NDTV Live India

New Delhi:  Biocon chairperson Kiran Mazumdar Shaw on Sunday hit out at the government capping COVID-19 vaccine price at Rs 250 at private hospitals, saying vaccine companies "feel betrayed" as it is too low to sustain. Reacting to a report that the health ministry has fixed Rs 250 per shot at private hospitals and health centres, she tweeted" Covid Vaccine Jab Capped At Rs 250 At Private Hospitals: Government - understand vaccine cos feel betrayed as price is too low to sustain. If WHO has agreed to $3 per dose why beat them down to $2? We r crushing instead of incentivising vaccine industry https://t.co/Ts54RbyFJb — Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (@kiranshaw) February 28, 2021 The government's capping of the vaccine price at private hospitals comes at a time when India is preparing to vaccinate people aged above 60 years and those over 45 with co-morbidities from 1 March. The COVID-19 vaccine will be given free of cost at government hospitals, while people will need ...

New Delhi: The next phase of the COVID-19 vaccination drive for people above 60 years and those aged 45 and above with comorbidities will begin from 1 March and registration on the Co-WIN 2.0 portal will open at 9 am on Monday. Citizens will be able to register and book an appointment for vaccination, anytime and anywhere, using the Co-WIN 2.0 portal or through other IT applications such as Arogya Setu. Registration will open at 9 am on 1 March at www.cowin.gov.in , the ministry said. All citizens that are aged, or will attain the age of 60 or more as of 1 January, 2022 are eligible to register, in addition to all such citizens that are aged, or will attain the age of 45 to 59 years as of 1 January, 2022, and have any of the specified 20 comorbidities. This information was shared during the orientation workshop organised by the Union Health Ministry and the National Health Authority (NHA) for the 10,000 private hospitals under Ayushman Bharat PMJAY, more than 600 hospitals empan...

Aurangabad: In the wake of a rise in daily COVID-19 cases in Hingoli, the local administration has decided to impose curfew in the district from 1 to 7 March. A total of 46 new COVID-19 cases were found on Saturday in Hingoli, located in the state's Marathwada region, raising its tally to 4,083, as per official figures. Hingoli Collector Ruchesh Jayvanshi in an order issued on Saturday evening said the curfew will come into force from 7 am on Monday and continue till March 7 midnight. Schools, colleges, religious places and function halls shall remain closed during the period, while banks will operate only for administrative work, said the order. Bank officials are instructed to carry their identity cards while travelling to their workplace, it said. Milk shops will be allowed to operate from 9 am to 5 pm. Medical stores are also permitted to remain open during the curfew period, said the order. Government offices will continue to work, it said. The administration has also ...

Mumbai: Maharashtra minister Sanjay Rathod, facing flak from the opposition BJP after being linked to a woman's death, resigned from the state cabinet on Sunday. Rathod made the announcement after submitting his resignation to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, who is also the president of his Shiv Sena party. "There has been a lot of dirty politics over the issue of the woman's death," Rathod told reporters, adding he has quit the ministry so that the truth can come out. Rathod, who holds the forest portfolio, was facing allegations of complicity in the death of Puja Chavan (23), a resident of Beed district, who was found dead in Pune on 8 February, apparently after falling off from the building in which she lived. Talking to reporters after meeting the chief minister at his official residence Varsha, Rathod said he had resigned to facilitate a free and fair probe. "Attempts were made to tarnish my image and destroy the reputation I had built after 30 years ...

Any disease that affects a small percentage of the population is a rare disease. In many parts of the world, they also go by the term 'orphan disease’, for the lack of a market large enough to capture the support and resources needed to develop treatments for them. Most rare diseases are genetic, and present throughout a person's lifetime, even if symptoms do not immediately appear. Many rare diseases appear early on in life, and about 30 percent of children with rare diseases will die before reaching their fifth birthday. The number of people in the world living with a rare disease is estimated to be between 300 and 350 million. This figure has often been used by the rare disease community to highlight that while individual diseases – though rare – add up to a huge population of people with rare diseases. With its sizeable population, India has an increased frequency of rare diseases when compared to the rest of the worl...

Delhi Transport Department has made it mandatory for all vehicle owners in the national capital to install the high security registration plate (HSRP) on your vehicle. Car owners can apply for one by logging on to bookmyhsrp.com. Violators can be fined up to Rs. 10,000. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/2ZVvPPN

In the Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) first mission of the year, the country's polar rocket on Sunday successfully launched Brazilian satellite Amazonia-1 and 18 other satellites from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota. The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C51 lifted off at around 10.24 am from the first launch pad of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre and injected into orbit primary payload Amazonia-1 about 17 minutes later. Primary satellite #Amazonia1 successfully separated from #PSLVC51 . Join us again at 1210 hrs IST for witnessing the separation of co-passenger satellites ISRO Website : https://t.co/bwLKodEjCL Youtube: https://t.co/XlVvZaENl5 Facebook: https://t.co/MYy1DZUA7e — ISRO (@isro) February 28, 2021 After a gap of over one-and-half hours, the co-passenger satellites, including one from Chennai- based Space Kidz India (SKI), which is engraved with a picture of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, were launched one a...

There are three ways to check prepaid balance for a Vi prepaid account. The first is through the Vi app, the second one is by dialing *199#, and the third one allows users to chat with the company on WhatsApp. Check out the detailed steps on how to check Vi balance, plan, and validity. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/3pXfdSB

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has allowed holding of operas and shows in open air theatres subject to a ceiling of 2,000 persons, in its March guideline issued to contain the spread of COVID-19 in the state. The government has also allowed social congregations on the occasion of marriage and funeral with a maximum of 500 persons with adherence to the COVID-19 safety measures. The local authorities will verify whether the COVID safety measures are being followed. Seeking permission of the local authorities will be mandatory for organizers to hold marriage, large gatherings, social, and religious functions and jatra shows, the order issued by the Special Relief Commissioner said. Also, District Collectors and Municipal Commissionerswere directed to demarcate the containment zones in accordance with the guidelines of MoHFW, Government of India and H&FW Department of the Government of Odisha. The SRC office issued the detailed guidelines for the month of March where it is men...

New Delhi: Underlining the importance of collective responsibility towards water conservation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday called for a 100-day campaign to clean up all water bodies and prepare them for rain water harvesting before the monsoon season starts. In his monthly 'Mann Ki Baat' broadcast, Modi said water has been crucial for the development of humankind for centuries. "We have to understand our collective responsibility towards water conservation," he said. The prime minister also said that when people feel proud of indigenous products then Aatmanirbhar Bharat does not just remain an economic programme but becomes a national spirit. Noting that monsoon will begin in many parts of the country by around May-June, the prime minister asked whether there can be a 100-day public campaign to clean up all nearby water bodies and prepare those for rain water conservation. In this regard, the Union Jal Shakti Ministry is also launching "Catch the...

Srinagar: The son of the owner of popular eatery Krishna Dhaba, who was shot at by terrorists on 17 February, died at a hospital in Srinagar on Sunday, officials said. Akash Mehra was undergoing treatment at the SMHS Hospital for the past 10 days. Mehra succumbed to his injuries in the early hours of Sunday, the officials said. He was shot at by terrorists from a close range and critically wounded, the police had said. The Muslim Janbaz Force, a terror outfit that was active in the early 1990s, had claimed responsibility for the attack. Krishna Dhaba, which is famous for serving vegetarian food, is located in Durganag, a high-security area of the city. Several high-profile installations like the office of UN Military Observers Group for India and Pakistan and the residence of the Jammu and Kashmir chief justice are located within 200 metres of the food joint. The police have arrested three persons allegedly owing allegiance to a shadow terror outfit of the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba...

There are three ways to check prepaid balance on Airtel. The first is through the MyAirtel app, the second one is through the web, and the last is by dialing *121*13# - read on for detailed instructions. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/37S3G0o

Deep Nostalgia uses AI to apply facial animations to still portraits, giving you a Harry Potter effect and bringing historical figures to life from Gadgets 360

New Delhi: India's COVID-19 tally climbed to 1,10,96,731 on Sunday with 16,752 new infections, the highest in the last 30 days, according to Union health ministry data. The death toll mounted to 1,57,051 with 113 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed. The country had recorded 18,855 new infections on 29 January. The active caseload further increased to 1,64,511. It constitutes 1.48 percent of the total infections, the data stated. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,07,75,169, which translates to a national COVID-19 recovery rate of 97.10 percent. The case fatality rate stands at 1.42 percent. India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16. It went past 60 lakh on September, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19. According to the Indian Council of Me...

Deep Nostalgia uses AI to apply facial animations to still portraits, giving you a Harry Potter effect and bringing historical figures to life from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/2P8wH1p

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Saturday said that a week-long home isolation will be mandatory for people coming to the state by plane or train from five high-risk states, modifying its previous order of imposing the precautionary measures to those arriving from 12 states. The five high-risk states are Maharashtra, Kerala, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, Additional Chief Secretary, Health and Family Welfare, PK Mohapatra said. In a partial modification to the instructions issued on Friday to district authorities and others, Mohapatra clarified that at present the measure may be limited to passengers coming from five high-risk states instead of 12 states named earlier. In its order on Friday, the state government had made seven-day home isolation mandatory also for the people coming from Tamil Nadu, Telangana, West Bengal, Delhi, Chandigarh, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh to Odisha. Mohapatra said that the government may later include other states in the category of hi...

Ghaziabad: Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait will be touring five states in March to drum up support for the ongoing farmers' protest against Centre's new agriculture laws, a Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) office-bearer said on Saturday. Tikait, the national spokesperson of the BKU and a prominent face of the farmers' protest, will begin the tour from 1 March, the office-bearer said. "Farmers' meetings will be held in Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and Telangana, while two meetings will also be held in Uttar Pradesh in March," BKU media in-charge Dharmendra Malik said. Two meetings will be held in Rajasthan and three in Madhya Pradesh. The last three meetings will be held on 20, 21 and 22 March in Karnataka, Malik said. "One event is scheduled on 6 March in Telangana, but we have not got permission for it yet due to some election in the state. If permission is granted, the meeting in Telangana will be held as per schedule," he told PTI...

Godzilla vs. Kong, Justice League Snyder Cut, The Flash season 7, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, The Married Woman, Teddy, Pagglait, Bombay Begums, Bombay Rose, Raya and the Last Dragon, Cherry, Moxie, Invincible, DOTA: Dragon's Blood — the biggest movies and series in March 2021 on Netflix, Disney+ Hotstar, Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, YouTube, Colors Infinity,... from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/3q1y5jg

The 2021 Golden Globes are taking place on Monday, 6.30am IST, to honour some of the best movies and television shows of the year. Unlike previous editions, this year’s ceremony — the 78th Golden Globes Awards — will be held virtually. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/3uGZNVV

The 2021 Golden Globes are taking place on Monday, 6.30am IST, to honour some of the best movies and television shows of the year. Unlike previous editions, this year’s ceremony — the 78th Golden Globes Awards — will be held virtually. from Gadgets 360

Moto Watch, Moto Watch One, and Moto G Smartwatch have surfaced online as the next-generation Motorola smartwatches. While the Moto Watch One and the Moto G could feature a circular display, the Moto Watch appears to have a square design. from Gadgets 360

Pune: The written examinations of HSC (Class 12) and SSC (Class 10) conducted by the Maharashtra education board will be held between 23 April and 21 May this year, an official said on Saturday. While the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) exam will be conducted between 23 April and 21 May, the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) exam will be held between 29 April and 20 May, Ashok Bhosale, secretary of the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) said. These board exams are usually held in February and March, but this year their schedule has been changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. "We had announced the proposed dates of the examinations on 16 February and invited suggestions from the stakeholders. After due consultation with them, we have fixed this final schedule of the exams," Bhosale said. from Firstpost India Latest News https://ift.tt/3sBQ1CT

Moto Watch, Moto Watch One, and Moto G Smartwatch have surfaced online as the next-generation Motorola smartwatches. While the Moto Watch One and the Moto G could feature a circular display, the Moto Watch appears to have a square design. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/3uwDnqx

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay has released the answer keys and question papers of the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE 2021). Students who have appeared in the exam can download the provisional answer key from the official site — gate.iitb.ac.in. IIT Bombay will allow candidates to raise objections against the answer keys from 2 to 4 March, however, they will be required to submit a detailed description and proof in support of their claim. Students can raise an objection by paying a fee of Rs 500 per question . The committee will release the final GATE 2021 answer keys after evaluating the raised objections by 18 March. IIT Bombay will release the GATE 2021 result on 22 March on the official website. Candidates can access the result using GATE registration ID/email address/enrolment ID and password. Here’s the direct link to raise objections: appsgate.iitb.ac.in The GATE 2021 was be conducted on 6, 7, 12, 13 and 14 February in two shifts — from 9.30 am to...

New Delhi:  A charred body was recovered after a fire broke out at a factory in North Delhi's Pratap Nagar area in the early hours of Saturday, a Delhi Fire Service official said. One of the firemen suffered minor injury on his finger during the fire-fighting operation but was given first aid at the spot, the official said. A call about the blaze was received at around 3.47 am and 18 fire tenders were pressed into service, he said. Later, 10 more fire tenders were rushed to the spot and the flames were doused while the cooling process is under way, he added. The fire broke out on the first floor of the factory and spread to the second floor. Plastic and nail polish materials stored in the factory caught fire and a charred body was recovered from the first floor, said Atul Garg, Director, Delhi Fire Service. The cause of the blaze is being ascertained, he said. from Firstpost India Latest News https://ift.tt/3bHt764

Facebook’s New Product Experimentation (NPE) team has introduced a new app called BARS can be used to create professional-style raps. The new app competes with TikTok, which has been a known platform for creating raps. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/3r1Xzya

Facebook’s New Product Experimentation (NPE) team has introduced a new app called BARS can be used to create professional-style raps. The new app competes with TikTok, which has been a known platform for creating raps. from Gadgets 360

Pune: The written examinations of HSC (Class 12) and SSC (Class 10) conducted by the Maharashtra education board will be held between 23 April and 21 May this year, an official said on Saturday. While the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) exam will be conducted between 23 April and 21 May, the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) exam will be held between 29 April and 20 May, Ashok Bhosale, secretary of the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) said. These board exams are usually held in February and March, but this year their schedule has been changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. "We had announced the proposed dates of the examinations on 16 February and invited suggestions from the stakeholders. After due consultation with them, we have fixed this final schedule of the exams," Bhosale said. from Firstpost India Latest News https://ift.tt/2MtlebO

The Reserve bank of India (RBI) Grade B Officer Admit Card 2021 is out. The hall tickets are released for the recruitment examination of the officers in grade 'B' General, Department of Economic and Policy Research (DEPR) and Department of Statistics and Information Management (DSIM). The candidates can download the admit card through the official website rbi.org.in. Reserve bank of India has scheduled the recruitment examination from 6 March. The online examination for the post of grade B (general) will be conducted from 6 March to 1 April. For the posts of grade B (DEPR), (DSIM), the examination is set to be held on 31 March. All candidates must carry a ball-point pen to the examination centre. Candidates will be given a sheet for rough work. The sheet can also be used to write the question number that candidates would want to review at last before submitting the answers. As soon as the test is over, candidates will be required to drop the rough paper, admit card and a ph...

Guru Ravidas Jayanti will be celebrated today, 27 February, in several parts of India, especially in the northern region, including Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh. The year 2021 marks the 644th birth anniversary of Guru Ravidas, a saint who contributed immensely to the Bhakti movement. Guru Ravidas founded the Ravidassia sect and the followers celebrate his birth anniversary with pomp and gaiety. Born in the 14th century in Uttar Pradesh's Seer Goverdhanpur, Guru Ravidas was a venerated figure among his followers. He was credited with showing the path of equality by vehemently opposing the caste system. His birthplace is now a major place of pilgrimage for his followers today. Guru Ravidas was also among the very first people to fight for universal human rights . His poems often reflected his anti-caste views. Devotional verses written by Guru Ravidas were included in Sikh scriptures. Nearly 40 poems authored by Guru Ravidas became part of Adi Granth, the ho...

New Delhi: India registered a single-day spike of over 16,000 COVID-19 cases for the third day in a row on Saturday, pushing the infection tally to 1,10,79,979, said the Union health ministry on Saturday. A total of 16,488 novel coronavirus cases were reported in a day, while the toll increased to 1,56,938 with 113 new fatalities, showed the data updated at 8 am on Saturday. The active case count has further increased to 1,59,590, which comprises 1.44 percent of the total infections, the data stated. The number of recoveries reached 1,07,63,451, taking the national COVID-19 recovery rate to 97.14 percent and the case fatality rate stands at 1.42 percent. A total of 16,577 new COVID-19 cases were reported in India on Friday, while 16,738 fresh infections were registered in the country on Thursday. India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on 7 August, 30 lakh on 23 August, 40 lakh on 5 September and 50 lakh on 16 September. It went past 60 lakh on 28 September,...

Facebook has agreed to pay $650 million to settle a privacy lawsuit in the US over allegedly using photo face-tagging and other biometric data without the permission of its users. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/389JwPZ

Britain has announced a fast-track visa scheme for jobs at fintech firms after a government-backed review warned that financial technology firms will struggle with Brexit and tougher competition for global talent. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/37PRDB2

Facebook has agreed to pay $650 million to settle a privacy lawsuit in the US over allegedly using photo face-tagging and other biometric data without the permission of its users. from Gadgets 360

Britain has announced a fast-track visa scheme for jobs at fintech firms after a government-backed review warned that financial technology firms will struggle with Brexit and tougher competition for global talent. from Gadgets 360

New Delhi: Everyone on election duty for the upcoming polls for five Assemblies will be vaccinated against COVID-19 before polling day, the Election Commission said on Friday. Voting will take place for 126 seats in Assam, 234 in Tamil Nadu, 294 in West Bengal, 140 in Kerala and 30 in Puducherry. Nearly 18.68 crore electors will be eligible to vote at 2.7 lakh polling stations for 824 seats in five Assembly elections, Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora said at a press conference in Delhi. Arrangements will be put in place for candidates to file their nominations online for the five Assembly polls. Voting will be allowed for an additional hour, keeping in mind COVID-19 safety guidelines, he said. Also, webcasting arrangements will be in place at polling stations in critical and vulnerable areas, while adequate Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) deployment will be ensured for the assembly polls, Arora said. All critical and vulnerable areas have been identified and advance team...

Mumbai: Aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Friday extended the suspension of international commercial passenger flight services till 31 March. Scheduled international flight operations were suspended from 23 March last year in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. "In partial modification of circular dated 26 June, 2020, the competent authority has further extended the validity regarding scheduled international commercial passenger services to and from India till 23.59 pm IST of 31 March, 2021," the DGCA said in a circular. However, international scheduled flights may be allowed on select routes by the competent authority on case-to-case basis, it said. The restriction will not apply to cargo flights and flights specifically approved by DGCA, the circular added. Amid the suspension, special international flights have been allowed under the Vande Bharat Mission since May last year and under bilateral "air bubble" arra...

Critics have come down hard on a set of new rules announced by the government that could force social media and online streaming platforms to remove content it deems objectionable. Tech companies will also have to disclose the origin of a "mischievous tweet or message" if asked by a court or the government. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/3uCel9l

Apple is being investigated by Dutch competition authorities for a requirement that developers use its payment system, which charges commissions of between 15 and 30 percent. The year-long investigation by the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets, or ACM, is now close to a draft decision. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/2ZRSUD4

Critics have come down hard on a set of new rules announced by the government that could force social media and online streaming platforms to remove content it deems objectionable. Tech companies will also have to disclose the origin of a "mischievous tweet or message" if asked by a court or the government. from Gadgets 360

Apple is being investigated by Dutch competition authorities for a requirement that developers use its payment system, which charges commissions of between 15 and 30 percent. The year-long investigation by the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets, or ACM, is now close to a draft decision. from Gadgets 360

Washington: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will receive the CERAWeek global energy and environment leadership award during an annual international energy conference next week. The prime minister will also deliver the keynote address at the CERAWeek Conference-2021, which will be held virtually from 1 to 5 March, its organiser, IHS Markit, said on Friday. Prominent speakers at the conference include US special presidential envoy for climate John Kerry, Co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and founder of Breakthrough Energy Bill Gates and president and CEO, Saudi Aramco, Amin Nasser. "We look forward to Prime Minister Modi's perspectives on the role of the world's largest democracy and are pleased to honour him with the CERAWeek Global Energy and Environment Leadership Award for his commitment to expanding India's leadership in sustainable development to meet the country's, and the world's, future energy needs," IHS Markit vice chairman and th...

New Delhi: India's coast guard has found a boat adrift in the Andaman Sea carrying scores of Rohingya refugees, including eight who had died, officials said Thursday. The boat left Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh on 11 February with 90 people, including 23 children, on board and its engine failed on 15 February, Indian External Affairs Ministry spokesman Anurag Srivastava said. He said the coast guard found 81 people alive on the boat and provided them with food, water and medical care. One refugee was missing, he said. Two Indian coast guard ships were sent to help the refugees, and the Indian government is in discussions with Bangladesh to ensure their safe return, Srivastava said. He said 47 of the passengers possessed identity cards from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees issued in Bangladesh stating they are displaced Myanmar nationals. More than 1 million Rohingya who fled an army crackdown in Myanmar are living in crowded refugee camps in Bangladesh. Human traffickers...

Assembly Election Dates Announcement: The Election Commission is expected to announce the schedule of upcoming Assembly elections in five states at 4.30 pm on Friday, News18 reported. EC to announce poll dates of 5 states today at 4.30pm — Marya Shakil (@maryashakil) February 26, 2021 Earlier on Wednesday, the poll panel held a meeting to finalise the dates for the poll-bound states — West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala — and Union Territory Puducherry. Moreover, Deputy Election Commissioner Sudip Jain, who is also the in-charge of West Bengal, will be travelling to Kolkata on Friday to take note of the preparedness and updates. During his visit, Jain will hold a series of meetings with district magistrates and police superintendents. He would also seek a detailed plan from each of the district administration about deployment of central forces, reported The New Indian Express . Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Election Commission is likely to hold elections in West Ben...

The Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh has released an official notification for the recruitment of candidates for the post of Senior Residents (non-academic) in different specialities. Candidates who are eligible for the posts can visit the official site of PGIMER at pgimer.edu.in and check out the notification for all the details. The application form can be also downloaded from the site. The notice , released on 24 February, specified that the job openings are on contract basis work for one year and the candidates who are shortlisted for the posts will be responsible for running the temporary OPD of PGIMER Satellite Centre in Sangrur, Punjab. Candidates must take note that the recruitment will be done on the basis of a walk-in-interview. The interview will take place on 8 March from 2.30 pm onwards. The report added that candidates will have to submit/bring certain documents to the interview. All the applicants must bring their bio-da...

The Board of Secondary Education, Rajasthan (RBSE) has announced the exam dates for the Class 10 and Class 12 board exams this year. RBSE will be conducting the secondary and higher secondary exams at various centres from 6 May onwards and candidates set to appear in the board exams in 2021 are advised to visit the official website of the board to check the time table. As per the exam schedule available at rajeduboard.rajasthan.gov.in , the RBSE Class 10 exam will go on till 27 May, whereas the last Class 12 exam will be on 29 May. While the first exam for Class 10 students would be English, Class 12 candidates will have to appear for Philosophy and Environmental Science as their first board exam. The board delayed the exams by two months in view of the coronavirus pandemic. Usually, the board exams are held in the month of March. Board officials stated that RBSE will follow the COVID-19 guidelines set up by the state government during the board exams, if the situation demands the n...

RedmiBook Pro 14 and RedmiBook Pro 15 have been launched in China, alongside the Redmi K40 series. Xiaomi has also launched Redmi AirDots 3 true wireless stereo (TWS) earbuds. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/37LfhhS

TikTok's Chinese parent company ByteDance has agreed to pay $92 million (roughly Rs. 670 crore) in a settlement to US users who are part of a class-action lawsuit alleging that the video-sharing app failed to get their consent to collect data in violation of a strict Illinois privacy law. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/3kmpkz6

Redmi K40 launched in China on February 25 and a new report suggests that it could launch globally as a Poco phone. A phone with model number M2012K11AG spotted on IMDA with Poco branding is believed to be the Redmi K40. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/2ZSXHUU

RedmiBook Pro 14 and RedmiBook Pro 15 have been launched in China, alongside the Redmi K40 series. Xiaomi has also launched Redmi AirDots 3 true wireless stereo (TWS) earbuds. from Gadgets 360

TikTok's Chinese parent company ByteDance has agreed to pay $92 million (roughly Rs. 670 crore) in a settlement to US users who are part of a class-action lawsuit alleging that the video-sharing app failed to get their consent to collect data in violation of a strict Illinois privacy law. from Gadgets 360

Redmi K40 launched in China on February 25 and a new report suggests that it could launch globally as a Poco phone. A phone with model number M2012K11AG spotted on IMDA with Poco branding is believed to be the Redmi K40. from Gadgets 360

Microsoft’s failure to fix known problems with its cloud software facilitated the massive SolarWinds hack that compromised at least nine federal government agencies, according to security experts and the office of US Senator Ron Wyden. from Gadgets 360

Mumbai : Equity benchmark Sensex tanked over 1,000 points in the opening session on Friday tracking losses in index majors ICICI Bank, HDFC twins and Reliance Industries amid a negative trend in global markets. After touching a low of 49,950.75, the 30-share BSE index was trading 927.21 points or 1.82 percent lower at 50,112.10. Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty was quoting 270.40 points or 1.79 percent down at 14,826.95. IndusInd Bank was the top loser in the Sensex pack, shedding around 3 per cent, followed by ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, HDFC, M&M, SBI, HDFC Bank, Reliance Industries and Tech Mahindra. On the other hand, Nestle India, Maruti, HUL and Bharti Airtel were among the gainers. In the previous session, Sensex spurted 257.62 points or 0.51 percent to finish at 51,039.31, and Nifty climbed 115.35 points or 0.77 percent to 15,097.35. Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) were net buyers in the capital market as they purchased shares worth Rs 188.08 crore on Thursday, a...

The Centre on Wednesday announced that people over 60 years and those above 45 with comorbidities can get COVID-19 vaccine from 1 March even as it cautioned states and Union Territories that any laxity in implementing stringent curbs, especially in view of new virus strain observed in certain countries, could "compound the situation". A decision on the next phase of COVID-19 vaccination was taken at a meeting of the Union Cabinet under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Private hospitals to administer shots in 2nd phase "The second phase of the world's largest vaccination drive will start from Monday in which anybody above 60 years, that may not be less than 10 crore people in the country, and 45 years plus with co-morbidities will be given vaccines in 10,000 government medical facilities and also over 20,000 private hospitals," Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar told a media briefing. The second phase of the vaccination wi...

Microsoft’s failure to fix known problems with its cloud software facilitated the massive SolarWinds hack that compromised at least nine federal government agencies, according to security experts and the office of US Senator Ron Wyden. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/3aXFN9X

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the electric vehicle company's Fremont, California, US plant shut down for two days this week due to "parts shortages" and had reopened on Wednesday. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/2ZQnnkO

Facebook is not backing down in its fight with Apple over a new privacy feature that could curb tracking needed for the social network's targeted advertisements, launching a major media campaign to defend a practice that is a big revenue generator. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/2ZPHS11

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the electric vehicle company's Fremont, California, US plant shut down for two days this week due to "parts shortages" and had reopened on Wednesday. from Gadgets 360

Facebook is not backing down in its fight with Apple over a new privacy feature that could curb tracking needed for the social network's targeted advertisements, launching a major media campaign to defend a practice that is a big revenue generator. from Gadgets 360

Twitter said it plans to offer a subscription service in which users would pay for special content from high-profile accounts, part of an economic model to diversify its revenue. from Gadgets 360

Jammu: IIT Jammu and the Higher Education Department have signed an agreement to pave the way for improving the state of higher education in Jammu and Kashmir. It was signed at a meeting chaired by IIT Jammu Director Manoj Singh Gaur and Talat Parvez Rohella, commissioner secretary, Department of Higher Education. The IIT is prepared to share the state-of-art research resources and infrastructure with the educational institutions in order to enhance the quality of research in the region, they said. The experts from IIT Jammu will enhance the knowledge base of the faculty and students on several fronts, including machine learning, big data, cloud computing. The agreement is set to pave the way for improving the state of higher education in the UT, they added. The scope of the agreement includes academic, research, administrative, and consultancy collaborations. They have agreed to work together on improving faculty excellence in degree colleges, faculty development programmes in ...

Twitter said it plans to offer a subscription service in which users would pay for special content from high-profile accounts, part of an economic model to diversify its revenue. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/2P2UzDB

Facebook ended a one-week blackout of Australian news on its popular social media site and announced preliminary commercial agreements with three small local publishers. from Gadgets 360 https://ift.tt/3dL4JTF

Facebook ended a one-week blackout of Australian news on its popular social media site and announced preliminary commercial agreements with three small local publishers. from Gadgets 360

New Delhi: The All India Transporters Welfare Association (AITWA), one of the foremost apex bodies of India's Road Transport Sector, has extended support to Bharat Bandh call by The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) on 26 February against Goods and Services Tax (GST) and hold Chakka Jam , or road blockade, on the same day. "All state level-transport associations have confirmed their support to AITWA in this one-day non-operation of transport in protest of the fuel price hike and scrapping of new E-way bill laws introduced by Government of India. The nature of the movement is to reject booking and movement of all E-Way Bill oriented goods for one day. All transport companies are asked to park their vehicles between 6 am to 8 pm as a symbolic protest. All transport godowns will display the protest banners. All customers will be approached by transport companies not to book or load any goods on February 26, 2021," said Mahendra Arya, National President AITWA. Tran...

Spider-Man: No Way Home — that's the official title for the upcoming Spider-Man 3, star Tom Holland has revealed in an Instagram video. from Gadgets 360

FAU-G will soon get Team Deathmatch mode, Bollywood actor and promoter of the game Akshay Kumar announced on Twitter. Team Deathmatch will bring some multiplayer content to the game. from Gadgets 360

Redmi K40 series will be launched along with a slew of gaming accessories as well. One of the items includes add-on shoulder buttons for better gaming experience. The company says that their position can be adjusted based on user comfort and their functions can be mapped to preference as well. from Gadgets 360

Nvidia forecast better-than-expected fiscal first-quarter revenue, with its flagship gaming chips expected to remain in tight supply for the next several months. from Gadgets 360

With one legislation outlawing manual scavenging eight years ago and another in the pipeline , one would think that the inhuman practice having its roots in India's feudal past was behind us. But tragic incidents such as the recent suicide of a sweeper in Karnataka serve as jarring reminders that India's legislative and policy efforts to end manual scavenging have achieved little on the ground. Narayana, a 37-year-old who worked for the Maddur Town Municipal Corporation as a sweeper, died by suicide on Tuesday after alleged harassment from officials, who had earlier forced him into a manual scavenging job and were facing an enquiry for the same. Because it was a suicide and not a result of poisoning or drowning during cleaning -- a well-documented occupational hazard -- Narayana's death may not add to the official numbers, which are grossly underreported by the government's own admission. But it underscores the predominance of the dehumanising practice which is still...