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National Rugby League Reaches Tentative Pay Deal, Training Set to Resume

Social-distancing restrictions are still in place in Australia, so 'normal' full-contact training will not resume for another week at least.




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Hugs, Rugby on Agenda as New Zealand Continues to Ease Coronavirus Lockdown

Under New Zealand's four-tier alert system, social distancing protocols are enforced less stringently under level two, allowing contact sports including the national game of rugby union.




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NFL Sets Protocols for Reopening of Team Facilities, to be Set in Place by May 15

NFL is also establishing workplace protocols that require face coverings unless a person is in a closed office.




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Novak Djokovic Will Need to Get Vaccinated for Covid-19 if Required by Tour: Rafael Nadal

Rafael Nadal said all tennis players will have to comply if officials require 'vaccination to travel' and to 'protect' everyone on the tour.




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DGVCL asks textile unit owners to pay dues by May 15




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Gujarat: Covid-19 mom goes home with baby

She was yearning to hold her new-born baby boy in her arms, but could not do so as she had tested positive for coronavirus. Finally, Thursday came as a big relief for 26-year-old Rashmi Patel, a staff nurse at a private hospital in Chikhli town, when she snuggled her son and broke into tears of joy.




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Dulquer Salmaan Pens Poetry to Wish ‘Baby Girl’ Maryam on 3rd Birthday

On daughter Maryam's 3rd birthday, actor Dulquer Salmaan took to Instagram to pen a poem for the 'big girl' and asked her to 'slow down' and not grow up too fast.




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The Big Bang Theory Actress Melissa Rauch Gives Birth to Baby Boy

Melissa and Winston Rauch also share three-year-old daughter, Sadie.




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Disney Takes $1.4 Billion Coronavirus Hit; Shanghai Disney Park To Open By May 11

Bob Chapek, Disney’s chief executive, said Disney would reopen the Shanghai park with a reduced number of visitors. Reopening of Disney’s other parks in Asia, the United States, and France hasn't been announced yet.




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A Movie with Irrfan Khan on Pandemic was Planned by Filmmaker Anand Gandhi

Filmmaker Anand Gandhi was in talks with Irrfan for a movie about pandemics. The script was in the process. The plot revolved around women scientists fighting a contagion.




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Paulo Coelho Relates Kaamyaab, Presented by Shah Rukh Khan, with Real Life Tragedy of Brazilian Actor

Acclaimed Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho finds Shah Rukh Khan presented Bollywood movie 'Kaamyaab' very relatable.




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Madhuri Dixit Nene Roped in for Digital Show by Ship Of Theseus Director Anand Gandhi

Madhuri Dixit will reportedly be working in a web show directed by Anand Gandhi for Disney+Hotstar.




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Harry Potter's Rupert Grint Welcomes Baby Girl with Georgia Groome

'Harry Potter' actor Rupert Grint and his longtime partner Georgia Groome have welcomed their first child together, a baby girl.




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Janhvi Kapoor's Younger Sister Khushi Kapoor is Clearly Not Impressed by Her Cooking Skills

Janhvi Kapoor took to Instagram Stories, where she shared a funny video of her sister Khushi trying her banana toffee sauce.




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Mira Rajput Shares Cute Heart Embroidery Done by Daughter Misha

Shahid and Mira Kapoor's daughter embroidered a pair of hearts on a cloth with the help of her mother which was proudly shared on Instagram.




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HCARD, a Robot Built by Indian Scientists, to Offer Contactless Treatment in Hospitals

Alongside the HCARD robot, CSIR's labs have been further contributing with contactless hospital waste management systems, sanitisation services and more.




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New Smartphone Battery Tech by Indian Scientists Can Keep Your Phone Charged for Days

Scientists may have overcome the rapid battery degradation issue in Lithium-sulfur ion batteries, hence finally making them commercially viable.




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JioMeet Video Conferencing Service to be Officially Launched by Jio Platforms Soon

JioMeet can be used for both personal and enterprise purposes, and has apps for iOS, Android, Windows, Mac and a plugin for Outlook.




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Jio Adds 24mn Users in First Three Months of 2020, Annual Profit Soars by 177%

Reliance Jio now has over 388 million subscribers on its network, and looks set to grow stronger with a new investment from Facebook.




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5G Spectrum Price Suggested by Department of Telecom Too High: Finance Ministry Task Force

A finance ministry task force acknowledged stress in the telecom sector and said the SC judgement mandating companies to pay around Rs 1.35 lakh crore.




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Intel 10th-Gen Desktop CPUs Are Here Headed by the Mighty 10-Core Core-9 10900K

Intel is pushing the boundaries once again with its new 10th-gen Comet Lake processor range for consumer desktops.




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Xiaomi Users, Beware: Your Data is Being Read by Chinese Servers

Cyber security researchers have found that a number of Xiaomi phones are regularly sending browsing history, app usage and music patterns to remote servers.




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TikTok is Looking for Fact Checking Partners by Awarding a Rs 35 Lakh Research Grant

According to a Twitter blog post, the grant will help understand the "misinformation ecosystem" on the Indian social media space.




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Reliance Jio Platforms And The Investment by Silver Lake: What This Means For You

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.




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Apple MacBook 13 Gets Magic Keyboard, Faster Performance, More Storage & it is Goodbye, Butterfly

It is interesting to note how Apple has swiftly phased out the butterfly keyboards from its MacBook lineup.




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New AI Tech by TCS Can Help Find Defects in Processors

The solution harnesses the company's contextual knowledge of the semiconductor industry and the power of deep learning technology.




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Long March 5B Rocket Launched by China, Test Flight Successful for Future Moon Mission

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.




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Call of Duty New Game to Launch by End-2020, Confirms Activision

Speculations suggest that the new Call of Duty title may be a follow-up to the franchise's Black Ops series.




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Is Facebook Free Basics Back? No, Improved Discover Starts by Killing Net Neutrality Arguments

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.




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Smartphone Shipments in India to Decline by 12% in 2020; 5G Phones Capture 2% Share

The total smartphone shipments in India in the March quarter grew a mere 4 percent (year-on-year).




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WeChat Monitors Messages Sent by Foreign Users Like You to Strengthen Censorship in China

China’s cyber laws are rather broadly defined. Incidentally, Tencent’s privacy policy documents for China and the rest of the world, does not indicate that non-China accounts will be under surveillance.




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Umpires' Group Starts Distributing Food to Help Local Scorers, Groundsmen hit by Lockdown

The COVID-19 pandemic has so far claimed over 700 lives and infected more than 23,000 people in the country.




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Ian Smith Honoured with Bert Sutcliffe Medal by NZC

Former New Zealand wicketkeeper-batsman and commentator Ian Smith has been presented with the Bert Sutcliffe medal by New Zealand Cricket for "outstanding services to cricket".




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Had to Flee After Being Constantly Threatened by Umar Akmal: Zulqarnain

Pakistan's former wicketkeeper-batsman Zulqarnain Haider has blamed Umar Akmal for his disappearing act during an ODI series against South Africa in 2010, saying he was threatened by the tainted player for not conniving with him to lose a match.




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By Looks of It, T20 World Cup Will Not Go Ahead: David Warner

India won their first Test series in Australia, and Warner said he was feeling helpless watching his team lose.




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Stranger Things Season 3 Review: '80s Teen Romance Threatened by Looming Dangers From Upside Down

Unlike the previous seasons, the Duffer Brothers have made sure that the new season has more humour.




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Star Wars The Rise of Skywalker Movie Review: Exhilarating Adventure Aided by Sophisticated VFX

Even if you’re not a hardcore fan, there’s enough visual wizardry to keep you entertained for the duration of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker's running time.




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A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood Movie Review: Even the Cynics are Charmed by Tom Hanks

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood Movie Review: The movie is among those rare films of post-truth era that makes you believe that good people do exist-- even among television hosts.




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VMC not to confirm deaths until declared by audit panel




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Indian Women's Hockey Team Held 2-2 by Great Britain in Last Tour of England Match

Navjot Kaur and Gurjit Kaur scored in Indian women's hockey team's 2-2 draw with Great Britain.




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FIH Hockey Pro League Season 2 Extended By One Year, To Run Through June 2021 Now

FIH Pro League has been postponed by one year till June 2021 after a slew of matches were postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.




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Jean-Paul Sartre Birth Anniversary: 5 Books By the French Philosopher You Must Read

On the 114th birth anniversary of Jean-Paul Sartre, we take a look at five books by and on the author-philosopher that one must read.




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George Orwell Birth Anniversary: 5 Books You Must Read by the Noted Author

Here's looking at five books by George Orwell that prove his relevance even today.




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Nelson Mandela Birth Anniversary: Here are 5 Books by Nobel Laureate You Must Read

As the world remembers the great leader on his 101 birth anniversary, here's taking at look at 5 books by Nelson Mandela.




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Actor Balraj Sahni's Biography by Son to Hit Stands in August

A book on the life and times of veteran actor Balraj Shani, written by his son Parikshit, will release in August.




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Ernest Hemingway Birth Anniversary: 10 Famous Quotes By the Author

To celebrate this incredible author’s 120th birth anniversary, we have compiled 10 famous Hemingway quotes that will leave you mesmerised.




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Jim Corbett Birth Anniversary: 5 Books by British Hunter-author You Must Read

On his 144th birth anniversary, here's taking a look at 5 books written by Jim Corbett that you must read.




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PD James 99th Birth Anniversary: 5 Books by English Crime Author One Must Read

List of novels by PD James which is a must read for all those who have interest in mystery and crime.




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Nobel Laureate Hermann Hesse Death Anniversary: 5 Books by Author One Must Revisit

German-born poet, novelist and painter Hermann Karl Hesse, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1946, passed away on August 9, 1962.




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HG Wells 153rd Birth Anniversary: 7 Books by the Author One Must Read

On HG Wells 153 birth anniversary, here's looking at a few works by the acclaimed author.