Esports Premier League 2021 To Sign Bollywood Star Tiger Shroff As Brand Ambassador

The Esports Premier League (ESPL) by India Today Gaming has just signed Indian actor and Bollywood star Tiger Shroff as its brand ambassador for ESPL 2021. The ESPL 2021 powered by Infinix smartphone will kick off on June 16th with the finale to be played on August 29th, 2021. HIGHLIGHTS ESPL 2021 powered by Infinix…

Toyota Kirloskar Motor resumes partial production at Bidadi plants

Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) on Tuesday said it has partially resumed production at its Bidadi-based manufacturing plants in Karnataka. The company noted that it has commenced operations at two facilities with the prescribed workforce strength of 50 percent. The automaker, which sells models like Innova, Crysta, and…

Cryptocurrency prices on June 16: Bitcoin stalls at $40k; Ether, Dogecoin fall 3%

The cryptocurrency market is trading in red on Wednesday, with the market down by over 1 percent. This comes as the market saw a second consecutive week of outflows, adding up to $267 million, representing nearly 0.6 percent of the total asset under management. Ethereum witnessed the largest outflows, while outflows in…

OnePlus is merging teams with Oppo, CEO Pete Lau says brand OnePlus will continue

The companies have announced a deeper integration following positive results from the earlier merger of their R&D teams. OnePlus has announced that it will further integrate with its sister smartphone brand Oppo. The move follows the positive impacts observed from the earlier merger of the R&D teams of the two…

Billionaire investor Paul Tudor Jones backs Bitcoin as hedge against inflation ahead of FOMC meet

Ahead of Federal Reserve’s Open Markets Committee (FOMC) meet outcome, billionaire hedge fund manager Paul Tudor Jones said investors should double down on defensive investments like cash, commodities, bitcoin. The billionaire who has invested two percent of his portfolio in Bitcoin touted the reliability of the…

Elon Musk is not the answer to whether cryptocurrencies work. He shouldn’t even be the question

Cryptocurrencies have been around for roughly a little over a decade but never have they captured the public’s popular imagination as they have in 2021, thanks to the spectacular rise in their prices led by Bitcoin, which at some point recently had risen more than 500 percent in five months. The wider public interest…

Bitcoin mining in India: A profitable venture?

The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting lockdowns have changed the way the world works in many ways, including accelerating a digital revolution that has, among other things, shone the light on cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin and Ethereum. A parabolic increase in the price of Bitcoin over the past year has also…

England vs India women: Sophia Dunkley creates history, becomes 1st black woman to play Test for England

England vs India women, one-off Test: Sophia Dunkley became 1st black woman to play Test cricket for England while India had five debutants: Shafali Verma, Deepti Sharma, Sneh Rana, Taniya Bhatia and Pooja Vastrakar. HIGHLIGHTS Sophia Dunkley is the 1st black woman to play Test cricket for England Shafali, Deepti, Sneh…

Truecaller for Android adds group voice calling, smart SMS and inbox cleaner features

The company says that the new features are based on user feedback. HIGHLIGHTS Truecaller will now let users conduct group voice calls with up to eight participants. The app will reflect each participant’s city In an ongoing group voice call. Two new features aim to help users better organise their phone messages.…

ICC Test Rankings: Steve Smith overtakes Kane Williamson to become No.1 batsman, Virat Kohli climbs to No.4

Australia star Steve Smith surpassed New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson to become the top-ranked Test batsman in the latest ICC Test rankings that were revealed on Wednesday. HIGHLIGHTS Steve Smith is leading the charts with 891 rating points Virat Kohli is placed at 4th position in the ICC Test Rankings for batsmen…