Mumbai has received 253.3 mm rainfall in the 24 hours ending 8 am on Friday, making it the city’s third highest single-day rainfall in July in the last 12 years, the IMD data has revealed. This 24-hour period rainfall was recorded by India cDepartment’s Santacruz observatory in the state capital. On July 15, 2009,…
Chennai: Comparatively, allocation of COVID-19 vaccine doses to Tamil Nadu is less and the Centre should provide one crore doses as a special case, Chief Minister MK Stalin on Friday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi. All goods related to tackling the coronavirus pandemic must be exempted from Goods and Services…
Mumbai: Digital payments pioneer Paytm on Friday took a major step towards launching country’s biggest initial public offering, telling regulators that it would seek to sell $2.2 billion in shares. The offering is the latest in a wave of IPOs in the country, with food delivery firm Zomato this week raising…
New Delhi: The Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) will announce Class 12, or HSC Science result, tomorrow, July 17 at 8 am. To access the Class 12 GSEB result Science stream, schools have to use their index numbers and passwords. The board has asked the schools to provide the result and…
HIGHLIGHTS WhatsApp says that the first report captures data for the period from May 15 to June 15 2021. The messaging app says that by “taking action”, it means it has either banned an account or restored based on the inputs or complaints it has received. WhatsApp revealed that it banned a total of…
HIGHLIGHTS Apple in a letter to its employees has noted that it would adopt a hybrid work model. Apple employees have since resisted the change, writing letters and carrying out surveys. Tim Cook in his email had announced that employees would be required to work in the office from September. Apple, in a letter to its…
HIGHLIGHTS Hyderabad-based IT engineer landed in jail for allegedly streaming pirated content from OTT platforms on an Android app called Thop TV 28-year-old Satish Venkateshwarlu, who ran the Android app Thop Tv, was arrested by Maharashtra cyber police for selling pirated content via his app. He charged a nominal fee…
HIGHLIGHTS Sri Lanka will play 3 ODIs and as many T20Is against India in Colombo Wicketkeeper Kusal Perera’s injury a huge setback to struggling Sri Lankan team Sri Lanka are yet to announce their squads for the series against India Sri Lanka have suffered a big setback ahead of their limited-overs series against…
HIGHLIGHTS Sumit Nagal is eligible to take part in the men’s singles event at Tokyo Olympics Yuki Bhambri also made the cut but he declined the berth due to an injury Only Sania Mirza and Ankita Raina are confirmed entries from India for the Games India tennis player Sumit Nagal has qualified for the men’s…
Indian Weighlifter Mirabai Chanu has departed for Tokyo 2020 after completing her final bit of preparation here at St Louis, United States of America. The 49 kg category-weightlifter will be accompanied by her coaches Sharma, Kumar, and Pramod Sharma along with physiotherapist Aalap Javadekar for the mega event.…