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Gujarat recorded 91,77 cases – a drop of 8% from yesterday’s tally of 10,019 – and seven deaths (over three months later) in the last 24 hours. With today’s update, the state’s active cases tally went up to 59,564 and the number of fatalities since the start of the pandemic reached 10,151. The seven people […]
India celebrates January 15 as Army Day, a tribute to all brave-hearts who sacrificed their life for the motherland. It is also set aside to hail the office of the Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army, given that Field Marshal Kodandera Madappa Cariappa (KM Cariappa) was appointed the first office bearer on the day in 1949. […]
Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation on Saturday added 14 more Covid-19 micro containment zones in the city, taking the latest tally to 157. As many as 124 houses with a population of 503 were declared as micro containment zone on Friday, the AMC informed Vibes of India (VoI). The corporation identifies micro containment zones in areas that […]
Poll-bound UP seems to be heading to a gripping climax. While the ruling-BJP is having a difficult time appeasing Brahmins, heavyweight Dalit leaders have decided to abandon ship and join SP instead. Congress could emerge king-maker at best, annihilated at worst. However, it is the BSP’s kismet that remains a mystery. Which way will its […]
There was no respite for the travel industry in 2021 as Covid cases have led to a decrease in international travel. This has resulted in fewer electronic visas granted to foreign travelers by the Indian government. According to the data from Union Home Ministry, India granted as many as 29 lakh E-visas in 2019 which […]
After hiatus of over a year, the iconic Coke Studio Pakistan has made a comeback with its fourteenth edition. The series has premiered on Friday, January, 15,2022 on YouTube, and has already taken its fans on a musical frenzy ride. The viewers were seen gushing over the performances of veteran Sufi singer Abida Parveen and […]
Newsroom closures and exodus from territory are results of the ‘draconian’ national security law introduced in 2020. As the last news programme came to a close and anchors bade farewell to their online audience on January 3, Chris Yeung, the founder and chief writer of Citizen News, gathered together his staff and tried to strike […]
The University of Oxford has appointed Indian origin renowned academic Soumitra Dutta as the Dean of Saïd Business School. He will take up the post from 1st June this year. Soumitra Dutta was the founding dean of Cornell SC Johnson College of Business at Cornell University, New York. He is currently a professor of management […]
“Baby Shark” is now the first YouTube video to have officially garnered 10 billion views. Produced by Pinkfong, a South Korean entertainment company, the hugely popular video is the remix of an American campfire original. It was first uploaded on YouTube in 2016. The colourful video shows two children dancing to the hummable song as […]
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will contest forthcoming Assembly elections in the state from the comfort zone of Gorakhpur, according to the first list released by the BJP today. The announcement of the first list of candidates has ended speculations about Yogi Adityanath being fielded from the temple towns of Ayodhya or Mathura. The […]
The incident of a father Vishal abandoning his one-year-old son Mahek at Bodeli Bus depot has caused a stir among the people of Bodeli town of Chhota Udepur. At about 8 pm, shivering in the cold, the kid was found asleep at the sidewalk of the bus depot by some locals and passengers. While her […]
Narendra Modi had a conversation with Start-Up India on the completion of six years and during the conversation with him, he made an announcement that 15th January to 16th January will be celebrated as National Start-Up Day. He also praised startups and -Apps, extended congratulations to all the innovative youth. PM Modi today held talks […]
Each time someone recommends a Dolo 650 as the go-to-paracetamol, there are always a few others who bring up how it was banned a few years ago. Even then, it remains freely available, doctors prescribe the drug with ease and what’s more, is that it emerged as India’s answer to beat the covid blues. Yes!! […]
A Finnish startup claims that it is making a vegan protein 10 times more climate-friendly than most plant-based proteins and 100 times more climate-friendly than meat. What if we could grow nutritious food, literally out of thin air? Solar Foods, a Finnish government-backed food-tech start-up, says it has developed a process to do exactly that. […]
She does not hail from either of the gharanas of Indian badminton; neither Bengaluru (Prakash Padukone/Vimal Kumar) nor Hyderabad (Pullela Gopichand). Yet, 16-year-old Tasnim Mir became India’s first junior singles World Number 1 in badminton on Wednesday. According to the latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings, the next highest ranked Indian is another 16-year-old, Anupama […]
The Indian government is not in favour of including the antiviral drug – Molnupiravir in the national Covid-19 clinical treatment protocol citing safety issues, said the Director-general of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Balram Bhargava while addressing a press conference. The Director-general in his address had pointed out the risk and warrants caution in […]
This story reaffirms faith in humanity. He left his motherland to make it big in the US and then, used all the savings to build back the health infra for tribals in Ahwa, Gujarat. Dr Ashok Patel’s life was cut short by covid last year but not before setting aside a Rs 15 crore corpus […]
A friend of mine has invented an air purifying machine that he believes can compete with any of the expensive brands available in the market. He is currently trying to persuade a leading manufacturer of air coolers in Ahmedabad to produce and market his invention. The interesting thing is that he is not an engineer, […]
New Delhi: Nepal’s ruling party, Nepali Congress, has criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his announcement on road expansion across the Lipulekh area, which the Himalayan state also claims as its own. During an election rally on December 30 in Uttarakhand, Modi had said that his government has “built the road up to Lipulekh and it […]
Engineers have started turning 18 gold-plated mirrors on NASA’s James Webb telescope. Once aligned, the giant mirror can collect even the faintest light from the universe. The team also commanded 126 actuators for moving and shaping the segments into place. The six devices will then position the secondary mirror and verify its workings. “The fine […]
