The Story Behind the Galaxy Z Fold2’s Multifaceted Design

If the concept of ‘ability’ is about having the capacity to accomplish something, ‘attitude’ is the mindset that makes that accomplishment a reality. When it comes down to it, the attitude of the Galaxy Z Fold2 can be summed up as a combination of three elements: determination (to redefine what smartphone users can do with … Read more

Commerce Minister says country’s Exports and Imports are showing positive trends

Goyal has been holding a series of discussions with the EPCs, particularly since the lockdown. The Commerce Secretary Dr Anup Wadhawan, DGFT Amit Yadav and other senior officers of the Ministry were present in the meeting. In his opening remarks, the Minister said that the country’s exports as well as imports are showing positive trends. The … Read more

List of Coal Mines for sale of coal amended

The auction process for coal mines for commercial mining was launched on June 18, 2020. Following revisions have been made by the Coal Ministry in the list of coal mines offered in the process of opening up of coal sector and introduction of coal mining: Addition of Dolesara, Jarekela and Jharpalam-Tangarghat Coal Mines to the 1st Tranche of … Read more

EESL to procure 250 Electric Vehicles from TATA Motors Limited & Hyundai Motor India Ltd

Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), a Super Energy Service Company (ESCO) under the administrative control of Ministry of Power, Government of India, will procure 250 electric vehicles from Tata Motors and Hyundai Motor India. The companies were selected through an international competitive bidding process, which was aimed at increased participation. Tata Motors Limited and Hyundai … Read more

India witnesses an Unprecedented Surge in Daily Testing

Continuing the spree of conducting more than 10 lakh tests per day from the last two days, India has witnessed an unprecedented surge in daily testing today. Over 11.7 lakh (11,72,179) tests were done in the last 24 hours. With this achievement, the cumulative tests are more than 4.5 crore (4,55,09,380). This demonstrates an exponential … Read more

Arjun Munda inaugurates ‘2 Days’ National Tribal Research Conclave’ being held virtually

Union Minister for Tribal Affairs Shri Arjun Munda has said that the Ministry of Tribal affairs is funding  26 Tribal Research Institutes (TRIs) for research under Grant to TRIs and is engaged in quality research in collaboration with reputed Government and Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) spread over the country. National Institute for Tribal research is being set up in … Read more

CCI approves incremental acquisition by SABIC International Holdings B.V. (SABIC BV) in ClariantAGunder

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) approves incremental acquisition by SABIC International Holdings B.V. (SABIC BV) in ClariantAGunder Section 31(1) of the Competition Act, 2002, on 2nd September 2020. The Proposed Combination relates to an incremental acquisition of 6.51% shareholding in ClariantAG by SABIC BV (a wholly owned affiliate of Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC)) (Proposed Combination). … Read more

E-Foundation stone laid for National Training Academy for Rural Self Employment Training Institutes in Bengaluru

E-Foundation stone laying ceremony of the new training Institute building of National Academy of RUDSETI (NAR) was held yesterday. The NAR undertakes monitoring, mentoring and capacity building of the Rural Self Employment Training Institutes staff (585 RSETIs are spread across 566 districts of the country), State/UT Rural Livelihood Mission staff and the concerned Bank officials … Read more

Nagal loses to birthday boy Thiem, exits US Open

Playing against the second seeded Austrian, the Indian lost in straight sets to Thiem, who celebrated his 27th birthday with a commanding performance in the second round at the Athur Ashe stadium. Thiem, this year’s Australian Open finalist, had said that he has seen videos of Nagal’s game and knew that he has a ripping … Read more

Facebook curbs political ads – for 7 days before US election

But it’s not clear the changes are enough. The company said Thursday it will restrict new political ads in the week before the election and remove posts that convey misinformation about COVID-19 and voting. It will also attach links with official results to posts by candidates and campaigns that prematurely declare victory. “This election is … Read more

A New Trend in Online Gambling

There used to be a day when Blackjack, Roulette, and Blackjack would be the main attraction of a casino. Even though these games are still immensely popular among Indian players, there is a new generation of games on the rise – Game Shows. This trend was ultimately created by Evolution Gaming and a few years … Read more

Serena battles through second-round test at U.S. Open

A dominant Williams sailed through the first set at Arthur Ashe Stadium, closing out the first game with one of seven aces on the match before breaking her unseeded opponent’s serve on the second game to take an early 2-0 lead. The 38-year-old American showed little sign of weakness, aside from a single double fault and a … Read more

Blooming tips for grooming personality of students and faculty

Udaipur . A two days online training is being organised in MPUAT, Udaipur on 3rd and 4th September,2020 on Enhancing personality development and communication skills amongst the faculty and students.  Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor Dr. Narendra Singh Rathore while addressing  as Chief Guest in the Training programme on “Enhancing Personality Development and Communication Skills”mentioned that character, environment, … Read more

France calls on US to withdraw sanctions on world court

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced sanctions on Wednesday against the chief prosecutor of the court, based in The Hague, and a top aide, for investigations into the United States and its allies. The sanctions include a freeze on assets held in the U.S. or subject to U.S. law and target prosecutor Fatou Bensouda … Read more

Defence Minister meets Russian counterpart, appreciates Russia’s support to India’s defence & security needs

Rajnath Singh met his Russian counterpart General Sergey Shoigu in Moscow on Thursday. The Defence Minister along with other senior officials are on a three-day visit to Russia. The meeting was held ahead of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Defence Ministers’ scheduled meet.  The Defence Minister thanked Russia for their timely response to the requests for … Read more

Keys continues Flushing Meadows sprint

Keys, runner-up in 2017 and a semi-finalist in 2018, won the first three games against her unseeded opponent, who broke her serve after a pair of unforced errors late in the first set but was unable to catch up. Keys, who defeated Timea Babos in 55 minutes on Tuesday (September 1), committed more than a … Read more

Almost 13 lakh repatriated under Vande Bharat Mission

These modes are Air India, private and foreign carriers, chartered flights, naval ships and land border crossings. Briefing the media on Thursday afternoon, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said the sixth phase of the mission has been operational from the 1st of this month. In this phase, one thousand and seven international flights from 24 … Read more

PM Modi to interact with IPS Probationers

131 IPS probationers including 28 Lady Probationers have completed 42 weeks of Basic Course Phase-I training at the Academy. They joined the Academy on 17 Dec 2018 after completing their Foundation Course at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration. Mussoorie and at Dr Marri Channa Reddy HRD Institute of Telangana. Hyderabad with other services … Read more

2-hrs examination for final yr UG, PG students in MLSU

Udaipur : Mohanlal Sukhadia University is all set to conduct examinations for all the  final year classes of various faculties.  Approximately 43 thousand students would appear for the examinations starting from September12 which would be held at 65 centers. Instead of 3 hours, the duration of exams would be two hours only and the exams would … Read more

PM Modi delivers special key note address at US-India 2020 Summit of US-ISPF

The US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) is a non-profit organization that works for the partnership between India and the U.S. The Theme of the 5 day Summit that began on the 31st of August is “US-India Navigating New Challenges”.  Addressing the Summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the global pandemic has impacted everyone and that it is … Read more

Birthday boy Thiem breezes into U.S. Open third round

Austrian Thiem, seeking his maiden Grand Slam title, won an overwhelming 74% of his first serve points and fired seven aces past Nagal, breaking him seven times in the two-hour contest. Nagal became on Tuesday (September 1) the first Indian in seven years to win a singles match at Flushing Meadows but the 23-year-old showed only … Read more

EAM Jaishankar proposes G20 Principles on Coordinated Cross-Border Movement of People

In his remarks at the meeting, he elaborated his proposal with three elements of standardization in – testing procedures and universal acceptability of test results, Quarantine procedures, and movement and transit protocols. The G20 Foreign Ministers’ Extraordinary Meeting was convened by the current G20 Chair, Saudi Arabia. Minister of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia, Prince … Read more

Canister bag that solidifies infectious secretions like COVID 19 can save health workers from exposure during handling

For the safe management of infected respiratory secretions, the researchers at Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST), an autonomous institute under the Department of Science and Technology, have come up with a method for safe handling and disposal of respiratory secretions in hospitals for ICU patients or those with copious respiratory … Read more

Portable Sterilization unit using new hybrid sterilization technology can decontaminate PPEs rapidly

IIT Tirupati (IITT) and IISER Tirupati have jointly developed the Portable Optical Cavity Sterilization Unit (POSCU) to provide efficient and rapid decontamination of personal protective equipment (PPE) and other household items. A working point-of-use sterilization unit has been developed with the support of Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), a statutory body under the Department … Read more

Low ozone over Brahmaputra River Valley brings good news for health of people

Scientists at the Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES), Nainital an autonomous research institute under the Department of Science and Technology (DST) have evaluated the near surface ozone in the Brahmaputra River Valley (BRV) and found relatively low concentration of Ozone over Guwahati compared to the other urban locations in India.  Their present work … Read more

Situation  in border areas of  eastern Ladakh is a “direct result” of actions taken by China: MEA 

External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava also said that India is committed to resolve all issues through dialogue, noting the way ahead to address the issue is negotiations. He said that the situation should be handled in a responsible manner. Meanwhile, Army Chief Gen MM Naravane began a two-day visit to Ladakh on Thursday to … Read more

Recovery rate from COVID-19 infection improves to 77.09 %  

States are also contributing to the good News .statistics show that the number of active cases are  on decline. We have this detailed report. India’s battle against Covid 19 continues. The central and state governments have been earnestly implementing the strategy of testing, tracking and treating and India now has seen an unprecedented increase in … Read more

Trial run on new river route connecting Bangladesh with Tripura starts

It is scheduled to arrive in Sonamura in Tripura on Saturday after covering a distance of 93 kilometers through river Gumti.  The route will connect Tripura with Bangladesh using the inland waterways for the first time.  This is yet another recent connectivity initiative with Bangladesh, which will greatly enhance connectivity between Bangladesh and the North … Read more

Three wrestlers test positve for COVID-19 National Wrestling Camp at SAI Centre in Sonepat

All wrestlers were tested, upon arrival, as per the SAI SOP for resumption of sports activities.  As per protocol all Wrestlers along with the coaches and support staff were made to undergo mandatory RTPCR test for Covid -19.  During the test wrestlers, Deepak Punia-86KG, Navin-65KG & Krishan-125KG were found positive and have been moved to … Read more

Prince Pipes and Fittings raids Rajasthan’s Himalaya Plastics to bust duplicate product racket

Udaipur :  Rajasthan based, “Himalaya Plastics” a manufacturer and exporter of plastic materialscompany was raided for manufacturing and selling the duplicate product of Prince Pipes and Fittings Limited (PPFL). The raid was conducted in Sumerpur district, Rajasthan by the officials of Prince Pipes, local government bodies and, private investigators. The company has conducted 5 raids … Read more

FM holds review meeting with heads of Scheduled Commercial Banks & NBFCs

During the meeting, Smt. Sitharaman impressed upon the lenders that as and when moratorium on loan repayments is lifted, borrowers must be given support and COVID-19 related distress must not impact the lenders’ assessment of their creditworthiness. During her interaction, the Finance Minister focused on —  • Lenders immediately putting in place Board-approved policy for … Read more

FM holds review meeting with with heads of Scheduled Commercial Banks & NBFCs

During the meeting, Smt. Sitharaman impressed upon the lenders that as and when moratorium on loan repayments is lifted, borrowers must be given support and COVID-19 related distress must not impact the lenders’ assessment of their creditworthiness. During her interaction, the Finance Minister focused on —  • Lenders immediately putting in place Board-approved policy for … Read more

IIT Delhi incubated startup launches ‘‘Chakr DeCoV’’ to decontaminate N95 masks

Designed in the shape of a cabinet, Chakr DeCoV is built with an innovative decontamination mechanism, which utilises the high penetrability of Ozone gas for cleaning the pores of the N95 mask, ensuring complete decontamination of its intricate layers. Ozone is a strong oxidizing agent that destroys viruses by diffusing through the protein coat, resulting … Read more

[Video] Watch Samsung Unveil the Galaxy Z Fold2 at Galaxy Z Fold2: Unpacked Part2

On September 1, Samsung Electronics held its second-ever virtual Unpacked event – Galaxy Z Fold2: Unpacked Part2 – to introduce the company’s third-generation foldable device that is set to push the boundaries of mobile experiences.   The event unveiled Samsung’s latest category-defining foldable device, the Galaxy Z Fold2. The event’s presentations introduced the device’s cutting-edge … Read more

Hindus urge Houston Ballet to drop culturally insensitive ballet “La Bayadère”

Hindus are urging Houston Ballet to withdraw “La Bayadère” from its “2020-2021 Season”, which they feel seriously trivializes Eastern religious and other traditions.   Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada today, said that Houston Ballet, nation’s fifth largest ballet company which claimed to be an “anti-racist organization”, should not be in … Read more

U.S. COVID-19 cases surpass 6.11 mln, nearly 480,000 children infected

The nationwide caseload amounted to 6,111,485, with the death toll reaching 185,669 as of 00:17 GMT on Thursday, the CSSE data shows. According to a new report by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association, nearly 480,000 child COVID-19 cases have been reported in the U.S. since the onset of the pandemic. … Read more

COVID-19 recovery rate improves to 77.09%

The overall recovery rate has also maintained it’s upward trend and has now reached an impressive 77.09 per cent. So far, nearly 3 million people in the country have recovered from the viral pandemic.    Health Ministry has said, the constant increase in recoveries have ensured that the actual caseload of the country has reduced … Read more

Venice Film Festival opens with strict safety measures

At the screening of opening film, Lacci by Italian director Daniele Luchetti, the theatre was just half full with journalists, whose temperatures were taken before being allowed inside. 18 films in the main competition will vie for the festival’s top prize, the prestigious Golden Lion. About 6,000 people are expected to turn out this year … Read more

PepsiCo India and Airtel Partner to Offer Customers a Super Digital Experience this Festive Season

Udaipur. PepsiCo India today announced its partnership with Airtel to launch a Promo across its snacks brands that offers a special digital experience for all Airtel Prepaid customers. As part of this festive offer, every customer would get upto 2 GB of Airtel Data with the purchase of LAY’S, Kurkure, Uncle Chipps and Doritos packs and … Read more

Amid renewed escalation in tensions between Indian Army and PLA, Army Chief reaches Ladakh to review operational preparedness at LAC

Ladakh : Days after fresh confrontation with People’s Liberation army of China in eastern Ladakh, the Indian Army Chief General M M Naravane has arrived in Ladakh on Thursday morning to have a first hand look at the ground situation. Naravane, as per official sources, will take stock of operational preparedness amid escalating posture between … Read more

Altaf Bukhari demands economic package for revival of shattered economy of J&K

Jammu : Chairing a first Executive Party Meeting in Jammu, J&K Apni Party (JKAP) President Syed Mohammed Altaf Bukhari on Wednesday demanded economic package for businessmen, traders, industrialist, hoteliers, transporters, farmers and others who have suffered huge losses due to covid-19 lockdown in the Union Territory. “The Government should support the business community, traders, small … Read more

Trump, Biden will both mark 9/11 anniversary in Shanksville

It was not immediately clear whether their visits to the memorial in Shanksville will overlap. But it probably will be the closest that the candidates have been to one another in months. The National Park Service, which co-hosts the annual memorial event, is planning an abbreviated ceremony this year to minimize the spread of the … Read more

Typhoon Maysak hits North Korea, bringing heavy rain, floods

The fourth to hit the Korean peninsula this year, Typhoon Maysak is expected to affect most of North and South Korea. For a second week in a row, North Korea’s state TV carried overnight reports showing flooding and heavy rains across various regions of the country. North Korea’s agriculture sector is particularly vulnerable to severe … Read more

SC orders phased removal of 48000 jhuggies from railways land in NCT

The Court has asked all the stakeholders to devise and execute a comprehensive plan for removal of jhuggies in a phased manner. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court has made it clear that no other court will interfere in the removal process of these jhuggies.  The court said, “No interference, political or otherwise, should be there and … Read more