The London council hit with a cyber-attack a month ago has said that some services may be unavailable or disrupted for months to come. Hackney Council, which provides services to 280,000 people in east London, said in an update on the mid-October cyber attack that it was continuing to work hard to recover the affected … Read more
PATNA: Senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi, who has not been retained in the new Bihar dispensation after serving as the deputy chief minister for close to 15 years, attended the swearing-in ceremony of new NDA government on Monday but looked aloof in the crowd of new MLAs. A 14-member council of ministers headed by … Read more
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It’s also getting worse. At least 45 states reported more new infections last week compared to the previous week, according to Johns Hopkins University. A new record-high number of patients have been hospitalized. Hospitals in several states are running out of capacity and staff. But the country’s leadership is nowhere to be seen. As an … Read more
Hurricane Iota has maximum sustained winds of 160 mph and is forecast to bring a life-threatening storm surge of as much as 15 to 20 feet along with rainfall of 10 to 20 inches, with isolated maximum totals of 30 inches possible, according to an advisory from the National Hurricane Center. The storm is moving … Read more
The device relies on capillary action to generate power. (Photo source: IE) A Tripura-based engineer has come-up with a path-breaking innovation that can provide an option of powering low-power devices in remote areas in the near future, reports The Indian Express. The technology developed by Shankha Subhra Das, who holds a Ph.D. degree from IIT-Kharagpur, … Read more
The latest press release covered about 30,000 participants which included old age and high risk patients. Covid-19 vaccine update: In a positive development in the search for the Coronavirus vaccine, US pharma company Modernica has said that its experimental vaccine is about 94.5 percent effective in preventing Coronavirus infection, news agency Reuters claimed. In a … Read more
The government issued updated guidance on visits to care homes on 5 November when England went into its second national lockdown. Source link
The government on Monday received ‘multiple’ bids for buying out its stake in India’s second-biggest fuel retailer BPCL but billionaire Mukesh Ambani‘s Reliance Industries as well as supermajors Saudi Aramco, BP and Total did not make a bid. Tuhin Kanta Pandey, Secretary, Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM), which is handling the sale, … Read more
This story is part of Holiday Gift Guide 2020, CNET’s gift picks with expert advice, reviews and recommendations for the latest tech gifts for you and your family. Savvy shoppers have noted plenty early Black Friday deals since at least mid-October, when Amazon had its delayed Prime Day event. And Walmart was among the most aggressive … Read more