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Ruskin Bond to Narrate his Stories on All India Radio During Lockdown As a feature of Prasar Bharati’s drive to keep its audience members drew in during the lockdown, All India Radio (AIR) will communicate a progression of short stories by famous writer Ruskin Bond which will be perused by the author himself. The arrangement will begin from May 1 and will be accessible on Akashvani’s terrestrial as well as digital platforms, an AIR articulation said. Titled ‘Bonding over the Radio’, the arrangement will at first run for 15 days and will include stories only handpicked for AIR by the...

Tata Motors JLR CEO Ralf Speth elected Fellow of UK’s Royal Society LONDON: Professor Sir Ralf Speth, the Chief Executive of Tata Motors’ claimed Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), has been chosen a Fellow of the esteemed Royal Society in the UK. The respect is in acknowledgment of Speth’s promotion for UK innovative work and his promise to science, innovation, building and arithmetic (STEM) training, JLR said. He joins an overall accomplice of driving researchers chose by the Royal Society for their exceptional commitments to logical comprehension. “I am respected to have been chosen for the Royal Society for exercises that...

India to step up bid for 2032 Olympics after pandemic: Narinder Batra NEW DELHI: India will step up its offer to win the 2032 Olympic Games and other universal occasions when the worldwide coronavirus pandemic facilitates, Indian Olympic Association president Narinder Batra said. Ten years in the wake of facilitating the Commonwealth Games, the IOA president said his nation had exercises to adapt yet would not be discouraged. “We are not kidding and unquestionably pitching for the 2026 Youth Olympic Games and the 2032 Olympics,” he told AFP on Friday. India has just composed appearances important to the International Olympic...

India will have a ‘Nike Swoosh’ recovery, not a V- or U-shaped one: Abheek Barua Mumbai: Abheek Barua, Chief Economist at HDFC Bank, says the Indian economy won’t see a V-or U-formed bounce back, yet no doubt have a ‘Nike Swoosh’- molded recuperation, when the interruption from the lethal coronavirus and the ensuing across the nation lockdown tightens step by step. Tending to ETMarkets Investor Conference on Friday, Barua communicated trust that the economy would be back on a solid balance in budgetary year 2022. “It is a V-shape recuperation with one tail of the V loosened up. A ton...

Sajid Hussain, Baloch journalist who fled from Pakistan, found dead in Sweden A Pakistan writer who had been living in a state of banishment in Sweden and was missing since March has been discovered dead, police said Friday. Sajid Hussain had fled Pakistan in 2012 subsequent to getting passing dangers and was allowed political refuge in Sweden. “His body was found on April 23 in the Fyris waterway outside Uppsala,” police representative Jonas Eronen told news organization AFP. He had disappeared on March 2. “The dissection has dispersed a portion of the doubt that he was the casualty of a...

Bitcoin Price Could See Big Breakout After BTC Halving: CNBC’s Brian Kelly Major CNBC’s master on Bitcoin, Brian Kelly, was live in the CNBC studio on Friday, saying that after the splitting on May 12, Bitcoin will be more rare than gold dependent on stock-to-stream proportion. In the video, Kelly clarifies in detail how a splitting functions and what it implies for the Bitcoin flowing gracefully. The measure of Bitcoins that diggers are creating, he says, will be marked down into equal parts (not the Bitcoin cost as some BTC pundits have been kidding after March 12). Source: U TODAY

Joe Biden refutes sexual assault allegation U.S. presidential up-and-comer Joe Biden on May 1 decidedly denied explicitly ambushing a previous staff member, saying the incident she claims occurred 27 years ago “never happened”. “They aren’t true. This never happened,” Mr. Biden said in an announcement in regards to the allegations made by Tara Reade, a previous staff member in his U.S. Senate office. Source: The Hindu

Russian Prime Minister tests positive for COVID-19 Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin says he has tested positive for the new coronavirus and has told President Vladimir Putin he will self-isolate. First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov will incidentally perform Mr. Mishustin’s duties, yet the PM said on Thursday that he would keep in contact on key issues. Mr. Mishustin, 54 was named PM in January. During a video call, Mr. Putin voiced the expectation that Mr. Mishustin would keep participating in drafting strategies to support the Russian economy, which has been harmed by the infection pandemic. Source: The Hindu

Oyo appoints Troy Alstead as an independent board member Budget hospitality chain Oyo has selected Troy Alstead, previous Starbucks head working official, as an autonomous board individual from the organization. Post the arrangement, he will join Betsy Atkins, Munish Varma, Bejul Somaia, Aditya Ghosh, and Mohit Bhatnagar on the organization’s board. Source: Entrackr

IIT-Madras Professor T Pradeep chosen for Nikkei Asia Prizes 2020 Prof. T. Pradeep faculty of Indian Institute of Technology Madras has been selected for the Nikkei Asia Prizes 2020 in the ‘Science and Technology’ field for his assignments in nanotechnology-based water purification. Earlier this year Prof T. Pradeep was honoured with the Padma Shri and is credited with developing nanotechnology-enabled water filters. His work helped to deliver clean water for at a cost of just 2 paise per litre in India. Source: The Economic Times