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San Francisco: Cloud major Oracle, which just completed its $28.4 billion acquisition of electronic health records company Cerner, is developing a national health records database. Oracle’s board chairman and chief technology officer Larry Ellison said that patient data would be anonymous until individuals give consent to share their information, reports medcitynews.com. “We’re building a system where […]
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San Francisco: Tech giant Google’s Cloud developer advocate Emma Haruka Iwao has beaten her own record from three years ago for the number of digits calculated for pi. In 2019, she was able to calculate pi to its 31.4 trillionth digit, and now, using the same Google Cloud y-cruncher programme Iwao was able to find […]
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Oslo: India’s Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa won the title in the Norway Chess Open, the Group A event being held on the sidelines of the top tier classical event that involved Magnus Carlsen and Viswanathan Anand, finishing with 7.5 points from nine games. The 16-year-old Indian Grandmaster, who is on a high after finishing runners-up in the Chessable […]
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Mumbai: Actor Nushrratt Bharuccha attempts to break taboos as a condom salesperson in the newly released film ‘Janhit Mein Jaari’, a light-hearted comedy on safe sex. Set in the small town of Madhya Pradesh’s Chanderi, the movie weaves the tale of a small town sales girl ‘Manokamna’ who sells condoms for a living. Bharuccha plays […]
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San Francisco: Instant messaging platform Telegram’s founder Pavel Durov has officially announced that a subscription-based offering, Telegram Premium, will be coming later this month. Durov said that the new paid offer will go “above and beyond” what Telegram currently offers, reports 9To5Google. Much of what spurred the decision to introduce Telegram Premium was the demands of […]
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Bengaluru: The Karnataka government has announced strict implementation of Covid-19 safety protocols from Saturday after fresh infections in the state crossed the 500-mark in the past 24 hours. Wearing of masks in public places, social distancing and other measures will be strictly enforced with the help of police and civic authorities. According to the state Health […]
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New York: Tesla proposed a three-for-one split of its stock on Friday, a move that will make a single share of the electric car maker more accessible to investors but not affect the company’s overall market value. Tesla Inc. made the announcement in its annual proxy statement, which also said Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison will […]
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New Delhi: A single-day rise of over 8,000 fresh COVID-19 cases was recorded in the country after 103 days, pushing India’s infection tally to 4,32,13,435, while the count of active cases jumped to 40,370, according to Union Health Ministry data on Saturday. A total of 8,329 new coronavirus cases were reported in a span of […]
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New Delhi: The family of dismissed BJP leader Naveen Jindal has left Delhi following a death threat. Jindal was dismissed from the BJP after controversy erupted over his remark against Prophet Muhammad which was in support of suspended party BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma’s statement also against the Prophet. The dismissed leader also alleged that a […]
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London: After examining Google and Apple’s “duopoly” for a year, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has decided that they “hold all the cards” in the mobile phone market. According to Engadget, it is now consulting on the launch of a market investigation into the tech giants’ market power in mobile browsers, as well […]
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Hyderabad: Industries Minister KT Rama Rao sought to know as to how many Enforcement Directorate, Income Tax and CBI raids were conducted on BJP leaders during the last 8 years. How many ED, IT & CBI raids on BJP leaders or their kith & kin in last 8 years? Kya Sab Ke Sab BJP waale […]
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Ottawa: The unemployment rate in Canada edged down 0.1 percentage point to 5.1 per cent in May, marking three consecutive months of decrease while this key labor market indicator has reached a new record low, Statistics Canada said. The tightening labor market in recent months has contributed to year-over-year decline in unemployment rates across the core-aged […]
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Srinagar: A light intensity earthquake measuring 3.7 on the Richter scale jolted Kashmir on Saturday, although there were no reports of any casualty or damage to property. Officials of the disaster management authority said the temblor struck at 12.37 a.m. “The latitude was 33.48 degrees north and longitude 75.59 degrees east. The epicentre was 5 […]
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Washington: Federal law enforcement officials have arrested an Indian national in Virginia on charges of participating in an alleged nationwide scam targeting senior citizens. Anirudha Kalkote, 24, was produced before a US magistrate in Houston on Friday to face the charges. The 12-count superseding indictment charges Kalkote with conspiracy and mail fraud. Also named in […]
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Ranchi: Two people died during the violent protest that erupted in Ranchi after Friday prayers against the controversial remarks on Prophet Muhammad made by suspended Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Nupur Sharma and expelled leader Naveen Jindal. ” Two people have succumbed to their injuries out of total injured who were brought to Rajendra Institute […]
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New Delhi: Delhi Jal Board (DJB) Vice-Chairman Saurabh Bharadwaj has expressed deep concern over river Yamuna’s dipping water levels and urged the Haryana government to release Delhi’s share of water in the river to manage the water crisis in the national capital. He claimed that Haryana has stopped releasing water from the river Yamuna which […]
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Washington: American Pop star Britney Spears, who got married to her longtime partner Sam Asghari, has shared pictures from their fairytale wedding. The 40-year-old singer took to her Instagram to give her fans a sneak peek into the dreamy wedding. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Britney Spears (@britneyspears) For […]
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New York: In a significant initiative, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has adopted an India-sponsored resolution on multilingualism that mentions the Hindi language for the first time. The resolution passed on Friday encourages the UN to continue disseminating important communications and messages in official as well as in non-official languages, including in Hindi language. […]
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Mumbai: In a major setback to Maharashtra’s ruling alliance of Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress, the BJP on Saturday won three of the six Rajya Sabha seats, while the ruling combine questioned the eight-hour delay in counting of votes. The BJP winners include Union minister Piyush Goyal and former state minister Anil Bonde, and Dhananjay […]
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Los Angeles: Justin Bieber says a rare disorder that paralyzed half of the superstar performer’s face is the reason behind his tour postponement. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) The multi-Grammy winner is suffering from Ramsay Hunt syndrome, he said in video he posted Friday on Instagram. […]
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New York: Amid the rising cases of monkeypox, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has revealed that it can spread through the air but only through ‘sustained’ face-to-face contact with an infected person. In a briefing on Friday, CDC chief Rochelle Walensky said monkeypox was being passed on through physical contact with symptomatic […]
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Srinagar: A Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) terrorist has been killed in an ongoing encounter between terrorists and security forces at Khandipora area in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district, police said on Saturday. “One terrorist of proscribed terror outfit HM killed. Operation in progress,” police added. There have been a series of anti-terror operations in Kashmir over the […]
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Hyderabad: Digital Employment Exchange of Telangana (DEET) is an initiative of the Government of Telangana, where you can instantly apply for jobs, receive job alerts, government job alerts, walk-in interview alerts, recruitment drives and career advice every day. Workruit & DEET have more than 2,40,000 active vacancies available today. DEET is operated and powered by […]
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By Sarah Schiffling, Nikolaos Valantasis Kanellos Twenty million tonnes of grain are currently stuck in Ukrainian silos, exacerbating the global food crisis sparked by Russia’s invasion of the country. Aside from the need to get the grain onto world markets, freeing up storage space will be crucial to make room ahead of the country’s next […]
