The fungus, also called `black fungus', is present in the environment, but those with suppressed immunity or co-morbidities are more vulnerable to its infection, he said.
After India captain Virat Kohli recently slammed the 'soft signal' from the on-field umpire when referring decisions to to the TV umpire, the BCCI has decided to do away with 'soft signal' for the upcoming Indian Premier League, starting next month.
The Standing Committee on Water Resources has recommended renegotiating the Indus Water Treaty with Pakistan to address the impact of climate change on water availability in the river basin and other challenges which are not covered under the agreement.
The SAI has formulated a detailed draft of the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to be followed before reopening of its training centres by the end of this month, as suggested by Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju but subject to clearance from the Health and Home ministry.
The government's main rate setting panel suggested that this be done in two tranches of Rs 2,500 each in the kharif and rabi seasons.
A merchant using the bank's merchant App, QR code, PoS or Payment gateways, across all segments, including electronics, apparel, grocery, stand to win assured cashback and prizes on volume build-up, EMI or digital transactions.
The airports chosen for operation, management and development through a public-private partnership model are those in Lucknow, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Mangaluru, Thiruvananthapuram, and Guwahati.
The comments assume significance as social media companies are facing the deadline of May 25 to comply with the new guidelines for digital platforms.
To cement India's position as a preferred global outsourcing destination, the government on Wednesday liberalised guidelines for voice-based BPOs removing the distinction between domestic and international units as well as permitting interconnectivity between all types of OSP centres. Broadly, the rules would allow global companies, say an airline, with a voice-based centre in India to now serve global and domestic customers with common telecom resources, something that required dedicated, separate infrastructure previously. Moreover, the restrictions on data interconnectivity between any BPO (business process outsourcing) centre of the same company, a group company or any unrelated company has been done away with, allowing for massive flexibility in resource management for BPO operations.
'There is no doubt at all that Jio's disruption of the mobile broadband market was a turning point for India's digital economy.'
IMD expects day temperatures to remain above-normal in select regions across the country between March and May 2021.
Industry players said they were indeed seeing a serious fall in capacity usage, though some sectors were seeming to prevent further fall in the overall capacity utilisation.
The recognition that content - video in particular - will be the next big thing in the telecom wars requires no rocket science.
From spending a little less than three hours on making voice calls, Indians are spending well over 5 hours. So, while people make more calls, they are spending less than ever, reports Romita Majumdar.
During the ancient Olympic Games, athletes who emerged victorious were awarded 'Kotinos' or olive wreaths
The Madras High Court on Thursday stayed the operation of certain sub-clauses of the recently introduced Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021.
Modi will also perform the ground-breaking ceremony for the building, which is expected to be completed by 2022 at an estimated cost of Rs 971 crore.
Javed Khan has been operating an auto ambulance in Madhya Pradesh's capital city since a month.
In the latest move, the telco has reduced validity for its Rs 309/509 packages from 84 days to 56
Commenting on the Narcotics Control Bureau investigation of a drug case, related to actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death case, Raut said, "The probe of the case started about murder and suicide. Now, narcotics came into the case. Nobody knows where will it go. It is under NCB's jurisdiction to summon anyone to join the probe."
Reports suggest this lot could fetch the cybercriminal as much as $130 million upon sale.
The recent action comes amid the ongoing tension between India and China after the violent standoff on June 15 in Galwan Valley area in eastern Ladakh in which both sides suffered casualties.
An important focus of the dry run will be on management of any possible adverse events following immunisation.
Lack of sanitation is leading to avoidable deaths of infants, and underweight and stunted children.
Volkswagen says false CO2 emissions affect only 36,000 cars.
Amid oxygen shortage and a faltering health system in the country, India is seeing over 300,000 cases daily.
Organisations value employees who go beyond their boundaries and step up to the occasion when the need arises.
Political controversies aside, Twitter's business in India is expanding, and creating opportunities for Indians, reports Neha Alawadhi.
India saw growth of around 213 per cent in the number of real-time payments processed over the past year.
According to experts, 'Lakshmi' and the logo 'Godesses Lakshmi' have a lot of value in India and are the biggest driver for the Bank. Retaining the Lakshmi name and logo will help DBS.
Apps that offer location-based services, like Foursquare or maps, can be turned off when not required.
From the way you introduce yourself to how you respond to e-mails, Aditi Mehta tells you how to choose the right words.
If the apex court decides on a 15-year repayment tenure, it would pose a grave challenge for the debt ridden VIL.
Concerned over elevated inflation, Reserve Bank of India on Friday decided to leave the benchmark interest rate unchanged at 4 per cent but maintained an accommodative stance, implying more rate cuts in the future if need arises to support the economy hit by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Private sector lender HDFC Bank on Thursday said the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has asked it temporarily stop all launches of its upcoming digital business-generating activities and sourcing of new credit card customers after outage at its data centre which impacted operations last month.
The first and most important check you must run is to see if you have adequate life cover.
One 'severe' and 51 'minor' cases of AEFI (adverse events following immunisation) were reported among healthcare workers who were administered the coronavirus vaccine in Delhi on the first day of the COVID-19 vaccination drive on Saturday, official figures showed.
'Almost 60 per cent of 2,000 songs had references to drugs and violence.'
Political parties use fake social media accounts for self-promotion and image building and to tarnish the image of opponents and contesting candidates, especially during the elections, the plea said.
'Great social change brings great linguistic change, and that has never been truer than in this current global crisis.'
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