Art world restart Museum of London to reopen May

- April 30, 2021

  New Delhi, April 30  After five months of temporary closure, Museum of London and Museum of London Docklands have announced that they are set to reopen to the public on May 19 this year depending on government guidance. Sharon Ament, Director of the Museum of London, said: "After a year of restrictions and closures,

So Mangolicious

- April 30, 2021

New Delhi, April 30  What better time than now to indulge in mango based dessert. Summer is the ideal time to indulge in some healthy and cool refreshments. With the abundance of different varieties of mangoes we explore some interesting recipes out of India's favourite summer fruit! Loaded with nutrition and taste, this ripened pulpy

Aussie IPL stars may have to pay heavy penalty on return home Ld

- April 30, 2021

New Delhi, April 30  Australian cricketers may face trouble getting back home and could be left stranded somewhere after their media reported that Australian government was mulling hefty fine and jail term for those returning from India, which is reeling under unprecedented surge in Covid-19 cases. "The federal government is considering fining and jailing anyone

No evidence on whether portable air filters reduce Covid 19

- April 30, 2021

London, April 30 There is an important absence of evidence regarding the effectiveness of a potentially cost-efficient intervention, like air filters, to prevent indoor transmission of respiratory infections, including Covid-19, warns a study. Controlling how we acquire and transmit respiratory infections is of huge importance, particularly within indoor environments such as care homes, households, schools/day

George Clooney on turning 60 I m not thrilled

- April 30, 2021

Los Angeles, April 30 –  Actor George Clooney turns 60 on May 6 but the idea does not make him very happy. "As far as turning 60, listen, I'm not thrilled with it but it's better than dead. So I'll take it. I got two options," Clooney said. Clooney and his wife Amal have three-year-old twins

Samir Seksaria to take over as CFO of TCS

- April 30, 2021

Mumbai, April 30  Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has announced that Samir Seksaria will take over as the company's Chief Financial Officer on May 1. He will replace V. Ramakrishnan, who will be retiring from the services of the company effective April 30. The Board of Directors, at its meeting held on April 12, had appointed

57 more critical Covid patients now in Pak than last June

- April 30, 2021

Islamabad, April 30  The number of critical care Covid-19 patients on oxygen in Pakistan currently is 57 per cent higher than it was in June last year, according to an update given by National Command and Operation Centre head Asad Umar on Friday. In a series of tweets, the NCOC head gave a detailed explanation

Armed forces get more emergency financial powers to fight Covid surge

- April 30, 2021

New Delhi, April 30  Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday granted emergency financial powers to top officers of all the three armed forces to fight the Covid-19 surge. These are in addition to the emergency powers delegated to the medical officers of the armed forces last week, a Defence Ministry statement said. Invoking special provisions,

All arms of govt working together to deal with the Covid situation PM

- April 30, 2021

New Delhi, April 30 –  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday chaired a meeting of the Council of Ministers to discuss the alarming Covid situation in the country. The meeting noted that the present pandemic predicament is a "once in a century crisis", which has thrown a big challenge to the world. In the meeting,

Scientific Advisor s home care tips to manage Covid Lead

- April 30, 2021

New Delhi, April 30  Amid the surge in Covid cases, the office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India, K. Vijay Raghavan, has curated information and brought a simple visual reference to manage mild symptoms of COVID-19 at home — "Home care tips for managing Covid-19". "The reference advises people not to