Twenty-two prisoners were injured after a barrack wall of Bhind Jail collapsed on Saturday. The barrack wall caved in around 5 am in the morning, after which a stampede occurred in the jail. The Superintendent of Police (SP) Manoj Singh and Collector Dr. Satish Kumar S reached the jail and got all the injured inmates admitted […]
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INS Airavat receives distress call from fishing vessel off Carnicobar while returning to Andaman island
INS Airavat received a distress call from fishing vessel Saleth Matha II off Carnicobar, Andaman and Nicobar Islands on Saturday. The ship was transiting through the area while on its return leg from Jakarta and Indonesia post its successful delivery of COVID 19 relief material as part of Ops Samudra […]
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Apple’s payment methods for app purchases now include UPI, RuPay, Net Banking
Apple has finally introduced three new payment modes for App Store and iTunes users in India. The new modes include United Payments Interface (UPI), RuPay, and Netbanking. According to Mashable, this move means that Apple users can now pay using domestic payment systems as well as international payment systems like credit […]
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Elon Musk denies he discussed Apple-Tesla merger with Tim Cook
Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said on Friday that he never met with Apple Inc. about a potential takeover and slammed the tech giant’s App Store fees, calling them a “global tax on the internet.” He was responding to an upcoming book that says Apple CEO Tim Cook called Musk […]
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Uttarakhand Board of Secondary Education declares the Class 10 and 12 results
The Uttarakhand Board of Secondary Education (UBSE) on Saturday declared results for class 10 and 12 board examinations. Students can now check their results at uaresults.nic.in. 99.56% of students have been passed the Class 12 examination and 99.09 percent cleared Class 10 exams. The results have been prepared following an alternative assessment […]
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Abhishek Jain launches free bus service in Delhi to boost vaccination drive
To head off the surge and get better prepared to tackle the third wave of Covid-19, the Delhi government has started a free pick up and drop off bus service leading to different schools turned into vaccination centres. The free bus service will encourage more and more people to get inoculated. The first of […]
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China is witnessing its worst outbreak since Wuhan
China is witnessing a fresh wave of coronavirus cases, fuelled by the highly transmissible Delta variant, which has spread beyond the capital city of Beijing to five other provinces across the country. Alarmingly, state media has indicated that the recent surge is the worst the country has witnessed since the domestic outbreak […]
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Snapchat launches new lenses to celebrate Friendship Day 2021
Snapchat has introduced a set of new lenses or filters to celebrate Friendship Day 2021. The exciting new lenses will allow users to share virtual hugs, fun moments, and other expressions with their friends on the platform. The lenses are designed for friends to express themselves with ease and create memorable moments together. Snapchatters can share virtual hugs, appreciate their […]
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Real estate investors’ confidence remains intact: Savills
Private equity investment inflows into the Indian real estate sector amounted to USD 2.7 billion (about Rs 14,300 crore) during H1 2021, according to Savills India’s latest research report. Equivalent to 41 per cent of investment inflows that the sector witnessed in entire year 2020, this indicates that investors’ confidence remains intact despite […]
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Fishermen lead anti-Pak protests in Balochistan, demand rights, jobs
Massive protests have swept through the Balochistan province of Pakistan, especially the Gwadar region, where people are holding rallies and demonstrations calling out the government for mistreating the region and its people. While accusing Islamabad of working in cahoots with Chinese authorities, they say that people in Gwadar are losing jobs due to the so-called […]
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Tokyo Olympics: Djokovic loses bronze medal match to Pablo Busta
World number one Novak Djokovic missed out on a bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics as he lost against Spain’s Pablo Carreno Busta here at the Ariake Tennis Centre Court on Saturday. Carreno defeated Djokovic 6-4, 6-7, 6-3 in a three-set affair and as a result, Spain added a bronze medal to its kitty. The bronze medal match between […]
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Afghanistan: 2 civilian killed, 30 injured in ‘Taliban attack’ in Khost
Atleast two Afghan civilians were killed and 30 other suffered injuries in a “Taliban attack” during a ceremony on National Flag Day in Yaqubi district in Khost province on Friday, according to the provincial government. “Two civilians were killed and 30 more were wounded in a Taliban attack,” Tolonews quoted […]
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Here is your horoscope for 31 July, 2021
Aries The Moon heads into your solar fourth house, and you’re more focused than usual on your personal life, family, or home, dear Aries. While you’re craving a stronger sense of security now, a Venus-Uranus transit brings a somewhat unpredictable or disorienting theme today, mainly because it upsets the routine. […]
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JK cloudburst: IAF rescues 74 personnel from Kishtwar
As rescue operations are underway following a cloudburst in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar, the Indian Air Force (IAF) rescued 74 stranded personnel from different parts of the district on Friday. People rescued include 5 critically injured patients, the IAF informed. In addition, the IAF also lifted 3,150 kg of relief material of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF). […]
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Tokyo Olympics: Vandana Katariya becomes first Indian woman hockey player to score hat-trick at Games
Vandana Katariya who scored three of India’s four goals against South Africa in the final pool A hockey game became the first Indian woman to register a hat-trick at the Olympics here at Oi Hockey Stadium — South Pitch on Saturday. The 29-year-old forward’s three goals made sure that the […]