India may in the end surpass US Covid tally

India may in the end surpass US Covid tally

The US has more than 20 lakh Covid-19 confirmed cases, and it is the only country, which has recorded the highest daily growth of positive cases so far. June is proving to be the worst month for India, in its fight against Covid-19, as a threatening trend of over 10,000 Coronavirus cases has set in. […]

India, China continue de-escalation talks in eastern Ladakh

India, China continue de-escalation talks in eastern Ladakh

Military-level talks between India and China continued for de-escalation in the Galwan region of eastern Ladakh on Friday with top army commanders from both sides meeting to resolve the face-off. The fifth round of military-level talks took place even as the troop build-up continued on both sides, days after a slight retreat by both armies […]

Indian sleuths hotly pursue ‘cocaine trail’ linked to Colombian cartels

Indian sleuths hotly pursue ‘cocaine trail’ linked to Colombian cartels

 Top Indian smuggling cartels linked with Colombian drug kingpins are being hotly pursued by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) following specific inputs of international agencies including the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). “Crime syndicates run by Indian expatriates in Canada are the major go-betweens between foreign drug kingpins and Indian smugglers. After the recent seizure […]

The many lives of Ruskin Bond

The many lives of Ruskin Bond

 He starts with a pause. There is a window that lives on the wall of his writing room. He looks out often to take in the mist enveloped mountains of Garhwal embracing Landour. For decades, this setting has remained unchanged for writer Ruskin Bond, who recently celebrated his 86th birthday. Of course, he does miss […]

Facebook content moderators make 3 lakh blunders a day

Facebook content moderators make 3 lakh blunders a day

Tasked with reviewing about three million posts a day, Facebook moderators make about three lakh mistakes in 24 hours in deciding what should stay online and what should be taken down, said a new report. At present, about 15,000 workers police Facebook’s main platform and its Instagram subsidiary, said the report from New York University’s […]

NZ returns to new normal after last COVID-19 patient’s recovery

NZ returns to new normal after last COVID-19 patient’s recovery

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced on Monday that the country would return to near-normality after the recovery of its last coronavirus patient and a total relaxation of social restrictions. On Monday midnight, the country will move to alert level 1 (level 4 being total lockdown), removing almost all restrictions previously enforced to control […]

Snapchat says won’t promote Trump account on its platform

Snapchat says won’t promote Trump account on its platform

Photo-messaging app Snapchat has decided not to promote US President Donald Trump’s account on its Discover page of curated content, Axios reported on Wednesday. What makes the Snapchat decision significant is that Trump posted or tweeted controversial content on Twitter and Facebook and not Snapchat. “We are not currently promoting the President’s content on Snapchat’s […]

Pak’s 1st female Sikh journo nominated for UK award

Pak’s 1st female Sikh journo nominated for UK award

Pakistan’s first Sikh female journalist, Manmeet Kaur, has been nominated for a prestigious award in the UK, the media reported. Manmeet Kaur, 25, has been selected as one of the 100 most influential Sikh personalities under 30 years of age around the world by the UK based ‘The Sikh Group’. The Sikh Group is a […]

Chuck Robbins postpones flagship Cisco Live, donates $5mn to fight racism

Chuck Robbins postpones flagship Cisco Live, donates $5mn to fight racism

Expressing solidarity with protests against the death of African-American George Floyd, global networking major Cisco on Tuesday announced to postpone its flagship virtual event Cisco Live, along with donating $5 million to NGOs focused on fighting racism. Delaying Cisco Live that was slated to start from Tuesday with over 60,000 registrations, Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins […]

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