Mumbai, 6/2: Food and grocery delivery platform Zomato said on Thursday it will rename the company to “Eternal” and unveiled a new logo, a move that comes more than two years after it began using the new name internally. Eternal would comprise its four major businesses – food delivery vertical Zomato, quick-commerce unit Blinkit, live…
Washington DC, 5/9: Jill Biden, the first lady, tested positive for Covid-19, the White House announced late Monday night, but she is experiencing only mild symptoms and will remain at the family home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, where she and President Joe Biden spent times together. Biden tested negative for the virus after the first…
Ahmedabad, 28/5: Chennai Super Kings batter Ambati Rayudu has announced his retirement from the Indian Premier League (IPL) with the final against Gujarat Titans on Sunday being his final match. Rayudu took to Twitter to announce his decision ahead of the summit clash in Ahmedabad. “2 great teams mi nd csk,204 matches,14 seasons,11 playoffs,8 finals,5…
Mumbai, 18/2: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday said the Bharatiya Janata Party was running a “political brothel” in Maharashtra and was solely responsible for polluting the state’s culture. In his column ‘Rokthok’ in the Uddhav Thackeray-led outfit’s mouthpiece ‘Saamana’, the Rajya Sabha MP said the BJP was not confident of winning more…
Bhubaneswar, : Lok Sabha MP from Kandhamal Dr Achyuta Samanta has expressed thanks and deepest gratitude to the Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on behalf of the people of his constituency for extending financial assistance to MBBS student Ifu Mallik from Kandhamal district. Ifu, who cracked the NEET exam and secured admission at a medical college in…
New Delhi, 9/7: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s second-biggest ally is demanding Rs 30,000 crore ($3.6 billion) from India’s federal budget this year to help fund projects in Bihar state, according to people familiar with the matter, a test for the coalition governments. The Bihar government, which is led by Janata Dal (United)’s Nitish Kumar, made…
The makers of Ranbir Kapoor’s film Ramayana have unveiled a new poster featuring Siya Ram to mark Ganesh Chaturthi on September 14. The poster, shared by music label T-Series, showcases Ranbir Kapoor as Lord Ram alongside Sai Pallavi as Sita.The first single from the film, composed by AR Rahman and written by Dr Kumar Vishwas,…
New Delhi, 18/6: When a person sneezes or coughs, can they potentially transmit droplets carrying viruses like SARS-CoV-2 to others in their vicinity? Does talking to an infected person also carry an increased risk of infection? How do speech droplets or “aerosols” move in the air space between the people interacting? Answering all…
New Delhi, 21/3: Captains in the Indian Premier League will not be banned for over-rate offences and instead will be docked demerit points. The call was taken at the captains’ meeting in Mumbai on Thursday. The move comes after Hardik Pandya and Rishabh Pant, captaining Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals respectively, were handed a one…
New Delhi: The government has directed oil refineries to divert a portion of the feedstock normally used for producing cooking gas (LPG) to industries affected by the ongoing petrochemical shortage, which spans sectors from packaging to condom manufacturing.The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, April 1, directed refineries to allocate a portion of propylene to the…
