The Polish government said that it will reintroduce a full nationwide lockdown from Saturday onwards in the wake of a resurgence of new coronavirus cases. In the last 24 hours, a total of 25,052 additional people tested positive for the virus, the highest since November 7, 2020, when 27,875 new cases were confirmed in a […]
Telugu actor Adivi Sesh is currently shooting for the bilingual film “Major”, a film inspired by the life of 26/11 martyr Sandeep Unnikrishnan. The film, being made in Hindi and Telugu, will mark the actor’s entry in the Hindi speaking market. Adivi tells you its is a pan-Indian film in true sense. “You always hope […]
Ever since leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal put in a man-of-the-match performance as a concussion substitute for Ravindra Jadeja, picking three for 25 in the first T20 International against Australia in December, 2020, things have gone downhill for him. He has conceded over 10 runs an over in four of the five subsequent T20 matches India have […]
The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh had last year transferred Rs 56,000 crore directly into bank accounts of beneficiaries of various schemes being run by the central and state government. A government spokesperson said that due to the direct bank transfers (DBT), the government had saved more than Rs 4,402.05 crore in a single […]
“Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar” producer-director Dibakar Banerjee says he was “adamant” to have actor Jaideep Ahlawat in the film. Jaideep plays the role of a corrupt, dark, evil cop in the storyline. “I remember fighting a tough fight with my producing partner on the film. I was absolutely adamant on casting Jaideep in that role […]
Samsung Display said on Tuesday that it targets to expand its presence in the gaming display market with its OLED panels for smartphones. Samsung Display said its 6.78-inch OLED panel is used in Asus’ Republic of Gamers (ROG) Phone 5 launched last week, and it aims to sell more OLED displays to those who make […]
Facebook and News Corp have announced a three-year agreement to provide access to trusted news and information to millions of the social network users in Australia through its Facebook News product. Facebook last month banned users in Australia from accessing news on its platform, in response to the new media bargaining code that asks tech […]
Taking its war against billionaire Jack Ma’s empire to a new level, the Chinese government has reportedly asked his conglomerate Alibaba to dispose of its media assets. According to a The Wall Street Journal report citing people familiar with the matter, Chinese officials are more “concerned about the technology giant’s sway over public opinion in […]
Older adults with the eye disease retinopathy are at increased risk of having a stroke, as well as dementia, a new study suggests. The study, to be presented at the International Stroke Conference 2021, indicated that compared with participants not diagnosed with retinopathy, those with retinopathy were more than twice as likely to have a […]
The European Commission announced that the transparency and authorisation mechanism for the exports of Covid-19 vaccines out of the European Union (EU) has been extended until June end. The extension was announced on Thursday following “persistent delays in some of the deliveries of vaccines to the EU”, Xinhua news agency reported citing the Commission as […]