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Tripura to hold exams in govt engineering, degree colleges in July

3May

By Brett ArendsNo Comments

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Tripura to hold exams in govt engineering, degree colleges in July

Agartala: Tripura government has decided to conduct the examinations of government degree and diploma colleges by the end of July, if things remain normal, state education minister Ratan Lal Nath said. Addressing a press conference, Nath said that if the situation amid the outbreak of COVID-19 remains normal, the examinations would be conducted in all 22 government degree colleges across the state. A meeting was chaired by the education minister in presence of the vice chancellors and registrars of Tripura University and Maharaja Bir Bikram (MBB) University, which is also the only state run university. "In the meeting, it was decided that the examinations of the even semester, i.e. 2nd, 4th, 6th semester examinations of engineering diploma colleges and government degree colleg...

Wanted: Crowd-free buses in Bengaluru after lockdown

3May

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Wanted: Crowd-free buses in Bengaluru after lockdown

A restrained lockdown relaxation is really a week away, but may be the city ready for an impressive shift to non-public private transport in big, unmanageable figures? Fuelled through the anxiety about smashing the social-distance in public places transport, thousands could shift for their cars and bikes. May be the city ready? The chance of an unparalleled boost in using personal vehicles is real. Inside a white-colored paper posted towards the Center lately, a group of Indian Institute of Science (IISc) researchers cautioned this would trigger increased traffic congestion, elevated air and environmental noise ultimately resulting in adverse health impacts. Social-distancing is likely to emerge because the primary precautionary measure, a brand new normal despite the lockdown is...

Liverpool’s Dejan Lovren fighting ‘psychological’ battle in coronavirus lockdown

3May

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Liverpool’s Dejan Lovren fighting ‘psychological’ battle in coronavirus lockdown

ZAGREB: Staying focused on the Premier League title race during the coronavirus pandemic lockdown has been a mental battle despite all individual efforts to maintain physical fitness, Liverpool defender Dejan Lovren has said. "It hasn't been easy as we have been locked up in our homes for 46 days now,"the Croatia international told Saturday's online edition of Sportske Novisti, the Balkan nation's lead .. "The psychological aspect is the most difficult to overome. I work out on my own as much as I can, I kick the ball around a bit with my son on our lawn, but training with the team is totally different." The league, which has been suspended since March 9, remains remains in limbo and unable to take any steps until any government decision next week on possible changes to lockdo...

3May

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Marnus Labuschagne ready for ‘heaps of cricket’ when sport resumes

SYDNEY: Australian run-machine Marnus Labuschagne is preparing for any packed schedule to compensate for time lost because of the COVID-19 pandemic once cricket resumes. All cricket is on hold at this time because of the pandemic sweeping with the globe with several tours and tournaments being either cancelled or postponed. "There's likely to be lots of tours that will have to be composed," Labuschgne told Australian Connected Press. "There's likely to be an entire heap of cricket in an exceedingly short time period. I will be creating for missed time, that schedule is simply likely to be packed." "It will likely be a little dissimilar to what we are accustomed to. We are going to need to prepare yourself appearing out of this break to experience heaps and loads of cricket." ...

Covid lockdown: All 11 districts of Delhi to remain in red zone till May 17

3May

By Timothy KnowlesNo Comments

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Covid lockdown: All 11 districts of Delhi to remain in red zone till May 17

New Delhi: All 11 districts in the national capital will remain in red zone till May 17, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said on Saturday. Till Friday, the national capital had recorded 3,738 cases of coronavirus and 61 fatalities. On Friday, 223 new cases were reported. According to Jain, 49 people are in ICU and five are on ventilator. A "limited" lockdown which includes suspension of air, train and inter-state road travel will continue to remain in force for two more weeks from May 4 across the country, but some activities would be allowed after classifications of districts into red, orange and green zones based on COVID-19 risk profiling, the government had announced on Friday. Jain said the 11 districts in Delhi will be in the red zone till May 17. "A red zone is ...

Apps don face masks to promote healthy practices amid Covid-19

3May

By Aaron AbbottNo Comments

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Apps don face masks to promote healthy practices amid Covid-19

Internet companies like Urban Company, MakeMyTrip, Dunzo, HealthifyMe and Zomato are changing their social media handles and app icons to promote wearing face masks as a hygiene practice amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Apna Mask initiative -- an effort by StartUpVsCOVID (a startup community with over 1,000 members) -- is promoting homemade masks and aims to drive behavioural change to ensure that people wear masks and stay protected as they step out of their homes. The #ApnaDeshApnaMask campaign was kicked off by startup industry stalwarts like Rajan Anandan of Sequoia India, Paytm’s Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Alok Mittal (Indifi), Vishal Gondal (GoQii) and others. They were later joined by celebrities like Vidya Balan, Dia Mirza, Juhi Chawla, Divya Khosla Kumar, Juhi Parmar, Deepshika De...

Canon Online Photography Classes in 9 Indian Languages: Full Schedule, How to Register

3May

By Alicia H. MunnellNo Comments

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Canon Online Photography Classes in 9 Indian Languages: Full Schedule, How to Register

canon India has announced a month-long programme, where the company has tied up with numerous notable photographers to provide online photography lessons, seminars and workshops in a variety of regional Indian languages. The programme, which began yesterday, May 1, will be conducted through the entire month, until May 30. With one workshop or lesson each day, the languages covered through the month include Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi, Gujarati, Oriya, Marathi and Bangla. Some of the topics being covered through the month-long photography workshop programme in regional Indian languages include a better understanding of camera lenses (in Kannada), handling lights in wedding photography (in Hindi), processing RAW images (in Telugu), essential camera settings guide (in Bang...

China’s Bitcoin-like cryptocurrency enters race days after Facebook’s Libra fails to fly

3May

By Andrea RiquierNo Comments

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China’s Bitcoin-like cryptocurrency enters race days after Facebook’s Libra fails to fly

China’s central bank has started testing its official Bitcoin-like digital currency DCEP, and the bank is now planning to roll out the virtual money payment system soon. China’s central bank has started testing its official Bitcoin-like digital currency DCEP, and the bank is now planning to roll out the virtual money payment system soon. Days after Facebook-backed Libra scaled down its ambitions to become a global currency, China is now inching ahead in the race. Digital Currency Research Institute of the People’s Bank of China (PBC) said that the research and development work of China’s official digital currency DCEP is proceeding steadily, PTI reported. China is currently carrying out internal pilot tests for the cryptocurrency in four cities. However, the cryptocurrency has not b...