Covid raises brain complications, epilepsy risks in kids: Report

Covid raises brain complications, epilepsy risks in kids: Report

A latest study has shown that not only adults but children who suffered from Covid-19 are prone to risk of cognitive deficit, insomnia, ischaemic stroke, nerve or psychotic disorders and epilepsy or seizures  months later. The post-Covid risk trajectories differed in children compared with adults, said the team of researchers at the University of Oxford.  […]

Transcription service Otter limits access to archives, free users

Transcription service Otter limits access to archives, free users

Automated transcription provider Otter has reduced the free hours for transcription from 600 to 300 minutes per month for free users, said the company on Thursday. The popular tool to record interviews with real-time transcription is now limited for free access to 25 most recent conversations, with older ones available via paid mode only. The […]

TikTok in-app browser on iOS monitoring keystrokes, taps: Cybersecurity researcher

TikTok in-app browser on iOS monitoring keystrokes, taps: Cybersecurity researcher

Chinese short-form video app TikTok may be monitoring all keyboard inputs and taps via its in-app browser on iOS, said independent cyber-security researcher Felix Krause. Founder of Fastlane that was acquired by Google, Krause said that when the user opens any link on the TikTok iOS app, it’s opened inside their in-app browser leveraging access to […]

50% companies planning job cuts amid economic downturn: PwC

50% companies planning job cuts amid economic downturn: PwC

At least half of the companies worldwide are planning to cut jobs or prune bonuses and rescinding job offers due to the onset of a global economic downturn, said global financial monitoring firm PwC in its latest report. In its “PwC ‘Pulse: Managing business risks in 2022” survey in the US, it said 50 per […]

Google Search cracks whip on ‘low-quality’, non-original content

Google Search cracks whip on ‘low-quality’, non-original content

Search giant Google has woken up to crack whip on repeated or copied content which is of low-quality in its search results with the roll out of a new algorithm. The search ranking update called the “Helpful Content Update” will start rolling out globally to English language users on August 22. “We know people don’t […]

Just ahead of Asia Cup, UAE remove Ahmed Raza as T20 skipper

Just ahead of Asia Cup, UAE remove Ahmed Raza as T20 skipper

Just one week before the opening of a T20 tournament in UAE, the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) has made a huge change by removing Ahmed Raza as skipper of UAE’s T20 side, replacing him with batter CP Rizwan. Raza. however, will continue to remain UAE’s One-day International captain but the surprising decision just three days […]

Streaming platform overtakes cable TV in US first time: Nielsen report

Streaming platform overtakes cable TV in US first time: Nielsen report

Streaming viewership in the United States has exceeded cable usage for the first time in the US as traditional television failed to cope up with the new content demand and reduced sports programming, said the industry monitoring agency Nielson. According to Nielsen, streaming represented a 34.8 per cent share of total TV viewing in the […]

India Covid cases rise again to 15K today

India Covid cases rise again to 15K today

India on Friday reported marginal rise at 15,754 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, against 12,608 infections on Thursday, with 47 more Covid deaths, taking the nationwide death toll to 5,27,253 so far. The active caseload of the country stands at 1,01,830 cases, accounting for 0.23 per cent of the country’s total positive […]

Interest rates on small savings schemes remain unchanged

Interest rates on small savings schemes remain unchanged

The government-run small savings schemes remained to provide the same interest rates since the past two years though the bank fixed deposit rates have considerably increased the interest rate. The small savings schemes’ interest rates were last revised in the first quarter of 2020-21, though banks have drastically hiked their home loan and term deposit […]

Crypto.com again fires hundreds of employees in 2nd round

Crypto.com again fires hundreds of employees in 2nd round

Crypto lending exchange Crypto.com has laid off more employees in the second round and this time, the firing of employees is worse than the previous job cut, as the global crypto meltdown gets deeper. According to a Decrypt report, the latest round of job cuts has not been announced publicly. During the call, “leadership expressed […]

CUET 4th Phase exam cancelled in 13 centres

CUET 4th Phase exam cancelled in 13 centres

The first and second shift examinations of the fourth phase of the CUET (UG) entrance test held on Wednesday were cancelled for 13 centres, affecting 8,693 candidates due to technical reasons, said UGC. The new date for the examinations is likely to be August 25, said UGC Chairman M. Jagadesh Kumar. The examination was conducted […]

Rajamouli’s protege Ashwin Gangaraju to direct magnum opus ‘1770’

Rajamouli’s protege Ashwin Gangaraju to direct magnum opus ‘1770’

Ashwin Gangaraju, who assisted S. S. Rajamouli in ‘Eega’ and ‘Baahubali’ and recently known for directing ‘Aakashvani’ is all set to direct the magnum opus ‘1770’, which will be based on Bankim Chandra Chatterjee’s Bengali novel ‘Anandamath’. The producers of the film — Shhailendra Kumar, Sujayy Kuttiy, Krishna Kumar B and Suraj Sharma — released […]

BKU, SKU to resume farmers’ protest in Lakhimpur Kheri today

BKU, SKU to resume farmers’ protest in Lakhimpur Kheri today

Both the Bhartiya Kisan Union-Tikait (BKU-Tikait) and the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) have announced that they will hold a 75-hour sit-in at Rajapur Krishi-Utpadan Mandi Samiti in Lakhimpur Kheri from Thursday to seek justice for those killed in October violence last year. On Oct. 3, 2021, when protesters were walking on the road in Lakhimpur […]

Here’s how coffee and cigarettes are complementary

Here’s how coffee and cigarettes are complementary

For some smokers, the first cigarette of the day is just not as satisfying without a cup of coffee. That could be more than just a morning habit: Chemical compounds in roasted coffee beans may help lighten the effects of morning nicotine cravings, University of Florida researchers have found. In a cell-based study, the researchers […]

Sri Lanka former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to return home on Aug 24

Sri Lanka former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to return home on Aug 24

It’s back to normal in Sri Lanka as former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled the country following protests against economic crisis in July is all set to return on August 24. Sri Lanka is still facing unprecedented economic crisis. This was confirmed by former Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Rajapaksa’s cousin Udayanga Weeratunga, who said […]

Festive Season: Fixed Deposit rates hiked by banks

Festive Season: Fixed Deposit rates hiked by banks

As festive season is approaching, all Indian banks from State Bank of India to Kotak Mahindra Bank, have raised their fixed deposit rates by 15 to 50 basis points. Bulk deposit rates have been increased by 25-50 basis points for a period of one year and more than one year deposit rates have gone up […]