On Sunday (August 1), badminton player PV Sindhu created history after defeating He Bing Jiao of China 21-13, 21-15 to win the women’s singles bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics. Sindhu has become the first Indian woman to win two Olympic medals. She won the silver medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Celebs like…
Akshay Kumar-starrer Bell Bottom will hit theatres on August 19. The film will be released in 3D. Earlier, it was scheduled to hit screens on July 27. The actor took to social media to announce the new release date of the film. In a short video clip, he can be seen wearing a pair of 3D glasses. Directed by Ranjit M…
HIGHLIGHTS A new study highlights only 3 to 9 per cent of power-saving on OLED screens in average brightness through the use of dark mode. Peak brightness can increase this to battery saving to about 39 to 47 per cent. The research has been conducted across the six most downloaded apps on Google Play on several…
HIGHLIGHTS Xiaomi is planning to launch first ever RedmiBook tomorrow. Xiaomi can launch two RedmiBook laptops on August 3. The upcoming laptop to feature 10-day battery life. Xiaomi is set to launch the first ever RedmiBook laptops in India on Tuesday. The electronics maker had entered the laptop market last year with…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice to all states and UTs on registration of cases under Section 66A of the IT Act, which was quashed by the court in 2015. A notice has also been issued to the Registrar-General of all High Courts and responses have been sought within four weeks. “The…
China is taking hog biosecurity to new levels — 13 stories in fact. That’s the height of a building in southern China where more than 10,000 pigs are kept in a condominium-style complex, complete with restricted access, security cameras, in-house veterinary services and carefully prepared meals. The…
Two weeks ago, the delta variant was ripping through the UK, stoking fears of a record wave of Covid-19 clobbering one of the world’s most highly vaccinated countries. Then, almost overnight, daily cases plummeted, renewing hope that the pandemic’s end — at least in some parts of the world — is…
New Delhi: Trinamool MP Derek O’Brien has slammed the government for rushing bills through Parliament “at an average time of under seven minutes per bill”, sarcastically asking if it was “making papri chaat“. The Rajya Sabha MP accused the government of violating the…
HIGHLIGHTS India beat Australia 1-0 in their women’s hockey quarterfinal in Tokyo The win was India’s third in a row at the Tokyo Olympics Gurjit Kaur scored the winning goal for India in the 22nd minute Indian women’s hockey team captain Rani Rampal was on cloud nine after leading her side to their…
HIGHLIGHTS Gurjit Kaur scored the winning goal for India in the 22nd minute This team is like a family, says India’s goalscorer Gurjit Kaur India beat Australia 1-0 in their women’s hockey quarterfinal in Tokyo India reached the semi-finals of the women’s Olympic hockey tournament on Monday after…