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JK Rowling just announced her new book and you can read it for free With the lockdown, the physical boundaries might be sealed but digital gates have opened up like never before. Several publishing houses have made their books available for free but in what could be the first of its kind, Harry Potter author JK Rowling has not not only announced her new book but is asking for participation from readers to illustrate it. The better news is, you can read it for free. The author took to Twitter to share the news and at the very outset clarified...

Crime Patrol actress Preksha Mehta commits suicide in Indore after chilling last message on Instagram Actress Preksha Mehta committed suicide on Monday (May 25) night. The actress, who has been a part of shows like Crime Patrol, Laal Ishq and Meri Durga, was found hanging at her residence in Indore in Madhya Pradesh. Preksha has also worked in the Akshay Kumar-starrer Pad Man. She was 25 years old. According to reports, the actress hanged herself last night but the family got to know about it only in the morning. Preksha’s father was the first person to see her. She was...

India looks to store cheap oil in United States: Dharmendra Pradhan NEW DELHI: India is looking at storing some low priced US oil in facilities there as its local storage is full, oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan said.India’s plan could be similar to a move by Australia, which last month said it would build up an emergency oil stockpile initially by buying crude to store in the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve to take advantage of low oil prices. “We are exploring some possibility if we can store some of our investment in a different country … we are exploring the possibility...

IIT Mumbai alumnus & IBM scientist Rajiv Joshi named Inventor of the Year Prolific Indian-American inventor Rajiv Joshi has bagged the prestigious Inventor of the Year award in recognition of his pioneering work in advancing the electronic industry and improving artificial intelligence capabilities. Dr Joshi, who is a master inventor with more than 250 patented inventions in the US, works at the IBM Thomson Watson Research Center in New York. He was presented with the prestigious annual award by the New York Intellectual Property Law Association early this month during a virtual awards ceremony, news agency PTI reported. An IIT Mumbai alumnus, Joshi has...

With Flights, Trains Resuming, Next 15 Days Will be More Challenging in Handling Covid-19: Odisha CM Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday said the coming 15 days will be more challenging in handling the COVID-19 situation in the state. “With opening up of flights and railways, the coming 15 days to a month will be more challenging but I am sure we will handle the same in a professional manner with a human face,” said the Chief Minister while reviewing the situation in the state. He said the spread of the pandemic can successfully be contained with strict social...

We are not decision makers in Maharashtra, says Rahul Gandhi Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday sought to distance himself from reports suggesting a rift within the ruling coalition in Maharashtra amid the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) frequent attacks for its “poor handling” of the Covid-19 pandemic in the state which has the highest number of coronavirus cases in the country with over 52,000. “I would like to make a differentiation here. We are supporting the government in Maharashtra, but we are not the key decision maker in Maharashtra,” Gandhi said at a news conference held via video conference...

JK Rowling Wants to Pay One Year’s Salary to Pranskter Who Trolled UK Govt on Twitter A sneaky tweet posted anonymously from an official government handle on Twitter created an uproar in the United Kingdom on Sunday and even attracted the attention of Harry Potter creator JK Rowling. On Sunday, the UK Cabinet Office’s official handle took to Twitter to inform that an “unauthorised tweet” had been posted from a government-run handle on Sunday without the knowledge of supervisors. The government also informed that the tweet had since been removed and that the matter was being investigated. While it was...

Mukesh Ambani’s JioMart expands to 200 Indian cities in challenge to Amazon and Flipkart Hong Kong (CNN Business) An online grocery business backed by Asia’s richest man is expanding to hundreds of cities across India — a move widely seen as a challenge to Amazon and Flipkart. JioMart, the grocery platform owned by Mukesh Ambani’s Jio Platforms, expanded services to 200 cities over the weekend. It had previously been piloting deliveries in three areas in and around Mumbai. The move comes just days after Jio — a part of Ambani’s sprawling conglomerate Reliance Industries — secured more cash to fuel the billionaire’s tech ambitions. The...

Virtual courts cannot replace open court hearing: Justice Chandrachud NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Judge and e-committee chairman Justice D Y Chandrachud on Sunday said virtual courts cannot replace open court hearings as it constitutes the spine of the judicial system but emphasised that pandemic warranted reliance on technology would continue to play a major role in speeding up justice dispensation. In a webinar with students of NALSAR University, Hyderabad, Justice Chandrachud said, “I don’t think virtual courts are going to replace open court hearing. I don’t think any Judge or expert in technology is going to tell that. I want...

AIIMS sanitation chief dies of COVID, never missed a day of duty Senior sanitation supervisor at AIIMS, New Delhi, Heera Lal never missed a day on duty—until COVID-19 struck him last Tuesday and took him away on Monday morning. An ever-smiling professional, whose job required him to be in constant touch with disinfection staff, cleaners, and ward boys, Lal developed early disease symptoms on Tuesday and was gone in a week off. Speaking to The Tribune, Kuldip Singh, General Secretary of AIIMS New Delhi SC, ST Association lamented that the Institute only conducted a blood test on Heera Lal when...