FEBRUARY 6, 2022
Lata Mangeshkar sang more than 30,000 songs. - Getty Images
Lata Mangeshkar, one of India's most venerated singers who sang tens of thousands of songs in her lifetime, has died at the age of 92.
She had been admitted to a hospital in Mumbai city in January after testing positive for Covid-19.
Federal minister Nitin Gadkari confirmed the news on...
FEBRUARY 5, 2022
Americans have double vision when it comes to satisfaction with their lives and with the country’s direction.
They are chipper on how things are going for them personally, but glum about what’s happening in the bigger world around them, according to a new Gallup poll.
At a time when the pandemic is slogging toward its two-year mark, stock market...
FEBRUARY 5, 2022
An Indian data scientist maximized the computing powers of NVIDIA GPU by creating a model that translates Braille to text and audio, lending a helping hand to people with visual disabilities.
A YouTuber, Bhavesh Bhatt is a master of machine learning, data science, and a programming language called Python. He regularly breaks down key concepts in his clips,...
FEBRUARY 5, 2022
Brief Scorecard: India 195 for 6 (Sindhu 50*, Rasheed 50, Boyden 2-24) beat England 189 all out (Rew 95, Bawa 5-31, Ravi 3-34) by four wickets
Nishant Sindhu celebrates the moment of victory. - ICC/Getty Images
It was India's seamers, not spinners, who plotted England's downfall in the Under-19 World Cup final as Raj Bawa and Ravi Kumar...
FEBRUARY 5, 2022
Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive of Facebook, is placing a major bet on the metaverse. - Pete Marovich/NY Times
Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, suffered its biggest one-day wipeout ever on Thursday as its stock plummeted 26 percent and its market value plunged by more than $230 billion.
Its crash followed a dismal earnings report on Wednesday,...
FEBRUARY 5, 2022
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday unveiled the ‘Statue of Equality’ to commemorate the 11th-century Bhakti saint Sri Ramanujacharya in Hyderabad and said the statue will encourage youth and will be a symbol of knowledge, detachment, and ideals. PM Modi landed in the city earlier this afternoon where he also attended the 50th-anniversary celebrations of ICRISAT.
“Statue...
FEBRUARY 5, 2022
NEW DELHI: Education sector cannot remain isolated from the rest of the developments and for the new chairperson of the University Grants Commission, M Jagadesh Kumar, online education and use of technology in the physical setup is going to be a focus area. Kumar spoke to the TOI on a range of issues including the common university...
FEBRUARY 4, 2022
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), a sponsor of the bill, addressed some of Apple’s concerns at the hearing. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post/Pool)
Welcome to The Cybersecurity 202! I, for one, am very pleased that the “Betty Whiteout” snowplow will soon be clearing roads in southern Minnesota. Here are details from the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
Below: The U.S. government accused Russia...
FEBRUARY 4, 2022
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with private sector CEOs in the State Dining Room of the White House on January 26, 2022 in Washington, DC. - Drew Angerer/Getty Images
Employers added a record 6.6 million jobs during Joe Biden's first 12 months in office, by far the strongest record of any president's first year...
FEBRUARY 4, 2022
If you misplaced your vaccine card, your vaccination site may have proof that you got the shot. Stefan Cristian Cioata/Getty Images
While you may not be required to show proof of vaccination to go to work now that the Biden administration has withdrawn its vaccine mandate, businesses, states and cities can still require people to show their vaccine card...
