si Consider Dakshina Kannada, Udupi as contiguous unit for inter-district movement, urges Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry By timesofindia.indiatimes.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 04:31:10 IST Full Article
si Covid-19: Karnataka govt should demand economic package of Rs 50,000 crore from centre, says Siddaramaiah By timesofindia.indiatimes.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 17:59:05 IST Former chief minister of Karnataka and Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Friday asked the state government to demand a special economic package of at least Rs 50,000 crore from the centre to deal with the coronavirus crisis. Full Article
si 12 test positive in Bhatkal, all primary contacts of 18-year-old woman By timesofindia.indiatimes.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 04:45:00 IST Full Article
si Three more Covid-19 positive cases reported in Dakshina Kannada By timesofindia.indiatimes.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 14:22:56 IST Even as health authorities are scrambling to find answers on who ‘P-0’ as far as First Neuro Hospital is, Dakshina Kannada district on Saturday reported three more positive cases. The trio have emerged primary contacts of P-578, a 69-year-old male from Kasba village in Bantwal taluk, who in turn was the primary contact of P-390, the first victim of Covid-19 in this coastal district. P-390 is among the three victims of Covid-19 in the district. Full Article
si Exclusive | Overpriced N95 Face Masks That You Bought on Shopping Sites Could Be Fake By www.news18.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 02:19:02 +0530 The investigation brings to light the issue of unverified sellers cashing in on keywords and marketing products against the policies of e-commerce sites. Full Article
si Indian Origin Scientist On Team Uses AI to Classify Covid-19 Genome Signature in Minutes By www.news18.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 02:41:44 +0530 This classification tool has already been used to analyse more than 5,000 unique viral genomic sequences, including the 29 novel coronavirus sequences. Full Article
si Assassin's Creed Valhalla is Set in Vikings Era: What the Game Storyline May Feature By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 02:34:28 +0530 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla still remains some distance away in the future, but more details should be released in the coming months. Full Article
si Best Apps to Work From Home Without Missing Out on Features By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 05:49:31 +0530 With most of us now working from home, it has become important to find the best replacement of our regular office use software. He Full Article
si Apple Services Business Hits All-Time Record to Soften The COVID Impact on The iPhone Sales By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 1 May 2020 09:10:40 +0530 Services such as Apple Music, App Store, iCloud, Apple Arcade and Apple TV+ are raking in record revenues for the company. At the same time, products such as the AirPods, HomePod and accessories for the Apple Watch and the iPad Pro, to name a few, are also doing well. Full Article
si PUBG Mobile ‘Mad Miramar’: Golden Mirado, Canted Sight, Scoped Winchester 94 and More By www.news18.com Published On :: Mon, 4 May 2020 11:27:08 +0530 PUBG Mobile has officially confirmed some of the new changes that we can expect in the upcoming update that is arriving on May 7. Full Article
si With Coronavirus Tests Made Free For All, Websites Crash in Los Angeles As Thousands Register By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 1 May 2020 12:43:43 +0530 One of the websites used to schedule appointments showed there were no slots available for people not showing any symptoms or those who are not "front-line workers". Full Article
si Not Just Your Chats With Friends, WhatsApp Plays a Crucial Role For Businesses Amidst Lockdown By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 1 May 2020 02:51:50 +0530 WhatsApp Business has more than 1 million businesses active on the app, in India. They are relying on a bunch of tools that WhatsApp has made available to them, to stay in touch with current customers as well as potential customers. Full Article
si Qualcomm Predicts 30% Drop in Global Phone Sales in Q2 2020 Due to Covid-19 Crisis By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 1 May 2020 03:03:20 +0530 Qualcomm also said that there was a decline of 21% in mobile phone sales between January and March this year. Full Article
si Covid-19 Effect: HUL Expects Technology Adoption in Offline Business Areas By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 2 May 2020 11:31:07 +0530 HUL said that is also planning to serve its customers through any channels, be it format stores, Kirana stores or online. Full Article
si SpaceX Dragon Manned Mission to Carry NASA Astronauts for Longer Than Expected By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 2 May 2020 12:48:38 +0530 The launch is scheduled for May 27 from Kennedy Space Center in Florida and will arrive at the ISS the following day. Full Article
si Gotta be Aliens! There is a Powerful Radio Signal Coming From Within Our Galaxy By www.news18.com Published On :: Sun, 3 May 2020 09:49:39 +0530 The SGR 1935+2154, a dead star that is around 30,000 light-years away from earth, registered for the radio observatories around the world with a single and millisecond-long burst of incredibly bright radio waves. Full Article
si Indonesia's Largest E-commerce Platform Tokopedia Probes Alleged Data Leak of 91 Million Users By www.news18.com Published On :: Sun, 3 May 2020 01:32:37 +0530 "We found that there had been an attempt to steal data from Tokopedia users," a spokesman for the company said in a statement late Saturday. Full Article
si Silver Lake Investment in Reliance Jio Platforms: Everything To Know About The Investment Firm By www.news18.com Published On :: Mon, 4 May 2020 09:52:28 +0530 Silver Lake was launched in 1999 with the focus on investment in technology companies. You may probably not know this, but it was in May 2011 that Silver Lake led Skype’s owners to conclude a deal that saw tech giant Microsoft buy the now-incredibly-popular video calling app for $8.5 billion. Full Article
si Reliance Jio Platforms, With Facebook & Silver Lake Investments, is Leading India’s Digital Shift By www.news18.com Published On :: Mon, 4 May 2020 10:04:38 +0530 The fact is, Jio has been able to make its mark so far by reaching out to pretty much every strata of the society, and not just those who would potentially return higher revenues per user. The Jio mobile data pricing is the biggest example, which has completely changed the way the telecom industry operates. Full Article
si Reliance Jio Platforms And The Investment by Silver Lake: What This Means For You By www.news18.com Published On :: Mon, 4 May 2020 10:28:34 +0530 Jio’s vision is to enable a Digital India for 1.3 billion people and businesses throughout India, especially small merchants, micro-businesses and farmers. Full Article
si Artificial Intelligence to Soon Predict Glaucoma Progression Faster Than Standard Methods By www.news18.com Published On :: Mon, 4 May 2020 12:29:14 +0530 The new test called DARC can detect glaucoma progression 18 months earlier than the current gold standard method. Full Article
si Intel to Acquire Urban Transit Startup App Moovit for $1 Billion By www.news18.com Published On :: Mon, 4 May 2020 07:53:07 +0530 Following the acquisition, Moovit could become part of Intel's Israeli automotive hub, which is anchored by the autonomous driving company Mobileye. Full Article
si Google Once Considered Acquiring Zoom Owing to Its Popularity By www.news18.com Published On :: Tue, 5 May 2020 01:22:53 +0530 Discussions, however, never got more serious, and instead, Google banned Zoom for its employees across offices to promote its own app - Meet. Full Article
si Robots, Cameras Are Now Helping China Managing the Covid-19 Crisis: Here's How By www.news18.com Published On :: Tue, 5 May 2020 06:08:40 +0530 China's methods to enforce coronavirus quarantines have looked like a sci-fi dystopia for legions of people. Full Article
si Long March 5B Rocket Launched by China, Test Flight Successful for Future Moon Mission By www.news18.com Published On :: Tue, 5 May 2020 06:56:59 +0530 The Long March 5B will, one day, transport astronauts to a space station that China plans to complete by 2022 - and eventually to the Moon. Full Article
si More People Are Turning to Social Media, Music and E-Sports During Covid-19 Lockdown By www.news18.com Published On :: Tue, 5 May 2020 07:00:38 +0530 Certain online activities have been given a major boost by internet users during the coronavirus lockdown around the world. Full Article
si Return of the QWERTY? Oppo's Patent for Future Phone Suggests Physical Keypad By www.news18.com Published On :: Wed, 6 May 2020 02:24:38 +0530 The patent design suggests the keys on the keyboard be rather capacitive than tactile and the layout seems to be congested than wider. Full Article
si Call of Duty New Game to Launch by End-2020, Confirms Activision By www.news18.com Published On :: Wed, 6 May 2020 04:01:38 +0530 Speculations suggest that the new Call of Duty title may be a follow-up to the franchise's Black Ops series. Full Article
si Is Facebook Free Basics Back? No, Improved Discover Starts by Killing Net Neutrality Arguments By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 11:11:39 +0530 But how is it different from the controversial Free Basics, which faced opposition particularly in India? The single biggest change is that it allows access to every website available. Full Article
si US Smartphone Sales Witness 21% Decline as Covid-19 Crisis Hits Both Demand and Supply By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 12:48:33 +0530 Among the major players, Google's smartphone sales experienced the highest 64 per cent year-over-year decline in the US market in Q1 2020. Full Article
si Earth's North Magnetic Pole Has Shifted All the Way from Canada to Siberia: Here's Why By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 04:10:13 +0530 Apparently, there's a tug of war going on between our planet's magnetic zones situated below North America and Asia. Full Article
si Facebook, Silver Lake And Now Vista: Jio is an Attractive Platform For Global Investors By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 11:34:19 +0530 These investments will push Jio’s Digital India vision for 1.3 billion people and businesses across the country, including small businesses, micro-businesses and farmers. Full Article
si Facebook, Youtube Remove 'Plandemic', A Viral Video Spreading COVID-19 Misinformation By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 12:30:59 +0530 The 26-minute video went viral this week across social media platforms. Full Article
si Sudhir Krishnaswamy: Key Things About the Only Indian on Facebook Oversight Board By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 01:20:44 +0530 The youngest ever vice-chancellor of NLSIU was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University, and looks to establish a precedent-setting moderation model at Facebook. Full Article
si Facebook Oversight Board Will Balance Free Speech, Says Sudhir Krishnaswamy By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 07:02:37 +0530 Sudhir Krishnaswamy also clarifies that he won't be representing cases related to India, but willl look at content moderation questions from around the world. Full Article
si Twitter Opposes US Govt's Claims That Accounts from China, Russia Spreading COVID-19 Hoax By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 12:01:54 +0530 The US state department accused China of colluding with Russia to manipulate social media platforms to spread fake news around coronavirus. Full Article
si Bitcoin Crosses $10,000 Threshold For First Time Since February Before Halving Again By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 12:23:47 +0530 Some analysts are predicting there are signs a major rally may be underway, with retail or individual investors involved. Full Article
si England Players Were Jealous of Pietersen's 'Massive' IPL Deal: Vaughan By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 11:43:31 +0530 Michael Vaughan has revealed that many former England players were jealous of Kevin Pietersen after the latter bagged a huge contract with the Indian Premier League (IPL). Full Article
si Top Indian Umpires Honing Third Umpiring Skills Through Simulation Activities Amid Lockdown By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 03:31:45 +0530 The advent of technology, in recent years, has helped the game of cricket but has increased the challenge as well. Full Article
si Kagiso Rabada Says 'Consistent' Virat Kohli Pushes Him to Give his Best By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 04:30:16 +0530 The 24-year-old has taken 197 wickets from 43 Tests while he has picked up 117 ODI wickets from 75 matches. Full Article
si Won't Accept Change of Asia Cup Schedule to Accommodate IPL: PCB CEO By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 12:40:16 +0530 Khan said the BCCI representative did not raise the IPL window issue at Thursday's ICC Chief Executives virtual meeting where he took part as PCB's representative. Full Article
si I Don't See MS Dhoni Wearing India Jersey Again: Harbhajan Singh By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 12:49:53 +0530 Dhoni last played for India in the World Cup semi-final against New Zealand in July last year. Full Article
si After Coronavirus, Legalisation of Ball-tampering Could be Considered - Report By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 04:30:24 +0530 Following the chief executives meeting of the ICC on Thursday, its medical committee, headed by Peter Harcourt, had issued an update. Full Article
si Haven't Heard Anything From MS Dhoni Since World Cup: Rohit Sharma By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 06:32:29 +0530 Rohit Sharma feels the best way forward is to directly ask Dhoni. Full Article
si Moises Henriques Opens up About Depressions, Says Considered Suicide By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 08:03:40 +0530 The 33-year-old, who played just 11 ODIs, 11 T20Is and four Tests for Australia, was diagnosed with clinical depression in 2017. Full Article
si Legalising Ball Tampering: Saliva is Must and Vaseline is no Replacement, Feel Nehra, Harbhajan By www.news18.com Published On :: Sun, 26 Apr 2020 09:49:23 +0530 Nehra then gave the example of Englishman Lever who created a furore during his team's 1976 tour of India by applying vaseline during a Test match. Full Article
si Yuvraj Singh Recalls When He Almost Finished Stuart Broad's Career By www.news18.com Published On :: Sun, 26 Apr 2020 02:48:05 +0530 He revealed Broad senior asked him for a signed jersey for 'almost' finishing his son's career. Full Article
si Cricket South Africa Want AB de Villiers to Captain National Side Once Again By www.news18.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 02:41:24 +0530 De Villiers, an explosive batsman, announced his retirement from all forms of international cricket in May 2018 but of late there have been talks of an imminent return in the national team. Full Article
si VVS Laxman Recalls Incident When Sachin Tendulkar Locked Himself in Physio's Room By www.news18.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 03:16:23 +0530 Laxman recollected the memories of the famous 1998 Test match between India and Australia played at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. Full Article
si BCCI Yet to Take Call on Contract Extension of Ombudsman DK Jain By www.news18.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 05:09:02 +0530 Justice Jain was appointed as Ombudsman cum Ethics Officer in February, 2019 and now it is up to the BCCI president Sourav Ganguly and secretary Jay Shah to offer him an extension. Full Article