Strike against delay in NEET PG counselling
Around 300 resident doctors from B J Government Medical College joined their counterparts across the country in the ongoing nationwide agitation against postponement of NEET PG counselling, here on Tuesday.…
Australia joins diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Games
Australia will join the United States in a diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Wednesday, as other allies weighed similar moves…
Scientists developing chewing gum that could cut COVID-19 transmission
Scientists are developing a chewing gum laced with a plant-grown protein that serves as a “trap” for the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, reducing viral load in saliva and potentially…
Samsung to replace division chiefs, reorganise consumer business
Samsung Electronics Co is combining two of its three business divisions and appointing new leaders to replace its three co-chief executive officers in its biggest management shakeup since 2017. The…
Facebook Protect will offer extra protection to high-risk accounts
Facebook Protect, a program that provides extra protection and security to high-risk user accounts, is now rolling out to more countries, including India. The program was first tested in the…
Gita Gopinath to take on new role at IMF as First Deputy Managing Director
Indian-American Gita Gopinath, the chief economist of International Monetary Fund, is being promoted as IMF’s First Deputy Managing Director, the fund announced Thursday. She would replace Geoffrey Okamoto who plans…
Funds for malnutrition scheme under-utilised: data
Funds released under the Poshan Abhiyan Programme, which is aimed at curbing malnutrition in the country, stand severely under-utilised, according to data released by the Women and Child Development (WCD)…
Gujarat displaces Maharashtra to become largest manufacturing hub in country
Gujarat has pipped Maharashtra to emerge the largest manufacturing hub in the country, with the former’s Gross Value Addition (GVA) in manufacturing growing 15.9 per cent annually on average between…
Twitter expands safety policy, disallows sharing of private media without consent
In an effort to make its anti-harassment policies more robust, Twitter has updated its private information policy to disallow users from posting photos and videos of private people without their…
Omicron variant, in at least 20 nations, spread earlier than was known
The heavily mutated new coronavirus variant was in Europe several days earlier than previously known, health officials said Tuesday. And the number of countries where it has been found increased…