their own: Survey
The coronavirus pandemic forced schools across the country to conduct online classes for their students. This led to a rise in children using edtech apps. According to a survey by an edtech startup Countingwell, most children have adapted to use their edtech apps without needing parental involvement. It said that nearly […]
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Meghan Markle wins privacy case against UK tabloid
The Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, has won a legal case against the publisher of a British tabloid newspaper that printed extracts of a letter she wrote to her estranged father, Thomas Markle. According to E! News, on Thursday (local time), a High Court judge granted the Duchess of Sussex “summary […]
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Dave Chappelle announces return of ‘Chappelle’s Show’ to Netflix
American stand-up comedian, Dave Chappelle released a surprise clip from a stand-up performance on Thursday (local time) in which he revealed that ‘Chappelle’s Show’ is coming back to Netflix on February 12. According to People magazine, towards the end of the roughly 10-minute-long video captioned “Redemption Song,” Chappelle wrapped it up by making the […]
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Code for cellular communication now broken by researchers
A research team led by researchers at the University of Gothenburg has used a unique combination of methods to map the mechanism behind cellular communication. Knowledge of how cells communicate is an important key to understanding many biological systems and diseases. The findings published in the journal Proceedings of the […]
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Five-time ‘Jeopardy!’ Champ, Brayden Smith dies at 24
The five-time ‘Jeopardy!’ champ Brayden Smith, who appeared in the last episodes of the game show hosted by the late legend Alex Trebek, has died at the age of 24. According to Fox News, the genius died last week on February 5, Friday. However, the news came out when the mother of the departed […]
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Twitter wants to help users identify accounts with government links
Twitter is taking steps to provide more context on the platform. In fact, the social network plans to more clearly signal the personal accounts of government figures such as heads of state. The measures were launched in several countries in August 2020 and will be expanded to 16 new countries […]
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AI embracing the shift in healthcare, confirms a new report by BML Munjal University
BMU, a Hero Group Initiative, unveiled a report at its 2nd AI industry conclave on “Embracing the shift in healthcare”, that was organized virtually on Wednesday – February 10, 2021. With a foreword from Sunil Kant Munjal, Chancellor, BMU & Chairman, Hero Enterprise, the report titled AI: Embracing the shift in healthcare, […]
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Email address aliases now part of Gmail’s search bar results
American multinational technology company Google has announced on Friday that now all associated email aliases will show up in Gmail’s search bar. Email aliases are alternative addresses that users can use to receive emails. According to Mashable, last year Google introduced major changes to Gmail for G Suite that put together its core services like video, chat, […]
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64% engineers’ posts lying vacant in Bihar
Despite jobs being one of the core agendas in the run-up to the Assembly elections in Bihar last year with the ruling NDA announcing to create 19 lakh jobs for the youth of the state, the situation on the ground remains largely unchanged. A large number of posts for engineers […]
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CDSL crosses milestone of 3 crore demat accounts
Central Depository Services Ltd (CDSL) has become the first depository in the country to open over three crore active demat accounts. The depository facilitates holding and transacting in securities electronically and facilitates settlement of trades on stock exchanges. Of the new accounts, about 98.4 percent come from retail investors and with an outreach of 97 […]
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Uttar Pradesh: Colleges, universities to re-open from February 15
All degree colleges, state, private universities, and other educational institutions of higher learning across Uttar Pradesh will re-open in Uttar Pradesh from February 15 while adhering to COVID-19 guidelines, said an official communication on Friday. According to the communication letter between officials of higher education, it will be mandatory for […]
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UK media watchdog fines Khalsa TV for violence, terror references
The UK’s media watchdog has imposed a total fine of 50,000 pounds on Khalsa Television Ltd or KTV in Britain for broadcasting a music video and a discussion programme that was an indirect call for British Sikh to commit violence and also contained a terror reference. The Office of Communications […]
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Amit Shah-led high level committee approves Rs 3,113 crore for 5 states as disaster relief
A high-level committee headed by Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday approved around Rs 3,113 crore to five states that faced natural disasters and pest attacks in 2020. The states and union territory that will get the additional central assistance from the National Disaster Risk Management Fund (NDRMF) are […]