In a first, celebrated boxer M C Mary Kom and men’s hockey team skipper Manpreet Singh will be flag bearers at opening ceremony of Tokyo Olympics. One of India’s biggest hopes, wrestler Bajrang Punia will be flag bearer at the closing ceremony on August 8. India will have two flag bearers – one male and […]
Paytm, in partnership with Aditya Birla Finance Ltd, has launched Postpaid Mini – an extension of its Buy Now, Pay Later service – to drive affordability amongst those new to credit. These small-ticket instant loans will give flexibility to users and also help manage their household expenses to maintain liquidity during the ongoing pandemic, the […]
A 15-year-old mango tree in Saharanpur district of Uttar Pradesh is in the headlines for having 121 varieties of the fruit growing on it. An experiment initiated by the horticulturists five years ago has given the mango tree the ability to grow different varieties of the fruit. The tree has become an attraction in the […]
Intensifying its ongoing agitation against three farm bills, Sanyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) has announced that the farmers will protest outside the Parliament every day from July 22 to the end of the monsoon session. In a meeting at the Singhu border, farmer leaders announced several decisions to intensify their struggle in the coming days. Amongst […]
Google honoured Sir Ludwig Guttmann, who founded the Paralympic movement, with a Doodle on his 122nd birth anniversary on Saturday. The illustration was made by Baltimore-based guest artist Ashanti Fortson. The doodle “celebrates the 122nd birthday of Jewish, German-born British neurologist Professor Sir Ludwig “Poppa” Guttmann, founder of the Paralympic movement,” the Google Doodle website […]
The United Nations on Thursday recognised a new record high temperature for the Antarctica, confirming a reading of 18.3 degrees Celsius (64.9 degrees Fahrenheit) made last year. The record heat was reached at Argentina’s Esperanza research station on the Antarctic Peninsula on February 6, 2020, the UN’s World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said. With this, Antarctica […]
The Indian Railway Stations Development Corporation Limited (IRSDC) has opened the railways’ first movable freshwater tunnel aquarium at the KSR Bengaluru station from Thursday. The aim is to provide a memorable experience to passengers and make their waiting time at the station pleasurable. From rare species of fishes to exotic marine plants, the facility promises […]
Maana Patel has become the first Indian female swimmer to qualify for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics through universality quota, confirmed Sports Authority of India (SAI) on Friday. “Backstroke swimmer Maana Patel has become the 1st female and 3rd Indian swimmer to qualify for Tokyo 2020. I congratulate Maana, who qualified through Universality Quota. Well done!!,” […]
If you are intending to travel for whatever reason then here is the way to get your passport number linked to your Covid-19 vaccine certificate in order to be able to travel overseas. A vaccine passport or immunity passport is a documentary proof that the person is vaccinated against the infection. It is becoming a […]
A day after India formally requested European Union member states to include both COVISHIELD and COVAXIN in their exemption list for the passport, eight EU countries have recognised the Serum Institute-manufactured Oxford-Astrazeneca vaccine as proof for travel. Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Slovenia, Greece, Iceland, Ireland and Spain are the seven EU member countries that accepted COVISHIELD […]