Chenab Bridge, the world’s highest railway bridge in Jammu and Kashmir, is almost ready, and will likely open for railway operations soon. Referring to it as an ‘infrastructure marvel in making’, Railways Minister Piyush Goyal also shared a photo of the 476 m-long steel arches of the upcoming railway bridge over the Chenab River in […]
A new report by the International Labour Organization (ILO) has revealed that Indians are among the most overworked workers globally while earning the lowest minimum statutory wage in the Asia-Pacific region, barring Bangladesh. India ranks fifth in the world among countries with long working hours, often stretching up to 48 hours a week, if not […]
After Shweta, Yashraj Mukhate and Bernie Sanders, Harender Chacha became the latest love of internet after a video of two groups fighting over customers for chaat in Baghpat of Uttar Pradesh went viral. In the viral video, several men fought pitched battles with sticks and rods as passersby watched in disbelief. The footage, which many […]
Amid concern over the rising Covid cases in the state, Punjab chief minister (CM) Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday ordered restriction on indoor gathering to 100 and outdoor to 200 persons from March 1, along with strict enforcement of mask/social distancing etc, with testing to be ramped to 30000 a day. Chairing a high-level virtual […]
EducationWorld in association with C fore, Delhi, conducted its 14th annual EducationWorld (EW) India School Rankings survey. The survey rates and ranks the country’s top 2,000 schools in six main and twelve sub-categories. This is the most comprehensive, in-depth and extensive league tables of any schools ranking survey worldwide. The schools have been ranked on […]
A severe winter storm is currently wreaking havoc in many southern states of the United States, particularly Texas. Temperatures in the state have plummeted to -18°C, triggering warnings from officials about an imminent disaster. According to reports, the harsh winter conditions have left millions in the area without heat and water for over two days. […]
NASA’s rover Perseverance, the most advanced astrobiology lab ever sent to another world, streaked through the Martian atmosphere on Thursday and landed safely inside a vast crater, the first stop on a search for traces of ancient microbial life on Mars. Rover Perseverance is the most advanced, most expensive and most sophisticated mobile laboratory sent […]
American social network company Twitter has introduced voice messages to direct messages as a new feature for users in India, Brazil, and Japan. The new feature allows users to send a voice DM (Direct Message) or a voice clip to the Twitter contact. Voice DMs extends the ability to send voice notes as direct messages […]
Guinea has declared an Ebola outbreak for the first time since 2016, when a two-year outbreak in West Africa finally ended after killing more than 11,000 people. The new outbreak, in the town of Gouécké, has already killed three – two women and a man. They were among seven people who attended a nurse’s funeral […]
After the Centre rebuked Twitter for not complying with its orders to take down certain content, home-grown social media app Koo started witnessing a surge with top politicians flocking to it. After Twitter refused to block accounts of journalists, politicians, and activists tweeting on farmers’ protests, a push has been started by many to an […]