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Covid Update: India records 14,506 new cases, 30 deaths in 24 hrs

India reported 14,506 new Covid-19 cases in a span of 24 hours, which is a substantial increase over the previous day's count of 11,793, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Affairs on Wednesday.

Jun 29, 2022

Covid-19: llamas can protect against all SARS viruses, including Omicron [Study]

Tiny, robust immune particles derived from the blood of a llama -- a domesticated South American camelid -- could provide strong protection against every Covid-19 variant, including Omicron, and 18 similar viruses including SARS-CoV-2 and SARS-CoV-1.

Jun 29, 2022

MVA countdown: Maha Guv orders CM Thackeray to prove majority on Thursday [details]

The Governor has convened a one-day Special Session of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Thursday with a single point agenda of a trust vote against Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray in view of the political upheavals along with legal, procedural issues witnessed in the past nine days.

Jun 29, 2022

Popular Telugu actress Meena's husband Vidyasagar passes away, he was 48

Vidyasagar, the husband of well-known Tamil actress Meena, passed away at a private hospital in the city on Tuesday night. He was 48.

Jun 29, 2022

K'taka sisters stripped & assaulted in their residence, police file complaint after 2 days

In a shocking incident, two sisters were stripped and assaulted in their residence in the outskirts of Bengaluru for not being able to repay their education loan.

Jun 29, 2022

Mission PSLV-C53/DS-EO: Countdown for Indian rocket mission begins at 5 pm today

The 25-hour countdown for the Thursday evening launch of Indian rocket Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) carrying three Singapore satellites will begin at 5 p.m. on Wednesday.

Jun 29, 2022

Pinterest appoints Bill Ready as new CEO

Photo-sharing social media platform Pinterest has announced that Ben Silbermann is stepping down as the current CEO and he will be replaced by Bill Ready.

Jun 29, 2022

India's first homegrown mRNA COVID vax gets DCGI nod; okay for emergency use in adults

The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) on Tuesday approved India's first indigenously developed mRNA vaccine against COVID-19 for restricted emergency use for adults.

Jun 29, 2022

Udaipur shocker: Internet services suspended across Raj; Section 144 clamped [details]

In the aftermath of the gruesome beheading of a tailor in Udaipur on Tuesday, the Rajasthan government has ordered suspension of internet services across the state for the next 24 hours.

Jun 29, 2022

Who is A S Rajan; senior IPS officer is now National Police Academy chief [details]

Senior IPS officer A S Rajan has been roped in for the post of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy (SVPNPA) director, an official order said.

Jun 28, 2022

BJP suffers embarrasment in K'taka; minister rakes up separate state demand [details]

In a major embarrasment to the BJP government in Karnataka, the Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Minister Umesh Katti's recent statements demanding a separate state for north Karnataka has reignited the debate over regional divide in the southern state.

Jun 28, 2022

E-commerce platforms not publishing negative ratings, reviews in India: Report

More than one in two (58 per cent) consumers complain that their negative product ratings and reviews are not being published by e-commerce platforms, a new report showed on Tuesday.

Jun 28, 2022

Stablecoins not stable, have 'no role' as money; warns top banker [details]

As cryptocurrencies get hammered in the economic meltdown, stablecoins -- whose value is pegged to another asset like a fiat currency or a commodity -- are also bad investments and are ill-suited as a form of money, Siddharth Tiwari, the Asia-Pacific head of the Bank of International Settlements (BIS), has said.

Jun 28, 2022

Diljit Dosanjh falls at feet of YouTuber Lilly Singh's mom at Toronto concert; pictures go viral [details]

Actor-singer Diljit Dosanjh recently hosted celebrity influencer and YouTuber Lilly Singh and her mother - Malwinder Singh at the Toronto concert of his 'Born To Shine World Tour'.

Jun 28, 2022

Farmers protest: K'taka farmers protest against RBI, demand change in loan policy

Demanding a change of loan policy and delinking CIBIL score for extending the agricultural loan, thousands of farmers staged a protest against the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in Bengaluru on Tuesday.

Jun 28, 2022