Bollywood actor Sonakshi Sinha has given the perfect reply to trolls who are tagging various celebrities and claiming they are not doing enough for the community as humanity fights a tough battle against Covid-19 across the globe. After days of being tagged in several tweets with the allegation, Sonakshi decided to respond […]
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Uber launches UberMedic to transport frontline healthcare workers
To help contain the spread of COVID-19 in India, ride-hailing giant Uber said on Tuesday that it has launched a new service, UberMedic, to transport frontline healthcare workers. “Uber is providing a new service, UberMedic, to transport frontline healthcare workers and help the government contain the spread of COVID-19 in India,” Pradeep Parameswaran, […]
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Star Wars actor Andrew Jack dies of coronavirus at 76
Star Wars actor Andrew Jack has died in Britain as a result of the coronavirus, his agent said on Wednesday. He was 76. The actor, who also worked as a dialect coach, died in a hospital in Surrey on Tuesday, Jack’s agent Jill McCullough said in a statement. “Andrew lived […]
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Google launches India-specific website on COVID-19
Google on Tuesday rolled out an India-specific website on coronavirus that delivers comprehensive information about the pandemic, and how to stay productive during this time. The website — www.google.co.in/covid19 — contains information such as key helpline numbers, content about symptoms, protective measures, known treatments, and the latest global and Indian statistics. It […]
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The greatest T20I innings ever. Period
Virat Kohli walked out, his aura lagging a step or two behind. Virat Kohli then took strike, shuffled his helmet, fiddled around with his gloves, and looked around. He seemed to be counting the fielders, he was looking at his aura, hearing it being belted out from the stands, he […]
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Marriott reveals second data breach, 5.2 million guests affected
Marriott International Inc said on Tuesday information of about 5.2 million hotel guests was breached, the second such incident for the hotel operator in less than two years. It said the breached information, including contact details, loyalty account information and additional personal details such as gender and birthdays, may have […]
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Covid-19: Jos Buttler to auction his World Cup final shirt to raise funds
England wicket-keeper batsman Jos Buttler will be auctioning the shirt he wore during the 2019 World Cup finals against New Zealand to raise funds for two London-based hospitals to combat COVID-19. England had managed to defeat New Zealand in the finals of the 2019 50-over World Cup by the barest […]
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Apple acquires Dark Sky app, ends Android support
Apple Inc acquired popular mobile weather service Dark Sky to help bolster the Weather applications on its devices. The service, which has existed on the web and on iPhone and Android platforms, stood out from the competition by offering more specific data and notifications such as when it is about […]
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Secrecy and suspense over Tour de France’s fate
Less than three months before the Tour de France’s scheduled start, the possibility of cycling’s greatest show taking place remains shrouded in doubt, while the organisers have thrown up a wall of silence. The highlight of the French sporting calendar is due to embark from Nice on June 27 and […]
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Philip Anderson, Nobel laureate in physics, dies at 96
Philip Anderson, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist who expanded the world’s understanding of magnetism and superconductivity, has died. He was 96. Anderson died Sunday at the Princeton Windrows retirement community in Princeton, New Jersey, his daughter said. No cause was reported. He researched the electronic behavior of solid materials such as […]
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Zoom becomes most-downloaded Android app in India, dethrones WhatsApp, TikTok
There is no looking back for video conferencing app Zoom as the Silicon Valley-based Startup has now climbed to the top of charts on Google Play Store. The Zoom app is now the most-downloaded Android app in India amid coronavirus lockdown in India. Zoom has dethroned the many popular entertainment […]
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Sudden spurt in number of Covid-19 patients in Andhra Pradesh in 12 hours
Andhra Pradesh witnessed a massive rise in the number of Covid-19 positive cases in the last 12 hours. A health bulletin issued by the state government said as many as 43 positive cases were reported between 9 pm on Tuesday and 9 am on Wednesday, taking the overall number of positive cases […]
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Markaz leadership resisted, then NSA Ajit Doval dropped by at 2 am
When Maulana Saad, head of Nizamuddin Markaz, refused to yield to pleas from Delhi Police and security agencies to vacate the Banglewali Masjid, Home Minister Amit Shah requested National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval to get the job done. According to top home ministry officials, Doval reached around 2.00 am on March […]
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Lakers players all free of Covid-19 symptoms
Two weeks after news broke that a pair of Los Angeles Lakers players tested positive for COVID-19, the team revealed Tuesday that all players are symptom-free after a completing a 14-day period of home isolation. “All Lakers players are currently symptom-free of COVID-19. The team will continue to follow the […]
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‘A Talibani crime’: Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Tablighi Jammat’s Nizamuddin congregation
Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has called the Tablighi Jamaat’s international congregation at its headquarters in Delhi’s Nizamuddin, which was held between March 13 and 15, as nothing short of a “Taliban crime”, and also urged authorities to deal with it strictly. The meet has turned into a […]