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Ravindra Jadeja Named Most Valuable Player Of 21st Century

New Delhi: All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has been named the Most Valuable Player for India in the 21st century by Wisden. The 31-year-old’s MVP rating, which was calculated using the cricket data analysis tool CricViz, was 97.3. Additionally, the rating makes Jadeja the second most valuable player of all time in Test cricket according to the […]

  • Thursday, 15 April 2021
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Google Announces 3 Winners Of 'Build For Digital India' Programme

New Delhi: In a bid to help Indian students create solutions for real-world problems, Google on Wednesday announced three teams as winners of its Build for Digital India programme launched in partnership with the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) last year. The three winning teams were selected from over 7,000 students from more […]

  • Thursday, 15 April 2021
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Russia Ready To Strengthen Strategic Partnership With India: Prez Vladimir Putin

New Delhi: In a telephonic conversation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday reiterated his nation’s commitment to further strengthen the “special and privileged strategic partnership between the two countries in all spheres”. Putin gave his assurance during the telephonic conversation with Modi who called him to congratulate on the success […]

  • Thursday, 15 April 2021
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Amid Border Row, Puri Shankaracharya Urges Govt To Maintain Cordial Relationship With Nepal

Puri: Shankaracharya of Govardhan Peeth in Puri, Swami Nishchalananda Saraswati has urged the government of India to remain amiable with Nepal amid the country’s escalating border row with the Himalayan country after it ‘unilaterally’ adopted a new national map including disputable regions of India. “Nepal is a Hindu nation and shares social, cultural, religious and […]

  • Thursday, 15 April 2021
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WhatsApp Launches Global Brand Campaign In India

New Delhi: WhatsApp on Saturday launched its first brand campaign in India that chronicles real-life stories about how Indians communicate with their closed ones on a daily basis on the popular messaging application. The campaign monikered ‘It’s Between You’ highlights WhatsApp’s commitment to privacy, the company said in a statement. “With WhatsApp’s end-to-end encryption, we […]

  • Thursday, 15 April 2021
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Nepal Prohibits All Indian Media Except Doordarshan

New Delhi: Nepal has banned all Indian news channels, except DD News, for alleged propaganda against the country. Reports say that Nepal cable operators have stopped getting signals of Indian news channels. Nepal government spokesperson Yuvaraj Khatiwada said: “We request all not to disseminate news that infringes sovereignty and self-respect of Nepalis. This includes the […]

  • Thursday, 15 April 2021
COVAXIN
COVID-19 Vaccine - No Vaccine In India Before 2021, Officials Tell Parliament Panel

New Delhi: As soon as the Parliamentary standing committees started to resume work after a long spell of hibernation, it was not all good news that came in front of them. Notwithstanding the ambitious target set for its market launch, the Standing Committee on Science and Technology was told on Friday that India will have […]

  • Thursday, 15 April 2021
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India's COVID Tally Breaches 8 Lakh Mark, Death Toll Reaches 22,123

New Delhi: India recorded its highest single-day spike of 27,114 new coronavirus cases and 519 deaths in the last 24 hours, pushing the total tally to over eight lakh with a total of 22,123 deaths, Health Ministry’s data stated on Saturday. Alarmingly, the country added one lakh cases in merely four days. On Tuesday, the […]

  • Thursday, 15 April 2021
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Global COVID-19 Cases Near 12.9 Million, Death Tally Crosses 568,000

Washington: According to the Johns Hopkins University, the overall number of global COVID-19 cases was nearing 12.9 million, while the deaths have increased to more than 568,000. As of Monday morning, the total number of COVID-19 cases stood at 12,872,434, while the fatalities rose to 568,296, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) […]

  • Thursday, 15 April 2021
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On This Day: Kaif, Yuvraj Duo Clinched Historic Natwest Trophy

New Delhi: July 13 is etched into the memory of every Indian cricket follower as on this day, 18 years ago, Sourav Ganguly’s troops defeated England in the NatWest Trophy final at the iconic Lord’s in thrilling fashion. Batting first, England posted a commanding total of 325/5 in 50 overs. Marcus Trescothick (109) and skipper […]

  • Thursday, 15 April 2021
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Google To Invest Rs 75,000 Crore To Boost Digitisation In India

New Delhi: Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Monday announced a Google for India digitisation fund through which, the company will invest Rs 75,000 crore or approximately $10 billion over the next five to seven years to help India go digital. “We will do this through a mix of equity investment, partnerships and an operational infrastructure […]

  • Thursday, 15 April 2021
Coronavirus
Global COVID-19 Cases Surpass 13 Million Mark, Death Tally Exceeds 572,000

Washington: The overall number of global COVID-19 cases has surpassed the 13 million mark, while the deaths have increased to more than 572,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University. As of Tuesday morning, the total number of cases stood at 13,070,097, while the fatalities rose to 572,411, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering […]

  • Thursday, 15 April 2021
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Want To Do Everything Possible To Keep Peace For People Of India, China: Donald Trump

Washington: US President Donald Trump has said that he wants to do everything possible to keep peace for the people of India and China, according to his spokesperson. Over the past several weeks, the Trump administration has come out in support of India against China. He (Trump) said I love the people of India and […]

  • Thursday, 15 April 2021
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IMA Sounds Alarm On COVID-19 Community Transmission In India

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: India has already witnessed over a million COVID-19 cases which show the situation is grim on the ground. Indian Medical Association of India on Sunday observed that the community spread of the viral disease has already started in India and the situation is pretty bad in the country. The number of Covid-19 positive […]

  • Wednesday, 14 April 2021
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IIT & AIIMS Bhubaneswar Study: Monsoon, Winter To Worsen Covid-19 Spread

Bhubaneswar: Controlling the spread of Covid-19 in India may become a greater challenge with the progression of the season towards monsoon, post-monsoon, and thereafter, winter, with a continuous fall in temperature, claims a study conducted jointly by researchers at IIT-Bhubaneswar and AIIMS-Bhubaneswar. Every degree rise in temperature corresponds to a 0.99 per cent decrease in […]

  • Wednesday, 14 April 2021
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