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IIT-Madras research reveals rising threat of air-borne fungus attack on crops

While diseases and ecosystem damages, caused by aerosol-borne bacteria, and viruses are widely studied, the effect of aerosolised fungal spread on human and ecosystem health is less understood.




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Covid Pharma: Andhra launches app to trace people buying medicines for fever, cold

Chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy said YSR Telemedicine will continue on a permanent basis and village clinics will have great utility in times of health emergency.




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PM Modi reviews reform measures in aviation and power sectors, worst hit by Covid-19 lockdown

Other important issues, such as the propagation of renewables, flexibility in coal supply and enforcement of contracts for attracting private investment in the sector were also discussed in the meeting.




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The most unusual motorcycle you’ve ever seen! Front-wheel-drive, wheel-mounted engine, polished aluminium body




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Kia Seltos Image Gallery: Everything about this Hyundai Creta, Tata Harrier rival

The Kia Seltos compact SUV is going to launch in India this year. It is going to fall in-between the price range of Rs 11 lakh to Rs 17 lakh. Seltos will get three engine and four transmission options at the time of launch.




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Technologies that migrated from racecars to your car: Disc brakes, ABS, even rearview mirrors and more




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Modified Royal Enfield Asura: Evil face on a 500cc custom built cruiser! Must see




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Revolt RV400 electric bike explained in images: Payment plan, top speed, range, portable battery




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2019 Suzuki Gixxer SF 250 Road Test Review: Five things that make it a true winner




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Bajaj Chetak Electric review in images: Features, range, expected price, specs

Bajaj Chetak electric has been launched in India under Urbanite brand that will sell only electric vehicles by the company. Here is a detailed image gallery of the Chetak electric from the launch venue along with range, expected price and lots more.




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Meet Stingray: Alien but gorgeous motorcycle design – you won’t believe it’s electric




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Welcome back Bajaj Chetak! Detailed images of brand’s first-ever electric scooter

Detailed image gallery of Bajaj's first-ever electric scooter Chetak.




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Top 6 motorcycles with car engines: Dodge Viper V10, Subaru boxer & even a diesel-powered bike




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Self-learning: Personality development is a must for graduates

A great personality makes you socially-acceptable. There is a difference when you talk to someone by looking directly into their eyes, compared to speaking with no eye contact.



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Udemy for Business launched in India, curates courses on relevant topics across fields

Udemy for Business is powered by Udemy, which enables the world’s experts to develop courses and share their knowledge.




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IIT-Hyderabad incubated start-up develops IoT-enabled, low-cost ventilator

This would provide enough isolation to the patient and protection to health workers and family. The ventilator can be controlled using the app and provides real-time display of the waveforms.




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India vs New Zealand Test Series: Tim Southee finds Indian openers ‘classy’, team formidable even with injury clouds

The Virat Kohli-led team had an option of retaining KL Rahul in New Zealand given his rich vein of form in the just-concluded ODI and T20I series, but they opted to reward Prithvi Shaw and Shubhman Gill for their performances in red-ball cricket.




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Japan committed to hosting Olympics on schedule even as virus spreads

Hashimoto told the upper house on Thursday that organisers and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) would continue to work together closely.




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Coronavirus impact: Delhi shooting Word Cup postponed, Olympic test event cancelled

The World Cup will now held in two parts before the Olympic Games.




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Tokyo 2020 announces opening event despite mounting coronavirus concerns

The game will begin at 9 a.m. local time (0000 GMT) at the Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium with two further fixtures, Italy v United States and Mexico v Canada, later in the day.




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Curtailed IPL is one among seven options discussed at owners’ meeting: BCCI source

The BCCI on Friday suspended the IPL from March 29 to April 15 and also called off the ODI series against South Africa.




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Coronavirus: Cricket Australia likely to review IPL contracts in wake COVID-19, says report

Cricket Australia has not directed the players officially with its chief executive Kevin Roberts on Tuesday saying that players were individually contracted to their IPL teams and can make up their own minds to compete in the 2020 IPL or not.




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Coronavirus cloud over Olympics 2020: Canada pulls out, Japan’s Shinzo Abe says delay may be ‘inevitable’

Olympics 2020 Japan: Canada announced that it would not participate in the Tokyo Olympics, and the International Olympic Committee said the decision on the Japan Olympics would come within weeks.




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Coronavirus: New date for Tokyo Olympics ‘won’t satisfy everybody’, says World Athletics president Sebastian Coe

The 2020 Olympics, which were set for July 24-August 9 this year, were postponed until 2021 by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) this week because of the coronavirus.




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Coronavirus: David Warner tonsures head in frontline workers’ support, challenges Virat Kohli, Steve Smith

Warner posted a time-lapse video from his official Insta account where he can be seen tonsuring his head with a trimmer in front of the mirror.




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Coronavirus: Ashish Nehra, Kevin Pietersen refuse to give up on IPL 2020, suggest alternate schedules instead

The IPL was scheduled to start on March 29 but the onset of Covid-19 and the subsequent suspension of visas by the Government of India till April 14 had left the Sourav Ganguly-led BCCI with no other option but to postpone the event till April 15.




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Shoaib Akhtar ‘out of mind’ to propose India-Pakistan match amid Covid-19 pandemic: Kapil Dev

Earlier Shoaib Akhtar had made an appeal to Indian authorities to manufacture 10,000 ventilators to support Pakistan’s crumbling health infrastructure and an ailing economy.




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MS Dhoni arguably the greatest captain ever, says former England batsman Kevin Pietersen

India tasted huge success under Dhoni, winning the 2007 World T20 and the 2011 World Cup at home. India also won the 2013 Champions Trophy under the Jharkhand dasher, who has not played any international cricket since India's semi final exit from the ODI World Cup last July.





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Coronavirus: Himachal Pradesh closes govt-run temples over COVID-19; advises devotees to go for online darshan

There will be no darshans in all the government-controlled temples in Himachal Pradesh in view of the possibility of people getting infected with the coronavirus in gatherings, the state government said in a statement.




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Coronavirus outbreak: Pilgrims, take note! Vaishno Devi yatra closed from today

"Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Yatra has been closed from today. Operations of all interstate buses -- incoming and outgoing from Jammu and Kashmir, banned from today," the Jammu and Kashmir Director of Information and Public Relations (DIPR) said in a tweet.




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Coronavirus: How clean is the plane you are travelling in? Airlines asked to deep clean aircraft every 24 hours

DGCA has also asked carriers to procure at least one universal precaution kit on every plane to be worn by crew members handling suspected positive cases of the Coronavirus.




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India to start biggest evacuation! Flights from across the globe will bring back stranded Indians

The operation of two flights from Qatar to Kerala is a part of Modi's government's mega mission to evacuate close to 15,000 Indians stranded in 12 countries between May 7 and May 13.




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Sky is so clear that villagers in Bihar can see Mount Everest! Image from Sitamarhi goes viral

Lockdown in India has brought some positive environmental news from clean rivers to clean air at many places. Pollution has declined drastically and as a result, people are able to see distant things.




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Qatar Airways reveals mega plan to rebuild network by May

In order to counter coronavirus threat, Qatar Airways has been maintaining the highest possible hygiene standards.




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Sri Lanka to target high-spending tourists to revive tourism

The president emphasised the need to focus promoting medical tourism by highlighting the "successful efforts taken by Sri Lanka to contain the spread of the coronavirus."




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Webcast Preview: Revamp Your Video Marketing In 5 Steps

Join us on June 12 as we take an in-depth look at video marketing strategy




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Eurozone inflation in Jan at lowest level since 2009

Inflation in the eurozone has fallen to its lowest level since 2009, according to official data released...




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Donald Trump to take public opinion on H-4 visa revocation

The Trump administration has assured lawmakers and the American corporate sector that the public would get an opportunity to respond to its proposal of revoking work authorisation to H-4 spouse visas after they raised their concerns over the move, which will impact thousands of Indians. H-4 visas are issued to the spouses of H-1B foreign […]




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In its largest-ever deal, SAP to buy Qualtrics for $8 billion

That’s a field Europe’s biggest software company wants to gain a stronger foothold in because it’s growing faster than its core enterprise software business.




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Short-term impact of COVID-19 will be severe in all segments: K Paul Thomas, CEO, ESAF

ESAF has more than 96% of its exposure in the micro-segment with the average ticket size of the loan being Rs 33,000.




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Loan moratorium may haunt banks even after getting lifted; Moody’s explains post moratorium credit landscape

The loan moratorium, as suggested by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) last month and subsequently implemented by various lenders across the country, might be able to provide some temporary relief for now but could also play a hand in changing the credit landscape of the banking sector.




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AU Small Fin Bank Rating: Target price to be revised after earnings call

AU Small Finance Bank (SFB) reported an increase of 3.5% year-on-year in PAT to Rs 120 crore (our estimate: Rs 180 crore), affected by higher provisions of Rs 150 crore.




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Humans in India survived Toba supervolcano eruption; Here’s how 74,000 year-old event developed Homo Sapiens

Some schools of thought suggest that the eruption pushed Earth into volcanic winter that lasted as long as six years and the planet Earth had to endure a longish cooling period of a thousand years.




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ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 launch schedule revealed, Gaganyaan mission on track

The Union Minister also said that the upgraded configuration in Chandrayaan-3 will make the spacecraft more robust in terms of design and it will also have an enhanced spacecraft capacity without compromising with the heritage of Chandrayaan-2.




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Moon’s own ‘big bang’? Study reveals story behind formation of Earth’s moon, mysterious ‘Theia’ role in it

Have you ever wondered why the moon is always there next to Earth? How did it come into existence and what is its relation to the Earth?




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World Water Day 2020: India shifts focus to providing piped water to every home at household level by 2024

The report on World Water Day 2020 explains that in order to tackle climate change, a lot of marginalised communities need clean water and decent toilets as a front line defense.




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Celestial treat for stargazers! ‘Evening star’ Venus just got brighter! 5 amazing things to watch out in April

On April 27, Venus will shine nine-times brighter than Jupiter, its nearest planetary 'competitor', and will outshine Sirius, the brightest of all stars, by almost 20-times




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IIT Roorkee develops low-cost face shields for doctors, nurses treating Covid-19 patients

More than a thousand face shields have been dispatched for the doctors and healthcare staff of AIIMS Rishikesh.




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Delhi air quality: Lockdown cuts PM2.5, PM10 levels by half in national capital

In its report, the CPCB said, "Significant reduction in PM2.5, PM10 and NO2 levels observed. Overall, 46 per cent reduction in PM2.5 and 50 per cent reduction in PM10 concentration observed during the lockdown period."