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Covid-19: With raging Delta variant, Indonesia, SEA, new epicentres of pandemic

July 19, 2021 virendra pandit 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: South-East Asia has emerged as the latest focus of the global pandemic and the world’s largest Muslim nation, Indonesia, in particular, has become the epicenter of a fresh wave of Covid-19, as the highly-contagious Delta variant of the SARS-Cov-2 virus has spread rapidly over the last few weeks. On Thursday […]

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Fund raising: Lenskart raises USD 220 million from global investors

July 19, 2021 virendra pandit 0

Virendra Pandit Mumbai: India’s leading online start-up retailer for eyewear and related products, Lenskart, has raised USD 220 million (Rs. 1,647 crore) from investors including Temasek Holdings Pte and Falcon Edge Capital, in a fresh sign of resurging interest in the country’s technology start-ups. The company will use this fresh infusion, along with USD […]

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Wild life: 15 cobra snake-lets rescued from well, released in Odisha forests

July 19, 2021 virendra pandit 0

New Delhi: A team of a local Snake Helpline in Odisha’s Ganjam district rescued about 15 cobra snake-lets from a well and released them in the reserved forest on Monday morning. “I got a call from Brahmapur saying that a woman saw some snakes in a well. We rescued 15 young cobras and safely released […]

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Covid-19: RT-PCR negative report mandatory for entry in UP

July 19, 2021 virendra pandit 0

New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has made it mandatory for visitors from other states to carry their Covid-19 negative RT-PCR reports for entry into the state. The decision was taken on Sunday in view of the resurgence of infections causing Covid-19. People coming from states like Maharashtra, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and other […]

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Women entrepreneurs: Amazon launches “Saheli” for empowerment

July 19, 2021 virendra pandit 0

New Delhi: The world’s largest e-commerce portal has started an Amazon Saheli Programme in India to empower and financially uplift local women entrepreneurs by providing them a global marketing platform. It will connect local women entrepreneurs to the Amazon businesses and help them gain financial strength and independence, the portal said. This initiative is specially […]

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SAARC: India allows market access to more Bhutanese agri-exports

July 17, 2021 virendra pandit 0

New Delhi: The Government of India, as a one-time measure, temporarily allowed the import of seven fresh vegetables from Bhutan on Thursday through the plant quarantine station at Jaigaon on the India-Bhutan border. This followed extensive deliberations, including a virtual bilateral trade meeting held in the first week of July, officials said on Saturday. The […]

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Electric Vehicles: Ola receives 1 lakh pre-bookings in 24 hours for e-scooter

July 17, 2021 virendra pandit 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With fuel prices going through the roof, many vehicle owners are looking at alternative fuel-run transportation as an option. They responded enthusiastically when Ola opened registration for its upcoming electric scooter. The SoftBank-backed mobility firm Ola said that its electric scooter received a record-breaking 100,000 bookings within 24 hours, making […]

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World Emoji Day: Expressing emotions on social media

July 17, 2021 virendra pandit 0

Avya Mathur Ahmedabad: They are like photographs or cartoons that go with the text in print media. Emoji enliven content on social media. World Emoji Day (July 17) celebrates the invention of emojis to express different emotions and is also used to announce the birth of new emojis. An emoji is a pictogram, logogram, […]

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Wild life: Three arrested for trying to sell off a live pangolin

July 17, 2021 virendra pandit 0

New Delhi: In a bizarre incident, three persons were arrested in the Jabalpur district of Madhya Pradesh while trying to sell off a live pangolin, an endangered wild animal. The joint teams of the Crime Branch of Police, Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB), and Forest Department of Jabalpur arrested the three accused people from the […]

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Covid-19: Gujarat extends night curfew in 8 cities until July 31

July 17, 2021 virendra pandit 0

Ahmedabad: As part of ongoing restrictions to curb fresh Covid-19 infections, the Gujarat government has extended the night curfew in 8 cities till July 31, 2021. The night curfew will remain in force in Ahmedabad, Bhavnagar, Gandhinagar, Jamnagar, Junagarh, Rajkot, Surat, and Vadodara until July 31 from 10 pm to 6 am, the government decided […]