9,462 villages in Chhattisgarh ‘corona-free’

Nearly 10,000 villages in Chhattisgarh are completely free from COVID-19 infection as the virus has either not been able to reach these villages or those infected have already recovered, the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) informed on Thursday. Due to the micro-level arrangements made by the state government, today, out of the total 20,092 villages in Chhattisgarh, about […]

India-based Corporate Expense Management Solution ZYRO to launch it’s prepaid card on RuPay Network

The global pandemic last year, has accelerated the pace of digital transformation in the finance world. Digital assets like e-wallets, alternate credit, and cross-border remittances are a few examples of this rapid transformation. This created an ecosystem to support financial inclusion for the underserved and the unserved. However, according to […]

Govt delivers 19 oxygen generation plants, over 19k cylinders to states, UTs

Centre has delivered as many as 18,006 oxygen concentrators, 19,085 oxygen cylinders, 19 oxygen generation plants and 14,514 ventilators/ BiPAP to States and Union Territories, informed the Union Health Ministry on Thursday. These items of Covid relief, including 7 lakh Remdesivir vials and about 12 lakh Favipiravir tablets, were dispatched through road and air, from […]

Flipkart adds benefits for sellers under growth programme

 Flipkart said on Thursday it has expanded benefits under a seller financing programme to support business continuity and growth. The e-commerce marketplace has forged various new partnerships under the working capital loans programme to increase the breadth of options and opportunities available to lakhs of sellers through multiple lenders based on specific business needs. These […]

Users can now hide like counts on Instagram, Facebook

Instagram and Facebook users can now hide their like counts from both new and previously posted photos and videos. As per The Verge, after years of testing on both platforms, Facebook and Instagram have settled on an opt-in experience for hiding like counts to allow people to disable seeing them across all posts and an option to hide their own public like counts from others. Both social media […]

Assam Rifles sets up Covid-19 vaccination centre in Manipur’s Tamenglong

The 44 Assam Rifles, along with district health officials, have set up a COVID-19 vaccination Centre in Manipur’s Tamenglong district. The initiative has been taken under the aegis of 22 Sect AR/IGAR(E), the Assam Rifles informed on Thursday. Presently, there are only four such centres including the 44 Assam Rifles vaccination centre, it added. Earlier on Wednesday, Chief […]

Here is your horoscope for 27 May 2021

Aries There’s quite a strong focus on mental pursuits these days, dear Aries. However, today’s Venus-Neptune aspect can play with our perceptions of value, blurring or distorting them temporarily. Transportation or communications may be unreliable for now. You might become infatuated with ideas, objects, or people, but you may not […]

Peruvian President calls for calm as presidential runoff draws near

Peruvian President Francisco Sagasti on Wednesday called for calm in the upcoming presidential runoff on June 6 between conservative candidate Keiko Fujimori, of the right-wing Popular Force party, and her rival Pedro Castillo, of the left-wing Free Peru party. Sagasti urged “all citizens and the candidates in the runoff to remain calm, preserve order and accept the outcome” […]

Kolkata, East, and West Medinipur likely to receive moderate rainfall

West Bengal’s Kolkata, East and West Medinipur districts is likely to receive moderate rainfall and experience thunderstorm with lightning during morning hours of Thursday “Thunderstorm with lightning and light to moderate rainfall are likely to affect parts of Kolkata, East and West Medinipur districts of West Bengal during next 1 to 2 hours from 5:55 […]

Chile reports 5,176 new daily Covid-19 cases

Chilean Health Minister Enrique Paris reported on Wednesday 5,176 new COVID-19 infections in the last 24 hours, for a total of 1,344,618 cases. Meanwhile, 39 more deaths were also recorded in the past day, bringing the total to 28,624. Paris added that while people continue to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and in the face […]